Murder at the ABA
Title | Murder at the ABA PDF eBook |
Author | Isaac Asimov |
Publisher | |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Murder at the ABA
Title | Murder at the ABA PDF eBook |
Author | Isaac Asimov |
Publisher | |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
Murder at the ABA (1976) is a mystery novel by Isaac Asimov, following the adventures of a writer and amateur detective named Darius Just (whom Asimov modeled on his friend Harlan Ellison). While attending a convention of the American Booksellers Association, Just discovers the dead body of a friend and protégé. Convinced that the death was due to murder, but unable to convince law enforcement, Just decides to investigate on his own. The book is an example of metafiction, as Asimov himself appears as a character doing research for a murder mystery set at a booksellers' convention.
100 Malicious Little Mysteries
Title | 100 Malicious Little Mysteries PDF eBook |
Author | Isaac Asimov |
Publisher | Sterling |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Detective and mystery stories, American |
ISBN | 9781402711015 |
Charmingly insidious and satisfyingly devious, these 100 baffling little mysteries selected by such prominent authors as Isaac Asimov are just the thing to suit your most malevolent mood.
I Am Troy Davis
Title | I Am Troy Davis PDF eBook |
Author | Jen Marlowe |
Publisher | Haymarket Books |
Pages | 367 |
Release | 2013-08-19 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1608462951 |
The true story of a woman’s fight for her brother’s life—and her own: “Essential for those interested in the U.S. justice system” (Library Journal). On September 21, 2011, Troy Anthony Davis was put to death by the State of Georgia. Davis’s execution was protested by hundreds of thousands of people across the globe, and Pope Benedict XVI, Pres. Jimmy Carter, and fifty-one members of Congress all appealed for clemency. Davis’s older sister, Martina, a former Army flight nurse who had served in the Gulf War, was one of Davis’s strongest advocates—despite the fact that she was battling liver and metastatic breast cancer and died just weeks after her brother’s death by lethal injection. This book, coauthored by Martina and writer Jen Marlowe, tells the intimate story of an ordinary man caught up in an inexorable tragedy. From his childhood in racially charged Savannah; to the confused events that led to the 1989 shooting of a police officer; to Davis’s sudden arrest, conviction, and two-decade fight to prove his innocence, I Am Troy Davis takes us inside a broken legal system where life and death hang in the balance. It is also an inspiring testament to the unbreakable bond of family and the resilience of love, and reminds us that even when you reach the end of justice, voices from across the world can rise together in chorus and proclaim, “I am Troy Davis.” “Martina Correia’s heroic fight to save her brother’s life while battling for her own serves as a powerful testament for activists.” —The Nation “Should be read and cherished.” —Maya Angelou, author and civil rights activist
Tell the Client's Story
Title | Tell the Client's Story PDF eBook |
Author | Edward C. Monahan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 463 |
Release | 2018-03-07 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9781634259149 |
ISBN: 978-1-63425-914-9 2017, 416 pages, 6 x 9, Paperback and E-Book Loaded with practical case studies, surveys, checklists, and appendices provided by top litigation experts from across the nation, Tell the Client's Story provides litigation teams the best strategies for effective mitigation work in criminal and capital cases. This book will benefit seasoned defense professionals, while also providing crucial guidance for attorneys and other professionals with limited or no experience in mitigation techniques.
The Trial of Lizzie Borden
Title | The Trial of Lizzie Borden PDF eBook |
Author | Cara Robertson |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2020-03-10 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1501168398 |
WINNER OF THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY BOOK AWARD In Cara Robertson’s “enthralling new book,” The Trial of Lizzie Borden, “the reader is to serve as judge and jury” (The New York Times). Based on twenty years of research and recently unearthed evidence, this true crime and legal history is the “definitive account to date of one of America’s most notorious and enduring murder mysteries” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). When Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August 1892, the arrest of the couple’s younger daughter Lizzie turned the case into international news and her murder trial into a spectacle unparalleled in American history. Reporters flocked to the scene. Well-known columnists took up conspicuous seats in the courtroom. The defendant was relentlessly scrutinized for signs of guilt or innocence. Everyone—rich and poor, suffragists and social conservatives, legal scholars, and laypeople—had an opinion about Lizzie Borden’s guilt or innocence. Was she a cold-blooded murderess or an unjustly persecuted lady? Did she or didn’t she? An essential piece of American mythology, the popular fascination with the Borden murders has endured for more than one hundred years. Told and retold in every conceivable genre, the murders have secured a place in the American pantheon of mythic horror. In contrast, “Cara Robertson presents the story with the thoroughness one expects from an attorney…Fans of crime novels will love it” (Kirkus Reviews). Based on transcripts of the Borden legal proceedings, contemporary newspaper accounts, unpublished local accounts, and recently unearthed letters from Lizzie herself, The Trial of Lizzie Borden is “a fast-paced, page-turning read” (Booklist, starred review) that offers a window into America in the Gilded Age. This “remarkable” (Bustle) book “should be at the top of your reading list” (PopSugar).
Murder in the Supreme Court
Title | Murder in the Supreme Court PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Truman |
Publisher | Rosetta Books |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2015-04-29 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0795346182 |
Justice must be served when a chief clerk is killed in this mystery by the New York Times–bestselling author. When Clarence Sutherland, chief clerk of the Supreme Court, is found dead, Lt. Martin Teller of the DC police and Susanna Pinscher of the Justice Department are pulled together to find the killer. It turns out that Sutherland had a lot of confidential information on important people, and any one of them could be responsible for his death. But one startling clue seems to implicate the high court itself: Sutherland was found slumped over in the chief justice’s chair. Did the clerk know something that the top judge, and perhaps even the president himself, didn’t want revealed? Teller and Pinscher intend to find out . . . From the daughter of President Harry Truman, an expert at depicting the details of life inside the beltway, Murder in the Supreme Court provides an intriguing peek into the world of Washington’s powerful justice system. “Truman’s hints as to the real state of Washington are terrifying if true.” —Chicago Sun-Times “A dazzling series.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution