Tag: crime
Dangerous Instincts
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2012/10/14/dangerous-instincts/
Title: Dangerous Instincts: How Gut Feelings Betray Us. (Fear Can’t Help You. An FBI Profiler Can) Author: Mary Ellen O’Toole, Ph.D. Publisher: Penguin, 2011 Summary/Review: The author knows her business. She is a retired FBI profiler and has seen and interviewed violent criminals of...
Defending Jacob
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2012/09/06/defending-jacob/
Title: Defending Jacob Author: William Landay Publisher: Delacorte Press, 2012 Summary/Review: Andy Barber has been a well-respected assistant district attorney in Massachusetts for many years until his 14-year-old son Jacob is accused of killing former classmate Ben Rifkin. As the community presumes Jacob’s guilt...
Don’t Ever Get Old
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2012/08/30/dont-ever-get-old/
Title: Don’t Ever Get Old Author: Daniel Friedman Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, 2012 Summary/Review: “Old age is not for sissies”, “Old age isn’t so bad – when you consider the alternative”, (and the more optimistic) “every day I wake up on this side of...
So Cold the River
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2010/08/09/so-cold-the-river/
Title: So Cold the River Author: Michael Koryta Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company, June 2010 Summary: Once a highly sought after cinematographer, Eric Shaw’s film career is in a downward spiral. He shouldn’t be surprised-punching a famous director in the face will often have that...
The Interpretation of Murder
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2010/08/05/the-interpretation-of-murder/
Title: The Interpretation of Murder Author: Jed Rubenfeld Publisher: Picador, May 2007 Summary: The year is 1909 and Sigmund Freud has arrived in the United States with his protégé Carl Jung for a series of lectures at Clark University. The same day of Freud’s arrival...
The Information Officer
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2010/04/05/the-information-officer/
Title: The Information Officer Author: Mark Mills Publisher: Random House ,February 2010 Summary: It’s the summer of 1942 and Malta is quickly becoming the most bombed place on earth. The strategic location of the island, between Europe and Africa, has increased its value to both the...
Evil at Heart
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/09/29/evil-at-heart/
Title: Evil at Heart Author: Chelsea Cain Publisher: Minotaur, September 2009 Summary: This is the third book featuring detective Archie Sheridan and serial killer Gretchen Lowell. Gretchen, also known as the Beauty Killer, is on the loose. Archie is in a mental health facility...
Sworn to Silence
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/08/24/sworn-to-silence/
Title: Sworn to Silence Author: Linda Castillo Publisher: Minotaur, June 2009 Summary: Painters Mill, Ohio – Amish Country. Not your typical setting for a serial murder thriller, but it works in this exciting new novel. The backdrop of a quaint, rural town makes the viciousness...
Columbine
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/06/09/columbine/
Title: Columbine Author: Dave Cullen Summary: On April 20, 1999, two boys entered their high school and proceeded to unleash the most unforgettable school shooting of the modern era. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were troubled outcasts in black trench coats, picked on by jocks...
Three Weeks To Say Goodbye
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/03/06/three-weeks-to-say-goodbye/
Title: Three Weeks to Say Goodbye Author: C.J. Box Publisher: St. Martin’s Minotaur, January 2009 Summary: Nine months after adopting their daughter Angelina, Jack and Melissa receive devastating news. The baby’s teenage father never signed the adoption papers and now he and his powerful father want...