Smyth, Frank and Mykles Ludwig,

The Detectives: crime and detection in fact and fiction.

Philadelphia, Lippincott, (1978). 1st ptg. G lg sz PB ex-library. The detective enforces society's rules and he cannot always play by them. Library markings.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS051094I

Catalogus: Crime

Stowers, Carlton,

Scream at the Sky: five Texas murders and one man's crusade for justice.

NY, St. Martins, (2003). BCE. VG in VG DJ. Masterful chronicle of one man's murderous career and another man's sworn promise to deliver justice and closure to the people. of Texas. Five women would be found brutally beaten and murdered in 17 months in Wichita Falls. 14 years later an investigator assigned to the cold case came upon a chance discovery, a minor detail that suggested one more suspect.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS046829I

Catalogus: Crime

Sullivan, Eleanor & Chris Dorbandt, edited by,

Murder in New England.

Secaucus, NJ, Castle, (1989). VG in VG DJ. Is New England the ideal locale to stage a mystery with its craggy Maine coast, taciturn natives who endure winters of. isolation & loneliness.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS035169I

Catalogus: Crime

Sullivan, Eleanor & Chris Dorbandt, edited by,

Murder in New England.

Secaucus, NJ, Castle, (1989). VG in VG DJ. Is New England the ideal locale to stage a mystery with its craggy Maine coast, taciturn natives who endure winters of. isolation & loneliness? Small mark along ft DJ flap edge.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS036060I

Catalogus: Crime

Symons, Julian, commentary by, introduction by John Fowles,

Agatha Christie: the art of her crimes: the paintings of Tom Adams.

NY, Everest House Pubs, (1981). G in G DJ ex-library. Tom Adams painted the first Christie cover in 1962 for A Murder Is Announced and since then his paintings have become one of the. best known series of paperback covers all over the world. Over 90 of his individual cover paintings are reproduced here, accompanied by perceptive and incisive comments from the well-known crime-writer, biographer and critic, Julian Symons, with introductions and commentaries by Adams himself. Library markings.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS051234I

Catalogus: Crime

Temple, Raston, Dina,

A Death in Texas: a story of race, murder, and a small town's struggle for redemption.

NY, Holt, (2002). VG lg sz PB advance reader's edition. In 1998 a trio of white men tied a 49 yr old black man to the bumper of their truck & dragged him 3 miles down a country road.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS026144I

Catalogus: Crime

Tuohy, John W.,

When Capone's Mob Murdered Roger Touhy: the strange case of Touhy, Jake the Barber and the kidnapping that never happened.

Ft. Lee, NJ, Barricade, (2001). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Roger Touhy's turbulent life as head of a strong criminal empire on outskirts of Chicago.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS036003I

Catalogus: Crime

Turow, Scott, introduction by,

True Crime Stories: cases that shocked America.

np, People Magazine, (2005). vG in VG DJ. Laci Peterson, JonBonet Ramsey, Tony Toto, Gianni Versace, Charles Stuart, Pam Smart, Robert Chambers, Jean Harris, etc.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS050473I

Catalogus: Crime

Vachss, Alice,

Sex Crimes: ten years on the front lines prosecuting rapists and confronting their collaborators.

NY, Random, (1993). 1st ed 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. A searing indictment of our criminal justice system which is weighted against victims by police officers & judges.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS009613I

Catalogus: Crime

Walsh, John (host of "America's Most Wanted")with Susan Schindehette,

Tears of Rage: from grieving father to crusader for justice: the untold story of the Adam Walsh case.

NY, Pocket Books, (1997). BCE. VG in VG DJ. Tiny tear at top center of DJ. After Walsh's son was abducted and never found, he began his TV program.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS005264I

Catalogus: Crime

Wambaugh, Joseph,

Echoes in the Darkness.

NY, Morrow, (1987). 6th ptg. VG in VG DJ. The Main Line Murder Case. A teacher known for collecting women & his principal dubbed the Prince of Darkness are. investigated after the baffling murder in 1979 of a teaching colleague whose nude body is found in her car. Her two children have vanished. A true Gothic mystery.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS029834I

Catalogus: Crime

Whitehead, Don. Foreword by J. Edgar Hoover,

The FBI Story: a report to the people.

NY, Random House, (1956). VG in VG DJ. Owner name fep. Written with the cooperation of the FBI, takes you behind the scenes.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS014590I

Catalogus: Crime

Whitehead, Don,

Journey into Crime: true stories of the world's most bizarre crime.

NY, Random, (1960). 2nd ptg. VG in G DJ. The Japanese who invited 18 people to a lethal tea party, the handsome San Franciscan who robbed banks to keep his credit. rating, the Chinese secret society members who pirated a 4,551 ton ship, By the author of The FBI Story. Whitehead has been a reporter and writer for 32 years and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. DJ tears along edges.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS054255I

Catalogus: Crime

Wright, Richard O. - Editor, Introduction by Clark Mollehoff.,

Whose F.B.I.?.

La Salle, IL, Open Court, (1974). VG PB. Some edge wear. Clear picture of the FBI as a necessary Amer. institution while it strips aways the myths of infallibility.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS002240I

Catalogus: Crime