Stray Bullets

Author : Robert Rotenberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476757759

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Stray Bullets by Robert Rotenberg Pdf

From the bestselling author of Old City Hall comes Robert Rotenberg’s third intricate mystery set on the streets and in the courtrooms of Toronto. In The Guilty Plea and Old City Hall, critically acclaimed author Robert Rotenberg created gripping page-turners that captured audiences in Canada and around the world. In Stray Bullets, Rotenberg takes the reader to a snowy November evening. Outside a busy downtown doughnut shop, gunshots ring out and a young boy is critically hurt. Soon Detective Ari Greene is on scene. How many shots were fired? How many guns? How many witnesses? With grieving parents and a city hungry for justice, the pressure is on to convict the man accused of this horrible crime. Against this tidal wave of indignation, defense counsel Nancy Parish finds herself defending her oldest and most difficult client. But does anyone know the whole story?

Author : Robert Rotenberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781439190487

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Old City Hall by Robert Rotenberg Pdf

DID CANADA'S FAVORITE RADIO HOST COMMIT MURDER Kevin Brace, Canada's most famous radio personality, stands in the door of his luxury condominium, hands covered in blood, and announces to his newspaper delivery man: "I killed her." His wife lies dead in the bathtub, fatally stabbed. It would appear to be an open-and-shut case. The trouble is, Brace refuses to talk to anyone -- including his own lawyer -- after muttering those incriminating words. With the discovery that the victim was actually a self-destructive alcoholic, the appearance of strange fingerprints at the crime scene, and a revealing courtroom crossexamination, the seemingly simple case takes on all the complexities of a hotly contested murder trial. Meantime, much to everyone's surprise, the Leafs are making an unlikely run for the Stanley Cup.

Author : Jorge García-Robles
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781452940045

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The Stray Bullet by Jorge García-Robles Pdf

William S. Burroughs arrived in Mexico City in 1949, having slipped out of New Orleans while awaiting trial on drug and weapons charges that would almost certainly have resulted in a lengthy prison sentence. Still uncertain about being a writer, he had left behind a series of failed business ventures—including a scheme to grow marijuana in Texas and sell it in New York—and an already long history of drug use and arrests. He would remain in Mexico for three years, a period that culminated in the defining incident of his life: Burroughs shot his common-law wife, Joan Vollmer, while playing William Tell with a loaded pistol. (He would be tried and convicted of murder in absentia after fleeing Mexico.) First published in 1995 in Mexico, where it received the Malcolm Lowry literary essay award, The Stray Bullet is an imaginative and riveting account of Burroughs’s formative experiences in Mexico, his fascination with Mexico City’s demimonde, his acquaintances and friendships there, and his contradictory attitudes toward the country and its culture. Mexico, Jorge García-Robles makes clear, was the place in which Burroughs embarked on his “fatal vocation as a writer.” Through meticulous research and interviews with those who knew Burroughs and his circle in Mexico City, García-Robles brilliantly portrays a time in Burroughs’s life that has been overshadowed by the tragedy of Joan Vollmer’s death. He re-creates the bohemian Roma neighborhood where Burroughs resided with Joan and their children, the streets of postwar Mexico City that Burroughs explored, and such infamous figures as Lola la Chata, queen of the city’s drug trade. This compelling book also offers a contribution by Burroughs himself—an evocative sketch of his shady Mexican attorney, Bernabé Jurado.

Author : David Lapham
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-29
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781632152633

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Stray Bullets Vol. 1 by David Lapham Pdf

With the return of STRAY BULLETS, it's time to roll out the "by story arc" trades of DAVID LAPHAM's influential crime masterpiece.... These are their stories. Follow the lost lives of people who are savagely torn apart by events beyond their control. As the innocent world of an imaginative little girl is shattered when she witnesses a brutal double murder. Or an introverted young boy on the verge of manhood gets a lesson on just how far is too far when he falls for a needy woman who lives life in the fast lane. Or party with a pair of low-rent hoods who learn about what is really important in life just when they shouldn't. And even learn the story of the most infamous gangster who ever lived, Amy Racecar, who talks to God, lunches with the President, and just may be responsible for the end of the world. These are some of the tales that will rip out your guts and break your heart. Collects STRAY BULLETS #1-7.

