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Ellie Quicke mysteries volume 15
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Ellie opens the door to a man who is a stranger but instantly recognisable as the father of her housekeeper's brilliant but difficult young son. Mikey had been conceived at a party during which his mother Vera, a schoolgirl, had been drugged and raped. Abdi hadn't wanted anything further to do with her - then. Twelve years later he is a high-flying consultant whose wife cannot have children, and he aims to pay off Vera and adopt Mikey: a suggestion...
2) Naked
Series
Criterion collection volume 307
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A charming, eloquent, and vicious drifter on the lam in London rejects those who would care for him and hurls himself into a nocturnal odyssey through the city, colliding with a succession of desperate and dispossessed people and scorching everyone in his path.
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A black man convicted in a notorious rape case has had his sentence overturned. The victim wants to know who was really responsible for the crime that scarred her life. Chicago PI Anni Koskinen takes on the cold case, leading to evidence indicating that a serial rapist may still be at work.
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Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
©2016.
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Setting out to uncover the story of her attacker, Connors embarked on a journey to find out who he was, where he came from, who his friends were and what his life was like. What she discovers stretches beyond one violent man's story and back into her own, interweaving a narrative about strength and survival with one about rape culture and violence in America.
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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When an accused rapist confesses to brutally murdering his family in a small Texas town, the authorities call on renowned clinical psychologist/profiler Dr. Tony Hill to testify as an expert witness. Alone in a strange country, Dr. Hill finds himself at the center of a maelstrom of controversy, cover-ups and capital punishment. There are many dark secrets in this town, and someone is willing to kill in order to keep them buried.
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Publisher
Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
383 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Em Morales's older sister was raped by another student after a frat party. A jury eventually found the rapist guilty on all counts--a remarkable verdict that Em felt more than a little responsible for, since she was her sister's strongest advocate on social media during the trial. Her passion and outspokenness helped dissuade the DA from settling for a plea deal. Em's family would have real justice. But the victory is short-lived. In a matter of minutes,...
8) Strangers
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"Cody Hatcher is the kind of teenager you don't want your kids hanging with. That's the book on him and it's why the citizens of Mineral Springs have no problem at all believing that he's guilty of three rapes. His mother, Cheryl, an old lover of Nameless's, is also being harassed by vindictive townspeople. It's against such odds that he must work to prove Cody innocent. There are few to help him and plenty to get in his way. It's a classic situation...
Author
Series
Roy Grace novels volume 6
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
553 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
The brutal rapes of two women in Brighton bear remarkable similiarities to an unsolved series of crimes from 1997. Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is forced to delve into his shattered past to find the key to unlocking the current mystery.
10) The accused
Publisher
Paramount
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Description
After a brutal gang-rape in the back of a neighborhood bar, Sarah Tobias finds herself battling the legal system with her attorney. As they go after both her attackers and the onlookers whose cheering fueled and encouraged the assault, the limits of justice and social responsibility are examined and tested.
11) American psycho
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Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc
Pub. Date
[1991]
Physical Desc
399 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
In a black satire of the eighties, a decade of naked greed and unparalleled callousness, a successful Wall Street yuppie cannot get enough of anything, including murder. Now a major motion picture from Lion's Gate Films, released Spring 2000, starring Christian Bale (Metroland), Chloe Sevigny (The Last Days of Disco), Jared Leto (My So Called Life), and Reese Witherspoon (Cruel Intentions), and directed by Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol). In American...
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xiv, 270 pages ; 25 cm
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"The amateur DNA sleuth who solved one of the most infamous cold cases in American history-the Golden State Killer crime spree-tells the incredible true story of how she did it, and explains how her methods have forever changed criminal investigations. In the span of just a few years, Barbara Rae-Venter went from researching her family history as a retiree to finding a serial killer who had baffled law enforcement for decades. I Know Who You Are tracks...
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