Campus Murder Club
Campus Murder Club

Author: Kristi Rose

Publisher: Vintage Housewife Books

Published: 2023-10-06

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13:

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From USA Today Bestselling author Kristi Rose returns with this suspense where five students are asked to solve a cold case. Citizen Sleuths or future victims? For fans of Karen McManus, Holly Jackson, and The Agatha's Series College can be murder. Nestled in the woods of a Pacific Northwest town, a prestigious college becomes the setting for a chilling murder. When nursing student Jaime is brutally killed in her exclusive private all-girls room, the authorities quickly abandon her case, dooming it to the cold case files. But fate has other plans. Catching a killer can be deadly. Five unsuspecting students receiving cryptic invitations that thrust them into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. Drawn together by an unknown hand, these citizen sleuths are about to embark on a perilous quest to unearth the truth behind Jaime's murder. As they delve into Jaime's past, her journal emerges as the key to unraveling the truth, but it also puts their lives in danger. With every corner filled with lurking peril, the stakes rise, forcing them to confront the deadly consequences of their pursuit. Will they unmask the killer hiding in plain sight, or will they become the next victims in this deadly game of deception? Step into a world of intrigue, suspense, and secrets as the Campus Murder Club takes you on a heart-pounding journey through a chilling cold case in Kristi Rose's thrilling young adult mystery novel. Keywords: Young adult mystery, police procedural, amateur sleuths

The Events of October"
The Events of October

Author: Gail Griffin

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 2010-09-13

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 0814336922

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The true story of a murder-suicide at Kalamazoo College and its rippling effects on the campus community. On a Sunday night during Homecoming weekend in 1999, Neenef Odah lured his ex-girlfriend, Maggie Wardle, to his dorm room at Kalamazoo College and killed her at close range with a shotgun before killing himself. In the wake of this tragedy, the community of the small, idyllic liberal arts college struggled to characterize the incident, which was even called "the events of October" in a campus memo. In this engaging and intimate examination of Maggie and Neenef’s deaths, author and Kalamazoo College professor Gail Griffin attempts to answer the lingering question of "how could this happen?" to two seemingly normal students on such a close-knit campus. Griffin introduces readers to Maggie and Neenef—a bright and athletic local girl and the quiet Iraqi-American computer student—and retraces their relationship from multiple perspectives, including those of their friends, teachers, and classmates. She examines the tension that built between Maggie and Neenef as his demands for more of her time and emotional support grew, eventually leading to their breakup. After the deaths take place, Griffin presents multiple reactions, including those of Maggie’s friends who were waiting for her to return from Neenef’s room, the students who heard the shotgun blasts in the hallway of Neenef’s dorm, the president who struggled to guide a grieving campus, and the facilities manager in charge of cleaning up the crime scene. Griffin also uses Maggie and Neenef’s story to explore larger issues of intimate partner violence, gun accessibility, and depression and suicide on campus as she attempts to understand the lasting importance of their tragic deaths. Griffin’s use of source material, including college documents, official police reports, Neenef’s suicide note, and an instant message record between perpetrator and victim, puts a very real face on issues of violence against women. Readers interested in true crime, gender studies, and the culture of colleges and universities will appreciate "The Events of October."

The Murder Club
The Murder Club

Author: Devin S Parks

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-05-04

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1312163747

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A tale of murder, philosophy, and the cold will of a murderer intent on exercising his will through indifferent calculation. Taking the philosophical principles of Friedrich Nietzsche, the killer of The Murder Club is set in his purpose to express not just his own authority, but his contempt for others, a demonstration of his superiority. The other characters in the killer's game are both unknowing and uncomprehending, witnessing only the blunt violence. A quick spiral of multiple murders leads to the unveiling of past secrets and future agendas, while those in the path of the murderer's designs are left of put the pieces together in order to survive. However, even survival will come with a cost, one that will stretch the boundaries of sanity and acceptance.

Never Saw Me Coming
Never Saw Me Coming

Author: Vera Kurian

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2021-09-07

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0369705459

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Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel Named a New York Times Best Thriller of 2021 "I devoured this riveting book through a day of travel...My desire to rush to the end clashed with my desire to savor every word. Who would be the last psychopath standing?” — New York Times Book Review "Fresh, fast-paced and fiendishly clever! If you love watching true crime and wonder about the psychopaths among us, this is the book for you!" — Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author You should never trust a psychopath. But what if you had no choice? It would be easy to underestimate Chloe Sevre… She’s a freshman honor student, a legging-wearing hot girl next door, who also happens to be a psychopath. She spends her time on yogalates, frat parties and plotting to kill Will Bachman, a childhood friend who grievously wronged her. Chloe is one of seven students at her DC-based college who are part of an unusual clinical study of psychopaths—students like herself who lack empathy and can’t comprehend emotions like fear or guilt. The study, led by a renowned psychologist, requires them to wear smart watches that track their moods and movements. When one of the students in the study is found murdered in the psychology building, a dangerous game of cat and mouse begins, and Chloe goes from hunter to prey. As she races to identify the killer and put her own plan for revenge into action, she’ll be forced to decide if she can trust any of her fellow psychopaths—and everybody knows you should never trust a psychopath.

