Crime & Criminals

Murder and injustice in a Small Town John Grisham's first work of non-fiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, in his most extraordinary legal thriller yet. In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he sig... More

When naïve sociology student Sudhir Venkatesh went to find out more about urban poverty in Chicago, the last thing he expected was to be held hostage by a gang. And he never guessed that, after being released, he’d want to return to find out more about them, ignoring everyone’s advice and enter... More

In a riveting page-turner, NBA referee Delaney reveals the clandestine life he led before becoming one of professional basketballs most respected referees. 16-page b&w photo insert.Featured on NPR and CNN In a riveting page-turner, NBA referee Bob Delaney reveals the clandestine life he led before b... More

From bootlegger Al Capone to “ Teflon Don” John Gotti, mobsters have long frightened and fascinated the public. Their sometime flamboyant but almost always violent lifestyles have inspired popular movies such as The Godfather and hit television shows like The Sopranos, but these romanticized dep... More

Over the years, CHERUB has put plenty of criminals behind bars. Now they must break one out from an Arizona prison--the son of a weapons dealer who has been selling U.S. missiles to terrorists. If they can get the kid, they can get the parent. Original. Postponed from 2/06CHERUB agents are all seven... More

New Page 1 In the preparation of this handbook, every effort was made to provide the pathologist in training with an up-to- date, concise manual detailing the many varied aspects of forensic pathology. Specialized areas, such as forensic anthropology and forensic pathology, have been mentione... More

Dedicated to Ruskin Bond, who has resisted growing up for many years, the stories in this collection are a tribute from a spectrum of creative writers to the grand young man of Indian fiction. Conceived in the course of  a writer's retreat in Landour, deep in the wooded hills of Garhwal, in Nor... More

Will Bill Gates pay you if you forward an email? Is a great fortune of millions of dollars awaiting you in an African country? Do you get mails announcing that you have won a bumper lottery? Con men of the cyber space use these tricks to catch their gullible victims. Net users usually rise to the ba... More

Nancy Drew Girl Detective: Crime Fighter 3 in 1The Demon of River HeightsThe Girl who wasn't ThereThe Charmed Bracelet... More

Europe has become one of the key battle-grounds in the global war on terror. The July 2005 London metro bombings are just the latest indication that the Old Continent plays a key role for Islamic terrorists, both as a target and a base of operations. The problem has serious implications for the Unit... More

Using Digital Evidence to Solve Computer Crime Because it's so large and unregulated, the Internet is a fertile breeding ground for all kinds of scams and schemes. Usually it's your credit card number they're after, and they won't stop there. Not just mere an... More

It was a horrible tragedy, but what if, hidden behind the story of the gruesome on-camera murder of journalist Daniel Pearl, was another, still darker story? What if the people who murdered him weren't actually fanatic followers of Osama bin Laden? What if he wasn't killed-as was universally assumed... More

Papillion is the greatest true story of escape and adventure ever written. Condemned for a murder he had not committed, Henri Charriere (nicknamed Papillion) was sent to the penal colony of French Guinea. Forty - two days after his arrival he made his first break, travelling a thousand grueling mile... More

‘As a recognized scientific field, forensic science is a relative newcomer that represents an expansion of existing disciplines, including chemistry, biology, geology, medicine, and anthropology. The scope and depth of forensic science grow daily, as new technologies are discovered and as society ... More

Why do we need a science that studies people after they are dead? Talking Bones answers this question by introducing readers to the study of using human bones to solve crimes. It covers the history, technology, and importance of this new science and includes actual forensic cases to illustrate how f... More