Kids Crime

From Sandy Hook, Connecticut, to Aurora, Colorado, to Tucson, Arizona, this nation has been racked from coast to coast with mass shootings perpetrated by criminals with sick minds. Authors Dr. Liebert and Dr. Birnes believe the increase in violence is an epidemic and dig deep into the causes of mental illness to determine what exactly is going on with these individuals and society as a whole, and what action can be taken to slow this frightening trend toward mass violence.

Nine-year-old Florence Williams’ parents are sitting behind bars for a crime they do not remember committing. When they are sentenced to prison, she is left with nowhere to belong. For four years after their arrest, Florence moves from house to house, getting shelter but missing a loving home. Her grandparents don’t want her. She even runs away to find her aunt, but she is found and returned to the Children’s Protective system. Finally, her Aunt Audrey is old enough to take her in and Florence, now thirteen, joins a special group of kids who call themselves The Wesley Club; full of ...

Humans, beware! A new player has come to town and made New Lisbon its puppet show. When the waters of Lake Grassum mysteriously turn fresh and flood overnight, Constable Joey's life is turned upside down. Joey's investigation into the bizarre flood uncovers more questions than answers. What seems like a natural anomaly quickly reveals more profound, unsettling changes in the town’s underworld—and its people. His childhood friend, Geoffrey, begins to exhibit an alarming ambition, and an inexplicable greed grips the town's citizens. What drives this wave of madness? Can Joey uncover the ...

Jeb Miller is one of those Texans this vigilante saves after Jeb’s parents are slaughtered by Spotted Horse and his ruthless son Nacoma. Jeb goes on a mission to bring the renegade Comanche’s to justice and is so doing crosses paths with the Laramie Kid and the lone cowboy...with deadly results. Indeed, who is this lone cowboy in the dirty white Stetson and why does he risk his life so freely? How does the Laramie Kid bring him to justice? And what role does the Laramie Kid’s love for Annie Oakley play?

Framed for murder! Have you ever been betrayed? Has a former friend ever taken what's yours and stabbed you in the back? 15-year-old Jeffrey Jones is about to suffer the ultimate betrayal. All Jeffrey wanted to do was help a friend from school find her missing father. He had no way of knowing it would lead to his being arrested for the man's murder. Caught in an elaborate trap and framed for murder, he and his best friend Pablo stage a daring escape, triggering a massive city-wide manhunt. On the run, and with only their friends Marisol and Susie to help, they're in a race against time to ...

Nellie's happiness was cruelly taken from her. Her con man son Jack decides to take revenge on her behalf. But nothing is as simple as it seems. This con man genesis story delves into Ireland's dark history.

Are you a Law & Order or CSI crime junkie? In these You Solve It mini mysteries, you get to be the lead detective who takes on the case. You will read the case file, collect the evidence and solve the crime. Become an iDetective.

Are you a Law & Order or CSI crime junkie? In these You Solve It mini mysteries, you get to be the lead detective who takes on the case. You will read the case file, collect the evidence and solve the crime. Become an iDetective.

In many ways, the narrative of the Wild West has endured more as legend than reality, and a perfect example of that can be found in the legend of William Henry McCarty Jr., better known as William H. Bonney or "Billy the Kid". Indeed, separating fact from fiction when it comes to the life of the West's most famous outlaw is nearly impossible, due in great measure to the fact that the young man himself cultivated the image of a deadly outlaw and legendary gunman himself.

On Friday, September 12, 2014, William Tyrrell—a playful three-year-old boy dressed in a fire-engine red Spider-Man suit—disappears from a quiet street in broad daylight. It's assumed he's lost in the nearby bushland, but despite an intensive search, he's not found, and police start to suspect he's been abducted. No trace of William—not a shoe, not a hair—has ever been found, but now is not the time to surrender. How can a little boy just vanish? We have to find him.

Le Bourbon Kid est mort. Que le diable l'emporte ! On lui souhaite bon courage.

This audiobook contains five short Cooper stories, numbered 166-170. These stories are "Nothing but the Truth", "The Eyes Have It", "Shooting on Location", "First-Born Male Child", and "Counter Fit to Be Tied".

