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  2. Cyril Hare - Wikipedia

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    His best-known novel is Tragedy at Law, in which he drew on his legal expertise and in which he introduced Francis Pettigrew, a not-very-successful barrister who in this and four other novels just happens to elucidate aspects of the crime. His professional detective (they appeared together in three novels, and only one has neither of them ...

  3. Crime and Punishment - Wikipedia

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    The main plot involves a murder as the result of "ideological intoxication," and depicts all the disastrous moral and psychological consequences that result from the murder. Raskolnikov's psychology is placed at the center, and carefully interwoven with the ideas behind his transgression; every other feature of the novel illuminates the ...

  4. The Poisoner's Handbook - Wikipedia

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    Before the two began working in the medical examiner's office, Blum pointed out in her book, poisoners could get away with murder. The book covers the years from 1915 to 1936, which Blum described as a "coming-of-age" for forensic toxicology. "Under (Norris's) direction, the New York City medical examiner's office would become a department that ...

  5. 4th of July (novel) - Wikipedia

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    When Lindsay Boxer gets a lead on a recent murder of two teenagers, she responds to the call and joins Warren Jacobi on a stakeout of a Mercedes. When the car takes off, a high speed chase ends in a crash. The officers discover two teenagers in their father’s car, who are scared and have been hurt.

  6. The Law and the Lady (novel) - Wikipedia

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    The cousin of Eustace Macallan with whom he was in love. She serves as a suspect for the murder of Sara Macallan. Lady Brydehaven. The aunt of Sara Macallan whose testimony incriminates Eustace Macallan in his murder trial. Mr Starkweather. The uncle and guardian of Valeria Brinton, who eventually officiates her marriage. Miserrimus Dexter. A ...

  7. The Brass Verdict - Wikipedia

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    Bosch and his team, who have been observing Haller, arrive on the scene just in time to prevent the murder, and the attacker is discovered to be the planted juryman. Haller figures out that the person behind the corruption is in fact a senior judge, and confronts her with his evidence, leading to her arrest by the FBI.

  8. Case Histories - Wikipedia

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    The second case involves Theo, a morbidly obese, middle-aged man who is unable to move on from his beloved daughter Laura's seemingly random murder in 1994. She was 18 and had just began working as an assistant at Theo's law practice for the summer when a mysterious man in a yellow golfing vest came into the building and fatally stabbed her.

  9. A Study in Scarlet - Wikipedia

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    In Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders (2016), the second murder is an imitation of this murder. In The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve, a character by the name of Enoch Drebber appears in the third case. Rather than a Mormon that forced a woman into an abusive marriage and was killed for it, Drebber is instead a brilliant scientist and ...