Murder In Matera

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Download Murder In Matera PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Murder In Matera book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page

Murder In Matera

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : Helene Stapinski
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2017-05-23

Murder In Matera written by Helene Stapinski and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

“A murder mystery, a model of investigative reporting, a celebration of the fierce bonds that hold families together through tragedies…Murder in Matera is a gem.”— San Francisco Chronicle "Tantalizing" — NPR “A thrilling detective story… Stapinski pursues the study of her family’s criminal genealogy with unexpected emotional results.” — Library Journal A writer goes deep into the heart of Italy to unravel a century-old family mystery in this spellbinding memoir that blends the suspenseful twists of Making a Murderer and the emotional insight of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels. Since childhood, Helene Stapinski heard lurid tales about her great-great-grandmother, Vita. In Southern Italy, she was a loose woman who had murdered someone. Immigrating to America with three children, she lost one along the way. Helene’s youthful obsession with Vita deepened as she grew up, eventually propelling the journalist to Italy, where, with her own children in tow, she pursued the story, determined to set the record straight. Finding answers would take Helene ten years and numerous trips to Basilicata, the rural "instep" of Italy’s boot—a mountainous land rife with criminals, superstitions, old-world customs, and desperate poverty. Though false leads sent her down blind alleys, Helene’s dogged search, aided by a few lucky—even miraculous—breaks and a group of colorful local characters, led her to the truth. Yes, the family tales she’d heard were true: There had been a murder in Helene’s family, a killing that roiled 1870s Italy. But the identities of the killer and victim weren’t who she thought they were. In revisiting events that happened more than a century before, Helene came to another stunning realization—she wasn’t who she thought she was, either. Weaving Helene’s own story of discovery with the tragic tale of Vita’s life, Murder in Matera is a literary whodunit and a moving tale of self-discovery that brings into focus a long ago tragedy in a little-known region remarkable for its stunning sunny beauty and dark buried secrets.

Five Finger Discount

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : Helene Stapinski
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2001-05-01

Five Finger Discount written by Helene Stapinski and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-05-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Now a PBS documentary, this astonishing memoir of growing up in rough-and-tumble Jersey City “will steal your heart” (People) With deadpan humor and obvious affection, Five-Finger Discount recounts the story of an unforgettable New Jersey family of swindlers, bookies, embezzlers, and mobster-wannabes. In the memoir Mary Karr calls “a page-turner,” Helene Stapinski ingeniously weaves the checkered history of her hometown of Jersey City—a place known for its political corruption and industrial blight—with the tales that have swirled around her relatives for decades. Navigating a childhood of toxic waste and tough love, Stapinski tells an extraordinary tale at once heartbreaking and hysterically funny. Praise for Five-Finger Discount “By turns hilarious and alarming, [Helene Stapinski’s] book reads on the surface like something by Damon Runyon and Elmore Leonard, with a dark undertow of real-life pain and disillusion.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times “It’s a brilliant book, a darling book. It is the blessedly modest chronicle of a magical consciousness that seems to have been born pulling diamonds out of the muck, hearing angels’ voices in the fiercest thunder. . . . I adored every word of this wondrous book. Get it. Read it.”—Michael Pakenham, The Baltimore Sun “In the tradition of . . . Rita Mae Brown and Amy Tan, Ms. Stapinski is an exciting writer, unabashedly candid, and at the same time unashamedly self-contained. Five-Finger Discount is a must-read.”—Victoria Gotti, The New York Observer “What [Frank] McCourt did for Limerick, Ireland, Helene Stapinski does for Jersey City.”—The Star-Ledger “Hugely entertaining.”—The Sunday Times (London)

The Smart Money

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : Lia Matera
language : en
Publisher: Bantam
Release Date : 1988

The Smart Money written by Lia Matera and has been published by Bantam this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with DiPalma, Laura (Fictitious character) categories.

Trial Lawyer Laura DiPalma moves to Eureka, California, intending to blackmail her ex-husband for murdering the man she loved. This is fast-paced, contemporary and very funny territory from a young writer whose first book, Where Lawyers Fear to Tread, was a critical hit!

The Good Fight

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : Lia Matera
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2021-06-15

The Good Fight written by Lia Matera and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-15 with Fiction categories.

