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Wildacre

Wildacre

Shani Struthers

Authors Reach
2022
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Home is where the heart is: a place where memories are forged, a refuge from the world. But what if those memories are painful? And the refuge becomes a prison? Jessica Lockhart is in need of a live-in carer over the Christmas period; Isla Barrow is the woman who takes the job. After a fraught journey to reach her along remote country lanes, Isla arrives to find the old woman in distress, and the house strangely unnerving. With the weather hostile, no phone line or mobile signal, and her charge growing increasingly frail, Isla realises death is waiting. And something else besides: vengeance. Jessica is clearly a woman with secrets, but then so too is Isla. Together they must work out a plan of redemption before what stalks Wildacre destroys them both. Christmas, a time of joy and wonder. The darkest time of year. Download or read for FREE in Kindle Unlimited: Christmas Ghost Stories Carfax House The Damned Season Wildacre Psychic Surveys Series: Psychic Surveys Book One: The Haunting of Highdown Hall Psychic Surveys Book Two: Rise to Me Psychic Surveys Book Three: 44 Gilmore Street Psychic Surveys Book Four: Old Cross Cottage Psychic Surveys Book Five: Descension Psychic Surveys Book Six: Legion Psychic Surveys Book Seven: Promises to Keep Psychic Surveys Book Eight: The Weight of the Soul Psychic Surveys Book Nine: The Devil's Liar Psychic Surveys Companion Novels: Eve: A Psychic Surveys Prequel Blakemort (Corinna's story) Thirteen (Ness's story) Rosamund (Rosamund Davis - Ruby's great-grandmother's story) This Haunted World Series: This Haunted World Book One: The Venetian This Haunted World Book Two: The Eleventh Floor This Haunted World Book Three: Highgate This Haunted World Book Four: Rohaise Reach for the Dead Series: Reach for the Dead Book One: Mandy Reach for the Dead Book Two: Cades Home Farm Reach for the Dead Book Three: Walker Jessamine Series: Jessamine Comraich Summer of Grace - A Standalone Mystery Thriller
Jed

Jed

Shani Struthers

Authors Reach
2023
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From the bestselling Psychic Surveys series comes a full-length standalone novel featuring one of its most treasured, formidable, and mysterious characters - Jed. As soon as Ava Kent spots Jed in her local rescue centre, she knows, just as much as he does, they are perfect for each other. It's love at first sight, and despite her husband's misgivings, she offers him a home. Not much is known of Jed, other than he is a stray picked up from the streets of Eastbourne, but he soon proves himself a loyal and loving companion - in fact, he's something of a lifesaver. When Ava suffers the traumatic birth of her first child alone at home, it's Jed that somehow escapes the house to find help. Ava, though, is plunged into depression. She feels lonely and vulnerable as a new mother, an outcast. It's as though a darkness has attached itself to her, when previously life was blessed. And it won't let go. She's surrendering to it, bit by bit, almost willingly. As loving and as loyal as Jed is, he's just a dog.Can he save again, someone who doesn't want to save herself? Download today or READ FOR FREE in KU: Psychic Surveys Series: Psychic Surveys Book One: The Haunting of Highdown Hall Psychic Surveys Book Two: Rise to Me Psychic Surveys Book Three: 44 Gilmore Street Psychic Surveys Book Four: Old Cross Cottage Psychic Surveys Book Five: Descension Psychic Surveys Book Six: Legion Psychic Surveys Book Seven: Promises to Keep Psychic Surveys Book Eight: The Weight of the Soul Psychic Surveys Book Nine: The Devil's Liar Psychic Surveys Companion Novels: Eve: A Psychic Surveys Prequel Blakemort (Corinna's story) Thirteen (Ness's story) Rosamund (Rosamund Davis - Ruby's great-grandmother's story) Jed (the story of one of Psychic Survey's most loved and mysterious characters) This Haunted World Series: This Haunted World Book One: The Venetian This Haunted World Book Two: The Eleventh Floor This Haunted World Book Three: Highgate This Haunted World Book Four: Rohaise Reach for the Dead Series: Reach for the Dead Book One: Mandy Reach for the Dead Book Two: Cades Home Farm Reach for the Dead Book Three: Walker Jessamine Series: Jessamine Comraich Carfax House - A Christmas Ghost Story (standalone novella) The Damned Season - A Christmas Ghost Story (standalone novella) Wildacre - A Christmas Ghost Story (standalone novella) Summer of Grace - A Standalone Mystery Thriller
Alice

