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Expert Witness Ann Burgess
Boston College Connell School of Nursing Professor Ann Burgess is a trailblazing forensic and psychiatric nurse who has worked with the FBI and helped pioneer the criminal profiling of serial killers. A new book, Expert Witness: The Weight of Our … Continue reading
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An innocent man
In a small Missouri town in 1992, the body of 19-year-old Mischelle Lawless was found in her car, stalled on the side of a road. Joshua C. Kezer was arrested and charged for her murder—and spent the next 16 years … Continue reading
A case of murder
Dermot Sparhawk has another murder case to solve in a new novel by writer Tom MacDonald, who graduated from Boston College with an MBA in 2002. The Murder of Vincent Dunn is MacDonald’s fifth book to feature the Boston-based private … Continue reading
What happened to Jane Larkin?
Boston College Law School graduate William Landay, author of the bestselling novel Defending Jacob, has published a new novel about family secrets, vengeance, and love—All That Is Mine I Carry With Me (Bantam, 2023). In 1975, Jane Larkin goes missing. … Continue reading
Deciphering the criminal mind
Armed with scholarly knowledge of sex crimes, victimology, and criminal psychology, as well as research skills, Connell School of Nursing Professor Ann Wolbert Burgess worked alongside FBI agents and helped them to identify, interview, and track down dozens of notoriously … Continue reading
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Imagine…
This month marks the 40th anniversary of the murder of legendary musician John Lennon. In a new book, Boston College alumnus Dave Wedge and his frequent co-author Casey Sherman team up with bestselling novelist James Patterson to tell the story … Continue reading
Lessons from “SVU”
“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU)” is a popular American police procedural television series, watched by fans in more than 30 countries. Boston College Communication Professor Lisa Cuklanz and co-author Sujata Moorti have written the first dedicated study of “SVU” … Continue reading
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Crime stories
Crime is everywhere in the new anthology Coast to Coast: Murder from Sea to Shining Sea (Down & Out Books, 2015), co-edited by Boston College alumnus Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks. McAleer also has contributed to the volume. A Sherlock Holmes … Continue reading
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Tagged crime, fiction, Woods College of Advancing Studies
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Irregulars
Boston College alumnus Kevin McCarthy is the author of two historical fiction novels published in Ireland. Peeler (Mercier Press, 2010) was selected by the Irish Times as one of its Top Ten Thrillers of 2010 and by the Philadelphia Inquirer as … Continue reading
A town upended
Award-winning author Suzanne Berne, a part-time faculty member in the English Department, has published a new book, The Dogs of Littlefield (Penguin: Fig Tree, 2013). According to the publisher, Berne’s latest novel is a “wry exploration of the discontent concealed behind … Continue reading
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