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Anatomy of a Cover-Up

The Truth about the RCMP and the Nova Scotia Massacres

par Paul Palango ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERFOLLOW-UP TO THE #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER 22 MURDERSThe truth about the deadliest criminal incident in Canadian history has remained untold—until now.**Investigative journalist Paul Palango’s 22 Murders examined the April 2020 shooting spree committed by Gabriel Wortman that began in Portapique, Nova Scotia, and ended thirteen and a half hours later when Wortman was shot dead by ... En savoir plus

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLERFOLLOW-UP TO THE #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER 22 MURDERSThe truth about the deadliest criminal incident in Canadian history has remained untold—until now.**Investigative journalist Paul Palango’s 22 Murders examined the April 2020 shooting spree committed by Gabriel Wortman that began in Portapique, Nova Scotia, and ended thirteen and a half hours later when Wortman was shot dead by
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Vingt-cinq ans au palais de justice

par Isabelle Richer ...

Pendant presque 25 ans, la journaliste Isabelle Richer a suivi les procès les plus marquants et les plus significatifs à titre de correspondante au palais de justice de Montréal. Couvrir ainsi la scène judiciaire, c’est côtoyer le pire de la nature humaine, rappelle-t-elle. C’est plonger au cœur de la violence, la détresse, la folie et la douleur. Être ainsi quotidiennement confronté à tant de ... En savoir plus

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Pendant presque 25 ans, la journaliste Isabelle Richer a suivi les procès les plus marquants et les plus significatifs à titre de correspondante au palais de justice de Montréal. Couvrir ainsi la scène judiciaire, c’est côtoyer le pire de la nature humaine, rappelle-t-elle. C’est plonger au cœur de la violence, la détresse, la folie et la douleur. Être ainsi quotidiennement confronté à tant de
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The End of Policing

par Alex S. Vitale ...

**The best-selling bible of the movement to defund the police in an updated edition"Urgent, provocative, and timely, The End of Policing will make you question most of what you have been taught to believe about crime and how to solve it."—James Forman Jr., author of Locking Up Our Own**The massive uprising that followed the police killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020— by some estimates ... En savoir plus

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**The best-selling bible of the movement to defund the police in an updated edition"Urgent, provocative, and timely, The End of Policing will make you question most of what you have been taught to believe about crime and how to solve it."—James Forman Jr., author of Locking Up Our Own**The massive uprising that followed the police killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020— by some estimates
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I Am Wrath

par Ethan Cross ...

Collections Livre 4 - The Ackerman Thrillers
'A fast paced, all-too-real thriller with a villain right out of James Patterson and Criminal Minds' ANDREW GROSS.My wrath knows no bounds. Your torment knows no end.An Arizona prison officer climbs his watchtower and opens fire on the inmates and guards below. Federal investigator Marcus Williams needs to know why. What he unearths is that the prison has become the hunting ground of a psychopath ... En savoir plus

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'A fast paced, all-too-real thriller with a villain right out of James Patterson and Criminal Minds' ANDREW GROSS.My wrath knows no bounds. Your torment knows no end.An Arizona prison officer climbs his watchtower and opens fire on the inmates and guards below. Federal investigator Marcus Williams needs to know why. What he unearths is that the prison has become the hunting ground of a psychopath
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Ten Seventy Eight: A Tale of Mafia Power and Police Corruption

par Paul Manning ...

In a world of shadows and deception, Paul Manning walked the line between loyalty and survival, infiltrating both the Mafia and the Hells Angels simultaneously - a dangerous game few dare to play. But the real betrayal didn’t come from the criminals he exposed. It came from within his own ranks.Uncover the gripping true story of an undercover officer who risked everything, only to face the ... En savoir plus

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In a world of shadows and deception, Paul Manning walked the line between loyalty and survival, infiltrating both the Mafia and the Hells Angels simultaneously - a dangerous game few dare to play. But the real betrayal didn’t come from the criminals he exposed. It came from within his own ranks.Uncover the gripping true story of an undercover officer who risked everything, only to face the
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Locked In

The True Causes of Mass Incarceration-and How to Achieve Real Reform

par John Pfaff ...

**A groundbreaking reassessment of the American prison system, challenging the widely accepted explanations for our exploding incarceration rates“A must-read for anyone who dreams of an America that is not the world’s most imprisoned nation.” —Chris Hayes, host of MSNBC’s All In**In Locked In, John Pfaff argues that the factors most commonly cited to explain mass incarceration -- the failed War on ... En savoir plus

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**A groundbreaking reassessment of the American prison system, challenging the widely accepted explanations for our exploding incarceration rates“A must-read for anyone who dreams of an America that is not the world’s most imprisoned nation.” —Chris Hayes, host of MSNBC’s All In**In Locked In, John Pfaff argues that the factors most commonly cited to explain mass incarceration -- the failed War on
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The Everything Private Investigation Book

Master the techniques of the pros to examine evidence, trace down people, and discover the truth

par Sheila L Stephens ...

