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1) MatchUp
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English
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"In this incredible follow-up to the New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller FaceOff, twenty-two of the world's most popular thriller writers come together for an unforgettable anthology. MatchUp takes the never-before-seen bestseller pairings of FaceOff and adds a delicious new twist: gender. Eleven of the world's best female thriller writers from Diana Gabaldon to Charlene Harris are paired with eleven of the world's best male thriller writers,...
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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English
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Each author captures Christie-and Marple-perfectly, while also displaying just a bit of her own unique touch. . . . This new and entertaining collection by some of our favorite writers will hook a new group of readers to the formidable Miss Marple." - Rhys Bowen, Washington Post "Marple is the best loved [detective]. Also the most influential. . . . It is Miss Marple who introduced the revolutionary notion that people are essentially...
Author
Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Andrews and McMeel
Pub. Date
[1981]
Language
English
Description
The monsignor is missing if anyone finds him alive it'll be a miracle. A Fr. Robert Koesler mystery.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Presents an examination of how and why people murder, and posits the theory that suggests everyone is capable of killing, using evidence from extensive research, personal experience, and the stories of convicted murderers, the author investigates the motivation behind murder.
Author
Series
Ellie Quicke mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Ellie is drawn into the family circle when two children of her daughter's fiance die.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
On the surface, the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is one of the most reputable institutions in London. But when the administrative head is found dead with a chisel in her heart, that distinguished facade begins to crumble as the truth emerges. Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate and quickly finds himself caught in a whirlwind of psychiatry, drugs, and deceit. Now he must analyze the deep-seated anxieties and thwarted...
11) A mind to murder
Publisher
Wellspring Media
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Scotland Yard commander, Adam Dalgliesh, investigates when the head of a mental health clinic is murdered.
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English
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Meet Helen Thorpe. She’s smart, preternaturally calm, deeply insightful and a freshly trained butler. On the day she is supposed to start her career as an unusually equanimous domestic professional serving one of the wealthiest families in the world, she is called back to a spiritual retreat where she used to work, the Yatra Institute, on one of British Columbia’s gulf islands. The owner of the lodge, Helen’s former employer Edna, has died while...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A forensic psychiatrist offers insight into the minds of serial killers, sharing stories about her FBI work with such figures as Ed Gein and John Wayne Gacy while analyzing the profiles of killers from the middle ages to today.
Author
Publisher
DK/Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Discover the shocking truth about some of the most disturbing cults that have ever existed--cults led by psychopaths such as Charles Manson, David Koresh, and Jim Jones that have exploded into acts of appalling savagery and evil. Explores these and many more bizarre and frightening cases to reveal terrifying stories of manipulation, coercion, abuse, and murder.
Author
Publisher
Visible Ink Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This chilling book looks at the horrifying stories of forty malevolent killers and hundreds of innocent victims, including such notorious homicidal maniacs as John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, and Jeffery Dahmer, but it also looks at lesser-known and overlooked murderers like Herbert Baumeister, America's I-70 Strangler; Japan's "Anime Killer," Tsutomu Miyazaki; Russia's "Rostov Ripper," Andrei Chikatilo; the "Giggling Granny," Nannie Doss; and many more....
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Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Edward Rulloff was a brilliant yet utterly amoral murderer--some have called him a 'Victorian-era Hannibal Lecter'--whose crimes spanned decades and whose victims were chosen out of revenge, out of envy, and sometimes out of necessity. From his humble beginnings in upstate New York to the dazzling salons and social life he established in New York City, at every turn Rulloff used his intelligence and regal bearing to evade detection and avoid punishment....
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