Author: Merry Jones
Publisher: Merry Jones
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Working as an art therapist for mentally ill patients in Philadelphia, Zoe Hayes inadvertently stumbles into a serial murder case in which the victims are all child care providers.
The Nanny Murders
Author: Merry Jones
Publisher: Merry Jones
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Working as an art therapist for mentally ill patients in Philadelphia, Zoe Hayes inadvertently stumbles into a serial murder case in which the victims are all child care providers.
Publisher: Merry Jones
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Working as an art therapist for mentally ill patients in Philadelphia, Zoe Hayes inadvertently stumbles into a serial murder case in which the victims are all child care providers.
The Nanny Murders
Author: Merry Jones
Publisher: Merry Jones
ISBN: 145241680X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
In this exhilarating page-turner, divorced single mom zoe hayes works for an institute for the seriously mentally deranged in philadelphia. she lives in queen village, a close-knit but transitional neighborhood where nannies have been disappearing, one by one. outside playing, her daughter molly makes a grisly discovery. a piece of litter turns out to be a human finger. one of her neighbors seems to be a serial killer, but which one? zoe helps mysteriously scarred and intriguing detective nick stiles in his investigation. and before she knows it, she unwittingly becomes prey...
Publisher: Merry Jones
ISBN: 145241680X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
In this exhilarating page-turner, divorced single mom zoe hayes works for an institute for the seriously mentally deranged in philadelphia. she lives in queen village, a close-knit but transitional neighborhood where nannies have been disappearing, one by one. outside playing, her daughter molly makes a grisly discovery. a piece of litter turns out to be a human finger. one of her neighbors seems to be a serial killer, but which one? zoe helps mysteriously scarred and intriguing detective nick stiles in his investigation. and before she knows it, she unwittingly becomes prey...
Lullaby
Author: Leïla Slimani
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781528843072
Category : Interpersonal relations
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
"When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect caretaker for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite and devoted woman who sings to their children, cleans the family's chic apartment in Paris's upscale 10th arrondissement, stays late without complaint and is able to host enviable birthday parties. The couple and nanny become more dependent on each other. But as jealousy, resentment and suspicions increase, Myriam and Paul's idyllic tableau is shattered." -- Publisher's description.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781528843072
Category : Interpersonal relations
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
"When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect caretaker for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite and devoted woman who sings to their children, cleans the family's chic apartment in Paris's upscale 10th arrondissement, stays late without complaint and is able to host enviable birthday parties. The couple and nanny become more dependent on each other. But as jealousy, resentment and suspicions increase, Myriam and Paul's idyllic tableau is shattered." -- Publisher's description.
The Nanny Murder Trial
Author: Don Davis
Publisher: St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312950859
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
An account of the murder of Bill and Denise Fischer's infant girl describes how the baby's nanny, a young woman from Switzerland, was accused of the baby's murder and recounts the evidence that acquitted her. Original.
Publisher: St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312950859
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
An account of the murder of Bill and Denise Fischer's infant girl describes how the baby's nanny, a young woman from Switzerland, was accused of the baby's murder and recounts the evidence that acquitted her. Original.
The Nanny Murder Case
Author: Jim Claunch
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595314678
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
In The Nanny Murder Case lawyer Jake Carter defends his client, Rosa Mendez, when she is charged with murdering the baby left in her care. The prosecution team appears to have a perfect case against Rosa. Jake has to turn to his lawyer friend, Boomer Grogan, for help in finding a needed expert witness. The two try a hard case in defending Rosa. The Nanny Murder Case also involves Fransisco Herrera, Jake's law partner, who is called on to save his old friend, Billy Bob Bradford, from a trip to the penitentiary for assault with a deadly weapon, his fists. Big Lou, Billy Bob's secretary, provides some startling information to aid Fransisco. Charlie Smith, the cowboy lawyer, a friend of Jake's also helps Jake settle a divorce case involving a million dollar racehorse. Charlie provides Jake with information about the race horse which is vital to the case. Jake's wife, Anna, has to contend with the attempts of Heather Alexander, a wealthy young widow, who is seeking to win the love of Jake. He must make a choice between the two women.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595314678
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
In The Nanny Murder Case lawyer Jake Carter defends his client, Rosa Mendez, when she is charged with murdering the baby left in her care. The prosecution team appears to have a perfect case against Rosa. Jake has to turn to his lawyer friend, Boomer Grogan, for help in finding a needed expert witness. The two try a hard case in defending Rosa. The Nanny Murder Case also involves Fransisco Herrera, Jake's law partner, who is called on to save his old friend, Billy Bob Bradford, from a trip to the penitentiary for assault with a deadly weapon, his fists. Big Lou, Billy Bob's secretary, provides some startling information to aid Fransisco. Charlie Smith, the cowboy lawyer, a friend of Jake's also helps Jake settle a divorce case involving a million dollar racehorse. Charlie provides Jake with information about the race horse which is vital to the case. Jake's wife, Anna, has to contend with the attempts of Heather Alexander, a wealthy young widow, who is seeking to win the love of Jake. He must make a choice between the two women.
