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A fifteen-year-old girl's savagely raped and strangled body is found along a shady footpath near the English village of Narborough.  Though a massive 150-man dragnet is launched, the case remains unsolved.  Three years later the killer strikes again, raping and strangling another teenager only... read more

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  • “Villagers reported that there was a whiff of chaos and insanity in the air.”
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  • “If he's not caught within one year, he'll do it again.”
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They say that in remote little English villages a newcomer can be accepted by the locals provided he buys property, pays his bills, and stays in continuous residence for about ninety-five years.

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1 THREE VILLAGES
2 DEMON AND SPIRIT
3 THE BLACK PAD
4 MANNEQUIN
5 VICTIMS
6 VILLAGE OF FEAR
7 PLEA
8 VISIONS
9 DISCOVERY
10 BREAKTHROUGH
11 THE KITCHEN PORTER
12 TEN POUND LANE
13 SQUARE ONE
14 CONFESSION
15 RESURRECTION
16 BEYOND IMAGINATION
17 THE WNDOW
18 DAWN ASHWORTH II
19 THE BLOODING
20 THE FLASHER
21 PHANTOM DAYS
22 THE TEST
23 BLOODPRINT
24 ANNIVERSARY
25 UNGUARDED MOMENT
26 BLIND TERROR
27 THE CAKE
28 HOMAGE
29 OUTRAGE
30 HINDSIGHT
31 CHURCHYARDS

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This book is in True Crime: Forensic Follies. (community list)
This book is in True Crime: Serial Murder. (community list)

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  1. Joseph Wambaugh (Author)

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Reading Level: Young Adults

OK for teens or adults.

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