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"Iris Walsh saw her twin sister, Piper, get kidnapped--so why does no one believe her? Iris narrowly escaped her pretty, popular twin sister's fate as a teen: kidnapped, trafficked and long gone before the cops agreed to investigate. With no evidence to go on but a few scattered memories, the case quickly goes cold. Now an adult, Iris wants one thing--proof. And if the police still won't help, she'll just have to find it her own way; by interning...
3) Mr. Murder
Author
Language
English
Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz delivers a gripping novel of a man accused of stealing not just someone’s identity, but his entire life...
A big house. A beautiful wife. Two happy and healthy children. It’s a nice life that writer Martin Stillwater has made for himself. But he can’t shake this feeling of impending disaster.
One bad moment on an otherwise fine day has put Marty on a collision course...
A big house. A beautiful wife. Two happy and healthy children. It’s a nice life that writer Martin Stillwater has made for himself. But he can’t shake this feeling of impending disaster.
One bad moment on an otherwise fine day has put Marty on a collision course...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 312 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
An expose of the mental-health crisis in America's courts and prisons reveals that nearly half of the nation's inmates are actually afflicted by a psychiatric problem, examines how inmates are denied treatment, and suggests a more humane approach.
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Series
Alex Delaware novels volume 29
Language
English
Description
"Well-used to elevated emotions, psychologist Alex Delaware shrugs off a joking death threat from beautiful Beverly Hills physician Constance Sykes, whose attempt to secure legal custody of her baby niece is thwarted by Alex's forthright report to the court. Alex plays down the threat until LAPD's Milo Sturgis rushes to his side with the shocking word on the street that a hit's been taken out on him. But while Alex may be in grave danger, it won't...
Author
Series
Alex Delaware novels volume 13
Language
English
Description
Dr. Alex Delaware and his friend and partner Detective Sturgis must penetrate the mind of a psychotic prisoner in order to stop a series of brutal slayings.
Author
Series
Women's Murder Club volume 6
Language
English
Description
When a horrifying attack leaves one of the Women's Murder Club struggling for her life, the others fight to keep a madman behind bars before anyone else is hurt.
Lindsay Boxer and her new partner in the San Francisco police department are racing to stop a series of kidnappings that has electrified the city: children are being plucked off the streets together with their nannies, but the kidnappers aren't demanding ransom. Amid uncertainty...
Lindsay Boxer and her new partner in the San Francisco police department are racing to stop a series of kidnappings that has electrified the city: children are being plucked off the streets together with their nannies, but the kidnappers aren't demanding ransom. Amid uncertainty...
10) The antiquarian
Author
Publisher
Black Cat, an imprint of Grove/Atlantic
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
209 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A renowned psycholinguist delves into the confession of a once-dear friend, a rare book collector who is incarcerated in a mental institution for killing his fiancée, told to him in bits of novels, fables, and historical allusions.
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Language
English
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"When family physician Dr. Benjamin Gilmer began working at the Cane Creek clinic in rural North Carolina, he was following in the footsteps of a man with the same last name. His predecessor, Dr. Vince Gilmer, was beloved by his patients and community--right up until the shocking moment when he strangled his ailing father and then returned to the clinic for a regular day of work after the murder. He'd been in prison for nearly a decade by the time...
13) Titicut follies
Publisher
Zipporah Films
Pub. Date
[2007?]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (84 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Filmed at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Bridgewater, this documentary shows harsh scenes of the life and treatment of the criminally insane inmates. Shows scenes of the daily life of the men, interspersed with shots from the inmates' talent show.
Author
Publisher
Cockle Legal Briefs
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (i, xvii, 59, 4a pages).
Language
English
Description
The issue presented is whether police officers should be held liable under the Americans with Disabilities Act for their use of claimed reasonable force in encounters with the mentally ill.
Author
Publisher
Cockle Legal Briefs
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (i, x, 36 pages).
Language
English
Description
The issue presented is whether police officers should be held liable under the Americans with Disabilities Act for their use of claimed reasonable force in encounters with the mentally ill.
Author
Publisher
Cockle Legal Briefs
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (viii, 27 pages).
Language
English
Description
The issue presented is whether the Supreme Court should grant certiorari to determine whether police officers should be held liable under the Americans with Disabilities Act for their use of reasonable force in encounters with the mentally ill.
Author
Series
Caselli and Torre novels volume 2
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
452 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A crime thriller set in Rome, as two detectives hunt down a bizarre killer who believes she is already dead"--
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Language
English
Description
"Batman finds himself trying to help old friend Harvey Dent ... now known as the villainous Two-Face. The Dark Knight accompanies his foe on a cross-country trip to fix his scarred face and hopefully end the Two-Face identity forever. But when the former Gotham City D.A. sets a plan into motion to free himself, the road gets bumpy and every assassin, bounty hunter and ordinary citizen with something to hide comes out in force with one goal: kill Batman!...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
316 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter's...account of one young man's path to murder--and a wake-up call for mental health care in America On a summer night in 2009, three lives intersected in one American neighborhood. Two people newly in love--Teresa Butz and Jennifer Hopper, who spent many years trying to find themselves and who eventually found each other--and a young man on a dangerous psychological descent: Isaiah Kalebu, age twenty-three, the son...
20) Show of evil
Author
Series
Martin Vail novels volume 2
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
483 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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