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Un-Making a Murderer: The Framing of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey
"Finally, an amazingly honest book that details exactly how my brother was set up" - Brad Dassey Innocent people do go to jail. Sometimes mistakes are made. But even more terrifying is when the authorities conspire to frame them. That's what happened to Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey, who were convicted of murder and are serving life sentences. Un-Making a Murderer is an explosive book which uncovers the illegal, devious and covert tactics used by Wisconsin officials, including: Concealing Other Suspects Paying Expert Witnesses to Lie Planting Evidence Jury Tampering The art of framing innocent people has been in practice for centuries and will continue until the perpetrators are held accountable; turning conventional assumptions and beliefs in the justice system upside down, Un-Making a
Trust No One
A woman haunted by her past and a killer who won't let her forget.'A long, long time ago, you did a bad, bad thing, Now it's time to pay...'When I first found the note, I assumed it was a prank.But then I am lured to a house where I witness a gruesome murder, and I realise the threat is real.But who is tormenting me though, and why?Noah Keen, my boyfriend, is determined to get to the bottom of things, and soon other familiar faces appear from my past. Ones who are connected to a tragic accident that happened when we were teenagers. They too have received similar notes.Someone knows the truth about what really happened that night in Norfolk.Someone believes we were responsible and they will not stop until every one of us has been punished.The perfect read for fans of authors like Clare Mack
Christmas Presents - Hardcover
by Lisa Unger (Author)Madeline Martin has built a life for herself as the young owner of a thriving business, The Next Chapter Bookshop, despite her tragic childhood and now needing to care for her infirm father. When Harley Granger, a failed novelist turned true crime podcaster, drifts into her shop in the days before Christmas, he seems intent on digging up events that Madeline would much rather forget. She's the only surviving victim of Evan Handy, the man who was convicted of murdering her b
The Lonely Hearts Trivia Night
Five lonely strangers join a bar trivia team in an effort to find friends, but end up on a path that will change each of their lives forever, in this heartwarming debut perfect for fans of Beth O'Leary and Sophie Kinsella. How do you make friends as an adult? That's one question lonely Londoners Bryony, Harry, Jaime, Luke, and Donna would really like the answer to. They tend to do better with questions of a different variety--trivia questions like How did prosecco get its name? and Which Mariah Carey song has topped the charts in twenty-six countries? In an effort to meet new people, the five not-yet-friends answer an ad seeking members of a bar trivia team--the Red Hot Quizzy Peppers. As the weeks go on, the disparate band of unhappy strangers becomes swept up in both the buzz of winning
How To Be A Good Wife: A Novel
HOW TO BE A GOOD WIFE BY EMMA CHAPMAN IS A HAUNTING LITERARY DEBUT ABOUT A WOMAN WHO BEGINS HAVING VISIONS THAT MAKE HER QUESTION EVERYTHING SHE KNOWS Marta and Hector have been married for a long time. Through the good and bad; through raising a son and sending him off to life after college. So long, in fact, that Marta finds it difficult to remember her life before Hector. He has always taken care of her, and she has always done everything she can to be a good wife?s advised by a dog-eared manual given to her by Hector's aloof mother on their wedding day. But now, something is changing. Small things seem off. A flash of movement in the corner of her eye, elapsed moments that she can't recall. Visions of a blonde girl in the darkness that only Marta can see. Perhaps she is starting to rem
The Couple's Revenge: A totally nail-biting psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist
How far would you go to protect your child?I knew something was wrong. It's a mother's instinct.I could tell when my son started hiding things from me. He used to walk to school with a mischievous grin on his beautiful face. Now he avoids eye contact and keeps his head down.Since I discovered he's being bullied by a classmate, I've spent every day worrying, my stomach churning with anxiety from the moment he leaves the house to the second he walks back through the door.Everyone keeps telling me I'm overreacting, but I won't risk my child's safety. My husband and I try to talk to the other boy's parents, but it only makes things worse...Then our precious child is hurt. Enough is enough. It has to stop. Even if that means taking matters into our own hands.Because we know the truth about the
The Stranger in My Bed: An utterly gripping psychological thriller
'We have a patient who has been involved in a serious accident. We believe he's your husband.'When Freya first met Phil, she thought he was the man of her dreams. He bought her roses every week, booked surprise trips to sun-soaked destinations, and showed her affection like she'd never experienced before. But over time the dream has become a violent nightmare. And now Freya is packing her bags, knowing it's time she escaped their increasingly broken marriage.But then Freya gets a visit from the police. Phil's been in a horrific car crash and - as he comes around - it becomes clear that he remembers nothing since their blissful honeymoon two years before, back when their relationship was perfect. All he wants is to be happily married again.Freya knows giving him another chance could be dang
