Child Crimes

When Ruben and Jed find a dead body on the Rhode Island shore, they are certain it has something to do with smuggling liquor. It's the 1920s, Prohibition and bootlegging is in full swing, and almost everyone in the shore community is involved. Suddenly, the boys find themselves involved as well: didn't the dead man have something on him, and didn't they take it? It isn't long before Ruben is actually on the legendary Black Duck itself, caught in a war between two ferocious prohibition gangs.

In this true crime story, an Australian serial killer seeking to avoid justice leisurely boards a ship and flees to San Francisco. But members of an Australian police force board a faster one to await his arrival.

Luke was not eager to accompany his best friend, Hayden, and the cocky new kid, Russell, up to the cliff that night. The plan was to watch Russell jump off the cliff into the lake - his initiation for the Briar Academy fencing team. But instead, after an angry confrontation with Hayden, Russell falls to his death. Now Hayden is in jail and the pressure is on Luke to report what he saw. But what did he see?

In a future London, Concentr8 is a prescription drug intended to help kids with ADD. Soon every troubled teen is on it. It makes sense, doesn't it? Keep the undesirable elements in line. Keep people like us safe from people like them. What's good for society is good for everyone. Troy, Femi, Lee, Karen, and Blaze have been taking Concentr8 as long as they can remember. They're not exactly a gang, but Blaze is their leader, and Troy has always been his quiet, watchful sidekick - the only one Blaze really trusts.

Teenage best friends CiCi and Francesca made a decision that haunted them for the rest of their lives. What started as a celebration of Francesca's 18th birthday became a tragedy with repercussions neither could ever have imagined. Four years later, after keeping the incident buried, a blackmailer enters their lives, threatening to expose their secret. In the idyllic resort town of Round Lake, Jet Skiers, swimmers, and boaters center their lives on their upscale waterfront homes in their picturesque, peaceful Wisconsin town.

Do you want to learn more about police cars? Police dogs? Other tools the police use? Then it's your lucky day! Officer Gabby is a police officer. She knows how to keep people safe. She shows a group of kids how she does her job. Three cheers for police officers!

If it moves away from you, it's food; if it moves toward you, you're food. The 1957 murder of an undercover cop in a New York City housing project has unexpected ties to the unsolved disappearance of a young father walking home in those same projects with his son, Angelo, on Christmas Eve six years before. The only witness to the cop killing is Angelo, now 13, while on his way to seek his own revenge in the early morning hours. The killers know he saw them.

Telefonen ringer hos kommissarie Tax. Det är polisdetektiv Kao-Ling som ringer från Indien. Han behöver hjälp med att fånga en hyena som åker omkring i olika förklädnader och lurar av folk deras dyrbarheter. Den snälla kommissarie Tax lovar att han ska hjälpa Kao-Ling att fånga tjuven. Kommissarie Tax är en småfet tax i sina bästa år. Han spelar saxofon och är snäll, men inte alltid så smart. Elsie Petrén, född 1954, är en svensk saxofonist, kompositör och författare. Efter att hennes dotter föddes tog hon sedan en paus från musiken och började istället skriva deckare för barn och unga.

Det är mitt i sommaren och stekhett. Kommissarie Tax är på jakt efter ett par borttappade glasögon. Medan han är ute och letar börjar det brinna på flera olika ställen. Brandkåren har fullt upp. Kan bränderna höra ihop med de borttappade glasögonen? Kommissarie Tax är en småfet tax i sina bästa år. Han spelar saxofon och är snäll, men inte alltid så smart. Elsie Petrén, född 1954, är en svensk saxofonist, kompositör och författare. Hon hade påbörjat en utbildning till kläddesigner när kärleken till saxofonen tog över.

Märkliga saker inträffar på julmarknaden, så Bellman och Ryssen kallas in. Till sin hjälp har de den energiska norrmannen. Tillsammans tar kumpanerna sig an ett fall som visar sig vara betydligt mer invecklat än vad de trodde från början... Peter Gissy har ett journalistiskt förflutet men är sedan många år författare på heltid. Han debuterade 1996 och har utkommit med ett femtiotal böcker inom flera olika genrer.

