Author: Clive Stafford Smith
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143124161
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
An Atlantic Book of the Year and finalist for the Orwell Prize: a riveting true crime tale from the defense attorney who inspired John Grisham’s The Chamber Legendary criminal defense attorney Clive Stafford Smith has devoted his career to helping save penniless defendants from a justice system whose goal is not so much to find the right man as to get a conviction. Miami, 1986. Kris Maharaj is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for the brutal murder of his ex–business partner, Derrick Moo Young, and Derrick’s son, Duane. Suspecting Kris may be innocent, as he claims, Stafford Smith begins his own investigation, which takes him from Miami to Nassau in the Bahamas to Colombia in search of the real killer. Interweaving the author’s inspiring personal story with a spellbinding page-turner, The Injustice System exposes our broken legal process—and drops a bombshell that should reopen a long-closed case.
The Injustice System
Author: Clive Stafford Smith
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143124161
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
An Atlantic Book of the Year and finalist for the Orwell Prize: a riveting true crime tale from the defense attorney who inspired John Grisham’s The Chamber Legendary criminal defense attorney Clive Stafford Smith has devoted his career to helping save penniless defendants from a justice system whose goal is not so much to find the right man as to get a conviction. Miami, 1986. Kris Maharaj is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for the brutal murder of his ex–business partner, Derrick Moo Young, and Derrick’s son, Duane. Suspecting Kris may be innocent, as he claims, Stafford Smith begins his own investigation, which takes him from Miami to Nassau in the Bahamas to Colombia in search of the real killer. Interweaving the author’s inspiring personal story with a spellbinding page-turner, The Injustice System exposes our broken legal process—and drops a bombshell that should reopen a long-closed case.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143124161
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
An Atlantic Book of the Year and finalist for the Orwell Prize: a riveting true crime tale from the defense attorney who inspired John Grisham’s The Chamber Legendary criminal defense attorney Clive Stafford Smith has devoted his career to helping save penniless defendants from a justice system whose goal is not so much to find the right man as to get a conviction. Miami, 1986. Kris Maharaj is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for the brutal murder of his ex–business partner, Derrick Moo Young, and Derrick’s son, Duane. Suspecting Kris may be innocent, as he claims, Stafford Smith begins his own investigation, which takes him from Miami to Nassau in the Bahamas to Colombia in search of the real killer. Interweaving the author’s inspiring personal story with a spellbinding page-turner, The Injustice System exposes our broken legal process—and drops a bombshell that should reopen a long-closed case.
Murder, London-Miami
Author: John Creasey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Murder: One, Two, Three
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755152212
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
There have been two gruesome murders in a quiet Sussex seaside town and Roger ‘Handsome’ West of Scotland Yard is called in. Lefty, who kills without a thought for his victim, believes only one further victim stands between him and a small fortune. West struggles with the case, but he must solve it and quickly.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755152212
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
There have been two gruesome murders in a quiet Sussex seaside town and Roger ‘Handsome’ West of Scotland Yard is called in. Lefty, who kills without a thought for his victim, believes only one further victim stands between him and a small fortune. West struggles with the case, but he must solve it and quickly.
The Missing Old Masters
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 075513768X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
When John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’) set out to value an old lady's paintings, blackmail, arson and murder followed. A young girl almost paid with her life for keeping silent, houses were destroyed to prevent detection, and Mannering was in instant peril of losing his life.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 075513768X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
When John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’) set out to value an old lady's paintings, blackmail, arson and murder followed. A young girl almost paid with her life for keeping silent, houses were destroyed to prevent detection, and Mannering was in instant peril of losing his life.
Hang the Little Man
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 075513737X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Masked raiders are attacking small shops all over London. Owners fear for their lives and the situation is getting out of hand as one store after another is robbed. Each raid appears to be faultlessly timed? It is up to Chief Inspector Roger West of Scotland Yard to root out the truth.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 075513737X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Masked raiders are attacking small shops all over London. Owners fear for their lives and the situation is getting out of hand as one store after another is robbed. Each raid appears to be faultlessly timed? It is up to Chief Inspector Roger West of Scotland Yard to root out the truth.
The Toff and the Deep Blue Sea
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755138171
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
The Honourable Richard Rawlinson (aka ‘The Toff’) is in Nice for seemingly the most innocent of reasons – engaging girls for M. Rambeau’s new Cabaret. An attempt on his life, however, reveals the real reason for his presence – to track down a missing girl. All enquiries appear to lead to the elusive Chico, who may act the clown, but is no fool.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755138171
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
The Honourable Richard Rawlinson (aka ‘The Toff’) is in Nice for seemingly the most innocent of reasons – engaging girls for M. Rambeau’s new Cabaret. An attempt on his life, however, reveals the real reason for his presence – to track down a missing girl. All enquiries appear to lead to the elusive Chico, who may act the clown, but is no fool.
A Backwards Jump
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755134141
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A case of a wife who jumps backwards out of a window, a murder investigation, and another involving an ill-treated child have only one thing in common - they require the attention of Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard. He had thought the criminals had taken time off during the hot weather, but things quickly changed.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755134141
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A case of a wife who jumps backwards out of a window, a murder investigation, and another involving an ill-treated child have only one thing in common - they require the attention of Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard. He had thought the criminals had taken time off during the hot weather, but things quickly changed.
Gideon's River
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755134249
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
The underworld inhabits the Thames, but Scotland Yard's finest detective is never far behind them . . . A dropped package puts him on the trail of an international diamond smuggling operation which uses it as its entry point. Further complications arise during a display of furs and jewels, but danger comes from an unexpected quarter.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755134249
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
The underworld inhabits the Thames, but Scotland Yard's finest detective is never far behind them . . . A dropped package puts him on the trail of an international diamond smuggling operation which uses it as its entry point. Further complications arise during a display of furs and jewels, but danger comes from an unexpected quarter.
The Blood Diamond
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755134923
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’) had purchased the Adalgo diamond out of curiosity as it was known as the ‘Blood Diamond’, because violent death had overtaken previous owners. Soon after he was robbed, his wife kidnapped and a friend brutally murdered. Just what was the truth behind the legend and could Mannering solve the various mysteries?
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755134923
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’) had purchased the Adalgo diamond out of curiosity as it was known as the ‘Blood Diamond’, because violent death had overtaken previous owners. Soon after he was robbed, his wife kidnapped and a friend brutally murdered. Just what was the truth behind the legend and could Mannering solve the various mysteries?
Accuse the Toff
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755136845
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Colonel The Hon Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) is fighting for King and Country in the depths of the Second World War. But then a car hits a Commando, and seven are left wounded or dying, with all evidence pointing to the Toff as perpetrator. He finds himself engaged in a frantic race to prove his innocence, and find the real criminals.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755136845
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Colonel The Hon Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) is fighting for King and Country in the depths of the Second World War. But then a car hits a Commando, and seven are left wounded or dying, with all evidence pointing to the Toff as perpetrator. He finds himself engaged in a frantic race to prove his innocence, and find the real criminals.