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In light of all darkness : inside the Polly Klaas kidnapping and the search for America's child / by Cross, Kim(Kimberly Hisako),1976-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Paced like a thriller and full of insider information on the history and science of Crime Scene Investigation, In Light of All Darkness embeds readers in one of the most famous true-crime stories of our generation--the kidnapping of Polly Klaas--a case as pivotal in the history of the FBI as the Unabomber or Oklahoma City bombing. On October 1, 1993, a 12-year-old girl was kidnapped at knifepoint from her bedroom in Petaluma, California, during a sleepover with two friends, while her mother slept soundly in the room next door. This rarest of all kidnappings--a stranger abduction from the home--triggered one of the largest manhunts in FBI history. Riddled with red herrings, grave mistakes, dead ends, and false leads, from fake ransom calls to junior high pranks to dramatic SWAT raids, the 65-day search for "America's Child" became every FBI agent's--and every parent's--worst nightmare. Many Americans remember Polly's face, which appeared on the national news every night, on the cover of People magazine, and on more than 8 million flyers distributed as far as China. The emotional gravity of Polly's story touched every agent, police officer, and forensic technician who worked on her case. Many of these investigators have never shared their stories--until now. New York Times bestselling author Kim Cross has written the first comprehensive account of what happened on that fateful night in October, as well as how the case forever transformed the Bureau's approach to solving crimes. With unprecedented access to files, crime scene photos, a videotaped murder confession, and inside sources, In Light of All Darkness follows the investigators who pieced together the evidence that led to the arrest and conviction of the kidnapper--a man currently on death row--and made the victim a household name and a girl who will never be forgotten. The book will be published on the 30th anniversary of Polly's disappearance"--
Subjects: True crime stories.; Klaas, Polly Hannah, 1981-1993.; Kidnapping victims; Kidnapping; Murder victims; Murder;
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Evening bags and executions / by Howell, Dorothy(Dorothy A.);
When Haley stumbles across the dead body of a baker hired to bake a six-foot yellow submarine for a charity auction, Haley is blamed for the theft of collectible Beatles bobbleheads and begins to wonder if her new boss is trying to sabotage her.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Humorous stories.; Randolph, Haley (Fictitious character); Department stores; Bakers; Fashion merchandising; Murder; Parties;
© 2014., Kensington Books,
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American horror story. [videorecording] / by Britton, Connie.; Falchuk, Brad.; Farmiga, Taissa.; Lange, Jessica.; McDermott, Dylan.; Murphy, Ryan.; Peters, Evan,1987-; FX Networks, LLC.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Disc 1. Welcome to Briarcliff -- Tricks and treats -- Nor'easter.Disc 2. I am Anne Frank, part 1 -- I am Anne Frank, part 2 -- The origins of monstrosity -- Dark cousin.Disc 3. Unholy night -- The coat hanger -- The name game -- Spilt milk.Disc 4. Continuum -- Madness Ends.Jessica Lange, Dylan McDermott, Connie Britton, Evan Peters, Taissa Farmiga.Step inside a madhouse of horror and experience the chilling new incarnation of TV's most daringly provocative series. The sins of the past haunt the present at the notorious Briarcliff home for the criminally insane, ruled with an iron fist by Sister Jude. Forbidden desire and terrifying evil lurk around every corner ... from alien abduction to demonic possession to a skin-wearing psychopath known as Bloody Face.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation, Dolby digital 5.1, dual-layer format, NTSC, region 1.