Murder and a missing person disrupt a high-profile lawyer’s climb up the ladder of success in this mystery by the author of The Smart Money. Everything’s falling into place for attorney Laura Di Palma. She’s about to become a partner at her prominent firm, she has a great apartment, and she’s paid off her Mercedes. Then disaster strikes. Her sick boyfriend goes missing from his hospital bed, and her firm’s detective—who’s also her ex—is eager for a second chance. Meanwhile, work only adds to Laura’s tension. Her newest client, activist Danny Crosetti, is accused of murdering an FBI agent, and her firm’s top partner threatens to fire her if she doesn’t drop the case. But Danny’s an old friend from Laura’s days of protesting. She can’t turn her back on him. When another murder is thrown into the mix, juggling her demanding career and missing lover while keeping her ex at a distance—even though she really needs his help—will prove to be quite the challenge for Laura. But time is of the essence: she must find the killer before everything comes falling down . . . “The Good Fight is sharply written, brilliantly observed.” —John Leonard, NPR’s Fresh Air “Extraordinary, thought-provoking. Laura Di Palma is one of the most compelling characters in recent mystery fiction.” —The Baltimore Sun “Compelling . . . Matera writes with passion about debts to old lovers and old causes.” —New York Daily News “A satisfying blend of emotion, suspense and mystery.” —The Pittsburgh Press

Taming The Beast

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : Edward George
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date : 1999-07-16

Taming The Beast written by Edward George and has been published by St. Martin's Griffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-07-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Edward George understand Charles Manson as few others ever will. Former prison counselor to the messianic killer, George enraged Manson as an agent of the state's criminal justice system, listened to him as a trusted confessor, spoke for him as an erstwhile press agent-and-almost-connected with him as a friend. George saw Manson in a way the public never would, witnessing the method to his madness, the charisma that underlies his sickness, the pathetic abandoned boy within the homicidal man. If you read Helter Skelter and think you know the whole story about Charlie Manson, think again. You don't know it all until you've read Taming the Beast: Charles Manson's Life Behind Bars.

Medieval European Coinage Volume 14 South Italy Sicily Sardinia

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : Philip Grierson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1986

Medieval European Coinage Volume 14 South Italy Sicily Sardinia written by Philip Grierson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.

The coinage of south Italy, Sicily and Sardinia between the tenth century and the reign of Ferdinand the Catholic.

Last Chants

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : Lia Matera
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2021-06-01

Last Chants written by Lia Matera and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-01 with Fiction categories.

Helping a family friend who’s been framed for murder has a San Francisco lawyer living like a fugitive in this mystery by the author of Prior Convictions. Attorney Willa Jansson’s found a new position in the growing field of multimedia law—it’s the ’90s, after all. Given her track record, she’s hoping this job will be smooth sailing. Unfortunately, during her morning commute through the Financial District, she sees a friend of her mother’s—mythologist and pacifist Arthur Kenna—about to be arrested for holding a stranger at gunpoint. Willa does the first thing she can think of to save him: she pretends to be Arthur’s hostage. Arthur explains that it was the alleged victim who’d placed the gun in his hand, but Willa knows the police won’t buy that—especially after Arthur’s assistant is found dead. Forced to hide out in a Boulder Creek mountain cabin belonging to an old flame of Willa’s, the fugitive duo soon realizes their only way out of the woods is to locate the real killer. Doing so means digging into Arthur’s assistant’s past, and divining the truth in a community of high-tech gurus, strange survivalists, a cybernetic shaman, and a nudist who thinks he’s the demigod Pan . . . “Effectively blending the seemingly incongruous elements of high-tech computing and ancient mythology, Matera has produced a first-rate mystery, exhibiting her usual hallmarks of excellent plotting, solid characterizations, and brisk pacing.” —Booklist “Few writers possess Lia Matera’s wry humor, especially when it comes to putting down lawyers, or her eye for Northern California fauna.” —San Jose Mercury News

Last Chants

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : Lia Matera
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 1997

Last Chants written by Lia Matera and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Detective and mystery stories categories.

On the way to her first day at a firm specializing in very-nineties multimedia law, attorney Willa Jansson is sidetracked by the spectacle of an old family friend brandishing a gun on the street. Knowing Arthur Kenna, mythology scholar, too well to believe he means any harm, Willa acts on instinct, engineering their getaway. As Arthur explains that a passerby pressed the gun into his hands, Willa knows the cops aren't going to believe him--especially now that she's his hostage. Now, they're both in trouble.

Ed Kemper Conversations With A Killer

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : Dary Matera
language : en
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Release Date : 2021-07-20

Ed Kemper Conversations With A Killer written by Dary Matera and has been published by Union Square & Co. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-20 with True Crime categories.

The third title in our Conversations with a Killer series focuses on one of the most notorious serial killers of the 1970s, Ed Kemper, a key character in the hit Netflix series Mindhunter. If there ever was a human monster that walked this earth, it was the highly intelligent, psychotic, 6’9” killer Edward “Big Ed” Kemper. As a troubled 15-year-old, Kemper shot and killed his grandparents. Eight years later, he went on an 11-month reign of terror slaughtering and dismembering six college co-eds in California, brutally killing his mother with a hammer, and breaking her best friend’s neck. Kemper, 71, remains alive at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, more intimidating now than ever. Masterful crime writer Dary Matera tells Kemper’s full, shocking story, interweaving insights from the killer himself.

Everything Secret Degenerates

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004

Everything Secret Degenerates written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Informers categories.