California Crime

When a bishop is killed inside the Vatican by someone after an ancient artifact, a team is assembled to try to find the artifact and killer before more blood is spilled. In the process, an absent-minded professor and his archaeologist friend get swept up in what could very well be a wild goose chase - but nothing is as it appears. When the professor goes missing, his grandson and his student must pick up the trail to find the professor before it's too late.

Gruesome California is a collection of true-life stories, most of them rescued from old newspaper accounts that were published over 100 years ago. Only a few of the events in this book have ever made it into print, except maybe in musky-old county histories. Even then, many of them are lucky to rate a paragraph. Listen to them now, if you dare!

Nachdem eine tote Frau in Cal Corwins Auto gefunden wurde und Polizisten an Cals Tür klopfen, wird der Fall viel persönlicher als es zunächst erschien. Während sie von den Geistern ihrer eigenen Vergangenheit verfolgt wird, muss Cal nicht nur herausfinden, wer die Frau ermordet hat, sondern auch warum. Als sie eine Antwort nach der anderen enthüllt, stellt sich ihr eine beunruhigende Frage: Wer ist der Jäger, und wer der Gejagte?

Linda thought her parents had died when she was an infant, leaving her to be raised by her grandparents. She treasures the highchair she used as a child as a symbol of their unconditional love. But when a man shows up at the bank and claims to be her father, Linda searches the Internet and is stunned to learn of a long-buried family tragedy and an unspeakable crime.

Emily Miller is trying to find a path away from a family mixed up in sin after they tie her up and leave her for dead in a river filled with unthinkable thoughts. When she discovers that the boy who attempted a rescue on her life may have affiliations with the mob, she thinks twice about what it might mean to have his family on her side.

Yasith Chhun was just a 42-year-old accountant living a comfortable life in California. Then he tried to overthrow the Cambodian government from his humble office in Long Beach. Inspired by films like Braveheart, Chhun planned "Operation Volcano," a scheme replete with espionage, jungle guerrillas, and East German rocket launchers. Could Chhun's quixotic, incredibly risky and potentially bloody coup possibly succeed?

Charles Manson è l'uomo che ha annegato in un mare di sangue il sogno del flower power: insieme alla sua "Family" è stato il protagonista di alcuni dei crimini più efferati della storia americana, come il massacro di Cielo Drive, in cui l'attrice Sharon Tate (all'epoca incinta) venne trucidata con più di 160 coltellate, o gli omicidi LaBianca.