A former Supervisory Special Agent for the FBI discusses the harrowing competition between the agency and the individuals they seek to capture, describing ten cases to explore the strengths and pitfalls of modern criminal investigation.

The Unknown Darkness: Profiling the Predators Among Us

Politics & Social Sciences

Katherine Ramsland

Gregg O. McCrary

Social Sciences

William Morrow

The true story of Susan Walsh, a young reporter who mysteriously disappeared while writing about downtown Manhattan's "vampire" underground furnishes an exploration into a real-life vampire world that has its own rituals, rules, boundaries, and penalties. Reprint.

Piercing the Darkness: Undercover with Vampires in America Today

Biographies & Memoirs

True Crime

HarperTorch

Written in cooperation with Anne Rice, the official guide to Anne Rice's "Lives of the Mayfair Witches." The ultimate reference book for fans of "The Witching Hour," "Lasher," and "Taltos," with detailed character breakdowns, complete geneaologies, chronologies and geographies. Plus revealing observations from Anne Rice herself!

The Witches' Companion: The Official Guide to Anne Rice's Lives of the Mayfair Witches

Reference

Ballantine Books

Utilizing modern-day forensic scientific techniques and top-flight experts, and applying his vast legal experiences and intellectual brilliance, Professor James Starrs has made significant and unique contribution to our criminal justice system. A Voice for the Dead is a fascinating real-life discussion of exhumation autopsies that makes fictional television programs seem like fairy tales for children. (Dr. Cyril H. Wecht)

Voice for the Dead: A Forensic Investigator's Pursuit of the Truth In the Grave

James E. Starrs

Criminal Law

G.P.Putnam's Sons

Dean Koontz: A Writer's Biography

Arts & Literature

Headline Book Publishing

From one of the country's preeminent criminal profilers comes this gripping, behind-the-scenes account of America's most disturbing & complex serial killer & murder invest. Takes us into the minds of the nation's shrewdest & most sinister predators. Digs beneath the crime scene to examine in first-person detail the competition between the country's dangerous killers & the  professionals who are determined to get them off the streets. McCrary served in the elite force for criminal invest., profiling criminals for over 25 years in more than 1,000 cases involving homicide, serial murder, kidnaping, & sexual assault. He takes us inside his process on some of his most fascinating cases. Includes accounts of his most frightening manhunts. Photos.

Diane Pub Co.

Katherine Ramsland and Dana DeVito have taken their mutual love of a good ghost story and produced an entertaining and educational perspective of the city of Bethlehem, Pennyslvania. 
Bethlehem Ghosts first introduces the reader to the history of, and the authors' theories concerning, ghosts, the paranormal, and "ghosting." Then, take a ghostly stroll down Main Street in the town founded by the Moravians. Tales of haunted hotels, inns, restaurants, and cemeteries, are guaranteed to send a chill down your spine.

Bethlehem Ghosts Historical Hauntings In & Around Pennsylvania's Christmas City

Dana DeVito

Second Chance Publications

Investigations today must coordinate many factors and areas of specialization.
Forensics braids the process of investigation with psychology and the law. Psychology shows the human element, while law dictates the parameters for investigative practices. Forensic Investigation: Methods from Experts demonstrates how these threads intertwine and offers practice with cases that apply specific insights. In this text, experts from diverse disciplines teach specific methods that enhance investigators’ knowledge and support best practices.
Forensic Investigation:
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<li>includes a case at the start of each chapter.</li>
<li>focuses on psychological information as a foundation for investigation.</li>
<li>features the work of experts in some area of investigation, including first responders, detectives, death investigators, scientists, attorneys, analysts, and more!</li>
<li>offers case-related puzzles in each chapter, some of which even demonstrate that the first leads can sometimes mislead.</li>
<li>addresses a variety of investigators involved in the forensic process: detectives, private investigators, death investigators, medical investigators, and more!</li>
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Forensic Investigation: Methods from Experts

Kendall/Hunt Publishing

Anne rice la reine des vampires

Claude Lefrancq

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