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The deadliest sins
\"The headlines scream the ghastly news of an abandoned truck filled with murdered immigrants. Detective Jack Murphy and his partner Liddell Blanchard are on the case. They've got a lone survivor, rumors of a witness, and the feds getting in their way. Jack's gut tells him there's a connection with a local killing-and the bloodshed is far from over. He's going up against a butcher who commits the unspeakable in the name of protecting America. Some say the worst crime is to look the other way. Jack Murphy only looks for justice.\"--Back cover.
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Language, Ideology and Identity in Serial Killer Narratives
In this book, Gregoriou explores the portrayal of the serial killer identity and its related ideology across a range of contemporary crime narratives, including detective fiction, the true crime genre and media journalism. How exactly is the serial killer consciousness portrayed, how is the killing linguistically justified, and how distinguishing is the language revolving around criminal ideology and identity across these narrative genres? By employing linguistic and content-related methods of analysis, her study aims to work toward the development of a stylistic framework on the representation of serial killer ideology across factual (i.e. media texts), factional (i.e. true crime books) and fictional (i.e. novels) murder narratives. ‘Schema’ is a term commonly used to refer to organised bundles of knowledge in our brains, which are activated once we come across situations we have previously experienced, a ‘group schema’ being one such inventory shared by many. By analysing serial murder narratives across various genres, Gregoriou uncovers a widely shared ‘group schema’ for these murderers, and questions the extent to which real criminal minds are in fact linguistically fictionalised. Gregoriou’s study of the mental functioning and representation of criminal personas can help illuminate our schematic understanding of actual criminal minds.
Christiana Gregoriou is a lecturer in English Stylistics at the University of Leeds. She has an interest in the linguistic make-up of literary texts, and crime narratives in particular. She's published on the criminal mind style, a book on English Literary Stylistics and a monograph on Deviance in Contemporary Crime Fiction .
1. Crime Scenes 2. Killer Headlines 3. True Crime! 4. Buying Crime 5. The Verdict
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Masquerade and the nameless women
\"Since the death of her sister, police force newbie Yuri Uguisu has been chasing the notoriously untraceable serial killer Masquerade. When a new corpse turns up in Odaiba, Yuri immediately goes on alert--only to recognize the victim as an old classmate, the alluring and mysterious Reina Myoko. When the police force calls in long-time consultant psychologist Seiren Higano for assistance in untangling the testimonies of Reina's father, fiancâe, and lover, Yuri meets the riveting, charismatic psychologist for the first time. Little does she know that Higano is none other than Masquerade himself. Faced with Reina's case, Higano promises to get the answers, but no one is prepared for the conclusion reached in the interrogation room...\"--Back cover.
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Lucky
A 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town thrust into journey of self-exploration.
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The Haarmann Case: Remapping the Weimar Republic
Since Germany's reunification, there has been a modest yet distinct resurgence of interest in the serial murderer from the 1920s, Fritz Haarmann, and recent works about him unsettle entrenched narratives about the Weimar Republic. After all, in both historiography and popular culture, the city of Berlin, as well as the lives of artists, intellectuals, and politicians tend to be privileged. Writers about Haarmann, on the other hand, shift attention to the provincial urban space of Hannover, highlight the experiences of lower-middle class German citizens, and foreground the often-overlooked years of hunger during the early years of socioeconomic instability following the First World War. With their German-language graphic novel, Haarmann (2010), Peer Meter and Isabel Kreitz offer a counter-narrative to inherited discourse, especially with their inclusion of conspicuously fictitious events, which encourage critical reflection about the Weimar period.
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The slowest death
\"Detective Jack Murphy can read a crime scene like a book. When the naked, brutalized corpse of a narcotics cop is found, it's not the body that tells him a sick killer is on the loose, but the monkey figurine-of the \"see no evil\" kind-shoved down his throat. It's a message, not a clue. Then a high-profile judge is set on fire. Another figurine left behind. Murphy has a guess what's next. But it's not what he expects. The torture-killer taking out Evansville's defenders of law and order isn't the only one with secrets. The victims might have a few, too...\" -- Back cover.
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Triptych : a novel
\"In the city of Atlanta, women are dying--at the hands of a killer who signs his work with a single, chilling act of mutilation. Leaving behind enough evidence to fuel a frenzied police hunt, this cunning madman is bringing together dozens of lives, crossing the boundaries of wealth and race. And the people who are chasing him must cross those boundaries too. Among them is Michael Ormewood, a veteran detective whose marriage is hanging by a thread--and whose arrogance and explosive temper are threatening his career. And Angie Polaski, a beautiful vice cop who was once Michael's lover before she became his enemy. But another player has entered the game: a loser ex-con who has stumbled upon the killer's trait in the most coincidental of ways--someone who may be the key to breaking the case wide open\"--Back cover.
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