Collections series Everything® Series
Observe someone without being observed.Dig up long-buried dirt.Catch a cheating spouse.The Everything Private Investigation Book shows you the basic research techniques and tricks the pros use. You'll learn how to get background information using a wide range of sources, including newspapers, court records, military files, and even the DMV. Written by experienced investigators, this guide helps ... En savoir plus

$16.99 CAD

Observe someone without being observed.Dig up long-buried dirt.Catch a cheating spouse.The Everything Private Investigation Book shows you the basic research techniques and tricks the pros use. You'll learn how to get background information using a wide range of sources, including newspapers, court records, military files, and even the DMV. Written by experienced investigators, this guide helps
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American Prison

A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment

par Shane Bauer ...

**An enraging, necessary look at the private prison system, and a convincing clarion call for prison reform.” —NPR.orgNew York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018 * One of President Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2018 * Winner of the 2019 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize * Winner of the Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism * Winner of the 2019 RFK Book and Journalism Award * A ... En savoir plus

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**An enraging, necessary look at the private prison system, and a convincing clarion call for prison reform.” —NPR.orgNew York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018 * One of President Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2018 * Winner of the 2019 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize * Winner of the Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism * Winner of the 2019 RFK Book and Journalism Award * A
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Queen of Thieves

The True Story of "Marm" Mandelbaum and Her Gangs of New York

par J. North Conway ...

Queen of Thieves is the gritty, fast-paced story of Fredericka Marm” Mandelbaum, a poor Jewish woman who rose to the top of her profession in organized crime during the Gilded Age in New York City. During her more than twenty-five-year reign as the country’s top receiver of stolen goods, she accumulated great wealth and power inconceivable for women engaged in business, legitimate or otherwise. ... En savoir plus

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Queen of Thieves is the gritty, fast-paced story of Fredericka Marm” Mandelbaum, a poor Jewish woman who rose to the top of her profession in organized crime during the Gilded Age in New York City. During her more than twenty-five-year reign as the country’s top receiver of stolen goods, she accumulated great wealth and power inconceivable for women engaged in business, legitimate or otherwise.
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Crisis Negotiations

Managing Critical Incidents and Hostage Situations in Law Enforcement and Corrections

par Michael McMains, Wayman Mullins, Andrew Young ...

Crisis Negotiations: Managing Critical Incidents and Hostage Situations in Law Enforcement and Corrections, the sixth edition, is an invaluable resource for mitigating, managing, or responding to high-risk negotiation incidents.This revision includes the current research on negotiating high-risk incidents in the classroom and the field. It includes an applied analysis of the value of ... En savoir plus

$116.99 CAD

Crisis Negotiations: Managing Critical Incidents and Hostage Situations in Law Enforcement and Corrections, the sixth edition, is an invaluable resource for mitigating, managing, or responding to high-risk negotiation incidents.This revision includes the current research on negotiating high-risk incidents in the classroom and the field. It includes an applied analysis of the value of
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Tightrope

Balancing Duty with Courage and Conviction

par Jennifer Hyland ...

You hear how the case unfolds. You don’t see what it leaves behind.In Tightrope, retired Deputy Chief Constable Jennifer Hyland takes you inside twenty-six years of frontline policing—working major investigations involving violence, sexual assault, and crimes that rarely make it into public view in full.This isn’t secondhand reporting.This is what it looks like from the inside.As Hyland rose to ... En savoir plus

$9.99 CAD

You hear how the case unfolds. You don’t see what it leaves behind.In Tightrope, retired Deputy Chief Constable Jennifer Hyland takes you inside twenty-six years of frontline policing—working major investigations involving violence, sexual assault, and crimes that rarely make it into public view in full.This isn’t secondhand reporting.This is what it looks like from the inside.As Hyland rose to
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Reap the Whirlwind

Violence, Race, Justice, and the Story of Sagon Penn

par Peter Houlahan ...

The bestselling author of Norco ’80 returns with a riveting story of mid-1980s San Diego that placed one young Black man at the center of a whirlwind of crime and punishment that profoundly altered Southern CaliforniaMarch 31, 1985. Two white patrol officers in search of a gang member followed a pickup truck carrying seven young Black men up a dirt driveway in the Encanto neighborhood of ... En savoir plus

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The bestselling author of Norco ’80 returns with a riveting story of mid-1980s San Diego that placed one young Black man at the center of a whirlwind of crime and punishment that profoundly altered Southern CaliforniaMarch 31, 1985. Two white patrol officers in search of a gang member followed a pickup truck carrying seven young Black men up a dirt driveway in the Encanto neighborhood of
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Blind Faith

par Joe McGinniss ...

