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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"From legendary writer Bill James, in collaboration with his daughter, Rachel, a compelling, dramatic, and meticulously researched narrative about a century-old series of unsolved axe murders across America, and how the authors came to solve them. A hundred years ago, a traveling axe murderer horrified the nation, leaving a ghastly trail from Florida to Washington State and looping back again. He was a very clever fiend, and he'd worked out a method...
3) The seekers
Author
Series
Krewe of Hunters volume 28
Language
English
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Description
Kerri Wolf has joined the crew of The Seekers, a show that searches for paranormal phenomena, as they explore a supposedly haunted old inn on the road between Philadelphia and Harrisburg. The place is famous for its warm welcome - and infamous for being the site of an ax murder rampage in the 1920s. They've barely begun when a very real dead body is discovered in the basement. As a nonfiction author, Kerri is supposed to be the rational one, but she...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag returns with a thriller that begins with a shocking crime scene you’ll never forget and follows two relentless detectives on a manhunt that ends in a chilling confrontation with the essence of human evil.
It was a crime so brutal, it changed the lives of even the most hardened homicide cops. The Haas family murders left a scar on the community nothing can erase, but everyone agrees...
It was a crime so brutal, it changed the lives of even the most hardened homicide cops. The Haas family murders left a scar on the community nothing can erase, but everyone agrees...
6) Rain gods
Author
Series
Hackberry Holland novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"America's best novelist" (The Denver Post) brings back one of his most fascinating characters—Texas sheriff Hackberry Holland, cousin to lawman Billy Bob Holland—in this heart-pounding bestseller.
In a heat-cracked border town, the bodies of nine illegal aliens—women and girls, killed execution-style—are unearthed in a shallow grave. Haunted by a past he can't shake and his own private demons, Hack attempts...
In a heat-cracked border town, the bodies of nine illegal aliens—women and girls, killed execution-style—are unearthed in a shallow grave. Haunted by a past he can't shake and his own private demons, Hack attempts...
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Language
English
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The sound of snapping twigs closed in on the five teenagers enjoying an evening around a glowing campfire at Gitchie Manitou State Park. The night of music and laughter had taken a dark turn. Evil loomed just beyond the tree line, and before the night was over, one of the Midwest{u2019}s most horrific mass murders had left its bloodstains spewed across the campsite. One managed to survive and would come to be known as the "Gitchie Girl."
Author
Series
Lou Welcome novels volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"What if a well respected doctor inexplicably goes on a murderous rampage? When Dr. John Meacham goes on a shooting spree at the office, his business partner, staff, and two patients are killed in the bloodbath. Then Meacham turns the gun on himself. The blame falls on Dr. Lou Welcome. Welcome worked with Merriman years before as a counselor after John's medical license had been revoked for drug addiction. Lou knew that John was an excellent doctor...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In this heart-wrenching memoir, former NFL star Kermit Alexander tells the devastating true story of the horrific massacre of his family and his subsequent years of despair, followed by a spiritual renewal that showed him a way to rebuild his family and reclaim his life. On the morning of August 31, 1984, in the South Central section of Los Angeles, three armed men broke into a house, brutally murdering two women and two young boys. The victims were...
11) Point deception
Author
Series
Soledad County novels volume 1
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Fourth Wall Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Sometime during the night of June 10, 1912, a person or persons unknown bludgeoned to death Josiah B. Moore, his wife Sara, their children Herman, Katherine, Boyd, and Paul, and two overnight guests Lena and Ina Stillinger. The sensational crime in Villisca, Iowa led to nearly 10 years of investigations and trials. The small Southwest Iowa town split over the guilt or innocence of a local businessman and State Senator. A traveling minister from England...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Surrender to all eleven episodes of the seventh season of one of TV's most terrifying series. It is post-election 2016, and Ally Mayfair-Richards, a Michigan woman plagued by phobia, attempts to find happiness as a restaurateur alongside her chef wife and son. But Ally's family and her grip on reality are threatened by the arrival of Kai Anderson, a politically motivated cult leader who's plotting an unthinkable mass murder.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
While nobody ever dreams they could personally be caught in a situation with mass casualties or injuries due to premeditated or random violence, this guide provides readiness techniques to help avoid becoming a victim in dangerous situations. Includes tips to boost awareness and possibly even stop a violent event before it starts.
17) Purgatory Bay
Author
Series
Bleak Harbor novels volume 2
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Former reporter Michaela "Mikey" Deming and Bleak Harbor police chief Katya Malone track a woman bent on revenge for the murders of her family members 12 years prior.
18) Aftermath
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
Secrets don't remain hidden for long in this thrilling read from a #1 New York Times bestselling author that's perfect for fans of Adam Silvera's More Happy Than Not and Barry Lyga's Bang.
Three years after losing her brother Luka in a school shooting, Skye Gilchrist is moving home. But there's no sympathy for Skye and her family because Luka wasn't a victim; he was a shooter.
Jesse Mandal knows all too well that...
Three years after losing her brother Luka in a school shooting, Skye Gilchrist is moving home. But there's no sympathy for Skye and her family because Luka wasn't a victim; he was a shooter.
Jesse Mandal knows all too well that...
19) Scrublands
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In the vein of The Dry and Before the Fall, a town's dark secrets come to light in the aftermath of a young priest's unthinkable last act in this arresting and searing debut thriller. In Riversend, an isolated rural community afflicted by an endless drought, a young priest does the unthinkable, killing five parishioners before being taken down himself. A year later, accompanied by his own demons from war-time reporting, journalist Martin Scarsden...
20) Nowhere to run
Author
Series
Publisher
Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When she returns from lunch only to discover that all of her colleagues at Zuma Software have been shot, Liv Dugan discovers that the shootings are linked to her long-dead mother and, with an unlikely confidant, races against time to uncover a secret from her past that is worth killing for.
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