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Friday Fiction: The Bone Thief by Jefferson Bass (March 2010)
Posted on May 7, 2010 | 1 CommentDr. Bill Brockton, founder and chief anthropologist of The Body Farm, puts his life and reputation on the line to help the FBI catch a black marketer of organ donations. -
Reasonable Doubt by Steve Vogel (March 1992)
Posted on May 5, 2010 | No CommentsA Horrible Crime. A Shocking Conviction. Review by Kim Cantrell When David Hendricks couldn’t reach his wife by phone, he hurriedly returned home from a business trip in Wisconsin. He... -
Who Was Sharon Marshall?
Posted on May 4, 2010 | 3 CommentsTaken by Franklin Floyd as a preschooler in the 1970s, she was mostly known as Sharon Marshall. But that wasn't her real name. Can you identify her? -
A Beautiful Child by Matt Birkbeck (August 2005)
Posted on May 3, 2010 | 2 CommentsWho is Sharon Marshall? Review by Kim Cantrell She was known as Tonya to her co-workers at the strip club. That was the name in this phase of her life.... -
Friday Fiction (Movie Edition): Law Abiding Citizen (October 2009)
Posted on April 30, 2010 | No CommentsA man who loses everything has nothing to lose. And when does seeking vengeance become cold-blooded murder? -
Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders by Terry Sullivan with Peter T. Maiken (1983)
Posted on April 28, 2010 | 4 CommentsDespite killing 33 young men and buring most of them underneath his home, Gacy was really just your average, boring blowhard. -
Will It Wind Up in A Book? for April 27, 2010
Posted on April 27, 2010 | No CommentsThree teens attempt to murder a lesbian classmate, a cold-blooded murderer is sentenced, a 20-year-old unsolved murder case is reopened -
Charmer by Jack Olsen (November 1995)
Posted on April 26, 2010 | 1 CommentGeorge Waterfield Russell, Jr. was a real ladies' man. Charming the ladies at Mercer Island night clubs. When they begin dying, police began to look at the ladies' man as a lady killer. -
Friday Fiction: Depraved Indifference by Joseph Teller (November 2009)
Posted on April 23, 2010 | 1 CommentAn interesting story line, full of twist and turns that falls below standard with too many soapbox sermons on DUI -
Hey, Nancy Grace, Pull Your Head Outta Your Butt About Ronald Cummings
Posted on April 22, 2010 | 11 CommentsRonald Cummings has lied repeatedly to Nancy Grace, yet she continues to believe he isn't involved in Haleigh's disappearance. Just how dumb can she be?