Criminal Class

Sergeant Jo Barnes (Hilary Swank) and her elite, all-female US Army investigative team are renowned for cracking complex sex-crime cases within the military. Their latest mission takes them to the Mojave Desert at Fort Irwin Army Base in California, to unravel the mysterious disappearance of Private Nichelle Simmons—a soldier who accused a comrade of assault. But when the accused is inexplicably set free, their case takes a sinister turn.

The Criminal Class is based on the true-life experiences of an everyday teacher who makes the precarious career transition to an Education Officer in the prison system. Dealing with both the law enforcers and the law breakers, but not bound by any normal allegiances, he finds himself having to thread the rocky path of an outsider on the inside.

An accountant-turned-assassin must determine if the books still balance when a bounty is placed on her own head in the third book of this fantasy series. Asterfal is a city of staggering contrasts: high glamour and abject destitution, corrupt politicians and an exploited working class...

A collection of personal remembrances of a 23 year career as a Secret Service Agent. The book details personal, interesting, humorous, and sometimes historical incidents that were experienced in real time.

Looking for a unique and engaging way to learn about crime scene investigation and criminal psychology? Look no further than this immersive guide to the fundamentals of forensic investigation. Over the course of 30 days, you'll dive deep into the world of criminal psychology, evidence collection, interrogation techniques, and more. But what sets this book apart is the interactive element - you'll have the chance to use ChatGPT as a modern-day Sherlock Holmes to help solve some of the cases presented. Each day is dedicated to a specific topic and includes real-world case studies, historical ...

"So, what do you do?" Whenever people asked him, Eric Cash used to have a dozen answers. Artist, actor, screenwriter...But now he's thirty-five years old and he's still living on the Lower East Side, still in the restaurant business, still serving the people he always wanted to be. What does...

The definitive exposé of forced arbitration, the secret justice system that protects abusers, employers, and powerful corporations “Ballou is one of our most insightful analysts of the modern American legal system. This careful study should be required reading.” —Simon Johnson, Nobel...

Kristin Burns is making her way in New York City. Her photos are being considered at a major Manhattan gallery, she works by day with two wonderful children, and the man of her dreams is almost hers for keeps. But just as everything she's ever wanted is finally within reach, her life changes...

"Everyone gets mad at hustlers, especially if you're on the victim side of the hustle. And Miles knew hustling was in his veins." Miles Morales is just your average teenager. Dinner every Sunday with his parents, chilling out playing old-school video games with his best friend, Ganke, crushing...

From the award-winning, bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars—a moving father-son story that is also a taut courtroom drama and a bold examination of privilege, power, and how to live a meaningful life. "Ultimately, the mystery at the center of The Final Case is not about innocence or...

Victorian Poverty Was Not Chaos. It Was Arithmetic. Beyond the myths of Jack the Ripper and Charles Dickens lies the brutal, mechanical reality of the London Underworld. You’ve read the novels. You’ve walked the gaslit streets in your imagination. But what did survival actually cost in the East End? How much did you pay for eight hours of sleep on a stretched rope? How many calories sustained a workhouse inmate? What did it mean to raise a family inside a single, airless room in a rookery? The stories are familiar. The numbers are not. In The Victorian Rookery: The Economic Reality of ...

Charming English villages, loyal dogs, and a determined amateur sleuth with a nose for murder. Tamsin's three loyal dogs and charmed life in the Malvern Hills couldn't be more picture-perfect. But when a student from her new photography class is found lifeless on Midsummer Hill, she realises that even the best snapshots can hide dark secrets. Determined to sharpen her marketing skills for her beloved dog training school, Tamsin has enrolled in a photography course, only to stumble upon a fresh mystery that focusses her energies. With her trusty canines and quirky companions from her ...

Every stain tells a story. Every secret has a price. In Victorian Barnstaple, Mattie Venn is a woman no one notices. Poor, exhausted and desperate to keep food on the table, she spends her days bent over steaming tubs, scrubbing the linen of families rich enough to forget she exists. But laundry carries more than dirt. It carries hidden letters, bloodied cuffs, torn hems, whispered shame — and the secrets respectable people believe can be washed clean. When Mattie finds a folded letter concealed in the shirt of a powerful local gentleman, she tells herself it is none of her business. Poor...

Pablo Escobar sigue siendo un personaje legendario y 30 años después de su muerte, todavía hay muchos secretos de su vida que siguen sorprendiendo. Este libro recoge varios de ellos. Hace 30 años, Pablo Escobar fue cazado porque violo el secreto que lo hacia ver invencible: hablar poco y muy...

"This book could change everything. It could change our minds. It could buttress our hearts. It could make graspable why today’s prisons are contemporary slave plantations. I couldn’t put it down and I tried." —Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple A haunting and powerfully moving book...

An examination of how curriculum choices can perpetuate White supremacy, and radical strategies for how schools and teacher education programs can disrupt and transform racism in education When racist curriculum “goes viral” on social media, it is typically dismissed as an isolated incident...

A Victorian tale of hardship, hope, and one family's fight for survival When Anna Carter is dismissed from Buzzacott Manor for being pregnant, she returns home with nothing but shame and a worthless reference. Two years later, her family is starving. Her husband Tom's back injury has left him unable to work. Their children—two-year-old Samuel and baby Alice—cry from hunger. The rent is overdue, the cupboards are bare, and the workhouse looms. Desperate, Tom turns to poaching on the estate where Anna once worked. It's a crime punishable by transportation. But when an accident forces him ...

I had to lie to do my job, to stay alive, but when you become an expert at deceiving the people you love, how can you trust yourself? 'John' is the UK's most successful undercover police operative, who took on cases no one else would. Invisible to you or I, 'John' worked in the most extreme...

A sweeping Regency romance that's perfect for fans of Lenora Bell and Kerrigan Byrne. "Dazzling." —Booklist Fiona McTavish is an engineer, a chemist, a rebel—and no one’s idea of a proper lady. She prefers breeches to ballrooms, but her new invention—matches—will surely turn as many...

Kristin Burns is making her way in New York City. Her photos are being considered at a major Manhattan gallery, she works by day with two wonderful children, and the man of her dreams is almost hers for keeps. But just as everything she's ever wanted is finally within reach, her life changes...