Alice

Shani Struthers

Authors Reach
2023
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Praise for Shani Struthers' books: ***** One of the best books in this genre. (Wildacre)***** One of the best Christmas Ghost Stories I have ever read. (Eve)***** It reminds me of the old black and white British ghost story films. (Rosamund)***** Another instant classic from Shani Struthers. (The Damned Season)***** A meloncholy masterpiece. (Carfax House)***** Shani Struthers is my Queen of Horror. (Highgate)From the author of the bestselling Psychic Surveys series comes a Christmas Ghost Story like no other Is anyone ever who they seem? After suffering the tragic loss of her best friend, Lottie Beck is struggling. Aged eighteen, she's flunked school and spends her days lying in a darkened room, doing nothing. Finally, she is forced to get a job at Silver Birches Care Home. Once there, and after meeting the residents, particularly the feisty, no-nonsense Bobby, she settles in, appreciating how much history lies behind each person. A history she can read, in her own special way, via the touch of a hand. Alice is another resident, aged ninety-two, and mute. A woman who has always been institutionalised and is now near the end of days. It is she who intrigues Lottie the most, but whom she also fears. All she knows is something happened to make her the way she is, an event on Christmas Eve, way back, something sinister. Surely she deserves peace, but if together they aren't brave enough to confront what lurks in the darkest recesses of her mind, she'll die in anguish. It's Christmas Eve again, 2023, and as Lottie is about to find out: not all ghosts are dead. Download today or READ FOR FREE in KU: Psychic Surveys Series: Psychic Surveys Book One: The Haunting of Highdown Hall Psychic Surveys Book Two: Rise to Me Psychic Surveys Book Three: 44 Gilmore Street Psychic Surveys Book Four: Old Cross Cottage Psychic Surveys Book Five: Descension Psychic Surveys Book Six: Legion Psychic Surveys Book Seven: Promises to Keep Psychic Surveys Book Eight: The Weight of the Soul Psychic Surveys Book Nine: The Devil's Liar Psychic Surveys Companion Novels: Eve: A Psychic Surveys Prequel Blakemort (Corinna's story) Thirteen (Ness's story) Rosamund (Rosamund Davis - Ruby's great-grandmother's story) Jed (the story of one of Psychic Surveys most loved and mysterious characters) This Haunted World Series: This Haunted World Book One: The Venetian This Haunted World Book Two: The Eleventh Floor This Haunted World Book Three: Highgate This Haunted World Book Four: Rohaise This Haunted World Book Five: Resistance Reach for the Dead Series: Reach for the Dead Book One: Mandy Reach for the Dead Book Two: Cades Home Farm Reach for the Dead Book Three: Walker Jessamine Series: Jessamine Comraich Summer of Grace - A Standalone Mystery Thriller Christmas Ghost Stories Carfax House The Damned Season Wildacre Alice
Psychic Surveys Book Ten

