Akron Public Library

"When a fifteen-year-old baby-sitter vanishes with her towheaded charge, Maddy Blake, like the rest of her sleepy, suburban town, is shaken. When the teenager's naked body is recovered and a manhunt for the missing toddler turns up nothing, Maddy, like the entire community of Taylorsville, is horrified. She follows the case with some detachment - until the police arrive at her door."--BOOK JACKET. "Her husband, Doug, has become the prime suspect....

"An unforgettable memoir by an award-winning poet about being kidnapped from his Black father and raised by his white supremacist grandparents"--

Continues the story of local detective Patrik Hedström and his girlfriend, Erica Falck, the beloved crime-solving duo whose first child has just been born. But while they celebrate this new life, a suspicious drowning claims a little girl they knew well. As the murders implications widen, Patriks investigation threatens to tear apart the rural fishing village of Fjällbacka, where a secret lurks that spans generations.

Twenty-something Harper Connolly has a gift. After being struck by lighting as a child, she discovered an eerie ability to locate the deceased. In Memphis, skeptical Professor Nunley wants her to demonstrate that skill at an ancient cemetery. There, Harper stands atop a grave and says there are two bodies entombed: one centuries old, but the other, a young girl named Tabitha. Her assertion holds water. Tabitha has been missing for two years--and now...

The death of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey at Christmas 1996 galvanized America. Years after the event, the mystery endures. Who killed the young beauty queen and why? Thomas explores the case in detail, pointing the way towards an analysis that some might find too shocking to consider.

In the midst of a sudden spring snowstorm, an unknown man armed with a gun walks into an elementary school classroom. Outside the school, the town of Broken Branch watches and waits. Officer Meg Barrett holds the responsibility for the town's children in her hands. Will Thwaite, reluctantly entrusted with the care of his two grandchildren by the daughter who left home years earlier, stands by helplessly and wonders if he has failed his child again....

The Safe Side gives parents simple, fun and interesting ways to discuss difficult information with their children how to make smart decisions in potentially harmful situations.

Natascha Kampusch, age ten, was kidnapped on her way to school ; eight years later she escaped and a shocking story was revealed.