Author: George S. McWattersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal investigation
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Detectives of Europe and America
Author: George S. McWattersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal investigation
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Detectives of Europe and America, Or Life in the Secret Service
Author: George S. McWattersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detectives
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
U.S. History Detective
Author: Steve GreifPublisher:
ISBN: 9781601442437
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Detectives of Europe and America, Or, Life in the Secret Service
Author: George S. McWattersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detectives
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Western and Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction in America
Author: Cynthia S. HamiltonPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349083909
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The Investigator
Author: Vladimír DzuroPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 164012229X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
The war that broke out in the former Yugoslavia at the end of the twentieth century unleashed unspeakable acts of violence committed against defenseless civilians, including a grizzly mass murder at an Ov?ara pig farm in 1991. An international tribunal was set up to try the perpetrators of crimes such as this, and one of the accused was Slavko Dokmanovi?, who at the time was the mayor of a local town. Vladimír Dzuro, a criminal detective from Prague, was one of the investigators charged with discovering what happened on that horrific night at Ov?ara. The story Dzuro presents here, drawn from his daily notes, is devastating. It was a time of brutal torture, random killings, and the disappearance of innocent people. Dzuro provides a gripping account of how he and a handful of other investigators picked up the barest of leads that eventually led them to the gravesite where they exhumed the bodies. They were able to track down Dokmanovi?, only to find that taking him into custody was a different story altogether. The politics that led to the war hindered justice once it ended. Without any thoughts of risk to their own personal safety, Dzuro and his colleagues were determined to bring Dokmanovi? to justice. In addition to the story of the pursuit and arrest of Dokmanovi?, The Investigator provides a realistic picture of the war crime investigations that led to the successful prosecution of a number of war criminals. Visit warcrimeinvestigator.com for more information or watch a book trailer.
Detectives in the Shadows
Author: Susanna LeePublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421437090
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
A century of American history reflected in the iconic private eye. Steadfast in fighting crime, but operating outside the police force—and sometimes even the law—is the private detective. Driven by his own moral code, he is a shadowy figure in a trench coat standing on a street corner, his face most likely obscured by a tilted fedora, a lit cigarette dangling from his hand. The hard-boiled detective is known by his dark past, private pain, and powers of deduction. He only asks questions—never answers them. In his stories he is both the main character and the narrator. America has had a love affair with the hard-boiled detective since the 1920s, when Prohibition called into question who really stood on the right and wrong side of the law. And nowhere did this hero shine more than in crime fiction. In Detectives in the Shadows, literary and cultural critic Susanna Lee tracks the evolution of this truly American character type—from Race Williams to Philip Marlowe and from Mike Hammer to Jessica Jones. Lee explores how this character type morphs to fit an increasingly troubled world, offering compelling interpretations of The Wire, True Detective, and Jessica Jones. Suddenly, in the present day, the hard-boiled detective wears his—or her—fatigue outwardly, revealing more vulnerability than ever before. But the detective remains resolute in the face of sinister forces, ever the person of honor. For anyone interested in crime fiction and television, or for those wanting to understand America's idolization of the good guy with a gun, Detectives in the Shadows is essential reading.
The Adventures of a United States Detective
Author: James J. BrooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Detectives of Europe and America, Or Life in the Secret Service
Author: McWatters George SPublisher: Arkose Press
ISBN: 9781343868380
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
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