Psychic Surveys Book Ten

Shani Struthers

Authors Reach
2024
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Field of Flowers is the tenth in the bestselling Psychic Surveys series, that feature plot twists, compelling characters, and a mystery at its dark heart. I'm not frightened of youYou areI've faced worseYou haven't Although Psychic Surveys remain busy, there's been no real cases lately to get their teeth into, logical explanations found for most hauntings. That all changes when Ruby gets a call from Conor Byrne, who lives in the Republic of Ireland. The fear in his voice is genuine. Ruby, Theo, Ness and Corinna head over to the Emerald Isle to help Conor, and, of course, the distressed spirit - their aim to bring peace to the living and the dead. They arrive to find a dilapidated cottage in a rural area, and a man that's barely alive. Conor is right to be scared, the spirit haunting him is particularly vicious, anger from beyond the grave lending her immense strength. But not only are the team dealing with her, they're dealing with lies too, from Conor, a man who insists he has no idea why the spirit has targeted him, that he's innocent of any wrongdoing. And then there's Dervla Fitzgerald, the landlady of the nearby pub where they're staying - a woman that sits in the darkness, who's used to it. But why? Hounded out of the cottage by psychic activity, the team and Conor all take refuge at the pub one cold and misty night. It's there that the past finally unravels, with truths laid bare. And they're worse than anyone can imagine. Download today or READ FOR FREE in KU: Psychic Surveys Series: Psychic Surveys Book One: The Haunting of Highdown Hall Psychic Surveys Book Two: Rise to Me Psychic Surveys Book Three: 44 Gilmore Street Psychic Surveys Book Four: Old Cross Cottage Psychic Surveys Book Five: Descension Psychic Surveys Book Six: Legion Psychic Surveys Book Seven: Promises to Keep Psychic Surveys Book Eight: The Weight of the Soul Psychic Surveys Book Nine: The Devil's Liar Psychic Surveys Book Ten: Field of Flowers Psychic Surveys Companion Novels: Eve: A Psychic Surveys Prequel Blakemort (Corinna's story) Thirteen (Ness's story) Rosamund (Rosamund Davis - Ruby's great-grandmother's story) Jed (the story of one of Psychic Surveys most loved and mysterious characters) This Haunted World Series: This Haunted World Book One: The Venetian This Haunted World Book Two: The Eleventh Floor This Haunted World Book Three: Highgate This Haunted World Book Four: Rohaise This Haunted World Book Five: Resistance Reach for the Dead Series: Reach for the Dead Book One: Mandy Reach for the Dead Book Two: Cades Home Farm Reach for the Dead Book Three: Walker Reach for the Dead Book Four: The Spook Road Jessamine Series: Jessamine Comraich Summer of Grace - A Standalone Mystery Thriller Christmas Ghost Stories Carfax House The Damned Season Wildacre Alice
Reach for the Dead Book Three

Reach for the Dead Book Three

Shani Struthers

Authors Reach
2022
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Before the myth, there was the truth. On a road trip to Baker City and the mountains of Oregon, Shady Groves, Ray Bartlett and their friends are looking forward to a few days' vacation. On the way, they make an unscheduled motel stop where Shady encounters Missy Davenport, the proprietor, an old photograph of Missy too, and her family, horror attached to it. Arriving in Baker City, they stay at the Grand Willmott before heading into the wilderness, another photograph down a gloomy corridor there, this time of ten men in animal masks, armed with pitchforks, so at odds with the hotel's luxury surroundings. Two photographs in less than 24-hours, both of which unsettle her.But is that the only connection? Piece by piece, Shady will find there's more to the photographs than she could ever imagine. And that creatures of myth and legend, hybrids, could be responsible for a spate of missing people, including Brandi Hadley, the most recent person from Baker City and the local area to disappear without trace. Download today or READ FOR FREE in KU: Psychic Surveys Series: Psychic Surveys Book One: The Haunting of Highdown Hall Psychic Surveys Book Two: Rise to Me Psychic Surveys Book Three: 44 Gilmore Street Psychic Surveys Book Four: Old Cross Cottage Psychic Surveys Book Five: Descension Psychic Surveys Book Six: Legion Psychic Surveys Book Seven: Promises to Keep Psychic Surveys Book Eight: The Weight of the Soul Psychic Surveys Book Nine: DUE AUTUMN 2020 Psychic Surveys Companion Novels: Eve: A Psychic Surveys Prequel Blakemort (Corinna's story) Thirteen (Ness's story) Rosamund (Rosamund Davis - Ruby's great-grandmother's story) This Haunted World Series: This Haunted World Book One: The Venetian This Haunted World Book Two: The Eleventh Floor This Haunted World Book Three: Highgate This Haunted World Book Four: Rohaise Reach for the Dead Series: Reach for the Dead Book One: Mandy Reach for the Dead Book Two: Cades Home Farm Reach for the Dead Book Three: Walker Jessamine Series: Jessamine Comraich Carfax House - A Christmas Ghost Story (standalone novella) The Damned Season - A Christmas Ghost Story (standalone novella) Summer of Grace - A standalone psychological thriller
Oh Witness Dey!

Oh Witness Dey!

