Homicide past and present
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Oh, how I would love to get away to the peace and quiet of Storyton Hall and meet Jane, her colorful Aunt Octavia (and her cat) and have Mrs. Hubbard feed me. To spend time just reading in the appropriate reading room or wander outdoors......and run the risk of encountering a corpse or two. Poor Jane, this time it's an old buried corpse who pops up when the ground is being broken for her dream spa. They have to figure out how he got there, etc before the construction can begin. As if that wasn't enough, her twin sons were at the ground breaking and want to be involved with the investigations. Those things can happen with old estates, right? No need for the police or finger prints, etc. Not so fast, there is a fresh murder to deal with and that really makes Jane's life chaotic. She has to not only change all of the plans for the event centering on the Spa ground breaking but she also has a rare book conference booked into the hotel. Yes, with all that goes on in Jane's life (she is also a Guardian of a secret library - sigh) I would still love to become a part of her world.
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Jack Rosewood writes short books focusing on individual killers, as well as publishing true crime collections featuring twelve cases. Last year, (2016), he also decided to produce a month by month true crime collection of cases. Here is his latest collection of a year's worth of terror.

The book is a review of some of the most 'in the news' true crime cases of the year (2017). Some are very interesting to read and there are some, like one particular one in the book that you wish you'd never read about as it's so horrific what happened to a little girl-and worst still, at the hands of her own family.

Also, there is killing during sleepwalking. A sleep disorder expert says that it IS possible for someone to kill whilst sleepwalking. It sounds like something in the movies doesn't it-it's not-this is all real life! Another intriguing case-could the cold medicine be to blame? Yes, still there's more twisted and terrible events, I thought I'd heard it all. I haven't-there's much worse.

Some of the incidents are so close to home for me-and very recent too-for example: the Manchester bombings at a pop concert. And London-indeed, my son and grandson had been in London just a week before the terror attacks in London.

I enjoyed this better than the 2016 diary of the year. The cases were more varied. There were some small errors, though not as many as last year's book.
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Richard Walton's COLD CASE HOMICIDES: Practical Investigative Techniques provides the law enforcement and forensic communities with the most important and comprehensive work to date on the subject of cold case homicide investigation.  Walton has combined his thirty years of law enforcement experience and his impressive graduate work to merge theory and practice into impressive textbook.  The case history format, which I find to me an excellent methodology, combined with the checklists, photographs and illustrations makes this book easy to read and comprehend.

Walton has provided the definitive roadmap for those who wish to successfully investigate cold case homicides.  His innovative and time proven methods offer the reader a realistic overview of the cold case homicide and details various investigative methods to be used in this inquiry.  Walton also provides practical and current information technology and advanced investigative tools, which have allowed law enforcement to re-examine cold cases with new forensic tools.

This publication is an invaluable asset to law enforcement and I am proud to have this book in my Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigation Series.

Lt. Cmdr. Vernon J. Geberth, M.S., M.P.S

Author Practical Homicide Investigation

Series Editor, Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigation

Taylor & Francis
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I read a review of the book and went to my favorite site (Amazon.com) and ordered it.  It was like wishing for the book and having it turn up at my door. This is a true crime story that happened where I live over many years. It's good to have all the assorted crimes laid out in an accurate timeline.
972137
Good read.  Interesting characters.  Crime and intrigue.  Also learned some history.
1326876
This is a collection of stories concerning both law enforcement and criminal activities . there are homicide detectives and killers , Robbers and  victims along with a collection of twists and turns and unexpected endings  .Most of these stories take place in a small town on the Florida Panhandle currently being overdeveloped  by invading out of towners . Enjoy
951388
This book had a little different twist added to the murder
mystery.
Interesting  characters keeps book from dragging along.
I believe some people are gifted with an ability to forsee
an oncoming event, it has happened to me on unrelated
matters approx. 4 times during my lifetime ( 84 years old)
2774017
Great book about notorious murders that happened in Texas
129003
I am interested in Forensics and Criminology.  A friend of mine told me about this book.  It was written by the Allegheny County Coroner in Pennsylvania.  It was neat to know that a far-local had written this book.  The beginning of the book is very interesting and keeps you reading.  However, after about the middle of the book it goes to before the murder of Jon Benet and talks about the history of the Ramsey family and neighbors.  If you are interested in Criminology this would be a good book to read and learn how the evidence and case was destroyed.
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Great true crime story about pathological women who kill mostly using poison as their weapon of choice and usually killing for financial profit.  Robert Keller has included women from all walks of life and from various time frames as well as different countries.  He provides gruesome details on these murders and takes each case to its conclusion including life in jail and/or death. I found it fascinating to read about these women and their misguided lack of remorse for theIr victims.  As a wife and mother, I am amazed at the number of women who are so sick and twisted That they can kill their husbands and children as easy as if they were swatting a pesky fly.  For the true crime reader who is fascinated by these types of sociopaths, this is a must read for you.
2009695
Now you have to understand that I like the true stories and  want the victims to be remembered. Also,  there is a  weird thing about FF, they often show original police photos of the scenes. Not a big fan of that but scientifically it is interesting. ( warning: these are super dated.) As with so many other things forensics has come a long way, but this is how it was. You decide, I think it is unbelievable that so many people will kill their father, Mother or  life mate for no reason. Crazy sad.
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Since we are having more and more incidents of people(men) killing others, this is very relevant for the times.  Especially, sports figueres who are doping with extra Testosterone.  The rage factor for this activity is causing a lot of death and distruction.  Autistic-Asperger people who have had a rotten life with abuse in their families and no proper training on how to get along with people can become "evil" but not more so than Alcohol Syndrome or Schizophrenics.  It is a facinating subject, this book.
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I highly recommend "The Past Came Hunting." I started reading at bedtime, read to "who knows when"  and at 6:00 a.m., had to postpone finishing when I awoke with a jerk! :D

Great plot... young girl in the wrong place at the wrong time, bad guy with long memory, and after 15 years, a cop trying to discover what really happened all those years ago... and why is his town suddenly the object of a crime spree?

Get it now... you'll enjoy!
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The captioned book is extremely well written, detailed, and historically on point. I am a student of 1960-70's left-wing groups, and their involvement in homicide.  This volume offers an insight into a group that could be considered mass murderers, serial killers and bombers, all "in the name of politics".

I think a valuable tip for Homeland Security types, as well as students of multiple murder, is to study the machinations of the groups such as the Japanese Red Army to look for answers.

Kudos to all that take on the challenge.

The Homicidologist
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The book was excellent reading. I liked the methods the writer used to form his deductions on each murder.  As a former law enforcement member, as I read I could tell the author knew what he was talking about. I have always been interested in true crimes of the past and present, and this book delivered facts on cases that even though I was familiar with the crime, I was not aware of certain highlights of the case.  Thank you Mr. Castleford. Keep up the good work. I can't wait to get my hands on another of your crime books.
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I got the Kindle edition at a bargain price.  It was definitely worth the price.  It reads like one of those Dateline or 20/20 whodunnit episodes, but with more depth.  And of course this murder is set back in time so that we learn something about the culture of the midwest at that time.  I thought it was very entertaining.  It is limited only by the limits in what is known about the murder, which unfortunately is quite a bit.
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Another marvelous mystery by Anne Perry.  The theme of substance abuse as well as what happens when powerful people control, or try to control, the future they see as right is as true today as it was in 1899. Bombs, hate, corruption and addiction all spell death to the human race.