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- Behind the door : the dark truths and untold stories of the Cecil Hotel / by Price, Amy,author.;
When Amy Price took a temporary design job at an Art Deco hotel in Los Angeles to help a friend, she had no idea the path it would lead her down. Before long, she would become manager of the Cecil Hotel, seeking to make it more welcoming and correct its notoriety, not helped by sitting at the foot of Skid Row, or the fact that since its opening in 1927, there had been any number of deaths by suicide, and residents such as serial killers Richard Ramirez and Jack Unterweger. She cared about guests and residents alike, though she faced challenges on many fronts, with over eighty people dying during her decade of service. Among them was Elisa Lam, whose tragic death became the subject of a Netflix documentary series that captivated millions and led to its own controversies and unwarranted personal attacks on Amy. 'Behind the Door' is the disturbing true story of the notorious Cecil Hotel in downtown L.A., by its general manager for a decade and star of the controversial Netflix documentary series 'Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel'.- Subjects: Lam, Elisa, 1991-2013.; Cecil Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.); Crime.; Haunted places; Hotels; Murder; Suicide.;
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- Do no harm / by Pobi, Robert,author.;
"In Robert Pobi's thriller Do No Harm, a series of suicides and accidental deaths in the medical community are actually well-disguised murders and only Lucas Page can see the pattern and discern the truth that no one else believes. Lucas Page is a polymath, astrophysicist, professor, husband, father of five adopted children, bestselling author, and ex-FBI agent-emphasis on "ex." Severely wounded after being caught in an explosion, Page left the FBI behind and put his focus on the rebuilding the rest of his life. But Page is uniquely gifted in being able to recognize patterns that elude others, a skill that brings the F.B.I. knocking at his door again and again. Lucas Page's wife Erin loses a friend, a gifted plastic surgeon, to suicide and Lucas begins to realize how many people Erin knew that have died in the past year, in freak accidents and now suicide. Intrigued despite himself, Page begins digging through obituaries and realizes that there's a pattern-a bad one. These deaths don't make sense unless the doctors are being murdered, the target of a particularly clever killer. This time, the FBI wants as little to do with Lucas as he does with them so he's left with only one option-ignore it and go back to his normal life. But then, the pattern reveals that the next victim is likely to be ... Erin herself"--- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Coincidence; Families; Married men; Murder; Pattern perception; Serial murder investigation; Serial murders; Suicide; Women physicians;
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- Almost surely dead / by Akhtar, Amina,author.;
"Dunia Ahmed lives an ordinary life-or she definitely used to. Now she's the subject of a true crime podcast. She's been missing for over a year, and no one knows if she's dead or alive. But her story has listeners obsessed, and people everywhere are sporting merch that demands "Find Dunia!" In the days before her disappearance, Dunia is a successful pharmacist living in New York. The daughter of Pakistani immigrants, she's coping with a broken engagement and the death of her mother. But then something happens that really shakes up her world: someone tries to murder her. When her would-be killer winds up dead, Dunia figures the worst is over. But then there's another attempt on her life ... and another. And police suspect someone close to her may be the culprit. Dunia struggles to make sense of what's happening. And as childhood superstitions seep into her reality, she becomes convinced that someone-or something-is truly after her"--- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Assassins; Attempted murder; Missing persons; Murder; Pakistani American women; Pakistani Americans; Parents; Serial murderers; Suicide; Women pharmacists;
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- Almost surely dead [sound recording] / by Akhtar, Amina,author.; Jaffer, Kelsey,narrator.; Brilliance Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Kelsey Jaffer."Dunia Ahmed lives an ordinary life-or she definitely used to. Now she's the subject of a true crime podcast. She's been missing for over a year, and no one knows if she's dead or alive. But her story has listeners obsessed, and people everywhere are sporting merch that demands "Find Dunia!" In the days before her disappearance, Dunia is a successful pharmacist living in New York. The daughter of Pakistani immigrants, she's coping with a broken engagement and the death of her mother. But then something happens that really shakes up her world: someone tries to murder her. When her would-be killer winds up dead, Dunia figures the worst is over. But then there's another attempt on her life ... and another. And police suspect someone close to her may be the culprit. Dunia struggles to make sense of what's happening. And as childhood superstitions seep into her reality, she becomes convinced that someone-or something-is truly after her"--- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Novels.; Psychological fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Assassins; Attempted murder; Missing persons; Murder; Pakistani American women; Pakistani Americans; Parents; Serial murderers; Suicide; Women pharmacists;
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- The crooked staircase / by Koontz, Dean R.(Dean Ray),1945-author.;
