One Shot Of Murder

Author : Dorothy Marcic
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-27
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780806538563

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With One Shot by Dorothy Marcic Pdf

A woman chronicles her efforts as an amateur detective to solve the forty-four-year-old murder of her beloved uncle in this true crime memoir. The brutal 1970 murder of LaVerne Stordock, a respected family man and former police detective, shocked his Wisconsin community. On the surface, the case seemed closed with the confession of Stordock’s wife, Suzanne. But the trail of secrets and lies that began with his death did not end with his widow’s insanity plea. Dorothy Marcic, a playwright, theatrical producer, and university professor, couldn’t put her doubts to rest. In 2014, she embarked on a two-year mission to uncover the truth. In the bestselling tradition of Ann Rule and M. William Phelps, With One Shot weaves a spellbinding tale of unmet justice and the truth behind a shocking family tragedy. Praise for With One Shot “A rapid-fire, real-life thriller.” —M. William Phelps, New York Times–bestselling author of We Thought We Knew You “A riveting, personal story of the American justice system.” —Kaylie Jones, author of Lies My Mother Never Told Me “A gripping tale, well worth reading.” —Lawrence M. Miller, author of The Lean Coach “Marcic excavates new depths of perfidy, cruelty and lies.” —Randy Cohen, former Ethicist for The New York Times “A compelling read about a true family murder mystery marked by intrigue, betrayal and injustice. ”—Leslie J. Mann, assistant prosecutor, Essex County, New Jersey

Author : H. Thomas Money
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781770679689

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One Shot of Murder by H. Thomas Money Pdf

A young golf pro is involved in a murder unwillingly. In the act of discovering why, he becomes a private detective. The process calls for the help of his pal in the secret service, a new friend in the central intelligence agency and a reluctant lieutenant of police. The attempt at control of the currency of nineteen nations suddenly flows to the surface and the intrigue of international involvement makes it a thriller. The conclusion not only brings a crushing surprise but it also brings to a head a bit of the love future for our new detective-golf-pro.

Author : Gary Phillips
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781641294577

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One-Shot Harry by Gary Phillips Pdf

Race and civil rights in 1963 Los Angeles provide a powerful backdrop in Gary Phillips’s riveting historical crime novel about an African American forensic photographer seeking justice for a friend—perfect for fans of Walter Mosley, James Ellroy, and George Pelecanos. LOS ANGELES, 1963: African American Korean War veteran Harry Ingram earns a living as a news photographer and occasional process server: chasing police radio calls and dodging baseball bats. With racial tensions running high on the eve of Martin Luther King’s Freedom Rally, Ingram risks becoming a victim at every crime scene he photographs. When Ingram hears about a deadly automobile accident on his police scanner, he recognizes the vehicle described as belonging to his good friend and old army buddy, a white jazz trumpeter. The LAPD declares the car crash an accident, but when Ingram develops his photos, he sees signs of foul play. Ingram feels compelled to play detective, even if it means putting his own life on the line. Armed with his wits, his camera, and occasionally his Colt .45, “One-Shot” Harry plunges headfirst into the seamy underbelly of LA society, tangling with racists, leftists, gangsters, zealots, and lovers, all in the hope of finding something resembling justice for a friend. Master storyteller and crime fiction legend Gary Phillips has filled the pages of One-Shot Harry with fascinating historical cameos, wise-cracks, tenderness, and an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride of a plot with consequences far beyond one dead body.

Author : Richard Osman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781984880970

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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman Pdf

A New York Times bestseller | Soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment “Witty, endearing and greatly entertaining.” —Wall Street Journal “Don’t trust anyone, including the four septuagenarian sleuths in Osman’s own laugh-out-loud whodunit.” —Parade Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her first big case A brutal murder Welcome to... THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?