While I Was Gone
While I Was Gone

Author: Sue Miller

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2002-11-26

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 0345420748

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The "New York Times" bestseller called "quietly gripping" by "USA Today" demonstrates how impulses can fracture even the most stable family. Despite her loving family and beautiful home, Jo Becker is restless. Then an old roommate reappears, bringing back Jo's memories of her early 20s. Jo's obsession with that period in her life--and the crime that ended it--draws her back to a horrible secret.

We Keep the Dead Close
We Keep the Dead Close

Author: Becky Cooper

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 2020-11-10

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 1538746840

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FINALIST FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS BOOK PRIZE NATIONAL BESTSELLER Named One of The Best Books of 2020 by NPR's Fresh Air * Publishers Weekly * Marie Claire * Redbook * Vogue * Kirkus Reviews * Book Riot * Bustle A Recommended Book by The New York Times * The Washington Post * Publisher's Weekly * Kirkus Reviews* Booklist * The Boston Globe * Goodreads * Buzzfeed * Town & Country * Refinery29 * BookRiot * CrimeReads * Glamour * Popsugar * PureWow * Shondaland Dive into a "tour de force of investigative reporting" (Ron Chernow): a "searching, atmospheric and ultimately entrancing" (Patrick Radden Keefe) true crime narrative of an unsolved 1969 murder at Harvard and an "exhilarating and seductive" (Ariel Levy) narrative of obsession and love for a girl who dreamt of rising among men. You have to remember, he reminded me, that Harvard is older than the U.S. government. You have to remember because Harvard doesn't let you forget. 1969: the height of counterculture and the year universities would seek to curb the unruly spectacle of student protest; the winter that Harvard University would begin the tumultuous process of merging with Radcliffe, its all-female sister school; and the year that Jane Britton, an ambitious twenty-three-year-old graduate student in Harvard's Anthropology Department and daughter of Radcliffe Vice President J. Boyd Britton, would be found bludgeoned to death in her Cambridge, Massachusetts apartment. Forty years later, Becky Cooper a curious undergrad, will hear the first whispers of the story. In the first telling the body was nameless. The story was this: a Harvard student had had an affair with her professor, and the professor had murdered her in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology because she'd threatened to talk about the affair. Though the rumor proves false, the story that unfolds, one that Cooper will follow for ten years, is even more complex: a tale of gender inequality in academia, a 'cowboy culture' among empowered male elites, the silencing effect of institutions, and our compulsion to rewrite the stories of female victims. We Keep the Dead Close is a memoir of mirrors, misogyny, and murder. It is at once a rumination on the violence and oppression that rules our revered institutions, a ghost story reflecting one young woman's past onto another's present, and a love story for a girl who was lost to history.

All Bets Are Off
All Bets Are Off

Author: Kristi Rose

Publisher: Vintage Housewife Books

Published: 2023-07-21

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1944513310

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From USA Today Bestselling author Kristi Rose comes a fun mystery series that offers action, adventure, twists, and laughs. For fans of Janet Evanovich and Stephanie Bond. Some days, no matter how awful, are not worth a do-over One wild weekend in Vegas Samantha True and her boyfriend impulsively marry. Six months later she learns three things about her new husband. He’s been killed in a freak accident. She’s inherited his secret PI business. He had another wife. Broke and devastated, she dives into learning the PI business—how hard can it be? Following a binge-watching How To session on YouTube, Samantha’s ready to take her first case. When mysterious strangers show up at her doorstep demanding information about her dead husband, she realizes she's in over her head. Samantha must discover who he really was. But what if the truth puts her in danger, too? Warning: May cause spontaneous laughter. This mystery offers witty banter, characters you'll want to be friends with, and is a perfect escape to the Pacific Northwest. Laughing out loud in public may cause curious glances from strangers. This book is a 6-8 hour read and doesn't haven't to be read in the series order. This is technically the first book in the series. One Hit Wonder is a prequel that takes place 10 years prior to this book.

Two Time Loser
Two Time Loser

Author: Kristi Rose

Publisher: Vintage Housewife Books

Published: 2023-07-08

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13:

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For fans of Janet Evanovich and Veronica Mars come a twisty, laugh-out-loud, action packed mystery from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Kristi Rose A fake fiancée. An alive deceased husband. Samantha’s life just got more complicated. When Stella MacInerney asks Samantha to be her maid of honor, she's surprised. The woman has enough stepdaughters from her three previous marriages to ask one of them. Why didn’t she? Then Leo asks Samantha to be his plus one to the wedding, as his fake fiancée. What’s up with that? So when Stella is kidnapped the eve of her wedding it’s up to Samantha to get to the bottom of these mysteries. Samantha vows three things: 1. Find Stella’s kidnappers and make them pay. She can’t wait to use her highest voltage stun gun on this bad guy. 2. Discover why Leo needs a fake fiancée? Who knew he had a past with the wedding planner? And when asked, he clams up. 3. Track down a key eyewitness in Stella’s disappearance who is a dead ringer for Carson. Could her dead husband really be alive? When Stella’s ransomed for three million dollars, Samantha has twenty-four hours to find her alive. All while pretending to be engaged to Leo to keep the smiling devil of a wedding planner at bay, never mind Samantha's facing her own matrimonial past. Samantha doesn’t know how she’ll feel if the witness turns out to be Carson. But she might just have to use her highest voltage stun gun on him, too. Unless her fake fiancée does it first. Warning: May cause spontaneous laughter. This mystery offers witty banter, characters you'll want to be friends with, and is a perfect escape to the Pacific Northwest. Laughing out loud in public may cause curious glances from strangers. This book is a 2-4 hour read and doesn't haven't to be read in the series order.

