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2007
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A teenage girl plots her mother's murder with a deranged online lover in this true-crime classic by the New York Times bestselling true crime author.
Jeanne Dominico was a hard-working single mother. Nicole, her fourteen-year-old daughter, was on the honor roll—and head over heels in love with an older boy she'd met through the Internet. Once the lovers met in person, Jeanne sensed trouble. If only she'd known that...
Jeanne Dominico was a hard-working single mother. Nicole, her fourteen-year-old daughter, was on the honor roll—and head over heels in love with an older boy she'd met through the Internet. Once the lovers met in person, Jeanne sensed trouble. If only she'd known that...
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2011
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English
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The New York Times bestselling author of Love Her to Death shares the true-crime story of a small-town Midwestern teenager murdered by her own friends.
Sixteen-year-old Adrianne Reynolds couldn't unravel the twisted tangles of jealousy and domination complicating her new life in East Moline, Illinois. What began as a fresh start after a troubled home life in Texas ended with Adrianne's body charred, stuffed into garbage bags,...
Sixteen-year-old Adrianne Reynolds couldn't unravel the twisted tangles of jealousy and domination complicating her new life in East Moline, Illinois. What began as a fresh start after a troubled home life in Texas ended with Adrianne's body charred, stuffed into garbage bags,...
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2014
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English
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The double life of a hardworking wife and mother leads to murder in this true-crime story by the New York Times bestselling author of I'll Be Watching You.
In the lovely town of Pleasant Valley in upstate New York, the maple trees were ablaze with fall's blood-red color. The air was crisp. And a woman named Susan Fassett left her weekly choir practice at a church—when a killer emerged from the shadows and mercilessly...
In the lovely town of Pleasant Valley in upstate New York, the maple trees were ablaze with fall's blood-red color. The air was crisp. And a woman named Susan Fassett left her weekly choir practice at a church—when a killer emerged from the shadows and mercilessly...
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Mild gusts whipped around the yellow police tape surrounding a well-tended home in Clear Lake, Texas. Inside were four viciously slain young bodies: Rachael Koloroutis, Tiffany Rowell, Marcus Precella, and Adelbert Sanchez. At high school, Rachel and Tiffany had been beautiful, intelligent, and beloved. But their kindness had made them targets - because the killer who came knocking that lazy afternoon turned out to be someone they knew all too well.......
5) Death trap
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Describes how, after a nasty divorce and bitter custody battle, Jessica McCord, with the assistance of her new husband, decided to get revenge on her ex-husband, Alan Bates, and his new wife by leading them into a deadly trap.
8) Kill For Me
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His Target
Aspiring model Sandee Rozzo's big mistake was being kind to Timothy "Tracey" Humphrey. After Rozzo refused the 'roided-up ex-con's advances, she described how he imprisoned, raped, and brutalized her for two days. When the courageous woman pledged to testify against him, Humphrey knew he had to silence her. . .
His Weapon
That's when he turned to 19-year-old Ashley Laney. She had fallen in love with Humphrey, her personal trainer, and...
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On a day like any other in Akron, Ohio, in a parking lot like so many across America, a black-clad motorcyclist rode up to an occupied vehicle and fired a gun-and didn't miss. The shock rippling through the community led to former beauty queen Cynthia George, a respected church member and devoted mother. Married to a wealthy businessman, she seemed to lead a charmed life. But did her beauty mask a heart cold enough to kill? M. William Phelps, award-winning...
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"The missing-persons case of Heather Strong, a young, beautiful suburban mother, baffled Florida detectives. When the file was handed to a veteran investigator, he knew Heather was dead. The challenge was to find her body - and whoever killed her."--Page 4 of cover.
13) Cruel Death
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Describes how Erika Sifrit and her ex-Navy SEAL husband, B.J., robbed, murdered, and dismembered two vacationers in Ocean City, Maryland.
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When librarian Martha Gail Fulton was gunned down in a Michigan parking lot on a quiet evening, there were two obvious suspects - Gail's husband George, a former military officer ...and George's mistress, the flashy businesswoman Donna Kay Trapani. Police were baffled to find that both had ironclad alibis. Yet evidence showed the shooter, a male, had an accomplice - a mystery woman. Now, M. William Phelps recounts the compelling real-life drama of...
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In September 2001, Carmen Rodriguez, a beautiful 32-year-old mother of four, went missing. At first police were stymied...until a killer's crucial mistake led investigators down a long, dark road of cold, calculated murder. This exclusive tour, unflinching and brilliantly researched, into the twisted mind of an all-American killer...and a state attorney's tireless efforts to lock him away forever.
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Cold Storage
In May 2003, an Arizona man who'd bought dozens of sealed boxes at a self-storage facility's auction of unclaimed property made a horrifying discovery: the bodies of three plastic-wrapped infants, one of which had become mummified over the years. Police traced them to Dianne Odell, 50, a mother of eight children, who admitted the babies were hers but claimed that they'd died of natural causes. She'd kept the bodies for over twenty years...
17) Bad girls
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The crime stunned quiet Mineral Wells, Texas: 49-year-old Bob Dow shot execution-style in his own bed, his invalid mother locked in the next room and a cache of homemade porn starring the town's underage girls. The two accused killers, teen lovers Bobbi Jo Smith and Jennifer Jones, were on the run, intent on going out in a cross-country blaze of glory. M. William Phelps exposes a gripping tale of sexploitation, lust, and betrayal, while questioning...
18) Jane
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Pure Terror. Real Courage. A Survivor of the Golden State Killer's True Story.
Jane Sandler had just kissed her husband goodbye as he left for work that morning. When he pulled out of the garage, another man walked in unnoticed. Seconds later, as her three-year-old nestled by her side, Jane heard footsteps-and then saw an intruder wearing a black ski mask. He had a rope and a knife in his hands…
This is the harrowing account of Jane's all-too...
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