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Title The best new true crime stories : small towns / edited by Mitzi Szereto.

Publication Info. Coral Gables, FL : Mango Publishing Group, a division of Mango Media Inc., 2020.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  364.1 SZERETO    Check Shelf
Description 249 pages ; 22 cm
Summary "Small town charm with deadly consequences. We've been told that nothing bad happens in small towns. You can leave your doors unlocked and your windows wide open. we picture peaceful hamlets with a strong sense of community, where everyone knows each other. But what if this wholesome, idyllic image doesn't always square with reality? Small towns might look and feel safe, but statistics show this isn't really true. The real monsters aren't hiding in the woods--they're in our towns. Featuring murder stories, criminal case studies, and more. THE BEST NEW TRUE CRIME STORIES: SMALL TOWNS offers all-new accounts from today's finest writers of true crime, crime fiction, and beyond. What's more, these entries are not based on a true story--they are true stories. Edited by acclaimed author and anthologist Mitzi Szereto, the stories in this volume span the globe. Discover how murders, shooting sprees, violent robberies, and other bad thins can and do happen in small towns all over the world. This highly gripping, must-read collection contains an international list of contributors ."--Back cover.
Contents Introduction -- Snowtown / Anthony Ferguson -- A tragedy in Posorja: when "People's Justice" goes horribly wrong / Tom Larsen -- About a boy / C L Raven -- Twenty cents' worth of arsenic / Edward Butts -- "I Kill for God" / Mitzi Szereto -- The summer of 'The Fox" / Mark Fryers -- Who killed Gabriele Schmidt: the true story and the mystery surrounding a forgotten murder / Alexandra Burt -- Bullets and Balaclavas: the long, cold Orkney shooting / Charlotte Platt -- The black hand and glass eye of Earlimart: a killer's perspective / Christian Cipollini -- Crime has come to Penali / Iris Leona Marie Cross -- The Voodoo preacher / David Brasfield -- "La Bella Elvira": murder in the Tuscan Hills / Deirore Pirro -- The doctor, the dentist, and the dairyman's daughter / Paul Williams -- In the home of the cannibal / Joe Turner -- Nameless in Van Diemen's Land / Stephen Wade -- References for "The Summer of "The Fox'" -- About the Editor -- About the Contributors.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages[242]-243).
Subject Murder -- Case studies.
Criminal investigation -- Case studies.
Criminal investigation. (OCoLC)fst00883201
Murder. (OCoLC)fst01029781
Genre/Form Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
True crime stories. (OCoLC)fst01919985
Case studies.
True crime stories.
Added Author Szereto, Mitzi, editor.
ISBN 9781642502800 (paperback)
1642502804 (paperback)
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