The River Killings
Author: Merry Jones
Publisher: Merry Jones
ISBN: 1452437564
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
In this page-turning sequel to THE NANNY MURDERS, Zoe Hayes returns in a tale set along Philadelphia's Boathouse Row.Zoe and buddy Susan Cummings take sculling lessons. One evening, practicing on the river, Susan's oar catches on what turns out to be a woman's dress. The boat flips and the two find themselves among a throng of floating bodies. And in the midst of a sinister,dangerous plot.
Publisher: Merry Jones
ISBN: 1452437564
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
In this page-turning sequel to THE NANNY MURDERS, Zoe Hayes returns in a tale set along Philadelphia's Boathouse Row.Zoe and buddy Susan Cummings take sculling lessons. One evening, practicing on the river, Susan's oar catches on what turns out to be a woman's dress. The boat flips and the two find themselves among a throng of floating bodies. And in the midst of a sinister,dangerous plot.
A Different Class of Murder
Author: Laura Thompson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1788545141
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 595
Book Description
'Sensational. The most minutely researched and brilliantly told account ever' MAIL ON SUNDAY. Laura Thompson re-examines the truths behind one of post-war Britain's most notorious murders: the bludgeoning to death of nanny Sandra Rivett in a Belgravia basement on 7 November 1974. Lord Lucan, found guilty of the murder, was only granted a death certificate in 2016. His wife Veronica – last surviving participant in this dark episode – died in September 2017. In this revised edition, Laura Thompson sheds new light on the volatile mental state of Veronica Lucan, and on the theories surrounding the murder, to which she adds a new, extraordinary and shocking possibility.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1788545141
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 595
Book Description
'Sensational. The most minutely researched and brilliantly told account ever' MAIL ON SUNDAY. Laura Thompson re-examines the truths behind one of post-war Britain's most notorious murders: the bludgeoning to death of nanny Sandra Rivett in a Belgravia basement on 7 November 1974. Lord Lucan, found guilty of the murder, was only granted a death certificate in 2016. His wife Veronica – last surviving participant in this dark episode – died in September 2017. In this revised edition, Laura Thompson sheds new light on the volatile mental state of Veronica Lucan, and on the theories surrounding the murder, to which she adds a new, extraordinary and shocking possibility.
Deliberate Intent
Author: Rodney A. Smolla
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The riveting account of the landmark "Hit Man Case"--involving a man who hired a contract killer to execute his ex-wife, his severely brain-damaged son, and the boy's nurse--written by a noted First Amendment attorney who risked his reputation and career to take on the case.
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The riveting account of the landmark "Hit Man Case"--involving a man who hired a contract killer to execute his ex-wife, his severely brain-damaged son, and the boy's nurse--written by a noted First Amendment attorney who risked his reputation and career to take on the case.