"Jane Hawk knows she may be living on borrowed time. But as long as she's breathing, she'll never cease her one-woman war against the terrifying conspiracy that threatens the freedom--and free will--of millions. Battling the strange epidemic of murder-suicides that claimed Jane's husband, and is escalating across the country, has made the rogue FBI agent a wanted fugitive, relentlessly hunted not only by the government but by the secret cabal behind the plot. Deploying every resource their malign nexus of power and technology commands, Jane's enemies are determined to see her dead. or make her wish she was. Jane's ruthless pursuers can't stop her from drawing a bead on her prey: a cunning man with connections in high places, a twisted soul of unspeakable depths with an army of professional killers on call. Propelled by her righteous fury and implacable insistence on justice, Jane will make her way from southern California to the snow-swept slopes of Lake Tahoe to confront head-on the lethal forces arrayed against her. But nothing can prepare her for the chilling truth that awaits when she descends the crooked staircase to the dark and dreadful place where her long nightmare was born.- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Government investigators; Secret societies; Conspiracies;
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- Recon. by David, Robert,film director.; Ludwig, Alexander,actor.; Ainley, Mitch,actor.; Fetherstonhaugh, RJ,actor.; V71 US Inc. (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Alexander Ludwig, Mitch Ainley, RJ FetherstonhaughOriginally produced by V71 US Inc. in 2019.After four American soldiers witness a vicious murder of an innocent civilian by their sergeant, they're sent on a suicide mission led by a local partisan.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; War films.; Horror films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.).;
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- Haunted [sound recording] / by White, Randy Wayne.; Raudman, Renee.;
Read by Renee Raudman.The house is historic, some say haunted. It is also slated to be razed and replaced by condos, unless Hannah Smith can do something about it. She's been hired by a wealthy Palm Beach widow to prove that the house's seller didn't disclose everything he knew about the place when he unloaded it, including its role in a bloody Civil War skirmish (in which two of Hannah's own distant relations had had a part), and the suicides--or where they murders?--of two previous owners.- Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Audiobooks.; Historic buildings; Suicide;
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- A stranger in the family / by Casey, Jane(Jane E.),author.;
In book 11 of the 'Maeve Kerrigan' series, when nine-year-old Rosalie Marshall vanished from her bed one summer night, her disappearance tore her family apart. Now, 16 years later, her mother and father are found dead. It looks like a straightforward murder-suicide but DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent soon discover nothing about this case is straightforward. Until Maeve finds out what happened to Rosalie, no one will be safe.- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Kerrigan, Maeve (Fictitious character); Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Murder; Police; Secrecy; Women detectives;
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- The queer evangelist : a socialist clergy's radically honest tale / by DiNovo, Cheri,1950-author.;
"In The Queer Evangelist, Rev. Dr. Cheri DiNovo (CM) tells her story, from her roots as a young socialist activist in the 1960s to ordained minister in the ‘90s to member of provincial parliament. As the New Democratic member representing Parkdale-High Park in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2006 to 2017, DiNovo passed more LGBTQ bills than anyone in Canadian history. She describes the behind-the-scenes details of major changes to the law, including Toby's Law, the first Transgender Rights legislation in North America in a major jurisdiction. She also passed bills banning conversion therapy, proclaiming parent equality for LGBTQ parents, and for enshrining in Ontario law the Trans Day of Remembrance. On this day in the legislature, the provincial government is mandated to observe a minute of silence while Trans murders and suicides are detailed. Interspersed with her political work DiNovo describes her conversion to religious life, her theological work, and her ongoing struggle with the Christian Right. Cheri DiNovo's story shows how queers can be both people of faith and critics of religion, illustrating how one can resist and change the repressive systems from within. Her book is the story of queer justice realized and a story of hope for queer (and other) kids everywhere. Includes a foreword by Kathleen Wynne, former premier of Ontario."--- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; DiNovo, Cheri, 1950-; Legislators; Political activists; Clergy; Sexual minorities; Sexual minorities;
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- Don't let go [videorecording] / by Estes, Jacob Aaron,1973-film director,screenwriter.; Mann, Byron,actor.; Oyelowo, David,actor.; Reid, Storm,2003-actor.; Williamson, Mykelti,actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Costume designer, Naoine Haders ; editor, Billy Fox, Scott D. Hanson ; production designer, Celine Diano ; director of photography, Sharone Meir.Storm Reid, Mykelti Williamson, David Oyelowo, Byron Mann, Shinelle Azoroh, Omar Leyva.Jack Radcliff, a homicide detective, picks up his niece Ashley from a theater. It is revealed that Ashley does not like her father Garret due to his bipolar disorder and history with drug abuse. A day after Jack has a serious talk with his brother about getting his life together, he receives a crying call for help from Ashley. Jack rushes to her house but is too late, finding the dead bodies of Ashley, his brother Garret, and Garret's wife in an apparent murder-suicide. Two weeks later, Jack receives a phone call from Ashley who is calling from the past. He soon realizes that he has been given a chance to rewrite the past and uncover the truth about the family's murder.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for violence, bloody images, and language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.- Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Murder; Nieces; Uncles; African American families; Detectives; Time travel;
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