Apariţie editorială: California’s Lamson Murder Mystery by Tom Zaniello

California’s Lamson Murder Mystery by Tom Zaniello

On Memorial Day 1933, Stanford executive David Lamson found his wife, Allene, dead in their Palo Alto home. The only suspect, he became the face of California’s most sensational murder trial of the century. After a judge sentenced him to hang at San Quentin, a team of Stanford colleagues stepped in to form the Lamson Defense Committee. The group included poets Yvor Winters and Janet Lewis, as well as the Sherlock Holmes of Berkeley, criminologist E.O. Heinrich. They managed to overturn the verdict and incite a series of heated retrials that gripped and divided the community. Was Lamson the victim of aggressive prosecutors, or was he a master of deception whose connections helped him get away with murder? Author and Stanford alum Tom Zaniello meticulously examines the details of a notorious case with a lingering legacy.

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Apariţie editorială: Juan Pablo Escobar – Pablo Escobar My Father

Juan Pablo Escobar – Pablo Escobar My Father

The popular series Narcos captures only half the truth. Here, at last, is the full story.

The international best seller!
Until now, we believed that everything had been said about the rise and fall of Pablo Escobar, the most infamous drug kingpin of all time, but these versions have always been told from the outside, never from the intimacy of his own home.

More than two decades after the full-fledged manhunt finally caught up with the king of cocaine, Juan Pablo Escobar travels to the past to reveal an unabridged version of his father―a man capable of committing the most extreme acts of cruelty while simultaneously professing infinite love for his family.

This is not the story of a child seeking redemption for his father, but a shocking look at the consequences of violence and the overwhelming need for peace and forgiveness.

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Apariţie editorială: Criminology: Theories, Patterns, and Typologies, 12 edition

Criminology: Theories, Patterns, and Typologies, 12 edition, by Larry J. Siegel

Bestselling CRIMINOLOGY: THEORIES, PATTERNS, AND TYPOLOGIES, now in its Twelfth Edition, delivers the most comprehensive, in-depth analysis of criminological theory and crime typologies available. This book is also unrivaled in its strong research base and currency, with detailed coverage of cybercrime, green crime, and transnational crime–three of the hottest issues in the field today. Packed with real-world illustrations, the Twelfth Edition includes cutting-edge seminal research, up-to-the-minute policy, newsworthy examples, and hundreds of new references. A proven author and authority in criminology and criminal justice, Dr. Renowned for his unbiased presentation of theories, issues, and controversies, Siegel encourages readers to weigh the evidence and form their own conclusions.

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Apariţie editorială: American Monsters Vol. 11: 12 Horrific American Serial Killers by Robert Keller

American Monsters Vol. 11: 12 Horrific American Serial Killers by Robert Keller

12 Shocking True Crime Stories of America’s Worst Serial Killers
True Murder Cases included in this volume;
Israel Keyes: A ruthless killer who is considered by the FBI to be the most meticulous serial murderer in history.
The Original Night Stalker: Home invading psychopath who committed at least 12 murders in California in the 70s and 80s. He has never been caught.
Efren Saldivar: A respiratory therapist who took to murdering his elderly patients and may have been responsible for over 100 deaths.
David Maust: Deeply disturbed slayer of teenaged boys. Maust is believed to be responsible for at least five deaths.
Lyda Trueblood: A prolific Black Widow who dispatched five husbands and lovers to an early grave with her trusty vial of arsenic.
Lonnie Franklin Jr.: Known as ‘The Grim Sleeper’ due to the long periods of inactivity between his crimes, Franklin has only recently been convicted.
Charles Manson: Considered a messiah by his hippy followers, Manson inspired a series of bloody massacres that shook America to its core.
Jeremy Bryan Jones: A traveling sex slayer who may have murdered as many as 23 young women during a decade long orgy of death.
Gary & Thaddeus Lewingdon: Murderous siblings who went on a shooting spree in Columbus, Ohio, claiming ten victims.
Anjette Lyles: She may have run the most popular restaurant in Macon, Georgia, but the bubbly hostess was feeding something far less palatable to her family.
Stephen Nash: A man with a deep-seated hatred against humanity, Nash massacred anyone who crossed his path, racking up a toll of at least eight victims.
Faryion Wardrip: He was considered a pillar of the community in Wichita Falls, Texas – until DNA evidence exposed him as a brutal serial killer.

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Apariţie editorială: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers by Michael Newton

Providing information on many serial murder cases, this encyclopaedia aims to debunk many of the myths surrounding this most notorious of criminal activities. It includes entries on: Axe Man of New Orleans; BTK Strangler; Jack the Ripper; Cuidad Juarez, Mexico; John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, the Sniper Killers; and others.

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Apariţie editorială: Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend

From his heyday to the present moment, Al Capone—Public Enemy Number One—has gripped popular imagination. Rising from humble Brooklyn roots, Capone went on to become the most infamous gangster in American history. At the height of Prohibition, his multimillion-dollar Chicago bootlegging, prostitution, and gambling operation dominated the organized-crime scene. His competition with rival gangs was brutally violent, a long-running war that crested with the shocking St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929. Law enforcement and the media elite seemed powerless to stop the growth of his empire. And then the fall: a legal noose tightened by the FBI, a conviction on tax evasion, Alcatraz. After his release he returned to his family in Miami a much diminished man, living quietly until the ravages of his neurosyphilis took their final toll. But the slick mobster persona endures, immortalized in countless novels and movies. The true flesh-and-blood man behind the legend has long remained a mystery. Unscrupulous newspaper accounts and Capone’s own tall tales perpetuated his mystique, but through dogged research Deirdre Bair debunks the most outrageous of these myths. With the help of Capone’s descendants, she discovers his essential humanity, uncovering a complex character that was flawed and sometimes cruel but also capable of nobility. And while revealing the private Al Capone, a genuine family man as remembered by those who knew him best, Bair relates how his descendants have borne his weighty legacy. Rigorous and intimate, Al Capone provides new answers to the enduring questions about this fascinating figure, who was equal parts charismatic gangster, devoted patriarch, and calculating monster.

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