Author : Robert Rotenberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781416592914

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The Guilty Plea by Robert Rotenberg Pdf

With The Guilty Plea, a gripping sequel to the international bestseller Old City Hall, Robert Rotenberg delivers a sharp, suspenseful legal thriller with an explosive conclusion. Bestselling author Robert Rotenberg is back with another razor-sharp legal thriller. Rotenberg’s insider knowledge of the behind-the-scenes courtroom machinations and his mesmerizing trial scenes make this another scorching page-turner. On the morning that his headline-grabbing divorce trial is set to begin, Terrance Wyler, youngest son of the Wyler Food dynasty, is found stabbed to death in the kitchen of his million-dollar home. Detective Ari Greene arrives minutes before the press and finds Wyler’s four-year-old son asleep upstairs. When Wyler’s ex-wife, a strange beauty named Samantha, shows up at her lawyer’s office with a bloody knife, it looks as if the case is over. But Greene soon discovers the Wyler family has secrets they’d like to keep hidden, and they’re not the only ones. If there’s one thing Greene knows, it’s that the truth is never simple.

Author : David Lapham
Publisher : El Capitan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2001-04-04
Category : Horror comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : 0965328074

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The Stray Bullets by David Lapham Pdf

Forget the circus - the freaks live next door Marvel at these wonders of the modern world. Be awed and amazed at a mystical, five-legged cow whose untimely death inspires a revolution. Stare agast at the depraved actions of a group of small-town freaks as they unleash a night of savagery and violence. Be astonished by the sadism of an ordinary housewife and her cohorts, as their foul afternoon entertainment turns deadly for an innocent young child. And roar with laughter at the infidelities of a middle-aged clown with blood on his hands who claws his way out of the darkness only to take the ultimate fall...This fourth volume collects four more complete stories from David Lapham's Eisner Award-winning series.

Author : Ruth Price
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-26
Category : Afghan War, 2001-
ISBN : 1986852636

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No Stray Bullets by Ruth Price Pdf

Dan Price was the best of what America has to offer: a hardworking and fun-loving Midwestern boy formed by faith, family, and farm-in that order. When his country called for warriors to fight the Global War On Terror, Dan answered and became the best of the best. As a United States Marine, he served as an elite special-forces operator, a MARSOC Raider, recognized by his peers as one of the finest they had ever seen. Where do these heroes come from? In No Stray Bullets, Gunnery Sergeant Price's mother Ruth tells the story of a church-going, homeschooled boy who went from the fields and barns of Michigan to fierce battles in the cities of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan. Along the way, he developed world-class physical, mental, and operational skills without ever losing the faith and values that were the source of his strength. When he came home, his whole hometown honored his heroism. Dan Price's courage and accomplishments were not products of mere chance, and neither was his death. Ruth Price celebrates her son's life, because in God's wisdom and providence, there are no stray bullets.

Author : David Lapham
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-02
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781534309883

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Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses Vol. 1: "Kretchmeyer" by David Lapham Pdf

Dark and twisted, funny and heartbreaking, intimate and epic SUNSHINE and ROSES tells the story of a boy and a girl, how they fell in love and hatched a scheme to blow up the Baltimore underworld. There is no crime book remotely like STRAY BULLETS, and with SUNSHINE and ROSES, the uncompromising EISNER AWARD-WINNING team of DAVID and MARIA LAPHAM take the series to a new high. Collects STRAY BULLETS: SUNSHINE and ROSES #1-8

Author : Ida Therese Jablanovec,José Chávez,Susen James
Publisher : Tia Chucha
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Poetry
ISBN : UOM:39015025230866

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Stray Bullets by Ida Therese Jablanovec,José Chávez,Susen James Pdf

Author : Robert Rotenberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451642438

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Stranglehold by Robert Rotenberg Pdf

Ripped from the headlines, Stranglehold is bestselling author Robert Rotenberg’s most shocking book yet, featuring Detective Ari Greene in the fight of his life. It is just after Labour Day and the city is kicking into gear. All eyes are on the hotly contested election for Toronto’s next mayor and crime is the big issue. Greene is no stranger to the worst of what the city has to offer, but even he is unprepared for what happens next when he stumbles upon a horrific homicide. In one nightmare moment his world is flipped upside down. Soon Greene is pitted against his young protégé, Daniel Kennicott, who arrests him for first-degree murder. Tied down on house arrest as he awaits his trial, Greene has to find a way to clear his name, and also must face some very hard truths: that he didn’t really know the people he believed in most; that there are unseen forces at work prepared to see him take the fall; and most of all, that he should never underestimate the price people will pay for love. Eerily reminiscent of the scandal surrounding the current Toronto mayor, Stranglehold is Rotenberg’s fourth gripping mystery set on the streets and in the courtrooms of the city, capturing audiences with his masterful knowledge of the intricacies of the criminal justice system and feel for the emotions that make people tick.