Subjects: Asylums; Demoniac possession; Families; Horror television programs.; Human-alien encounters; Psychiatric hospitals; Psychiatrists; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2013., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
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Rebel without a cause [videorecording] / by Backus, Jim.; Dean, James,1931-1955.; Mineo, Sal.; Ray, Nicholas,1911-1979.; Shulman, Irving.; Stern, Stewart.; Weisbart, David.; Wood, Natalie.; First National Pictures.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967); Warner Home Video (Firm);
Adaptation, Irving Shulman ; music, Leonard Rosenman.Cast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, William Hopper, Dennis Hopper.Jim Stark, the teenage son of a well-to-do family, is overcome by loneliness, frustration and anger, which leads to violence when he seeks approval of a gang of high-school hoodlums.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 5.1 DTS-HD Digital surround.Academy Awards, 1955: nominated: Best Supporting Actress (Wood), Best Supporting Actor (Mineo), Best Motion Picture Story (Ray)
Subjects: Feature films.; Gangs; Juvenile delinquency; Problem youth; Teenagers; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2013., Warner Home Video,
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Killer ambition : a novel / by Clark, Marcia.;
Subjects: Legal stories.; Mystery fiction.; Murder; Public prosecutors;
© 2013., Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Co.,
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The feral detective : a novel / by Lethem, Jonathan,author.;
"Phoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a strip mall office on the eastern edge of Los Angeles. She's looking for her friend's missing daughter, Arabella, and hires Heist as a guide. A laconic loner who keeps a rescued opossum in a desk drawer, Heist intrigues the sarcastic and garrulous Phoebe. Reluctantly, he agrees to help. The unlikely pair navigate the enclaves of desert-dwelling vagabonds and find that Arabella is in serious trouble--caught in the middle of a violent standoff that only Heist, mysteriously, can end. Phoebe's trip to the desert was always going to be strange, but it was never supposed to be dangerous ..."--Jacket flap.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Private investigators; Missing persons;
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Dark sacred night / by Connelly, Michael,1956-author.;
Harry Bosch teams up with LAPD Detective Renée Ballard to solve the murder of a young girl in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Detective Renée Ballard is working the night beat -- known in LAPD slang as "the late show" -- and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours to find a stranger rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is retired detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin. Ballard can't let him go through department records, but when he leaves, she looks into the case herself and feels a deep tug of empathy and anger. She has never been the kind of cop who leaves the job behind at the end of her shift -- and she wants inches The murder, unsolved, was of fifteen-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway on the streets of Hollywood who was brutally killed, her body left in a dumpster like so much trash. Now Ballard joins forces with Bosch to find out what happened to Daisy, and to finally bring her killer to justice. Along the way, the two detectives forge a fragile trust, but this new partnership is put to the test when the case takes an unexpected and dangerous turn.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Bosch, Harry; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Murder; Detectives; Women detectives; Policewomen;
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Dark sacred night [sound recording] / by Connelly, Michael,1956-author.; Lakin, Christine,1979-narrator.; Welliver, Titus,narrator.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Christine Lakin and Titus Welliver.Harry Bosch teams up with LAPD Detective Renée Ballard to solve the murder of a young girl in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Detective Renée Ballard is working the night beat -- known in LAPD slang as "the late show" -- and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours to find a stranger rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is retired detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin. Ballard can't let him go through department records, but when he leaves, she looks into the case herself and feels a deep tug of empathy and anger. She has never been the kind of cop who leaves the job behind at the end of her shift -- and she wants inches The murder, unsolved, was of fifteen-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway on the streets of Hollywood who was brutally killed, her body left in a dumpster like so much trash. Now Ballard joins forces with Bosch to find out what happened to Daisy, and to finally bring her killer to justice. Along the way, the two detectives forge a fragile trust, but this new partnership is put to the test when the case takes an unexpected and dangerous turn.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Bosch, Harry; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Murder; Detectives; Women detectives; Policewomen;
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When the game stands tall [videorecording] / by Carter, Thomas,1953-; Caviezel, Jim,1968-; Chiklis, Michael,1963-; Dern, Laura.; Hayes, Neil,1967-When the game stands tall.Videorecording.; Ludwig, Alexander,1992-; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Jim Caviezel, Michael Chiklis, Alexander Ludwig, Laura Dern.The journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur, who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151-game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation, 1.85:1 ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Hayes, Neil, 1967-; Ladouceur, Bob; De La Salle High School (Concord, Calif.); Feature films.; Football coaches; Football teams; Football; School sports; Sports films.;
© c2014., Sony Pictures Home Enteratinment,
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Front desk / by Yang, Kelly.;
Includes bibliographical references.Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade class, the other being Mr. Yao's son, Jason.LSC
Subjects: Immigrant families; Immigrants; Chinese; Motels; Exploitation; Self-confidence; Friendship;
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