Shani Mootoo

Book*hug
2024
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Two-timer I am, infatuated With the country in which I love Yearning in corners, around bends For the one I grew up in Shani Mootoo's great-great-grandparents were brought to Trinidad as indentured labourers by the British. There is no record of where they were from in India or whether it was kidnapping, trickery, or false promises of wealth that took them to the Caribbean. In Oh Witness Dey! Mootoo expands the question of origins, from ancestry percentages and journey narratives, through memory, story, and lyric fragments. These vibrant poems transcend the tropes of colonial violence through saints and spices, rebellion and joy, to reimagine tensions and solidarities among various diasporas. They circumvent traditional conventions of style to find new routes toward understanding. They invite the reader to witness history, displacements and the legacies of our inheritance.
Starry Starry Night

Starry Starry Night

Shani Mootoo

Book*hug Press
2025
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Out of the frayed filaments of the yarn of memory, a cohesive tale is spun.In Starry Starry Night, Shani Mootoo gives us the singular voice of Anju Goshal, a young girl living in 1960s Trinidad. Spanning her life between the ages of four and twelve, we experience the world just as Anju does, coming to understand she has evolved into a keen observer because her safety depends on it. Through her clear-eyed perspective, the reader is fully transported and becomes both a witness to and participant in Anju's negotiations of an unexpectedly new and complex life.Starry Starry Night illuminates the experiences of a well-off and socially advancing family during the turn of a country's fortunes. Thoughtfully articulated via the innocent commentary of a child, the book tackles larger issues of family, loss, and trauma. It relays the story of a British colony just before and after its independence and touches on the racial and class problems faced as a result of colonialism.Beautifully crafted and rich with sumptuous detail, this unique narrative coalesces into a portrait of a child who, despite privileged appearances, must become independent and fend for herself. It also depicts adults who, while so wrapped up in their own dramas, fail to see the needs of the children who depend on them. Starry Starry Night is an innovative and revelatory work of autofiction from a celebrated voice in contemporary fiction.
The Rivalry of Flowers

The Rivalry of Flowers

Shani Rhys

Seren
2013
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Shani Rhys James is one of Wales' leading painters, awarded an MBE for services to art in 2006. Her work has won the Glyndwr Award, the BP National Portrait Award, the Hunting/Observer Art Prize and the Jerwood Painting Prize.The Rivalry of Flowers is a collection of 25 new paintings, photographs and other works, to accompany a touring exhibition. Her studies in flowers, wallpapers and domesticity are informed by 'The Yellow Wallpaper', Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 1892 story about the plight of women in the home. The paintings are accompanied by an interview with the artist by Francesca Rhydderch, and an art-history essay by Edward Lucie-Smith."Arguably one of the most exciting and successful painters of her generation."BBC Arts WalesEdward Lucie-Smith is an internationally known art critic and historian. A number of his art books are used as standard texts; Movements in Art since 1945, first published in 1969, has been in print ever since. Francesca Rhydderch is a freelance writer and literary editor, based in Aberystwyth. Her first novel, The Rice Paper Diaries, is published by Seren, also in May 2013.
Florilingua

Florilingua

Shani Rhys

Seren
2013
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Floralingua accompanies Shani Rhys James' new touring exhibition of paintings and an installation which distills the motifs of her recent work into a three dimensional audio experience. Here are Rhys James' characteristic wild wallpapers, menacing chandeliers and other domestic items in a specially created room, in which poems appear from amidst flowers. Seven poets respond to the situations in the paintings to create a compelling dialogue between paint and word on issues of domesticity, the relationship of women and home, rootlessness and what the places in which we live say about us. The responding poets are: Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, National Poet of Wales Gillian Clarke, Menna Elfyn, Jasmine Donahaye, Amy Wack, Pele Cox and Patrick Christopher Kavanagh.Shani Rhys James was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1953. She trained at St. Martin's School of Art, and has been living and working in Wales for 30 years. Influenced by Gillian Ayers, Jan Svankmajer, Louise Bourgeois, Francis Bacon and Rembrandt, her work is to be found important public and private collections around the world. She is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards including The Jerwood Painting Prize, The Hunting Observer Prize, a National Portrait Award, The Mostyn Open, the Gold Medal at the National Eisteddfod and Welsh Woman of Culture. She was awarded an MBE in 2006, and also received a Creative Wales Award from the Arts Council of Wales in 2006.
Cereus Blooms at Night

