criminals

Sixteen-year-old Aphra and her mother, a CIA agent, are hiding in France under new identities, but they must go on the run again when their location is discovered by a dangerous criminal.

In mid-nineteenth-century London, young, mistreated, and destitute Ivy, whose main asset is her beautiful red hair, comes to the attention of an aspiring painter of the pre-Raphaelite school of artists who, with the connivance of Ivy's unsavory family, is determined to make her his model and muse.

A biography of Al Capone, discussing his early life, how he became involved in crime, and his activities during prohibition, and providing information about his family, prison time, and legacy.

Nathan Bailey, left in the care of a drunken, abusive uncle, ends up in a juvenile detention center where he kills a guard in self-defense and begins a life on the run, gaining the help and sympathy of a radio talk-show host and a veteran policeman.

In 1933, Herbert Muskie returns to his rundown hometown of Loomis, New Zealand, and uses a combination of cunning and psychological threats to take control of the lives of twelve-year-old Colin Potter and his family as part of a plan to get even for the mistreatment he suffered as a schoolboy.

In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy.

Taking up residence with other sex offenders, the Kid, on probation after doing time for an affair with an underage girl, forms a partnership with the Professor, a sociologist who finds him the perfect subject for his research.

Contains thirteen essays that provide varying perspectives on issues related to DNA data banks, including the benefits and burdens of DNA databases, governmental intrusion on private information, securing privacy, physical profiles, and more.

A collection of the best crime journalism of the past year includes contributions by some of the masters of true crime writing, including Nadya Labi, Calvin Trillin, and Jeffrey Toobin.

Jean le Flambeur, a post-human criminal, mind burglar, confidence artist, and trickster, is rescued from the Dilemma Prison by the mysterious Mieli, and she offers him freedom in exchange for his help in finishing a heist he never managed to complete.