The sordid, #1 New York Times bestselling true crime story of adultery, addiction, gambling debt, and murder in a privileged suburban town—from author and journalist Joe McGinniss.The Marshalls were the model family of Tom’s River, New Jersey, living the American dream and seemingly in possession of all that money could buy. Rob Marshall, a successful insurance broker, was the big breadwinner, ... En savoir plus

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The sordid, #1 New York Times bestselling true crime story of adultery, addiction, gambling debt, and murder in a privileged suburban town—from author and journalist Joe McGinniss.The Marshalls were the model family of Tom’s River, New Jersey, living the American dream and seemingly in possession of all that money could buy. Rob Marshall, a successful insurance broker, was the big breadwinner,
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The Carmarthen Murders

The start of a dark, edge-of-your-seat crime mystery series from John Nicholl

par John Nicholl ...

Collections Livre 1 - Carmarthen Crime
The start of a dark edge-of-your-seat crime series from UK Top 20 bestselling author John NichollOne missing girl. Five bodies. Time is running out.When nineteen-year-old university student Emma goes missing, Detective Inspector Gareth Gravel is called in. But what is a simple missing person case soon turns into something much darker as Gravel’s inquiries lead him to the graves of five young women ... En savoir plus

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The start of a dark edge-of-your-seat crime series from UK Top 20 bestselling author John NichollOne missing girl. Five bodies. Time is running out.When nineteen-year-old university student Emma goes missing, Detective Inspector Gareth Gravel is called in. But what is a simple missing person case soon turns into something much darker as Gravel’s inquiries lead him to the graves of five young women
... En savoir plus
Thou Shalt Do No Murder

Inuit, Injustice, and the Canadian Arctic

par Kenn Harper ...

High Arctic, 1920: Three Inuit men delivered justice to an abusive Newfoundland trader This is a story of fur trade rivalry and duplicity, isolation and abandonment, greed and madness, and a struggle for the affections of an Inuit woman during a time of major social change in the High Arctic. Doubts over the validity of Canadian sovereignty and an official agenda to confirm that sovereignty added ... En savoir plus

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High Arctic, 1920: Three Inuit men delivered justice to an abusive Newfoundland trader This is a story of fur trade rivalry and duplicity, isolation and abandonment, greed and madness, and a struggle for the affections of an Inuit woman during a time of major social change in the High Arctic. Doubts over the validity of Canadian sovereignty and an official agenda to confirm that sovereignty added
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Overkill

par Lyn Riddle ...

"You ruined my life. You ruined my baby’s life!"Laurie Show was as compassionate as she was hard-working. The outgoing high-school junior worked part-time to pay for the home she and her divorced mother shared. Yet she always had time to tutor friends struggling in school. And she befriended a dejected classmate after his traumatic breakup with his pregnant long-time girlfriend Michelle Lambert ... En savoir plus

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"You ruined my life. You ruined my baby’s life!"Laurie Show was as compassionate as she was hard-working. The outgoing high-school junior worked part-time to pay for the home she and her divorced mother shared. Yet she always had time to tutor friends struggling in school. And she befriended a dejected classmate after his traumatic breakup with his pregnant long-time girlfriend Michelle Lambert
... En savoir plus
Criminal (In)Justice

What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most

par Rafael A. Mangual ...

In his impassioned-yet-measured book, Rafael A. Mangual offers an incisive critique of America's increasingly radical criminal justice reform movement, and makes a convincing case against the pursuit of "justice" through mass-decarceration and depolicing.After a summer of violent protests in 2020—sparked by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Rayshard Brooks—a dangerously false ... En savoir plus

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In his impassioned-yet-measured book, Rafael A. Mangual offers an incisive critique of America's increasingly radical criminal justice reform movement, and makes a convincing case against the pursuit of "justice" through mass-decarceration and depolicing.After a summer of violent protests in 2020—sparked by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Rayshard Brooks—a dangerously false
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Storefront Sting

An ATF Agent's Life Undercover

par Lou Valoze, Brian Whitney ...

This thrilling story memorializes one of the most dangerous--and successful--series of undercover operations conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Written by the special agent who took these operations from disrupting small time fencing schemes to infiltrating major criminal organizations, this book is the first story of these secretive operations.During the ... En savoir plus

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This thrilling story memorializes one of the most dangerous--and successful--series of undercover operations conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Written by the special agent who took these operations from disrupting small time fencing schemes to infiltrating major criminal organizations, this book is the first story of these secretive operations.During the
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Killing Time

An 18-Year Odyssey from Death Row to Freedom

par John Hollway, Ronald M. Gauthier ...