The Night I Died: A Thriller
A mother's unthinkable crime and an investigator's forgotten past collide in a shocking novel of suspense by Anne Frasier, the New York Times bestselling author of The Body Reader.Private detective Olivia Welles hasn't been to her hometown since her childhood, not since the night she died. She has no memory of the world before the car crash or of coming back to life in the morgue. But now, years later, when fellow survivor Bonnie Ray calls from a Kansas jail begging for help, Olivia feels the tug of a dark and unremembered past.Bonnie looks guilty of murdering her young son--Bonnie's third child to die under suspicious circumstances. Intrigued and seeking closure, Olivia agrees to investigate.Back in the foreboding town where her heart stopped and started again, Olivia finds an unexpected
Return to Wyldcliffe Heights
Jane Eyre meets The Thirteenth Tale in this new modern gothic mystery from two-time Mary Higgins Clark Award-winner Carol Goodman, about a reclusive writer who is desperate to rewrite the past.Losing yourself inside of a book can be dangerous. Not everyone finds their way out.Agnes Corey, a junior editor at a small independent publisher, has been hired by enigmatic author Veronica St. Clair to transcribe the sequel to her 1993 hit phenomenon, The Secret of Wyldcliffe Heights. St. Clair has been a recluse since the publication of the Jane Eyre-esque book, which coincided with a terrible fire that blinded and scarred her. Arriving in the Hudson Valley at St. Clair's crumbling estate, which was once a psychiatric hospital for "wayward women," Agnes is eager to ensure St. Clair's devoted fans
We Must Not Think of Ourselves - Hardcover
by Lauren Grodstein (Author)**THE TODAY SHOW READ WITH JENNA DECEMBER 2023 PICK** Inspired by a little-known piece of history--the underground group that kept an archive to ensure that the lives of Jewish occupants of the Warsaw Ghetto in World War II were not lost to history--this is a heart-wrenching novel of love and defiance that People calls "gripping, emotional, and against all odds, hopeful." "This book is a masterpiece: profound, gripping, urgent, and beautiful." --Madeline Miller, New Y
Fragments of the Lost
From the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls and The Perfect Stranger comes a suspenseful psychological mystery about one girl's search to uncover the truth behind her ex-boyfriend's death. Perfect for fans of We Were Liars and 13 Reasons Why. Jessa Whitworth knew she didn't belong in her ex-boyfriend Caleb's room. But she couldn't deny that she was everywhere--in his photos, his neatly folded T-shirts, even the butterfly necklace in his jeans pocket . . . the one she gave him for safe keeping on that day. His mother asked her to pack up his things--even though she blames Jessa for his accident. How could she say no? And maybe, just maybe, it will help her work through the guilt she feels about their final moments together. But as Jessa begins to box up the pieces of
Some Days Are Dark: A completely gripping suspense thriller with a breathtaking twist
I was happy my husband died, but I couldn't admit it, otherwise people might think I killed him. Before Olivia knows she is lucky. She has a loving husband, Frank, an adorable son, Jake, and a beautiful new home. It couldn't be more different from her childhood on the outskirts of Whitaker, dirt poor and dreaming of getting out. But at the end of long days with no one to talk to, always feeling like she's not quite good enough, she starts to wonder if there's a better life waiting... After Everyone in Whitaker knows who Olivia is. She's the woman who left her family for no-good Dane Miller - and the one who most likely shot him. Now, there's gossip about her everywhere she goes, she's too scared to leave the house most days, and she barely gets to see her beloved son. How can a perfect lif
In My Mother's Name: A totally addictive and emotional psychological thriller
Author: Laura Elliot | Publisher: Bookouture | Publication Date: October 21, 2019 | Number of Pages: 390 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 183888078X | ISBN-13: 9781838880781
A Marriage of Lies: An unputdownable psychological thriller with a breathtaking twist
Beneath the surface of every marriage there are secrets. This one is deadly. My husband is lying. The minute he came home with alcohol on his breath and unable to look me in the eyes I knew it. We used to be in love - the intense 'I can't be without you for a second' kind. Where it hurts deep to be apart. But now, we're the couple that keep secrets from each other. We hide the truth. He thought I wouldn't find out. I'm a detective - it's literally my job to uncover clues and solve mysteries. I know what he did. And now I'm sitting here, in a police interview, being asked the question "did you kill her?" To which I utter one life-shattering word: "yes." A jaw-dropping, twist-filled emotional rollercoaster of a read for fans of Gone Girl, The Perfect Marriage, and The Girl on the Train. Read