Author : Andrew Harbis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0645315818

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One Shot by Andrew Harbis Pdf

From exciting new Australian author Andrew K Harbis comes a thrilling Western crime drama of fortitude, lawlessness, and heart.One cold-blooded killer. One city full of dark secrets. One life-changing reward.THE corpses of One-Shot's victims had all been discovered with a precisely positioned, fatal bullet, and after each murder occurred, the killer disappeared, leaving behind no evidence, no witnesses, no discernible motive, not one clue; nothing but a devastating trail of grieving families, a city on edge, and one lone bullet in each of his victims.Former sheriff Travis Channer returns to the city of Moonsong to help an old friend track a mysterious killer known only as One-Shot. With a $15,000 reward on offer for One-Shot's capture, Travis believes returning to the city that ousted him as sheriff eleven years ago is the only way he can save his family's ranch from the harsh winter; even if it means confronting the mistakes of his untamed past.Meanwhile, the reward attracts the attention of small-time thief Aiden Daniels, a scrawny sixteen-year-old boy living in the derelict housing district south of Moonsong, who hopes the money will save his dying mother's life. As Aiden joins the hunt for the killer, he discovers a dark web of secrets and encounters Travis's daughter Laura, who had followed her father into the city, seeking to forge a life of her own.The closer they come to the truth, the more secrets they uncover, and as the danger escalates, the higher the stakes become.One Shot is a page-turning read set in a fictional county in the American West, with a host of dynamic characters and twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat and wanting more.

Author : Charlotte Gray
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443409254

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The Massey Murder by Charlotte Gray Pdf

A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of the Year An Amazon Top 100 Book of the Year Shortlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize Longlisted for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction A scandalous crime, a sensational trial, a surprise verdict—the true story of Carrie Davies, the maid who shot a Massey In February 1915, a member of one of Canada’s wealthiest families was shot and killed on the front porch of his home in Toronto as he was returning from work. Carrie Davies, an 18-year-old domestic servant, quickly confessed. But who was the victim here? Charles “Bert” Massey, a scion of a famous family, or the frightened, perhaps mentally unstable Carrie, a penniless British immigrant? When the brilliant lawyer Hartley Dewart, QC, took on her case, his grudge against the powerful Masseys would fuel a dramatic trial that pitted the old order against the new, wealth and privilege against virtue and honest hard work. Set against a backdrop of the Great War in Europe and the changing face of a nation, this sensational crime is brought to vivid life for the first time. As in her previous bestselling book, Gold Diggers—which was made into a Discovery Channel miniseries entitled “Klondike”—multi-award-winning historian and biographer Charlotte Gray has created a captivating narrative rich in detail and brimming with larger-than-life personalities, as she shines a light on a central moment in our past.

Author : Grant Howitt,Christopher Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Games
ISBN : 0996376569

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Spire by Grant Howitt,Christopher Taylor Pdf

Author : Shouvik Bhattacharya
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789386643780

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Murder in a Minute by Shouvik Bhattacharya Pdf

When a young woman is found lifeless in a pool of her own blood, everyone is convinced that it is her college sweetheart who murdered her. The victim's step-brothers, Rishabh and Arya,embark on a journey to unearth the truth, a journey riddled with fallacies and conspiracies, planted intentionally. What connection is there between a missing blue envelope, a misplaced sweater and stray footprints in a room. Could those people they thought they knew so well be hiding dark secrets about their past? Or did their dead sister have more to hide than they imagined?

Author : Mikal Gilmore
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307423641

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Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore Pdf

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE Haunting, harrowing, and profoundly affecting, Shot in the Heart exposes and explores a dark vein of American life that most of us would rather ignore. It is a book that will leave no reader unchanged. Gary Gilmore, the infamous murderer immortalized by Norman Mailer in The Executioner's Song, campaigned for his own death and was executed by firing squad in 1977. Writer Mikal Gilmore is his younger brother. In Shot in the Heart, he tells the stunning story of their wildly dysfunctional family: their mother, a black sheep daughter of unforgiving Mormon farmers; their father, a drunk, thief, and con man. It was a family destroyed by a multigenerational history of child abuse, alcoholism, crime, adultery, and murder. Mikal, burdened with the guilt of being his father's favorite and the shame of being Gary's brother, gracefully and painfully relates a murder tale "from inside the house where murder is born... a house that, in some ways, [he has] never been able to leave." Shot in the Heart is the history of an American family inextricably tied up with violence, and the story of how the children of this family committed murder and murdered themselves in payment for a long lineage of ruin.

Author : Tracy Kiely
Publisher : Nic & Nigel Mystery
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1410480836

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Murder with a Twist by Tracy Kiely Pdf

A Nic & Nigel MysteryIn New York to attend a cousin's birthday gala, Nic and Nigel Martini look forward to cocktails with old friends and a pampered stay at the Ritz. Then the birthday girl's gold-digging husband goes missing, and Nigel's condescending aunt begs former detective Nic to find sleazy Leo, despite the fact that it would be better for everyone if he just stayed lost. Now, assisted by Nigel and their Bullmastiff, Nic must hunt down the dirtiest Martini.

