Gillian Flynn

"A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer-- the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California for over a decade-- from Michelle McNamara, the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case. For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then he disappeared, eluding...

On the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick's wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police immediately suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they aren't his. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?

Libby Day była małą dziewczynką, gdy zamordowano jej matkę i dwie starsze siostry. To jej zeznania doprowadziły do skazania jej piętnastoletniego brata Bena na dożywocie. Dziś, po dwudziestu pięciu latach, Ben nadal siedzi w więzieniu, a Libby desperacko potrzebuje pieniędzy. Kiedy więc członkowie Klubu Zbrodni, stowarzyszenia, które fascynuje się tajemniczymi zabójstwami uznają, że Ben został niesłusznie skazany i proponują...

The story of four women who share nothing in common apart from the debts their dead husbands left behind. Taking fate into their own hands, they take over the criminal activities their husbands were involved in and, working together, try to secure their own future.

Libby Day was only seven years old when her mother and two sisters were murdered and her brother Ben was jailed for the crime. Now, twenty-five years later, Libby discovers shocking evidence that Ben may be innocent, and the real killer still at large.

Four women with nothing in common except a debt left by their dead husbands' criminal acts conspire to take fate into their own hands.

"A thrilling collection of twenty-one original stories by an all-star list of contributors--including a new A Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin! The latest story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their...

A selection of suspense and mystery titles compiled by West Chicago Library staff.