Murder in Mchenry

Murder in Mchenry
Author: Paul J. Scharff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2013-03-15
Genre: Cold cases (Criminal investigation)
ISBN: 9781936759149

Back cover: "When Frank Cullotta made a deal to become a cooperating government witness in 1982, he was required to tell law enforcement about all of his criminal activities, as well as what he knew about crimes committed by his associates. One of the stories Cullotta related was a 1981 double homicide in McHenry County, Illinois. He named Larry ["Lurch"] Neumann as the killer. For unknown reasons the authorities in McHenry County didn't act on that information and the case went cold. Twenty-seven years after Cullotta first told his story, a former babysitter for Paul Scharff, son of murder victim Ron Scharff, read Cullotta's just-released biography. On page 130 she found his account of the killings. And there began Paul Scharff's renewed pursuit of justice for his father."

The Death Contingency

The Death Contingency
Author: Nancy Lynn Jarvis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2008-12
Genre: Bonny Doon (Calif.)
ISBN: 9780982113509

Regan McHenry is a Realtor who works in Santa Cruz County. She is aided in her sleuthing by her husband, Tom, a computer programmer turned real estate broker, and by her friend Dave, a cop confined to desk duty after losing an eye in a shootout. When a seller disappears before signing a grant deed and then turns up dead, Regan and company step up to unravel the secrets of his past and figure out if really was an accidental death or a murder.

Murder in a Teacup

Murder in a Teacup
Author: Vicki Delany
Publisher: Kensington Cozies
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2021-07-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496725115

In national bestselling author Vicki Delany’s delightful Tea by the Sea mystery series, Lily Roberts—Cape Cod tearoom proprietress and part-time sleuth—stirs up trouble when she unwittingly serves one of her grandmother’s B&B guests a deadly cup of tea . . . Lily has her work cut out for her when a visit from her grandmother Rose’s dear friend, Sandra McHenry, turns into an unexpected—and unpleasant—McHenry family reunion. The squabbling boils over and soon Tea by the Sea’s serene afternoon service resembles the proverbial tempest in a teapot. Somehow, Lily and her tearoom survive the storm, and Sandra’s bickering brethren finally retreat to Rose’s B & B. But later that evening, a member of their party—harmless Ed French—dies from an apparent poisoning and suddenly Tea by the Sea is both scene and suspect in a murder investigation! Mercifully, none of the other guests fall ill. They all ate the same food, but Ed insisted on bringing his own special blend of herbal teas. So it seems, amid the whining and dining, someone snuck up to one of Lily’s cherished teapots and fatally spiked Ed’s bespoke brew, but who? Was it Ed’s long-estranged sister-in-law? Did teenage troublemaker Tyler take a prank too far? Or perhaps the family’s feuds have been steeping for longer than anyone realizes? It’s up to Lily, Rose, and their friends to get to the bottom of the poisoned pot and bag the real culprit behind the kettle murder plot.

Backyard Bones

Backyard Bones
Author: Nancy Lynn Jarvis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2009-05
Genre: Bonny Doon (Calif.)
ISBN: 9780982113523

Santa Cruz, California, real estate agent Regan McHenry is back with her husband, Tom and their friend, police ombudsman, Dave. Someone murdered a girl on her seventeenth birthday. The body has been buried where one was found just weeks before. Regan must sift through the secrets surrounding this young girl and why someone would want to kill her.

The Murder Manuscript

The Murder Manuscript
Author: Raymond Semlow
Publisher:
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2005-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781413760477

Albert Whitmoore is the family failure, the youngest child in a wealthy publishing family. Albert is handsome, well educated, wealthy due to a trust, and without self-confidence. He has many skills and resources available to him from his days as a reporter, among those available to the wealthy. He lacks motivation. Inspector Harry Fitzgerald is a skilled homicide detective without political connections within the department. He is married to the daughter of a wealthy New England industrialist, and is not highly regarded by his father-in-law, who continually interferes in the relations within Harryas family. Harryas wife is pregnant, expecting their third child, and is having a difficult pregnancy. This interference and the pregnancy have brought their marriage to the brink of disaster. The vulnerable Inspector Fitzgerald has suddenly become the object of interest of his sister-in-law, Brigitte. When Albertas sister announces her publishing company is expanding to include the more popular fiction market, Albert senses his chance to finally be published. He submits his latest novel under a pen name. Weeks later he receives a vile rejection letter. Albert suddenly has the motivation his life lacked. He will show herahe will show them all. He will prove the premise of his manuscript by enacting it. It will become his plan for bringing terror to the city, and the editor will be the first victim dictated by his manuscriptahis murder manuscript.

Hungry for Peace

Hungry for Peace
Author: Keith McHenry
Publisher: See Sharp Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1937276392

The de facto how-to manual of the international Food Not Bombs movement, which provides free food to the homeless and hungry and has branches in countries on every continent except Antarctica, this book describes at length how to set up and operate a Food Not Bombs chapter. The guide considers every aspect of the operation, from food collection and distribution to fund-raising, consensus decision making, and what to do when the police arrive. It contains detailed information on setting up a kitchen and cooking for large groups as well as a variety of delicious recipes. Accompanying numerous photographs is a lengthy section on the history of Food Not Bombs, with stories of the jailing and murder of activists, as well as premade handbills and flyers ready for photocopying.

I Am Cain

I Am Cain
Author: Gera-Lind Kolanik
Publisher: Garrett County Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2012-11-06
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 189105371X

On the night of April 7, 1990, newlyweds Nancy and Richard Langert were brutally shot in the basement of their suburban Chicago home. There were no leads. Nothing was stolen. The only clue was an illegible message Nancy left behind, written in her own blood. It was a crime that shocked the community and baffled the FBI and seven local police departments. They explored every prospect -- from IRA assassinations to Mafia hit. But it was a tough Illinois policewoman who would track down the killer, exposing a horror that was shockingly close to home. Veteran Chicago journalists Gera-Lind Kolarik and Wayne Klatt present a chilling investigation into this true story of murder, compulsion and tragedy.

Freed to Kill

Freed to Kill
Author: Gera-Lind Kolarik
Publisher: Garrett County Press
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2012-12-14
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1939430003

Larry W. Eyler was caught in 1983, accused of being the "homosexual highway killer," responsible for 22 murders in three states. Unbelievably, he was indicted for just one killing and spent three months in jail before an Illinois judge determined that the overwhelming evidence against him was tainted. He was released. Six months later Eyler was caught again. This time he was accused of a brutal, unimaginable murder of a 15-year-old street hustler. Crime journalist Gera-Lind Kolarik was the first person to recognize the killer's hunting pattern, which crossed state lines -- she alerted the Illinois Lake County sheriff, thus initiating a crucial turn in the investigation. In Freed to Kill, Kolarik with journalist Wayne Klatt intelligently examines the story of Eyler and his victims and investigates the institutions and officials that allowed Eyler a chance to hunt again.

Cullotta

Cullotta
Author: Dennis N. Griffin
Publisher: Huntington Press Inc
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0929712455

From burglary to armed robbery and murder, infamous bad guy Frank Cullotta not only did it all, in Cullotta he admits to it -- and in graphic detail. This no-holds-barred biography chronicles the life of a career criminal who started out as a thug on the streets of Chicago and became a trusted lieutenant in Tony Spilotro's gang of organised lawbreakers in Las Vegas. Cullotta's was a world of high-profile heists, street muscle, and information -- lots of it -- about many of the FBI's most wanted. In the end, that information was his ticket out of crime, as he turned government witness and became one of a handful of mob insiders to enter the Witness Protection Program.