Beach Town Love
Beach Town Love

Author: Kristi Rose

Publisher: Vintage Housewife Books

Published: 2023-06-16

Total Pages: 1043

ISBN-13:

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"Beach Town Love," is an irresistible boxset of four delightful romantic comedy novels by the USA TODAY bestselling author, Kristi Rose. Immerse yourself in the sun-soaked paradise of Daytona Beach, where the salty breeze carries the promise of romance, leaving hearts longing for more. 1. In "The Girl He Needs," Josie, a spirited and determined woman whose plans are interrupted when her car catches fire on the highway. Despite the precarious situation, she finds herself drawn to the attractive stranger in the truck who offers assistance. Little does she know her knight in shining armor, Brinn McRae, is a straight-laced and seemingly incompatible man. As fate intertwines their paths, Josie finds herself torn between loosening Brinn's tightly wound life or getting tangled up in it. 2. Laughter, alcohol, and the allure of a military man are the perfect recipe for a night of passion. Paisley Macallister in "The Girl He Knows," believes those have to be the reason for why she succumbed to the temptation of sleeping with her best friend's brother. But as their connection deepens, Paisley realizes that Hank wants more than just a fling. Though recently divorce, Paisley questions whether she is still the girl that Hank knows. With lingering doubts and a desire to protect her heart, she finds herself at a crossroads, torn between embracing the possibility of a happily ever after or guarding herself from potential heartbreak. 3. Meet Jayne Grandberry in "The Girl He Wants," a vibrant entrepreneur facing the challenges of love and height insecurities. Standing tall at six feet, Jayne finds it difficult to find a man who isn't intimidated by her stature. When she meets Stacey Cunningham, a financial wizard and single dad, their unexpected chemistry leads to a series of passionate encounters. Despite Jayne's doubts about her future, sone thing she’s certain of is she’s not marriage or mommy material. Will she take a leap of faith and embrace the possibility that she could have happiness in ways she never thought and be forever the girl he wants? 4. In "The Girl He Loves," Heather Michaels navigates the complexities of life as a single mother with a demanding schedule. Her chance encounter with Dax Griffin, her college flame, reignites a spark within her. However, Heather's overwhelming responsibilities make her doubt whether she can handle a relationship. As their passionate reunion unfolds, Heather must confront her fears and trust that she is worthy of love. Can she believe that she's the girl he loves? With her trademark blend of humor, wit, and heartfelt romance, Kristi Rose crafts a collection that will leave you laughing, swooning, and believing in the power of unexpected love. Lose yourself in the pages of "Beach Town Love” as four remarkable women find their happily-ever-afters in the most extraordinary ways.

The Girl He Loves
The Girl He Loves

Author: Kristi Rose

Publisher: Vintage Housewife Books

Published: 2020-08-21

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13:

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From USA Today Bestselling author comes a feel good romantic comedy series about love, friends, and family. For Fans of Christina Lauren and Emily Giffin. Three reasons why I’m currently crying by Heather Michaels: 1. My house is falling apart. 2. My special needs eight year old is begging to play football and it breaks my heart to say no. 3. I haven’t had sex in two years. Between my day job, night school, and doctor’s appointments, I’m lucky if I have time to shave my legs. So when I run into my college flame, Dax Griffin, who’s living his football dreams, the fact that my life is a hot mess burns even more. Seeing him pushes me over the edge and into his bed. This time around, I know not to expect anything more than one night. The sex may be great, but it won’t solve my problems. When Dax insists on being my handy man, it seems too good to be true. He says he’s a changed man, but I wonder if I’ve changed enough to accept him. As much as I want to say yes, I don’t know if I can trust that I’m the girl he loves. Escape to Daytona Beach, Florida in this second chance rom com romance. The Girl He Loves is the fourth book in the No Strings Attached chick lit Series but each book can be read as a standalone. Only, you'll love this group of friends and want to share in their journey for love, happiness, and a few good laughs. Keywords: Keywords: friends to lovers, second chance romance, sports hero, football romance, contemporary romance, chic lit romance, single parent romance, family drama, grumpy heroes, laugh out loud read, unforgettable characters, beach reads. Like authors would include Emily Henry, Megan Quinn, Tessa bailey, Lucy Score, Emma St.Clair, Penny Reid,Julia Kent, and Jane Green.