Michigan's blood-red past includes crooked sheriffs, ruthless gangsters, serial killers, mass murderers, Wild West-style bandits, and pirates. These miscreants, and more, do their dastardly deeds in "Blood on the Mitten," an aptly-titled case book documenting the more infamous scenes in Michigan history.

Storytelling at its fully imagined best." -Ben Hamper, bestselling author of Rivethead

In the bitter cold of 1985, two buddies embark on a hunting trip from suburban Detroit to rural Michigan, unaware they would soon become the hunted. Darker than Night tells the chilling true story of the mystery that haunted a community and baffled the police for two decades. The eerie silence surrounding their sudden disappearance is broken after nearly two decades when a relentless investigator inspires a terrified witness to break her silence. The witness narrates a haunting scene that had unfolded years back, pointing fingers at the prime suspects–the Duvall brothers. With no bodies unearthed, the justice system is riveted by the startling revelations during an electrifying trial in 2003. The brothers, Raymond and Donald Duvall, had bragged about the murders, evocatively explaining how they dismembered their victims and fed them to pigs. Despite the shocking confession, the case holds its ground purely on a single witness's account, taking the courtroom through a labyrinth of dark secrets and sinister acts. This gripping thriller presents a vivid tale of crime that reveals the devastating power of evil.

Edgar Award Finalist: The true story of a serial killer who terrorized a midwestern town in the era of free love—by the coauthor of The French Connection. In 1967, during the time of peace, free love, and hitchhiking, nineteen-year-old Mary Terese Fleszar was last seen alive walking home to her apartment in Ypsilanti, Michigan. One month later, her naked body—stabbed over thirty times and missing both feet and a forearm—was discovered, partially buried, on an abandoned farm. A year later, the body of twenty-year-old Joan Schell was found, similarly violated. Southeastern Michigan was terrorized by something it had never experienced before: a serial killer. Over the next two years, five more bodies were uncovered around Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Michigan. All the victims were tortured and mutilated. All were female students. After multiple failed investigations, a chance sighting finally led to a suspect. On the surface, John Norman Collins was an all-American boy—a fraternity member studying elementary education at Eastern Michigan University. But Collins wasn’t all that he seemed. His female friends described him as aggressive and short tempered. And in August 1970, Collins, the “Ypsilanti Ripper,” was arrested, found guilty, and sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole. Written by the coauthor of The French Connection, The Michigan Murders delivers a harrowing depiction of the savage murders that tormented a small midwestern town.

On February 13, 1982, 21-year-old Mary Brown accepted a ride from a man in the ski town of Breckenridge, Colorado--and was raped and beaten. When his truck was found, Tom Luther pled guilty and was convicted. Ten years later, he was released from prison. He swore that his victims would never live to testify against him. Soon, from the Rockies to Virginia, young women were turning up dead at his hands. Includes 12 pages of photos.

Is like when a "Lord Of The Rings" finds his way in a "Lethal Weapon" Movie... So The Adventure Begins! "I was in front of him, he looked at me well, my armor was already reddened a lot of Dragon blood on me, so he growled furiously and stepped forward in a roar." - The Dragon Slayer "Was proud of that ring, but not much of what I had to do to get it." - The Saint "Inspecting the defenses of the frontier was never an easy task, but from the height of his fine warhorse Lord Byron exercised it with great dignity." - The Lord "Civilization.... Believing that what we do now is always better than all they did before us and destroy everything and everything contrary to that.... And I'm the Barbarian." - The Barbarian "I am a Vahnnir and my eyes see far." - The Vahnnir "She knew that voice... He who lived in the shadows with all his being made of light." - The Goddess