Folkmuséet har råkat ut för en stöld och Bellman och hans vapendragare Ryssen kallas in. Det som till en början verkar mycket enkelt, visar sig vara väldigt, väldigt klurigt. Men tjuven har inte räknat med att ställas inför Bellman och Ryssen... Peter Gissy har ett journalistiskt förflutet men är sedan många år författare på heltid. Han debuterade 1996 och har utkommit med ett femtiotal böcker inom flera olika genrer.

Was ist bloß mit Markus los? Erst macht er bei einer Radtour schlapp. Dann will er nichts mehr mit seinen Freunden zu tun haben. Dafür treibt er sich ständig mit Peter dem Paten herum. Der ist Boss der Raffia und versorgt die halbe Schule mit Diebesgut. Gefährliche Rauchzeichen bringen Maria und Karl auf die Spur der Bande. Und als Markus von Peter in einen Hinterhalt gelockt wird, sind die zwei Freunde zur Stelle. Mit vereinten Kräften ermitteln die DREI gegen die Raffia. Denn die hat nur eins im Sinn: stehlen, bis die Köpfe qualmen!

It's 1919, Richmond football club is on top of the ladder, cream buns are threepence each and four boys are gunning for the best job in town. Charlie is lucky enough to win the prime job - running messages for Squizzy Taylor, the most dangerous gangster in Melbourne. But things start to get a little too hot for Charlie, so he decides to take the money and run....

Discover the truth about the Second Amendment, the NRA, and the United States' centuries-long fight over guns in this first-of-its-kind book for middle-grade listeners. Hana Bajramovic's Whose Right Is It?: The Second Amendment and the Fight over Guns reveals how a once obscure amendment became the focus of daily heated debate. The book will show young listeners how gun legislation has always been a part of American history and how money, power, and race have long dictated our ability to own guns.

Windy Bottom, Georgia, is usually a peaceful place. Coop helps his mom at her café and bookstore, hangs out with his grandpa, and bikes around with his friends Justice and Liberty. The town is full of all kinds of interesting people, but no one has ever caused a problem...until now. And somehow, Gramps is taking all the blame! It seems like there are a lot of secrets that were buried in their small town after all....

What's that you say? You're off to Bleakley Manor? On Michaelmas eve? But dear child, hasn't anyone told you the legend of Old Bramble Head, who rises once a year to claim another victim from the unfortunate Bleakley household...? Which one will it be this time? And could there be foul play? Crime-busting brothers Horatio and Eustace Bleakley feel certain they smell a rat. Or is that Cook's dinner? More importantly, can they solve the mystery before another Bleakley bites the dust? Go ahead and find out...if you dare!

Dave Sanchez, crime-fighting courier, has just been handed the scariest package he's ever seen, and it's addressed to none other than the dastardly Damien Black! Dave is well award that he should deliver the package, but when he sees the evil-looking potion inside, he knows he can't. So he comes up with a totally clever ruse to trick the villain and...it backfires. Big-time. Soon he's facing off with six-horned goats, terrifying tarantulas, a java-junkie monkey - and, of course, Damien Black!

México ocupa uno de los primeros lugares en el mundo en abuso sexual infantil: ¿cuántas vidas destrozadas más deben ocurrir para confrontar con real justicia esta tragedia?El abuso sexual infantil es una práctica condenable que daña profundamente a los seres más vulnerables de nuestra sociedad. María Antonieta Flores Astorga, experta en la materia por años de investigación, incluso con amenazas severas por su trabajo, ofrece en este libro un repaso minucioso, trágico e indignantede lo que la violación, la pornografía, la trata y el acoso a niñas, niños y adolescentes provoca en las víctimas.

Domestic Abuse - Parent Abuse, Children’s Story, Those Left Behind, Our Stories & More of Our Stories Bundle. These are stories about the friends and families who have lost loved ones. Some have been forced to leave their abuser by going into hiding. Others haven't been as lucky. These people that are left behind tell their heartbreaking stories of their losses and grief.

A little boy turns the perfect crime into a work of art.

Dylan is the only boy living in the tiny Welsh town of Manod. His parents run the Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel garage - and when he's not trying to persuade his sisters to play football, Dylan is in charge of the petrol log.