Reconstructs the murder in 1959 of a Kansas farmer, his wife and both their children. The author's comprehensive study of the killings and subsequent investigation explores the circumstances surrounding this terrible crime and the effect it had on those involved.

Patricia Cornwell uses the demanding methods of modern forensic investigation to re-examine the evidence in the Jack the Ripper murders. Naming the killer as the artist, Walter Sickert, Cornwell details the evidence for this conclusion and reveals the reaction from a senior police officer.

Written by a criminal anthropologist, this work reveals the fascinating case histories behind some of the author's most unusual and horrific investigations. It describes the steps he took in resolving each mystery - from baffling dismemberment cases to the identity of long-buried skeletons.

The young women of Nightingale House are there to learn to nurse and comfort the suffering. But when one of the students plays patient in a demonstration of nursing skills, she is horribly, brutally killed. Another student dies equally mysteriously, and it is up to Adam Dalgliesh to unmask a killer.

The company chairman lay dead in the woods, his orange hunting jacket punctured by a bullet at close range. Around him stood the four executives with whom he had been hunting, each with a reason not to be sorry about the man's death.

Addressing eight great mysteries in the history of crime, including Jack the Ripper, the Boston Strangler and JonBenet Ramsey, the authors take a fresh look at the crimes and dismantle the wisdom regarding the some of the most notorious of crimes and rebuild them - with astonishing results.