The following new true-crime books are available at the Shawnee Branch of the Allen

County Public Library.

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Ladykiller

” by Donna Fielder

It took six years for justice to be served in Denton, Texas. Indicted for murder and then released, Bobby Lozano fooled everyone until a reporter’s investigation led police to the truth.

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Full Circle: A True Story of Murder, Lies, and Vindication

” by Gloria Killian and Sandra Kobrin

Wrongly accused of murder, Gloria Killian was convicted and sent to prison. Due to her tenacity and efforts of prison rights activists, the real murderers were found and she was set free.

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A Silence of Mockingbirds: The Memoir of a Murder

” by Karen Spears Zacharias

An array of people noticed and then failed to deal with the adults who were putting a child in harm’s way. As a result, she was repeatedly left alone with the man who murdered her. The author blames herself and a host of others for turning a blind eye to a child in need.

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Never See Them Again

” by M. Williams Phelps

A recounting of the murder of four teens in a Texas town. It took three years for the investigators to figure out that they had been murdered by one of the teenage girls’ best friends – a teen they had helped find friends and social acceptance.

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A Knife in the Heart

” by Michael Benson

Bored and involved with the same man, two young women taunt each other, escalating to a literal fight to the death.