Author : David Lapham
Publisher : El Capitan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : 0965328023

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Innocence of Nihilism by David Lapham Pdf

Stray Bullets Volume 1 HC Innocence Of Nihilism

Author : David Lapham
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1995-04-01
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:IMG000002

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Stray Bullets #2 by David Lapham Pdf

Victimology.' The legendary noir series returns.

Author : Peter Manseau
Publisher : Melville House
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-29
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781612195070

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Melancholy Accidents by Peter Manseau Pdf

Did you know that fatal gun mishaps have been so common in America that for centuries, newspapers carried regular columns reporting on “melancholy accidents”? It came as a surprising discovery when, while conducting research that involved reading colonial-era newspapers, acclaimed writer Peter Manseau stumbled upon one report after another of “melancholy accidents”—instances of local people accidentally discharging firearms to disastrous results. Usually, they were brief items, with the concision of dark poetry—hunting accidents, neighbor shooting neighbor, father shooting son. Dark as they were, they were also often bizarre and fascinating—such as the case of one farmer who, trying out his new musket, shot it at his barn, hitting a door hinge that split the musket ball in two, with each half ricochetting off to hit a different, distant person, each of whom was a doctor. In Melancholy Accidents, Manseau collects and annotates a wide-ranging assortment of these woebegone and oddly intimate reports, with numerous illustrations, photos, and visuals from original period newspapers. It makes for a wholly unique contribution to the ongoing consideration of—and the recent heated discussion about—the historic place of firearms in American society.

Author : David Lapham
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1632152150

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Stray Bullets Volume 6: Killers by David Lapham Pdf

A little boy learns too late that running your mouth can get you run over. A young babysitter gets in way over her head when she's hired to sit by a dangerous man with a strange request. A young couple's hopeful visit to the city turns anything but when they step into the middle of a mob turf war and watch more than just friends die. And a young man just trying to help his hustler cousin out of a bad spot instead becomes the ultimate killer. These are only some of the eight stories comprising “Killers,” the newest arc in the ongoing world of Stray Bullets. Each story stands on its own, but collectively they tell the twisted story of two teens — Virginia and Eli — both scarred by tragic childhood intersections with the Baltimore underworld, drawn together in the sleepy seaside town of Sandcastle, unable to escape their dark pasts... About the STRAY BULLETS series: Beginning in the 1970s and carrying on into the 1990s, Stray Bullets is a period crime drama with moments of humor and absurdity. David Lapham’s crime noir masterpiece follows the lost lives of people who are savagely torn apart by events beyond their control: The innocent world of an imaginative little girl is shattered when she witnesses a brutal double murder. An introverted young boy on the verge of manhood gets a lesson on just how far is too far when he falls for a needy woman who lives life in the fast lane. Or party with a pair of low-rent hoods who learn what is really important in life just when they shouldn't. What makes Stray Bullets so brilliant is that it’s a crime comic, but it’s also about growing up, about being frustrated with your lot in life, about the disappointment of settling down, and the mundanity of suburban life. Lapham shrewdly presents almost every type of criminal behavior imaginable in stories that can be both unflinchingly honest and heartbreakingly sympathetic. The almost Altman-esque mix of characters provides seemingly endless pathos and drama, and there is a level of realism to the violence that makes it truly startling. If movies like Oceans 11 are about the sexy allure of the criminal worlds, then Stray Bullets is about the desperation and rage of characters whose lives are ultimately defined by a series of bad choices.

Author : David Lapham
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-02
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781632157546

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Stray Bullets Vol. 4 by David Lapham Pdf

The Eisner Award-winning team of DAVID and MARIA LAPHAM bring you the next volume in the STRAY BULLETS trade paperback collection. STRAY BULLETS: DARK DAYS tells the story of Beth and Virginia's time in Los Angeles, fourteen-year-old Virginia's growing relationship with the young boy Bobby, and the horrible kidnapping that rips apart all of their lives. A gut-wrenching noir thriller of small joys, big horrors, and the crushing weight of guilt... Collects STRAY BULLETS #23-30.