Author : Ava Eldred
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780241449448

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The Boyband Murder Mystery by Ava Eldred Pdf

'I have long believed that loving a boyband brings with it a wealth of transferable skills, but I'd never imagined solving a murder would be one of them...' Harri and her best friends worship Half Light - an internationally famous boyband. When frontman Frankie is arrested on suspicion of murdering his oldest friend Evan, Harri feels like her world's about to fall apart. But quickly she realises that she - and all the other Half Light superfans out there - know and understand much more about these boys than any detective ever could. Now she's rallying a fangirl army to prove Frankie's innocence - and to show the world that you should never underestimate a teenage girl with a passion...

Author : Jack Iams
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479449590

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A Shot of Murder by Jack Iams Pdf

VIOLENCE... INTRIGUE... DEATH... A grotesque, diabolical old doctor with a terrifying hypodermic needle that packs a special wallop... A barrel-shaped man of mystery with dark glasses and darker motives, involving the fate of nations... A beautiful brunette with soft, creamy skin and a lovely pearl-handled revolver, out to "get her man" in an unlovely way... You'll meet them all in A SHOT OF MURDER, a tale of mystery and mayhem which begins in Paris and ends in a strange mountain sanitorium where weird experiments are tried on human minds.

Author : Kevin F. McMurray
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-02
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781429956055

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One Dark Night by Kevin F. McMurray Pdf

Their neighbors were Bill and Hillary Clinton. Their home was Chappaqua, the upscale New York suburb famous for its tranquility—until one dark night, when a brutal murder shattered the community. Driving home with his wife Peggy, Carlos Perez-Olivo claimed he was forced off the road by another vehicle. Entering the couple's SUV, the other driver allegedly shot and killed Peggy during a struggle. Then, while wrestling with the assailant, Carlos took a bullet in the abdomen. But disturbing facts about Carlos began to surface: He'd sent flowers to his mistress two days before Peggy's murder. He'd been recently disbarred as a criminal defense attorney. And now, he stood to inherit Peggy's life insurance policies. With each revelation, more questions were raised: Was Carlos an innocent victim? A scheming accomplice? Or a cold-blooded killer? This is what really happened...

Author : Brian Lew,Harald Oimoen
Publisher : Bazillion Points LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Rock groups
ISBN : 1935950037

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Murder in the Front Row by Brian Lew,Harald Oimoen Pdf

In the 1980s, the San Francisco Bay Area was heaven for hardcore headbangers. Shunning Hollywood hairspray and image in favor of a more dangerous street appeal, the Bay Area thrash metal scene was home toExodus,Metallica,Testament,Possessed,Death Angel,Heathen,Vio-Lence,Attitude Adjustment, Forbidden, andBlind Illusion -- and served as a second home to like-minded similar bands likeSlayer,Mercyful Fate,Anthrax,Megadeth, and more. Beginning as teenagers taking snapshots of visiting heavy metal bands during the 1970s, Brian "Umlaut" Lew and Harald "O." Oimoen documented the birth and growth of the local metal scene. Featuring hundreds of unseen live and candid color and black-and-white photographs,Murder in the Front Row captures the wild-eyed zeal and drive that madeMetallica,Slayer, andMegadeth into legends, with over 100 million combined records sold.

Author : James Phillips
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781445262833

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Who Murdered Jill Dando and Why? by James Phillips Pdf

Jill Dando a British Televison Programmmes Presenter was murdered in a bizarre "Professional Commando Style " on the doorstep of her home; with her head forced into ground and a one shot bullet with most of the propellant removed to fit a one shot gun. It was specially silenced to kill her quietly with a soft brain tissue kill. A "fall guy" (Patsy) was charged by Police very quickly in a few days; but only after the Police had spent a year of no success in the investigation. The "fall-guy" was convicted in an appalling Miscarriage of Justice trial on flimsy evidence.After 6 years in prison; a second trial jury set him free as innocent of the crime; another £1 million victim compensation and £25 million wasted by Police? Yet again; another in a long line of continuous poor British Police investigations; that British taxpayers are forced to endure by their rotten Governments; with nobody ever loosing their jobs when corruption and misfeasance allegedly may have occurred in the Police.