Special Criminals

16 TRUE AMERICAN CRIME STORIES IN ONE SPECIAL 4 VOLUME BOX SET Do you like true crime stories? You should love these tales then Originally authentic police files, True American Crime Stories are from the 1920s through to the 1950s - the era of gangster, molls and prohibition. Almost (but not quite), lost in the mists of time, these tales romp along with plenty of action and recreate the atmosphere of this exciting and dangerous era using the vernacular of the times. You may not have heard much about some of these bad guys, but they were real, ruthless hoodlums and all had their "15 minutes ...

In the late summer of 1944, 80 British Special Air Service (SAS) soldiers undertook a covert commando raid, parachuting behind enemy lines into the Vosges Mountains in occupied France to sabotage Nazi-held roads, railways, and ammo dumps, and assassinate high-ranking German officers, undermining the final stand of Hitler's Third Reich. Despite their successes, more than half the men were captured, tortured, and executed. After the war ended, a top-secret black ops unit was formed to hunt down the SS commanders who had murdered their special forces comrades....

Borderline personality disorder, autism, narcissism, psychosis, Asperger's: All of these syndromes have one thing in common---lack of empathy. In some cases, this absence can be dangerous, but in others it can simply mean a different way of seeing the world. In The Science of Evil, Simon Baron-Cohen, an award-winning British researcher who has investigated psychology and autism for decades, develops a new brain-based theory of human cruelty.

The Thunderbird Motel, 1977. J. J. Wedick and Jack Brennan - two fresh-faced, maverick FBI agents - were about to embark on one of their agency's first wire-wearing undercover missions. Their target? Charismatic, globetrotting con man Phil Kitzer, whom some called the world's greatest swindler. From the Thunderbird, the three men took off to Cleveland, to Miami, to Hawaii, to Frankfurt, to the Bahamas - meeting other members of Kitzer's crime syndicate and powerful politicians and businessmen he fooled at each stop.

When we think of the word "criminology", we immediately think of serial killers. Literature, films and TV series have accustomed us to the image of the investigating criminologist who investigates heinous crimes committed by a highly intelligent psychopath. But the criminologist is not only concerned with this; he is also called for cases bearing an esoteric trace: the satanic murders. Here then the criminologist must provide answers to several questions: who are the Satanists? What drives them to worship the Devil? Are ritual sacrifices real? In this book we will try to provide an answer ...

She’s an executive with a highly classified secret. He’s the CEO’s mysterious son. He’s coming to save her, but she’s not going to wait around to be rescued. Revital Shilon never thought her classified executive job at GENESIS BIOTECH would get her drugged, kidnapped, and held at gunpoint. The men who took her want to bring her before “The Viper” – the fearsome international terrorist. He wants something, something to do with her company’s top-secret project. Something that only she knows. It all started when she met Jonathan Moore: the charismatic and enigmatic son of the...

Would she ever forgive him? Can he forgive himself? As a Marine Raider Commanding Officer, Alex Wolf was haunted not only by what he did and saw, but by what he didn’t do. In one firefight, he’d lost both his best friends. Ty was killed by enemy fire. Katlin blamed him for not saving her husband. When Katlin suddenly appears back in his life, Alex’s entire world turns upside down. She is not the woman he remembers, either as Ty’s wife, or the woman he once loved in college. Now that destiny has thrown this woman into his arms, he can’t let her go, again. Can he convince her that ...

A year after she was nearly killed by a terrorist group over her job at Genesis Biotech, Revital Shilon can once again breathe without feeling danger creeping behind her. Getting caught by 'The Viper' and being used as a bargaining chip in his machinations shook her to the very core. However, it also taught her one lesson she will never forget: If you plan to step into the lion’s den, you better come prepared. On their anniversary, Jonathan Moore is in New York, tangled up in a kidnapping gone wrong. When the daughter of his close family friends is abducted by the Italian mob, Jonathan ...

An assassin on a mission in an African country ... But can he do it? And will he kill the right man? Ben Gabriel is damaged. There is not a nicer way of putting it. Discharged from the British Special Forces, he is now trying to pick up the pieces of a life that has fallen apart. And Ouagadougou, capital city of Burkina Faso, deep in the heart of Africa, is probably not the best place to do that. Because Gabriel is here to kill a man ... But can he do it? Will he overcome the damage that haunts him and make the right decision? Or is Gabriel no more than a weapon in the hands of his masters?...

Special Agent Ana Grey (familiar to Smith's readers from North of Montana) becomes both criminal investigator and criminal when she shoots her own partner during a Santa Monica kidnappiDid ng investigation.

Recently returned from a harrowing vacation, FBI Special Agent Megan Luchek tries to settle into her day job in sunny Hawaii. But practically before her feet hit Oahu, a crisis catapults her back to the mainland. The Popularity Contest: Somebody kidnaps Megan’s sister to star in an online gambling contest. The Hero Contest: When the Club seeks to run a contest for heroes only, Megan tops their list of candidates. The Criminal Contest: Megan’s recent adventures have put her in the Club’s crosshairs again.

"Hiding my telekinetic powers and living a life of crime to support my baby sister, I never thought I'd have a chance at redemption. But when I joined the Interplanetary Space Patrol, everything changed. I finally had a purpose and a chance to leave my past behind. Until Shey walked back into my life. Little did I know, she's seeking revenge for her brother's death, and I'm the target." Set on the Meta Base Station of the I.S.P., where secrets and betrayals lurk around every corner, this sci-fi thriller follows the story of a reformed criminal and his fight to protect his loved ones in a ...