True Crime Mystery

In this fascinating thriller, a virus is sweeping the country, and America's hospitals are no longer safe. Patients across the United States are checking into hospitals for routine procedures but never checking out. Join Dr. Isaac Carlson and his team of medical superstars as they race against the clock to defeat the mysterious illness and save lives. Joseph has the kind of life many people dream about: A challenging career, a house in the suburbs, and millions in the bank.

The sensational case of Leo M. Frank is undisputedly Atlanta's and the south’s greatest murder mystery of modern years. The story of how little Mary Phagan was foully murdered us she went to get her pay at the National Pencil factory, revolting and horrible as it is in its details, naturally interests every working man and every working woman. The Mary Phagan murder mystery, however, lost its identity when Leo M. Frank, superintendent of the big factory, was arrested. The reason of the unusual importance of the case is that Frank was being persecuted because he was a Jew.

On October 26, 1961, after an evening of studying with friends on the campus of Transylvania University, 19-year-old student Betty Gail Brown got into her car around midnight - presumably headed for home. But she would never arrive. Three hours later, Brown was found dead in a driveway near the center of campus, strangled to death with her own brassiere. Kentuckians from across the state became engrossed in the proceedings as lead after lead went nowhere. Four years later, the police investigation completely stalled.

Drawing on the infamous Lord Lucan affair, this compelling novel explores the roots of a shocking murder from a fresh perspective and brings to vivid life an era when women's voices all too often went unheard. In the summer of 1974, Mandy River arrives in London to make a fresh start and begins working as nanny to the children of one Lady Morven. She quickly finds herself in the midst of a bitter custody battle and the house under siege: Lord Morven is having his wife watched.

Als die Tochter des verstorbenen Unternehmers Alex Soltau den Nachlass ihres Vaters ordnen will, traut sie ihren Augen nicht: In ein paar harmlos aussehenden Fässern in der Garage findet sie Leichenteile von Frauen! Kriminalhauptkommissarin Kira Hallstein identifiziert die fünf Opfer als Prostituierte, die im Verlauf von gut zehn Jahren getötet wurden - auf grausamste Art und unter Einsatz eines "Scharfen Löffels", mit dem Chirurgen bei Operationen Gewebe entnehmen.

Tara is on her way to pick up both her children from the airport following a visit with their father in America, but within seconds, her happiness is replaced by the shocking realization that only her daughter returned. Tara’s world is shattered as she’s thrust into the American legal system, determined to fight for her son.

First published in 1924, Charles E. Pearce’s account of some of the most gruesome and intriguing unsolved murders of the 19th century continues to captivate amateur sleuths to this day. Pearce guides us through a fascinating world of wicked assassinations, missed clues, ingenious stratagems, and cunning deceits in one last attempt to track down historical villains who evaded justice. It is impossible to establish the truth beyond reasonable doubt in any of the cases at this distance, but the light which Pearce sheds on the investigations and contemporary testimony, encourages us to evaluate the evidence anew.

33-årige Janne dödades av en fjärrutlöst bomb som apterats i hans bil. Dådet utfördes mitt i Helsingfors i juli 2002 och gav upphov till långtgående spekulationer. Efter en intensiv utredning lyckades helsingforspolisen klarlägga bakgrunden - som visade sig ganska krånglig. Mordet var ett beställningsjobb, där uppdragsgivaren ville göra sig av med Janne för att han inte längre skulle "stå i vägen" för honom och hans flickvän. I Nordisk kriminalkrönika berättar poliser själva om sina mest uppmärksammade, omskakande, och svåra fall.

Det låter som sånt som händer i sagor, du vet filmer. Fast sånt händer i verkligheten. När jag berättar här, det låter så... man kan tro att det inte händer... men det gör det, man måste uppleva det för att överhuvudtaget kunna förstå det. Att alltså, att typ styvmödrar är taskiga emot en... Så inledde Beatrice sitt första förhör i november 2011. Förhörsledaren försökte enträget att lista ut vad vittnesmålet handlade om, men informationen som skulle uppenbaras var något som han aldrig skulle kunnat föreställa sig.

