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Homicide

Smoke in Mirrors

Jayne Ann Krentz

Librarian Leonara Hutton, accused by Thomas Walker of helping her dead friend Meredith embezzle over one million dollars from a family charity, teams up with Walker to find out what is really going on

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The Rag and Bone Shop

Robert Cormier

Trent, an ace interrogator from Vermont, works to procure a confession from an introverted twelve-year-old accused of murdering his seven-year-old friend in Monument, Massachusetts.

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Magic Can Be Murder

Vivian Vande Velde

Set apart from other people because of their unusual abilities, Nola, a teenage witch, and her mother find themselves in great danger when Nola uses her power to call up images and witnesses a murder.

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The Grave Maurice

Martha Grimes

Detective Richard Jury, in the hospital recovering from a gunshot wound, becomes intrigued with the mystery of the disappearance of his surgeon's teenage daughter who was apparently kidnapped nearly t

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Dating Hamlet

Lisa Fiedler

In a story based on the Shakespeare play, Ophelia describes her relationship with Hamlet, learns the truth about her own father, and recounts the complicated events following the murder of Hamlet's fa

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Serial Killers

Allison Lassieur

This book profiles the lives and atrocities of seven serial killers: H. H. Holmes, Albert Fish, Ed Gein, Andrei Chikatilo, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahme, and the Zodiac killer.

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Serial Killers

Authors present information on techniques for identifying and apprehending serial killers and explore the nature of serial killers, examining possible causes for their behavior.

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Motherless Brooklyn

Jonathan Lethem

Lionel Essrog, a victim of Tourette's syndrome, is rescued from the St.

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Dust to Dust

Tami Hoag

The investigation into the death of a Minneapolis Internal Affairs cop is supposed to be a formality, but when Sam Kovac begins to look into the details of his death, he uncovers a secret life that ma

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Kids Who Kill

Herma Silverstein

This book examines the causes, cases, and social and personal impact of the increasing incidence of murders being committed by children and teenagers.

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