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A fascinating pop-history dive into the stories behind the incredibly impactful crimes--both infamous and little-known--that have shaped the legal system as we know it. When asked why true crime is so in vogue, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Amber Hunt always has the same answer: it's no hotter than it's always been. Crimes and trials have captured American consciousness since the Salem Witch Trials in the...
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Planeta
Pub. Date
2021.
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Español
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"Corre el año 1834 y Madrid, una pequeña ciudad que trata de abrirse paso más allá de las murallas que la rodean, sufre una terrible epidemia de cólera. Pero la peste no es lo único que aterroriza a sus habitantes: en los arrabales aparecen cadáveres desmembrados de niñas que nadie reclama. Todos los rumores apuntan a la Bestia, un ser a quien nadie ha visto pero al que todos temen. Cuando la pequeña Clara desaparece, su hermana Lucía, junto...
4) The pledge
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
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A veteran police detective, on the day of his retirement, handles the case of a seven-year-old girl who has been brutally murdered. When a mentally retarded man confesses to the murder and then kills himself, the detectives consider the case closed, but was he actually the murderer? Before long evidence is uncovered that suggests the girl was just one in a series of brutal killings involving young girls and a mysterious man.
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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"When crime reporter Jordan Manning leaves her hometown in Texas to take a job at a television station in Chicago, she's one step closer to her dream: a coveted anchor chair on a national network. Jordan is smart and aggressive, with unabashed star power, and often the only woman of color in the newsroom. Her signature? Arriving first on the scene in impractical designer stilettos. Armed with a master's degree in forensic science and impeccable instincts,...
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Life Publishers, sponsored by Health Communications Inc
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
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"Disturbed and unstable, a ruthless serial killer is on the loose in Monterey County, California. The slayings are violent, erratic, shocking. It's clear the killer's precarious mental condition is deteriorating. Yet, homicide detective Jim Marks remains baffled by the evidence. Why is the killer so contradictory in his behavior, yet at the same time inexplicably normal? When the pace and brutality of the killings suddenly escalates, Marks takes a...
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