Den här historien handlar om några unga män i Uppsala, vars kriminella verksamhet spred skräck och fasa bland alla som kom i deras väg. När brotten behandlades i domstol myntades begreppet Uppsala-maffian i medierna. Någon maffia i egentlig mening var det inte fråga om - även om gängets metoder liknade dem som förknippas med maffians. "Liga" är en mer adekvat benämning på den grupp som en åklagare försiktigtvis kallade "kamratgäng". Hur som helst handlade det om allvarliga brott och mycket stora pengar.

På en stig bakom ett boningshus ligger en man på marken. Mannen, som heter Sune, har ett koppel i sin hand, och hans hund sitter ängsligt bredvid sin husse och väntar på att han ska resa sig upp, men det gör han aldrig. Han är död. Två år senare kommer det in ett anonymt samtal till ett populärt radioprogram. Det är en kvinna som är bakom samtalet, en kvinna som berättar att hon mördat sin man. Är Sunes död på väg att få en förklaring? I Nordisk kriminalkrönika berättar poliser själva om sina mest uppmärksammade, omskakande, och svåra fall.

Annétthe Zettergren är en riktig mönstermedborgare. En hårt arbetande sjukgymnast som använder sin fritid för att förbättra samhället i sin roll som politiker, och som ledamot inom polisstyrelsen hjälper hon osjälviskt till med uppehållande av lag och ordning i samhället. Det är bara en man som anar att någonting inte står rätt till. Den envetne lokalreporten från Värmlands Folkblad börjar nysta i Zettergrens förehavanden, och vad han finner ska komma att leda till en polisutredning som blir känd i hela Sverige.

Dublin, November 1856: George Little, the chief cashier of the Broadstone railway terminus, is found dead, lying in a pool of blood beneath his desk. He has been savagely beaten, his head almost severed; there is no sign of a murder weapon, and the office door is locked, apparently from the inside. Thousands of pounds in gold and silver are left untouched at the scene of the crime. Augustus Guy, Ireland's most experienced detective, teams up with Dublin's leading lawyer to investigate the murder. But the mystery defies all explanation.

A boy with a rifle walks into a middle school, intent on carrying out Western-style vigilante justice. A wife and mother of four kisses her twelve-year-old student and forever changes our definition of student-teacher conferences. The world's most famous serial killers put Washington on the map. A bathtub, a handgun, a meat grinder, and a burn barrel play a role in the murder of the captain of a freighter.

Bestselling author of nearly sixty books, retired cop Loren W. Christensen asked men and women in uniform—police officers, sheriff deputies, SWAT, command, correction officers, and MPs—to convey their experiences with the paranormal. These are veteran officers that have been there and done that, but on one occasion they were confronted with the unexplained.

With trouble on the streets, DS Zander Ellery is under even more pressure to solve the case of the Prayer Slayer. His partner DC Isabel York is convinced she is being targeted, as all the postcards the Slayer sends are addressed only to her. With Zander and Isabel pulled in different directions, the body count escalates, until the case explodes in a direction no one could foresee — something that will test everyone to the limits of their experience and faith.

n Stacey arrived at Bill Bateman's for her five year class reunion, she had no idea how a memory from her past would alter her future. In one innocent moment, a simple cordial act leads one on a path of jealous rage and another fighting for their life. Tempers flare, threats are exchanged, blood is shed, and the services of the homicide detectives are soon requested. In his second release, former homicide detective and award-winning author, Ken Lang, unveils the inner workings of a chaotic homicide unit.

Imagine getting out of the bath and finding blood in four of your six rooms. That’s not the plot of a B-movie. That’s real life. There’s a reason you’re drawn to horror films, and they’re not as far-fetched as you thought. FBI data shows that four out of 10 homicides and six out of 10 rapes go unsolved, and this isn’t just down to shoddy police work or a failing system. Sometimes, there just is no rational explanation. Strange things happen every day, and many of them are never reported. But then, many of them don’t end in horror.

Edgar Alfred Jepson (1863-1938) was an English author best known for his adventure and detective fiction. He also wrote supernatural and fantasy stories. 'The Battersea Flat Mystery' is the true story of a particularly unusual unsolved murder in the Battersea area of London. A man is found shot on the stairs outside the empty flat below the one where his ex-mistress lives and where his son is visiting for supper. A mysterious stranger is seen running from the scene.

Volume two is a continuation of the Murders, Mayhem, and Scandals series. As in volume one, it contains stories of people who have disappeared without a trace and are still missing.