Author: Ammon Shea
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780399533983
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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An obsessive word lover provides an account of the year he spent reading the Oxford English Dictionary cover to cover, offering a selection of obscure and offbeat vocabulary gems he discovered along the way.
Author: Harold Schechter
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439117314
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 515
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The heinous bloodlust of Dr. H.H. Holmes is notorious -- but only Harold Schechter's Depraved tells the complete story of the killer whose evil acts of torture and murder flourished within miles of the Chicago World's Fair. "Destined to be a true crime classic" (Flint Journal, MI), this authoritative account chronicles the methods and madness of a monster who slipped easily into a bright, affluent Midwestern suburb, where no one suspected the dapper, charming Holmes -- who alternately posed as doctor, druggist, and inventor to snare his prey -- was the architect of a labyrinthine "Castle of Horrors." Holmes admitted to twenty-seven murders by the time his madhouse of trapdoors, asphyxiation devices, body chutes, and acid vats was exposed. The seminal profile of a homegrown madman in the era of Jack the Ripper, Depraved is also a mesmerizing tale of true detection long before the age of technological wizardry.
Author: John Glatt
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429904720
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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John Edward Robinson was a 56-year-old grandfather from rural Kansas. An entrepreneur and Eagle Scout, he was even honored as "Man of the Year" at a Kansas City charity. To some of the women he met on the Internet, he was known as Slavemaster--a sexual deviate with a taste for sadomasochistic rituals of extreme domination and torture ... even killing. Masquerading as a philanthropist, he promised women money and adventure. For fifteen years, he trawled the Web, snaring unsuspecting women. They were never seen again. But in the summer of 2000, the decomposed remains of two women were discovered in barrels on Robinson's farm, and three other bodies were found in storage units. Yet the depths of Robinson's bloodlust didn't end there. For authorities, the unspeakable criminal trail of Slavemaster was just beginning... Depraved is a true story of sadistic murder in the Heartland, told by true crime master John Glatt.
Author: Bryan Smith
Publisher: Grindhouse Press
ISBN: 9781941918777
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Welcome to Hopkins Bend, the remote little Tennessee town where the backwoods inhabitants are cannibals and the local law operates a sex-trafficking ring. Unlucky travelers are frequently ensnared in the town's sinister web. Some are held captive and tortured while others face even more gruesome fates. And beneath it all is the town's darkest secret, the curse of the depraved and mutated Kincher clan. Includes Depraved II: The In-Between-Quel, a short story that reveals the grisly fate of two characters from the novel. The story is as spectacularly gory as the novel itself.
Author: Eva Charles
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781687610720
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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Smoke and mirrors. A web of lies. He's come for the devil's ultimate prize.J.D. Wilder strides into my hotel bringing the dark musky scent of sin with him. Arrogant and powerful, he's the president's eldest son. Even after all these years, I can still taste him on my lips. But when he speaks, there's not a glimmer of the boy I once loved. He struck a deal with my parents. That's what he claims. Loaned my mother the money she desperately needs to stay alive. Now he's here to collect. What does he want? My soul, of course. The one thing I will never give him. The duet is complete! Download a copy of Depraved today, and let Eva take you on a decadent journey, where nothing is as it appears. Buckle up.Praise for Depraved"Depraved is absolutely the best book I have read this year!! Eva Charles has given us a suspenseful and romantic story that is filled with family secrets, lies and deceptions." ★★★★★ -Lisa, Amazon Reviewer"I am so in love with JD, I am craving more of this alpha male! He's dark and dangerous, oozes power and control, he's fierce and intense and his dominating ways will have your body temperature rising!" ★★★★★-Danielle, Books Obsessive"Readers can count on being pulled in and held captive... It's the best kind of torture." ★★★★ -Corrie, Lamplight Review and Promotion."Ms. Charles is EVIL right down to her toes only giving you glimpses of what she wants you to see right until the end! So much intrigue here and don't even get me started on the steamy sexy times!" ★★★★★-Lisa Marie, Amazon Reviewer"Intriguing, well-written, hot as hell..." ★★★★★-Lisa Hines, Amazon Reviewer"I loved this book!! He is a delicious Alpha male, but I really enjoyed him in his more vulnerable moments." ★★★★★ -Stacey, Romancing Reading Diva"What a wild ride. Loved every second of book one! Five Smoldering Stars on this one!" ★★★★★-Julie, Amazon Reviewer"I read both Depraved and Delivered this weekend-TWICE!" ★★★★★ -Amazon Customer"The intrigue, the mysteries, the heat, and even the sweet moments are blended in perfect proportion." ★★★★★-Laurie K., Amazon Reviewer"The end was jaw dropping..." ★★★★★ -Rebecca A., Amazon Reviewer"Even days after finishing this book, I'm seriously suffering from a book hangover" ★★★★★-Danielle R., Spellbound Stories"The push and pull between J.D. and Gabrielle is intoxicating." ★★★★★-Janine, The World Was Hers For the Reading"Brilliant story line that captures your attention and does not let go..." ★★★★ -Kathy, Cajun Heat Book Blog"I trust no one!!" ★★★★★ -Melissa, Book Addicts Review"The writing is fabulous, and I was utterly captivated from the very beginning."