In 1984, John Thompson was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a white man in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was sent to Angola prison and confined to his cell twenty-three hours a day. However, Thompson adamantly proclaimed his innocence and just needed lawyers who believed that his trial had been mishandled and who would step up to the plate against the powerful DA's office. But who ... En savoir plus

$16.99 CAD

In 1984, John Thompson was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a white man in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was sent to Angola prison and confined to his cell twenty-three hours a day. However, Thompson adamantly proclaimed his innocence and just needed lawyers who believed that his trial had been mishandled and who would step up to the plate against the powerful DA's office. But who
... En savoir plus
Balls

The Life of Eddie Trascher, Gentleman Gangster

par Ken Sanz, Scott M. Deitche ...

The true story of the man who scammed the mob and informed the FBI for over two decades.Eddie Trascher had balls. Born in the bayou of Louisiana, Eddie learned about gambling at the side of his stepfather. Starting his career in 1950s Vegas, he moved to pre-Castro Cuba and became adept at running a casino and stealing from the mobsters who owned it. He was a regular fixture at Rat Pack–era Vegas ... En savoir plus

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The true story of the man who scammed the mob and informed the FBI for over two decades.Eddie Trascher had balls. Born in the bayou of Louisiana, Eddie learned about gambling at the side of his stepfather. Starting his career in 1950s Vegas, he moved to pre-Castro Cuba and became adept at running a casino and stealing from the mobsters who owned it. He was a regular fixture at Rat Pack–era Vegas
... En savoir plus
The Tywi Estuary Killings

A gripping, gritty crime mystery from John Nicholl

par John Nicholl ...

Collections Livre 2 - Carmarthen Crime
A completely gripping, gritty crime thriller from UK Top 20 bestselling author John NichollIs it revenge or is it justice?DI Gravel is supposed to be on mandatory leave, but when a severed head washes up on the estuary beach his holiday is cut short. Back on the job, he’s shocked when the case leads him to the victim from an old caseSeventeen years ago, the system failed Rebecca. They let the ... En savoir plus

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A completely gripping, gritty crime thriller from UK Top 20 bestselling author John NichollIs it revenge or is it justice?DI Gravel is supposed to be on mandatory leave, but when a severed head washes up on the estuary beach his holiday is cut short. Back on the job, he’s shocked when the case leads him to the victim from an old caseSeventeen years ago, the system failed Rebecca. They let the
... En savoir plus
Operation Car Wash

Brazil's Institutionalized Crime and The Inside Story of the Biggest Corruption Scandal in History

par Jorge Pontes, Marcio Anselmo ...

A Financial Times Book to Read in 2022Operation Car Wash is the inside story of two Brazilian Federal Police officers who found themselves at the centre of the biggest corruption scandal in history; uncovering a web of political and corporate racketeering which would lead them all the way to the arrest and imprisonment of the nation's President.Through engrossing first-hand testimony, Pontes and ... En savoir plus

$37.99 CAD

A Financial Times Book to Read in 2022Operation Car Wash is the inside story of two Brazilian Federal Police officers who found themselves at the centre of the biggest corruption scandal in history; uncovering a web of political and corporate racketeering which would lead them all the way to the arrest and imprisonment of the nation's President.Through engrossing first-hand testimony, Pontes and
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The Murder Business

How the Media Turns Crime Into Entertainment and Subverts Justice

par Mark Fuhrman ...

Crime stories fascinate the public. But between factual news stories, overblown “human interest” reports, and salacious murder mystery exposes, it’s difficult to tell where news ends and entertainment begins. Mark Fuhrman, best-selling author of Murder in Brentwood, explores this fine line, revealing new and shocking details on such high-profile cases as Jon Benet Ramsey, Martha Moxley and Chandra ... En savoir plus

$19.99 CAD

Crime stories fascinate the public. But between factual news stories, overblown “human interest” reports, and salacious murder mystery exposes, it’s difficult to tell where news ends and entertainment begins. Mark Fuhrman, best-selling author of Murder in Brentwood, explores this fine line, revealing new and shocking details on such high-profile cases as Jon Benet Ramsey, Martha Moxley and Chandra
... En savoir plus
Red Sky Morning

The Epic True Story of Texas Ranger Company F

par Joe Pappalardo ...

The explosive and bloody true history of Texas Rangers Company F, made up of hard men who risked their lives to bring justice to a lawless frontier.Between 1886 and 1888, Sergeant James Brooks, of Texas Ranger Company F, was engaged in three fatal gunfights, endured disfiguring bullet wounds, engaged in countless manhunts, was convicted of second-degree murder, and rattled Washington, D.C. with a ... En savoir plus

$17.99 CAD

The explosive and bloody true history of Texas Rangers Company F, made up of hard men who risked their lives to bring justice to a lawless frontier.Between 1886 and 1888, Sergeant James Brooks, of Texas Ranger Company F, was engaged in three fatal gunfights, endured disfiguring bullet wounds, engaged in countless manhunts, was convicted of second-degree murder, and rattled Washington, D.C. with a
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