Cereus Blooms at Night

Shani Mootoo

Vintage Publishing
2023
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EVERYONE THINKS MALA IS A MURDERER'A Caribbean classic' Monique Roffey, author of The Mermaid of Black Conch-------Everyone in Paradise thinks Mala Ramchandin is a murderer. But with no body, no evidence and no witnesses, Mala is sent to an Alms House as a madwoman instead of prison. Here she meets Tyler, the only openly queer person on the island of Lantanacamara with whom she feels an affinity as an outsider. Despite Mala's muteness, she manages to communicate with Tyler about her missing sister, Asha.This is Mala's story, and an appeal to find Asha, told in Tyler's words. He dives deeply into Mala's family history, uncovering years of trauma passed down through generations and - staggeringly, beautifully - the love that has survived through it all.With an introduction by Ingrid Persaud.'Visceral, sensual and heartbreakingly tender' Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, author of When We Were Birds'A story of magical power' Alice Munro, author of Dear Life'Will remind many readers of Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things' Kirkus'Clearly ahead of its time' BooksellerFINALIST FOR THE GILLER PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE ETHEL WILSON FICTION PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE
For Such a Time as This

For Such a Time as This

Shani Akilah

Oneworld Publications
2025
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A group of young, Black British friends navigate their way through the ups and downs of modern London life, in this richly imagined collection of linked stories. 'Heartachingly beautiful.' Lizzie Damilola Blackburn, author of Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? 'Devoured this in one day…suffused with love and warmth.' Jendella Benson, author of Hope & Glory From the tingling excitement of a new relationship to the challenges – and humour – of online dating, from workplace racism to isolation and loneliness, Niah and her friends are there for each other. They're young, they're smart, and they're part of a tight friendship group determined to make the most of everyday. The world is full of possibilities when the pandemic hits, and snatches away everything they take for granted. Shani Akilah's spectacular collection of stories bursts with romance, friendship and warmth. For Such a Time as This offers a powerful snapshot of a moment, a city and a group of friends who sustain each other through bad times and good.
Reach for the Dead Book Two

Reach for the Dead Book Two

Shani Struthers

Authors Reach
2020
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Fall in love with a brand-new set of books from the author of the bestselling Psychic Surveys and This Haunted World series.When you look in the mirror, who do you see?With Mandy the haunted doll now safely ensconced in Mason Town Museum, sealed in a glass case, Shady Groves and her colleagues, Annie and Ray, can relax. After a fashion. The small-town museum they run is not like others, it's a place that seeks to contain and understand artifacts and relics charged with negative energy. Their aim is to gradually reduce how potent that energy can be, and the destruction it can lead to.All is well, until Shady chances upon a mirror in a thrift store. The reflection staring back at her is not quite her own. The artifact is purchased and brought back to the museum, where, under controlled circumstances, they begin to explore its history.A girl, a woman, appears to be the previous owner. One who is troubled, who swings between emotions like some wild pendulum. As more is revealed, Shady follows her down each dark avenue, finally uncovering an involvement in one of the most shocking episodes of American history. Appalled, she refuses to continue.But, as Shady, Annie and Ray know, sometimes there's no turning back.Just what did happen at Cades Home Farm?
Carfax House

Carfax House

Shani Struthers

Authors Reach
2020
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From the bestselling author of the bestselling Psychic Surveys and This Haunted World series, comes a Christmas ghost story to chill your bones A renovation. In the countryside. Just over an hour's train ride from London. An ideal family home. Sold unseen. At auction.Married couple, Al and Liz Greenaway, love London, but when they discover an impressive country property for sale, in need of some TLC, for the same price as their London flat, they decide to go for it. For them, life is all about reinventing themselves, keeping things fresh, and this house marks an exciting new chapter.In the week running up to Christmas, it is Liz who finds herself at Carfax House, alone. Al's held up with work. No matter, there's plenty to occupy her before he arrives, getting it ready for the festive season. A fine house. Once. Solitary, romantic, isolated, and quiet. So quiet that, for the first time in years, Liz can hear her own thoughts as long buried memories emerge. And there's an echo in them, a whisper... For someone else in the house, memories are emerging too.
Psychic Surveys Book Eight

