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Author |
: James Patterson |
Publisher |
: Little, Brown |
Total Pages |
: 342 |
Release |
: 2018-01-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780316412681 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0316412686 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis All-American Murder by : James Patterson
Discover the shocking #1 New York Times bestseller: the true story of a young NFL player's first-degree murder conviction and untimely death -- and his journey from the Patriots to prison. Aaron Hernandez was a college All-American who became the youngest player in the NFL and later reached the Super Bowl. His every move as a tight end with the New England Patriots played out the headlines, yet he led a secret life -- one that ended in a maximum-security prison. What drove him to go so wrong, so fast? Between the summers of 2012 and 2013, not long after Hernandez made his first Pro Bowl, he was linked to a series of violent incidents culminating in the death of Odin Lloyd, a semi-pro football player who dated the sister of Hernandez's fiancée, Shayanna Jenkins. All-American Murder is the first book to investigate Aaron Hernandez's first-degree murder conviction and the mystery of his own shocking and untimely death.
Author |
: John Oller |
Publisher |
: John Oller |
Total Pages |
: 60 |
Release |
: 2014-03-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781631732768 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1631732765 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis An All-American Murder by : John Oller
On a hot summer day in 1975, 14-year-old Christie Lynn Mullins left her neighborhood swimming pool with a friend, supposedly to attend a "cheerleading contest" behind a shopping center in Columbus, Ohio. Less than an hour later, she was found brutally beaten to death in the nearby woods. The neighborhood man who reported discovering her body was thought by many to be the true killer, but was never charged. Instead, the crime was pinned on a passive drifter with an IQ of 50, who confessed after six hours of interrogation. Two years later he was acquitted following a dramatic, Perry Mason-like trial full of surprise witnesses and testimony. "An All-American Murder," by lawyer and journalist John Oller, is the story of a homicide that rocked the city of Columbus, Ohio nearly 40 years ago and remains unsolved to this day. Despite widespread belief that the original police investigation was flawed, law enforcement authorities never actively pursued this alternate suspect and refuse to discuss the case today. Friends, neighbors, and classmates of the victim, as well her family, firmly believe that justice was not done and that this "cold case" should be reopened. "An All-American Murder" has been described as "a tragic, fascinating story well-told," and "an exceptionally well written, insightful look into the angst that people can carry for decades when the criminal justice system is unable/unwilling to provide closure." Perhaps with the benefit of this book, closure will finally be obtained.
Author |
: Amber Hunt |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 270 |
Release |
: 2011-08-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781429990196 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1429990198 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis All-American Murder by : Amber Hunt
Yeardley Love was a star athlete and student with her whole life ahead of her. Born into a world of privilege, Yeardley was exceptionally modest and generous. She was adored by many, especially the members of her lacrosse team at the University of Virginia, where she won the heart of another lacrosse player: George Huguely V. As champion athletes, Yeardley and George were a celebrity couple at UVA. But George's hard partying, hostile behavior, and jealousy proved too much for Yeardley. Then, just one month before graduation, Yeardley's lifeless body was found in her campus apartment... According to an affidavit, George admitted to bashing down her door and hitting her head against a wall. Did he intend to kill her? His lawyer claimed Yeardley's death was at most an accident. But as investigators uncovered more about George's past, they learned he was no stranger to violence: He was involved in at least two prior episodes of alcohol-fueled assault. And despite George's elite origins and seemingly perfect young life, police insist he was a time bomb about to explode...This is the true story of two young lovers and one All-American Murder.
Author |
: Anand Giridharadas |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2014-05-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780393239508 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0393239500 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas by : Anand Giridharadas
Describes how a Bangladeshi immigrant, shot in the Dallas mini mart where he worked in the days after September 11 in a revenge crime, forgave his assailant and petitioned the state of Texas to spare his attacker the death penalty.
Author |
: Jason Reynolds |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 229 |
Release |
: 2015-09-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781481463355 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1481463357 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis All American Boys by : Jason Reynolds
A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature. In this New York Times bestselling novel, two teens—one black, one white—grapple with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their school, their community, and, ultimately, the country bitterly divided by racial tension. A bag of chips. That’s all sixteen-year-old Rashad is looking for at the corner bodega. What he finds instead is a fist-happy cop, Paul Galluzzo, who mistakes Rashad for a shoplifter, mistakes Rashad’s pleadings that he’s stolen nothing for belligerence, mistakes Rashad’s resistance to leave the bodega as resisting arrest, mistakes Rashad’s every flinch at every punch the cop throws as further resistance and refusal to STAY STILL as ordered. But how can you stay still when someone is pounding your face into the concrete pavement? There were witnesses: Quinn Collins—a varsity basketball player and Rashad’s classmate who has been raised by Paul since his own father died in Afghanistan—and a video camera. Soon the beating is all over the news and Paul is getting threatened with accusations of prejudice and racial brutality. Quinn refuses to believe that the man who has basically been his savior could possibly be guilty. But then Rashad is absent. And absent again. And again. And the basketball team—half of whom are Rashad’s best friends—start to take sides. As does the school. And the town. Simmering tensions threaten to explode as Rashad and Quinn are forced to face decisions and consequences they had never considered before. Written in tandem by two award-winning authors, this four-starred reviewed tour de force shares the alternating perspectives of Rashad and Quinn as the complications from that single violent moment, the type taken directly from today’s headlines, unfold and reverberate to highlight an unwelcome truth.