Tout semble paisible à B Movie Hell ( "L'Enfer du film de série B"). Jusqu'à ce qu'un tueur mystérieux - sous un masque en forme de crâne surmonté d'une crête rouge - se mette à assassiner très tranquillement certains habitants de la ville. Le FBI confie l'affaire à Milena Fonseca et Jack Munson, dit le Fantôme, deux spécialistes des opérations clandestines. Mais bientôt des liens apparaissent entre cette terrifiante série de meurtres et un projet top secret du Département d'État. Les habitants de B Movie Hell sont bien résolus à mettre fin eux-mêmes et sans l'aide de personne à cette situation cauchemardesque...

One of Kevin's favorite pastimes is watching television with his father on the weekends. His father would not allow anything to interfere with their time unless it was an absolute emergency. They would have a large bowl of popcorn, pretzels, and hot dogs and a glass of apple or orange juice. Sometimes they ordered pizzas, hamburgers, cheese steaks and every once in a while, a soda. Their favorite movies are westerns and spy movies. Kevin enjoyed the good guys beating the bad guys in the westerns. But Kevin became even more fascinated with the spies and their gadgets.

In Hamburg verbreitet sich ein verstörendes Video. Ein Mädchen in einem weißen Kleid liegt tot am Elbufer, in ihrer Hand hält sie eine blutverschmierte Stoffpuppe. Kommissarin Sina Claasen nimmt zusammen mit ihrem Kollegen Eric Bartels die Ermittlungen auf. Doch anstatt des Kindes finden sie die grausam zugerichtete Leiche eines Hamburger Politikers. Als weitere Mädchen verschwinden, wird schnell klar, dass das vermisste Mädchen und der tote Politiker nur die Spitze eines unfassbaren Eisbergs sind.

As a native English speaker, Luka Williamson isn’t expecting much from La Ciudad del Ingles. He has volunteered to spend one week talking with Spaniards who want to improve their English, in exchange for a free vacation at a luxury resort in the countryside. The program begins with a tour of La Alberca, a nearby UNESCO heritage town where a sacred pig roams the streets and the shops sell loins of jamón for tourists to take home. But the local history lesson quickly takes a back seat when a postal worker is found murdered in an alleyway near the town’s main church.

In the summer of 1983, a young teen named Danny Brent and his two best friends share good times and special moments while enjoying that unique magic of childhood, an all too brief time when anything seemed possible. They also share a chilling adventure that bonds them together well into adulthood. Now, for the first time in almost thirty years, Danny is sharing his secret about what really happened, the story about his brief encounter with the Goatman - a legendary creature that exists on the outskirts of town in a haunted area called Goatman's, how he saved his life, and what happens ...

When Brian Bradford's teenage daughter starts undergoing a strange transformation, it begins a journey for the both of them as Brian not only meets God and the devil, but also learns who he is and why his daughter is changing. What happens will change their lives forever. He also realizes that if you truly love someone, maybe the best thing that you can do is to let them go.

When we forget things, we don’t even know whether we are speaking the red truth or the white lie. Every word we mutter happens to be the thread of becoming the suspect. Robin, a man who was much addicted to reading crime thriller novels, was suffering from amnesia. He would usually forget events even after a few minutes. Last night, after doing passionate romance, when he woke early morning, he found his wife’s bloodied index finger on the floor. Mr. John & his assistant take the thread to solve the clueless case. There was no suspect except her husband Robin, who was the only person ...

There is a harvest moon over Toulouse, but it’s going to be a very dark night. Eleven-year-old Micah Stevens intends to free the dogs from a puppy mill in the woods outside of town. Teenager Jenny Allard and her boyfriend Michael Kennedy have come up with a plan to get even with two of the school’s most notorious thugs. Gloria Downing is coming home after a decade running from her past. On this Indian summer evening in October of 1981, the little town is about to add several chapters to its long and bizarre history. Come along as award winning novelist, Chris Morrow, gives you the grand...