Psychic Surveys Book Eight

Shani Struthers

Authors Reach
2021
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The Weight of the Soul is the eighth in the bestselling Psychic Surveys series, that feature plot twists, compelling characters and a mystery at its dark heart. Perfect for fans of Stephen King, Darcy Coates, CJ Tudor and James Herbert.Life may have moved on to new challenges for Ruby Davis, now being a mother to baby Hendrix, but she's back at the helm of Psychic Surveys, her spiritual domestic clearance company, and the cases just keep getting stranger.A new client, Carrie-Ann Kendall, has suffered an accident at sea, one that - according to her - she shouldn't have survived. Visiting a clairvoyant who is apparently terrified by her presence, only confirms this notion. It is now up to Ruby and the team to find out whether she has cheated death. If so, what are the consequences, and for how long?Leon Vasilescu is the clairvoyant, now missing since encountering Carrie-Ann, and whom Psychic Surveys must track down. But in doing so, they will encounter another danger, one that is far more personal to Ruby and her mother Jessica, that could have them facing death too. Download today or READ FOR FREE in KU: Psychic Surveys Series: Psychic Surveys Book One: The Haunting of Highdown Hall Psychic Surveys Book Two: Rise to Me Psychic Surveys Book Three: 44 Gilmore Street Psychic Surveys Book Four: Old Cross Cottage Psychic Surveys Book Five: Descension Psychic Surveys Book Six: Legion Psychic Surveys Book Seven: Promises to Keep Psychic Surveys Book Eight: The Weight of the Soul Psychic Surveys Companion Novels: Eve: A Psychic Surveys Prequel Blakemort (Corinna's story) Thirteen (Ness's story) Rosamund (Rosamund Davis - Ruby's great-grandmother's story) This Haunted World Series: This Haunted World Book One: The Venetian This Haunted World Book Two: The Eleventh Floor This Haunted World Book Three: Highgate Reach for the Dead Series: Reach for the Dead Book One: Mandy Reach for the Dead Book Two: Cades Home Farm Jessamine Series: Jessamine Comraich Carfax House - A Christmas Ghost Story (standalone novella)Summer of Grace - A standalone psychological thrill
Murder

Murder

Shani D'Cruze; Sandra Walklate; Samantha Pegg

Willan Publishing
2006
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This book seeks to unravel the issues associated with the crime of murder, providing a highly accessible account of the subject for people coming to it for the first time. It uses detailed case studies as a way of exemplifying and exploring more general questions of socio-cultural responses to murder and their explanation. It incorporates a historical perspective which both provides some fascinating examples from the past and enables readers to gain a vision of what has changed and what has remained the same within those socio-cultural responses to murder. The book also embraces questions of race and gender, in particular cultural constructions of masculinity and femininity on the one hand, and the social processes of 'forgetting and remembering' in the context of particular crimes on the other. Particular murders analysed included those of Myra Hindley, Harold Shipman and the Bulger murder.
Murder

Murder

Shani D'Cruze; Sandra Walklate; Samantha Pegg

Willan Publishing
2006
sidottu
This book seeks to unravel the issues associated with the crime of murder, providing a highly accessible account of the subject for people coming to it for the first time. It uses detailed case studies as a way of exemplifying and exploring more general questions of socio-cultural responses to murder and their explanation. It incorporates a historical perspective which both provides some fascinating examples from the past and enables readers to gain a vision of what has changed and what has remained the same within those socio-cultural responses to murder. The book also embraces questions of race and gender, in particular cultural constructions of masculinity and femininity on the one hand, and the social processes of 'forgetting and remembering' in the context of particular crimes on the other. Particular murders analysed included those of Myra Hindley, Harold Shipman and the Bulger murder.
Crimes Of Outrage

Crimes Of Outrage

Shani D'Cruze

Routledge
1998
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This provocative study explores the subordination of Victorian working women in the home, neighborhood, and workplace. Drawing on courtroom proceedings, D'Cruze reveals that women's interest in speaking out against violent crimes often coincide with the court's agenda to discipline the unruly behavior of working men. However, while women used local courts of vindicate their reputation before their neighbors, doing so often compromised their respectability in the eyes of the public.