Author |
: Lyn Riddle |
Publisher |
: Pinnacle Books |
Total Pages |
: 308 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0786015519 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780786015511 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Family Blood by : Lyn Riddle
Presents the true account of twenty-one-year-old Jimmy Robertson, who, after becoming immersed in the world of drugs and crime, murdered his parents.
Author |
: Patricia L. Bryan |
Publisher |
: University of Iowa Press |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 2007-08-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781587296055 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1587296055 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Midnight Assassin by : Patricia L. Bryan
On the night of December 1,1900, Iowa farmer John Hossack was attacked and killed while he slept at home beside his wife, Margaret. On April 11, 1901, after five days of testimony before an all-male jury, Margaret Hossack was found guilty of his murder and sentenced to life in prison. One year later, she was released on bail to await a retrial; jurors at this second trial could not reach a decision, and she was freed. She died August 25, 1916, leaving the mystery of her husband's death unsolved. The Hossack tragedy is a compelling one and the issues surrounding their domestic problems are still relevant today, Margaret's composure and stoicism, developed during years of spousal abuse, were seen as evidence of unfeminine behavior, while John Hossack--known to be a cruel and dangerous man--was hailed as a respectable husband and father. Midnight Assassin also introduces us to Susan Glaspell, a journalist who reported on the Hossack murder for the Des Moines Daily, who used these events as the basis for her classic short story, " A Jury of Her Peers", and the famous play Trifles. Based on almost a decade of research, Midnight Assassin is a riveting story of loneliness, fear, and suffering in the rural Midwest.
Author |
: Paul Slade |
Publisher |
: Soundcheck Books |
Total Pages |
: 151 |
Release |
: 2015-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780992948078 |
ISBN-13 |
: 099294807X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Unprepared To Die by : Paul Slade
The Gory Stories Behind The Murder Ballads Cheerfully vulgar, revelling in gore, and always with an eye on the main chance, murder ballads are tabloid newspapers set to music, carrying word of the latest ‘orrible murders to an insatiable public. Victims are bludgeoned, stabbed or shot in every verse and killers often hanged, but the songs themselves never die. Instead, they mutate – morphing to suit local place names as they criss cross the Atlantic and continue to fascinate each generation’s biggest musical stars. Paul Slade traces this fascinating genre’s history through eight of its greatest songs. Stagger Lee’s “biographers” alone include Duke Ellington, James Brown, Bob Dylan, Dr John, The Clash and Nick Cave. No two tell his story in quite the same way. Covering eight classic murder ballads, including “Knoxville Girl”, “Tom Dooley” and “Frankie & Johnny”, Slade investigates the real-life murder which inspired each song and traces its musical development down the decades. Billy Bragg, The Bad Seeds’ Mick Harvey, Laura Cantrell, Rennie Sparks of The Handsome Family and a host of other leading musicians add their own insights.
Author |
: Michael W. Cuneo |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 364 |
Release |
: 2005-08-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0312936753 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780312936754 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis Almost Midnight by : Michael W. Cuneo
A bizarre story that could only happen in America, this is a vivid, eye-opening narrative about a murderer, the Midwestern culture that spawned him, and the Pope who saved his life.
Author |
: Karen L. Cox |
Publisher |
: UNC Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 2017-08-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781469635040 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1469635046 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Goat Castle by : Karen L. Cox
In 1932, the city of Natchez, Mississippi, reckoned with an unexpected influx of journalists and tourists as the lurid story of a local murder was splashed across headlines nationwide. Two eccentrics, Richard Dana and Octavia Dockery—known in the press as the "Wild Man" and the "Goat Woman"—enlisted an African American man named George Pearls to rob their reclusive neighbor, Jennie Merrill, at her estate. During the attempted robbery, Merrill was shot and killed. The crime drew national coverage when it came to light that Dana and Dockery, the alleged murderers, shared their huge, decaying antebellum mansion with their goats and other livestock, which prompted journalists to call the estate "Goat Castle." Pearls was killed by an Arkansas policeman in an unrelated incident before he could face trial. However, as was all too typical in the Jim Crow South, the white community demanded "justice," and an innocent black woman named Emily Burns was ultimately sent to prison for the murder of Merrill. Dana and Dockery not only avoided punishment but also lived to profit from the notoriety of the murder by opening their derelict home to tourists. Strange, fascinating, and sobering, Goat Castle tells the story of this local feud, killing, investigation, and trial, showing how a true crime tale of fallen southern grandeur and murder obscured an all too familiar story of racial injustice.