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Author : Wanda Canada
Release : 2001
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 268/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Island Murders by : Wanda Canada
Download or read book Island Murders written by Wanda Canada. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Vikki Petraitis
Release : 2018-09-01
Genre : True Crime
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 734/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Phillip Island Murder by : Vikki Petraitis
Download or read book The Phillip Island Murder written by Vikki Petraitis. This book was released on 2018-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of the body of Beth Barnard in her Phillip Island farmhouse in 1986, began a homicide investigation that rocked a peaceful community.It also created an enduring mystery, for no one was ever brought to trial for her brutal death, and the main suspect disappeared - never to be seen again.Beth Barnard, a popular and attractive 23-year-old, had been having an affair with a local married man.On the night of her brutal murder, a car belonging to Vivienne Cameron - wife of Beth's lover - was found abandoned near the bridge that connects the famous tourist island to the mainland.No trace of Vivienne was ever found, and her disappearance has never been adequately explained.Nevertheless, a Coroner's Court found that Vivienne had killed her rival then jumped to her death into the waters of Westernport Bay. The case was closed but not forgotten.Ever since their first edition of The Phillip Island Murder, in 1993, Vikki Petraitis and Paul Daley have been regularly contacted by people wanting to know more; people who, like the authors, let the case get under their skin.More than three decades later the mystery, rumours and arm-chair solutions continue.
Author : Rachel McLean
Release : 2023-10-13
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Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 092/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Island Murders (Large Print) by : Rachel McLean
Download or read book The Island Murders (Large Print) written by Rachel McLean. This book was released on 2023-10-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An isolated community... a web of secrets... a mysterious death. When a body washes up on the shores of Brownsea Island, DCI Lesley Clarke initially suspects suicide. But as she gets closer to the island's close-knit community, she starts to suspect foul play. Why did the victim argue with her closest friend days before her death? What secrets is the victim's manager keeping? And can Lesley get to the bottom of the mystery before someone else dies? The Island Murders is a tense, gripping crime novel perfect for anyone who's imagined living in a coastal idyll, and wondered if it's really all it seems.
Author : J. Dennis Robinson
Release : 2014-11-18
Genre : True Crime
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 570/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Mystery on the Isles of Shoals by : J. Dennis Robinson
Download or read book Mystery on the Isles of Shoals written by J. Dennis Robinson. This book was released on 2014-11-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, the full story of a crime that has haunted New England since 1873. The cold-blooded ax murder of two innocent Norwegian women at their island home off the coast of New Hampshire has gripped the region since 1873, beguiling tourists, inspiring artists, and fueling conspiracy theorists. The killer, a handsome Prussian fisherman down on his luck, was quickly captured, convicted in a widely publicized trial, and hanged in an unforgettable gallows spectacle. But he never confessed and, while in prison, gained a circle of admirers whose blind faith in his innocence still casts a shadow of doubt. A fictionalized bestselling novel and a Hollywood film have further clouded the truth. Finally a definitive "whydunnit" account of the Smuttynose Island ax murders has arrived. Popular historian J. Dennis Robinson fleshes out the facts surrounding this tragic robbery gone wrong in a captivating true crime page-turner. Robinson delves into the backstory at the rocky Isles of Shoals as an isolated centuries-old fishing village was being destroyed by a modern luxury hotel. He explores the neighboring island of Appledore where Victorian poet Celia Thaxter entertained the elite artists and writers of Boston. It was Thaxter's powerful essay about the murders in the Atlantic Monthly that shocked the American public. Robinson goes beyond the headlines of the burgeoning yellow press to explore the deeper lessons about American crime, justice, economics, and hero worship. Ten years before the Lizzie Borden ax murder trial and the fictional Sherlock Holmes, Americans met a sociopath named Louis Wagner—and many came to love him.
Author : Nicola Sly
Release : 2013-05-15
Genre : True Crime
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 833/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Channel Island Murders by : Nicola Sly
Download or read book Channel Island Murders written by Nicola Sly. This book was released on 2013-05-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although an idyllic setting, where violent crime is thankfully rare, the Channel Islands have a shadier side. Contained within the pages of this book are twenty-five historic cases of murder committed in the Channel Islands. They include a fatal assault on John Francis in 1894, which remains unsolved; the murder by Philippe Jolin of his father in 1829; and the murder and suicide committed by Eugenie Toupin in 1881, all of which occurred in Jersey. In Guernsey, elderly widow Elizabeth Saujon was murdered during the course of a robbery in 1853, Edward Hooper drunkenly beat his wife to death in 1890, and housekeeper Elizabeth de la Mare murdered her elderly employer in 1935, wanting to hasten his demise on the understanding that she was the sole beneficiary of his will.Nicola Sly’s carefully researched and enthralling text will appeal to everyone interested in true crime and the shady side of Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney’s history.
