Discusses the twenty year pursuit of Sheriff David Reichert for the Green River Killer.
Investigative reporter Erik Larson unearths the lost history of the 1893 World's Fair and of a madman who grimly parodied the fair's achievements. The "White City" was a magical creation constructed upon Chicago's swampy Jackson Park by a roster of architectural stars, including…
Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America₂s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair's brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the …
Erik Larson?author of #1 bestseller IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS?intertwines the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted…
While Daniel H. Burnham builds the glittering 1893 Chicago World's Fair, a serial killer lures young women to a torture chamber.
Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America's rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair's brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the …
Canada's award-winning crime writer takes on a transatlantic serial killer One of six book-length stories published in the Hamilton Spectator, Poison is a riveting piece of crime reporting that won a National Newspaper Award in 2004. Chronicling the life and crimes of serial mur…
"Poison begins with a beautiful Indian-Canadian woman collapsing in front of her family at home and dying an agonizingly painful death. Police are not called to the scene, and a renowned forensic pathologist is stumped over the cause of Parvesh Dhillon's demise." "But soon anoth…
This edition is fully updated, bringing all the cases covered up to the minute. A recognised authority on Australia's most notorious criminals, Paul B. Kidd covers in unwavering detail 33 true stories of serial murder.
In the alleys of the decrepit Boston neighborhood known as the Weird, fairy prostitutes are turning up dead. The crime scenes show signs of residual magic, but the Guild, which polices the fey, has more "important" crimes to investigate and dumps the case on human law enforcemen…
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In the alleys of the decrepit Boston neighborhood known as the Weird, fairy prostitutes are turning up dead. The crime scenes show signs of residual magic, but the Guild, which polices the fey, has more "important" crimes to investigate and dumps the case on human law enforcemen…
Heading a task force that is investigating a series of police officer murders, agent Dominick Falconetti pursues leads that suggest that a missing gang member with drug connections may be responsible, while prosecutor C.J. Townsend begins to suspect that she may know more about …
State prosecutor C.J. Townsend, who put Florida's last serial killer behind bars, is the logical person to help in the investigation of a series of cop killings.
Profiles Jack the Ripper, Ted Bundy, the BTK Killer, and other infamous serial killers through a collection of facts, stories, trivia, quizzes, quotes, and black-and-white photographs.
Meet the serial killer -- Albert Fish -- Bobby Joe Long -- Ted Bundy -- Dean Corll -- Gary Heidnik -- John Wayne Gacy -- Albert Desalvo -- Jerry Brudos -- Henry Lee Lucas/Ottis Toole -- Jeffrey Dahmer -- David Berkowitz -- Ken Bianchi/Angelo Buono -- Dennis Rader -- Edmund Kempe…