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"This book is the heartbreaking story that every parent dreads... Cohen sheds light on what really happened the night Lauren was never seen again." —David Crow, author of The Pale-Faced Lie

She visited friends. She walked to a bar. She was right there... until she was gone.

College student Lauren Spierer was pursuing her dreams, joining her boyfriend at a party school eight hundred miles from home.

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This is book 1 of the Caliperi Family Mafia series! Books 2 and 3 are available everywhere now!My hands are bound, but my mouth is wide open.And that's just the way he likes it.But behind the mafioso's façade of cruelty is a glimmer of a heart.If I can break down his walls, maybe we'll find a way out of this hellhole.Because if his employer finds out that Lucas put a baby in my womb…They'll never let us out of here alive.TRINAThere's no such thing...

This is book 3 and the finale of the Blood Eagles MC series! I broke every rule to make her mine. She was sent to keep me under wraps. But no one tells me what to do. I don't give a damn if her brother says she's off-limits: This one's belongs to me. CAIN My body is still aching from that beatdown. But I'm fired up, looking for someone to take my anger out on. I want revenge – not just for me, but for my MC. The Blood Eagles are a family,...

Leaving Vegas a fascinating glimpse into the world of Kansas City mobsters in the 1970sYou don't have to be a local history buff to be interested in the chronicles of Kansas City's infamous mob family. Those of us who were around here in the mid-1970s recall the headlines. Gary Jenkins, a former police detective (now attorney and author) takes us back to the players and key events of those days in Leaving Vegas: The True Story of How the FBI Wiretaps...

The author has written a how to book on the art of conduct a surveillance on criminals. Gary Jenkins is a retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit detective and Gary uses real life situations to entertain and educate the reader in the art of surveillance. He tells about sitting in roach infested apartments for days and days, following a serial killer on foot though the back alleys of Kansas City and following professional criminals as they move...

"Uvalde: 365 was a continuing ABC News series led by the network's Investigative Unit. As part of the initiative, ABC News opened a local satellite news bureau in Uvalde, Texas, in the aftermath of the tragic mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, that hosted a rotating crew of correspondents, producers, writers, and technical staff. Their gripping, vital reporting has been featured across all programs and platforms, from Good Morning America to...

"Remarks on Prisons and Prison Discipline in the United States" by Dorothea Lynde Dix is a groundbreaking and influential work that highlights the dire conditions and urgent need for reform in American prisons during the 19th century. In this meticulously researched and compellingly written treatise, Dix draws on her extensive investigations and firsthand observations of prisons across the United States. She exposes the inhumane conditions, overcrowding,...

On the verge of signing the most important document in African history, Agent Six and Detective Reggie Kona must race against the clock to get the document in the right hands before the big day. The powers-that-be have other plans. Six and Reggie find the job tougher at every turn, meeting elite operatives and killers all after one thing: a document that could change the future of Africa.

PICPUS (1943): Whilst moving into her new Paris apartment, Madame Dumont discovers a dead body in her wardrobe. Soon more corpses pile up near the metro station Picpus and the eponymous street: a clairvoyant, a blind man, a doctor, a real estate agent. These people have certainly got something in common, but what can it be? Maigret is summoned to investigate in this thrilling whodunit from director Richard Pottier (Fanfare d'Amour).

Veera learns that his lover Anttu's wife has known about her the whole time. Kirsi turns down a seemingly poor man only to find out he is a millionaire. Buntta tries to set Petri up for a murder but Johanna manages to save him at the last minute.