★★★★★-Rachel, Behind Closed Doors Book Review"Be prepared because JD is the broodiest, sexiest bastard I have ever met and when he turns on the charm you will melt! I'm still a muddled mess!"★★★★★-Patricia, Words We Love By"The characters had so much chemistry it's almost unbearable. I had to read this book a couple of times, I truly loved it that much." ★★★★★-Vanessa, Sassy Southern Book Blog"This book snuck in from out of the blue and is definitely going in the best of 2019." ★★★★★-Kindle Customer"Sweet baby Jesus this book is something amazing and then some! I loved the main characters... The chemistry they share is amazing and something you don't see often." ★★★★★-Tee, Amazon Reviewer"Eva Charles masterfully threw in twists and turns that I wasn't expecting. Even now, I'm still thinking about certain scenes, playing them over and over in my head. Wow! ★★★★★-Amy, Amazon Reviewer"The twists, OMG the twists are insane! I'm still dropping f-bombs long after I finished. ★★★★★-Jennifer, Goodreads"It's hard to even get 4 stars from me, 5 stars are for rare finds....and I would be willing to give 10 stars if I could...this book is
Author: Paul Weightman
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244554129
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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'I am a serial killer. You don't know me. You may know of my work, my accomplishments, my deeds and my triumphs. You will not, however, know of my mistakes, my near misses or what made and inspired me to be the person I am today.'... 'Emily Amelia Thibodeau' has a typical southern states name, but not an ordinary life. She's a woman who takes a great amount of care and derives a great amount pleasure from her work. She is a vicious sadistic serial killer. She kills for the love of the kill.' Emily and her twin brother were born in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. A medium size town with a population of around 54,650. Her parents were God fearing people and those who knew the Thibodeau family, had no idea that were living with a MONSTER!
Author: Joseph Teller
Publisher: MIRA
ISBN: 1460399706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323
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An Audi sports car, speeding in the wrong lane, forces an oncoming van off the road. The van bursts into flames, killing all nine occupants…eight of them children. Criminal defense attorney Harrison J. Walker, known simply as Jaywalker, is trying to keep his nose clean while serving a three-year suspension. But when a woman seduces him into representing the "Audi Assassin," a man who also happens to be her husband, things get messy. Struggling with the moral issues surrounding this case, Jaywalker tries to stay focused on his goal—limiting the damage to his client by exposing the legal system's hypocrisy regarding drunk driving. But when he rounds a blind corner in the case, he collides with a truth that could turn his entire defense into disaster.
Author: George E. Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dairy cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Author: Gary Indiana
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 1635901081
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 345
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The third of Gary Indiana's famed crime trilogy tells a story inspired by the virtuoso con artistry of mother-and-son criminals Sante and Kenneth Kimes. She collected future marks like lottery tickets. She operated by reflex. Any public room was a pristine harvest of human information. Not just business cards, phone numbers, fax numbers and the like, but weaknesses, quirks, character flaws, delusional ambitions, risky dreams, medical problems, shaky marriages. Everybody came equipped with a panel of invisible buttons.... If you had the right touch, if you knew how to press one button lightly and another button with a bit more force, you could make the emotional side of a person swing up and down as you wished. —from Depraved Indifference First published in 2001, Depraved Indifference is the third of Gary Indiana's famed crime trilogy now being reissued by Semiotext(e). Inspired by the virtuoso con artistry of mother-and-son criminals Sante and Kenneth Kimes, Depraved Indifference follows Evangeline Slote, a dead ringer for Elizabeth Taylor “so compulsive she grifts herself when she runs out of other people” through the circus of calamity that her compulsions invoke. Evangeline, or “Evelyn Carson, “Princess Shah Shah,” among other pseudonyms, accompanied by her alcoholic husband Warren and fanatically devoted son Devin, moves from Las Vegas to Hawaii to Nassau in a maelstrom of forgery and fraud that constantly threatens to come undone. When Warren dies, Evangeline and her son embark upon an ever more brazen series of grifts, frauds, and crimes. Thriving on chaos, a master of manipulation and seduction, Evangeline concocts the scheme to end all schemes—which may take a murder to complete. Reminiscent of Nathanael West's The Day of the Locust, Indiana's scathing, insightful prose is a mirror to the empty landscape of American culture.
Author: Peter Novobatzky
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312207735
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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More than 300 actual English words rarely heard or immagined are presented in this cornucopia of terms describing peculiar appetites, unusual afflictions, unseemly secretions, ill-advised habits, and strange farm practices. 25 line drawings.