The Deadly Neighbors
Author: Merry Jones
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312356217
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
A taut, fast-paced suspense novel in the tradition of Mary Higgins Clark, The Deadly Neighbors again features the tension-packed storytelling of the talented Merry Jones. In this third novel featuring art therapist Zoe Hayes, the neighbors are shocked when a woman’s body is discovered in the kitchen of Zoe’s estranged father, Walter. In fact, they suspect Walter of killing her. But as Zoe investigates further, it seems that the neighbors are up to some pretty shocking shenanigans themselves. As Zoe tries to prove her father’s innocence, she encounters a cruel ring of organized criminals who specialize in dark and deadly forms of entertainment. Trying to escape their grasp, Zoe---with her daughter, Molly, in tow---must solve a series of grisly murders, but in the process, stumbles into secrets that force her to reconnect with a lost and very frightening part of her own past.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312356217
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
A taut, fast-paced suspense novel in the tradition of Mary Higgins Clark, The Deadly Neighbors again features the tension-packed storytelling of the talented Merry Jones. In this third novel featuring art therapist Zoe Hayes, the neighbors are shocked when a woman’s body is discovered in the kitchen of Zoe’s estranged father, Walter. In fact, they suspect Walter of killing her. But as Zoe investigates further, it seems that the neighbors are up to some pretty shocking shenanigans themselves. As Zoe tries to prove her father’s innocence, she encounters a cruel ring of organized criminals who specialize in dark and deadly forms of entertainment. Trying to escape their grasp, Zoe---with her daughter, Molly, in tow---must solve a series of grisly murders, but in the process, stumbles into secrets that force her to reconnect with a lost and very frightening part of her own past.
The Lindbergh Nanny
Author: Mariah Fredericks
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1250827418
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Mariah Fredericks's The Lindbergh Nanny is powerful, propulsive novel about America’s most notorious kidnapping through the eyes of the woman who found herself at the heart of this deadly crime. "A masterful blending of fact and fiction that is as compelling as it is entertaining."—Nelson DeMille When the most famous toddler in America, Charles Lindbergh, Jr., is kidnapped from his family home in New Jersey in 1932, the case makes international headlines. Already celebrated for his flight across the Atlantic, his father, Charles, Sr., is the country’s golden boy, with his wealthy, lovely wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, by his side. But there’s someone else in their household—Betty Gow, a formerly obscure young woman, now known around the world by another name: the Lindbergh Nanny. A Scottish immigrant deciphering the rules of her new homeland and its East Coast elite, Betty finds Colonel Lindbergh eccentric and often odd, Mrs. Lindbergh kind yet nervous, and Charlie simply a darling. Far from home and bruised from a love affair gone horribly wrong, Betty finds comfort in caring for the child, and warms to the attentions of handsome sailor Henrik, sometimes known as Red. Then, Charlie disappears. Suddenly a suspect in the eyes of both the media and the public, Betty must find the truth about what really happened that night, in order to clear her own name—and to find justice for the child she loves. "Gripping and elegant, The Lindbergh Nanny brings readers into the interior of the twentieth century’s most infamous crime."—Nina de Gramont, New York Times bestselling author of The Christie Affair
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1250827418
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Mariah Fredericks's The Lindbergh Nanny is powerful, propulsive novel about America’s most notorious kidnapping through the eyes of the woman who found herself at the heart of this deadly crime. "A masterful blending of fact and fiction that is as compelling as it is entertaining."—Nelson DeMille When the most famous toddler in America, Charles Lindbergh, Jr., is kidnapped from his family home in New Jersey in 1932, the case makes international headlines. Already celebrated for his flight across the Atlantic, his father, Charles, Sr., is the country’s golden boy, with his wealthy, lovely wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, by his side. But there’s someone else in their household—Betty Gow, a formerly obscure young woman, now known around the world by another name: the Lindbergh Nanny. A Scottish immigrant deciphering the rules of her new homeland and its East Coast elite, Betty finds Colonel Lindbergh eccentric and often odd, Mrs. Lindbergh kind yet nervous, and Charlie simply a darling. Far from home and bruised from a love affair gone horribly wrong, Betty finds comfort in caring for the child, and warms to the attentions of handsome sailor Henrik, sometimes known as Red. Then, Charlie disappears. Suddenly a suspect in the eyes of both the media and the public, Betty must find the truth about what really happened that night, in order to clear her own name—and to find justice for the child she loves. "Gripping and elegant, The Lindbergh Nanny brings readers into the interior of the twentieth century’s most infamous crime."—Nina de Gramont, New York Times bestselling author of The Christie Affair