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MASTERS OF TRUE CRIME: Chilling Stories of Murder and the Macabre
Dec.18.2012
  MASTERS OF TRUE CRIME: Chilling Stories of Murder and the Macabre, is a true crime anthology edited by bestselling crime writer R. Barri Flowers, featuring seventeen gripping true stories by all stars of the genre, such as Harold Schechter, Katherine Ramsland, Burl Barer, Carol Ann Davis,...
The Dynamics of Murder: Kill or Be Killed
Dec.18.2012
  The Dynamics of Murder: Kill or Be Killed, is a criminology text and true crime book by bestselling crime writer R. Barri Flowers.   According to Harold Schechter, Professor of American Literature and Culture and bestselling author, The Dynamics of Murder is "an indispensable sourcebook...
A SILENCE OF MOCKINGBIRDS: The Memoir of a Murder
Feb.02.2012
Ann Rule says: A Silence of Mockingbirds is beautifully written by a very talented investigative journalist. But, even more, this is Karen Zacharias’s  own story too, one of trust betrayed. A tragic book that we should all take to heart. We cannot change the past but we can...
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Sep.20.2011
People in U.S. prisons are routinely subjected to physical, sexual, and mental abuse. While this has been documented in male prisons, women in prison often suffer in relative anonymity. Women Inside addresses this critical social justice issue, empowering incarcerated and formerly incarcerated...
PROSTITUTION IN THE DIGITAL AGE: Selling Sex From the Suite to the Street
Aug.25.2011
For those without direct experience with the seamy, real-life world of prostitution, it can be easy to accept the glamorized depictions of the sex-for-sale industry as it is often portrayed in fiction and Hollywood or sensationalized in the media. In reality, the business of sexual exploitation...
Blood Lust: Portrait of a Serial Sex Killer
Jun.18.2011
The Man Who Loved to Kill Women--Dayton Leroy Rogers was known in Portland, Oregon as a respected businessman and devoted husband and father. But at night he abducted women, forced them into sadistic bondage games, and thrilled in their pain, terror and mutilation. His murderous spree was stopped...
Kasab The Face of 26/11 BY ROMMEL RODRIGUES
Apr.06.2011
A chilling recreation of the violent life of Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab THE BOOK On 26 November 2008 ten heavily armed terrorists entered Mumbai. They headed for the city’s iconic landmarks and the mayhem they unleashed lasted nearly 60 hours. The audacious terror attacks jolted Mumbai like never...
Kasab The Face of 26/11 BY ROMMEL RODRIGUES
Apr.06.2011
A chilling recreation of the violent life of Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab THE BOOK On 26 November 2008 ten heavily armed terrorists entered Mumbai. They headed for the city’s iconic landmarks and the mayhem they unleashed lasted nearly 60 hours. The audacious terror attacks jolted Mumbai like never...
Front cover of WANTED! U.S. Criminal Records
Feb.09.2010
WANTED! U.S. Criminal Records is your one-step reference for information sources about criminals from America's past.  Weighing in at 388 pages and two pounds, WANTED! lists archives, libraries, courts, and online sites containing numerous sets of criminal information: prison records, criminal...
Hardback cover
Aug.31.2009
Dannie Martin was a bank robber, a heroin addict, a longtime federal prisoner and, he later wrote, “a criminal by any definition I know of.” But in 1986, the self-educated convict’s life changed dramatically when he submitted a freelance article on AIDS in prison to San Francisco Chronicle editor...