Catalog Search Results
61) Ostatnia mila
Author
Series
Language
Polish
Description
Melvin Mars został skazany na śmierć za zabicie własnych rodziców. Odlicza godziny do egzekucji, nadal utrzymując, że jest niewinny. W ostatniej chwili okazuje się, że ktoś przyznał się do tej zbrodni. Amos Decker, pracujący dla FBI detektyw o niezawodnej pamięci, dostrzega w sprawie Marsa wiele podobieństw do własnej historii. Postanawia sprawdzić, komu zależy na tym, by skazaniec wyszedł na wolność. Gdy znika jedna ze współpracownic...
Author
Series
Language
Español
Description
"Publicado inicialmente en 1942, 'La familia de Pascual Duarte' marca un hito decisivo en la literatura española y es, después del Quijote, el libro español más traducido a otras lenguas. Pascual Duarte, campesino extremeño hijo de un alcohólico, nos cuenta su vida mientras espera su propia ejecución en la celda de los condenados a muerte. Víctima de una inexorable fatalidad, Pascual Duarte es un ser primitivo y elemental dominado por la violencia,...
68) Bad memory
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Private investigator Jessica Shaw is leading a quiet life in a Californian desert community, where she spends her days working low-level cases. But when a former resident asks Jessica to help her sister, Rue Hunter, a convicted murderer whose execution is days away, Jessica can't resist the offer. Rue doesn't remember what happened the night two high school students were killed thirty years ago, but everybody in town is certain she's guilty. As Jessica...
70) I know you
Author
Language
English
Description
When Rachel stumbles upon a body in the woods, she knows what she has to do: run. Get away. Do not be found at the scene. Last time, she didn't know and she ended up accused of murder. But when this victim is identified as her boyfriend's estranged wife, Rachel realises she's already the prime suspect. With mounting evidence against her, Rachel's only hope is to keep the truth about herself well hidden. Because 20 years ago she was someone else -...
76) Liquid smoke
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Noah learns his father, whom he has never met, is on San Quentin's Death Row. After the woman who told Noah about his father turns up dead, Noah is compelled to pursue a past he's always chosen to ignore. Soon Noah is crisscrossing San Diego's inner realms, fighting with local casino thugs and trying not to panic Mexican immigrants in El Centro, who just as soon have him go away" -- Library Journal.
77) Madman walking
Author
Language
English
Description
Howard Henley is not a killer. That seems obvious to lawyer Janet Moodie when she's called in to work his appeal. Her new client was convicted of arranging the shooting of a drug dealer, but the man who pulled the trigger has always said Henley had nothing to do with it. So why is Henley the one on death row? Janet's new case takes her from the desperate world of prison gangs, where men are murdered as an initiation rite, to the courtroom, where a...
78) Row
Author
Language
English
Description
"I am walking the hallway nearing the chamber. My heart pounding out of my chest like a drum. Minutes, seconds, steps, away from being put to rest." As the days tarnish Fayaz sits in his jail cell reflecting on his life's triumphs and tragedies. He writes his daily journals in the notorious San Quentin prison. Each journal entry, one day closer to his execution. He documents for his family and friends, trying to leave one more lasting memory before...
79) Our happy time
Author
Language
English
Description
Yujeung - beautiful, bright, and wealthy - is lying in her hospital bed, recovering from her third suicide attempt, when she receives a visit that will change her life. Her no-nonsense aunt, a nun, appears and suggests Yujeung accompany her on a charitable visit to death row. At first, Yujeung is resistant. But something compels her to go to the prison, and there she meets Yunsu, a convicted murderer who will soon be put to death. Though repulsed...
Author
Language
Español
Description
"Veinte años atrás, Dennis Danson fue arrestado y encarcelado por el brutal asesinato de una adolescente. Ahora, es el protagonista de un documental sobre dicho crimen que ha despertado un terrible frenesí en las redes sociales y cuyo objetivo es destapar la realidad y liberarle a él, un hombre que fue declarado culpable de manera incorrecta. A miles de kilómetros de distancia, en Inglaterra, Samantha está obsesionada con el caso de Dennis....
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Suggest a purchase. Submit Request