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"It all started when journalist Jillian Lauren asked LAPD Homicide Detective Mitzi Roberts about which case Roberts was most proud of closing. "Samuel Little," Roberts answered. The now 79-year-old Little had murdered approximately 90 women over six decades and repeatedly got away with the murders due to lack of evidence (or jurisdiction); Roberts finally brought him to justice by tying him to the murders of three Los Angeles women. Surprised she...

"In Tangled Vines, bestselling true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigious Murdaugh family and the shocking double murder that led to the downfall of its patriarch, Alex Murdaugh. Among the lush, tree-lined waterways of South Carolina low country, the Murdaugh name means power. A century-old, multimillion-dollar law practice has catapulted the family into incredible wealth and local celebrity-but it was an unimaginable tragedy...

"Two mauled bodies in the woods. Top secret autopsies. The most chilling cases of Scarpetta's career. In this thrilling new installment of Patricia Cornwell's #1 bestselling Scarpetta series, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains of two campers wanted by federal law enforcement. The victims have been savaged beyond recognition, and other evidence is terrifying and baffling, including...

Amidst the neon lights and long shadows, dark threats continue to lurk in Sin City. Maxine Roby leads her brilliant team of Crime Scene Investigators as they use science to solve baffling cases. Catherine Willows returns to help the CSIs face off with a dealer of death who is planning to beat the odds in Las Vegas. This combined force will deploy the latest forensic techniques in order to preserve and serve justice in Sin City.

A collector for a Midwestern criminal enterprise is caught stealing money from his boss and is given one last job to pay back his debt by participating in an elaborate heist and blackmailing a small-time Omaha Mafioso.

Jim Thompson's sinewy, brutal, and beloved novel reaches its penultimate chapter in this adaptation by writer Devin Faraci (The Fade-In) and artist Vic Malhotra (Murder Book). Small-town deputy Lou Ford seems a little slow and a little boring on the surface, but underneath hides a sickness that has reared its ugly head once again...

Jim Thompson's sinewy, brutal, and beloved novel brought to life as a five-part graphic noir! Adapted by writer Devin Faraci, and illustrated with gut-punchingly vivid art by Vic Malhotra (Murder Book), The Killer Inside Me gives us a pitch-black glimpse into the mind of the American serial killer years before Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy, and Brett Easton Ellis's American Psycho.

Through her nightmarish medical contraption, Reika has tied her and Fionas fates together, presenting Arashi and Mikoto with an impossible choice. Can they stop Reika, even if it means losing a dear friend"

Reikas reinforcements may be formidable, but she has sorely underestimated the power of Black Labels teamwork. Neither Lady Dires mighty shield nor the puppet armies of Algol can protect her. At last, the master mind behind humanitys supposed destruction seems to be up against the ropes! Is Arashi prepared to execute triage"!

"This unputdownable book weaves together two stories: the story of a courageous mother, and the story of the rise of drug cartels and of violence in Mexico. The story begins on an international bridge between Mexico and the U.S. Miriam Rodriguez is stalking one of the men who murdered her daughter. He is a member of the Zeta drug cartel that now controls what was once Miriam's quiet hometown of San Fernando, near the U.S. border. Having dyed her hair...