Ann Stoudt (USA: HI) (2023/05/27): Stories include:“The loved ones” by Tom Junod -- Reports on a nursing home that refused to evacuate it’s residents during Hurrucane Katrina “ inside job” by Neil Swidey -- covers the astonishing embezzlement of nearly $9 million by a construction company temp “The talented Dr. Krist” by Steve Fennessy -- reports on the perpetrator of a horrifying kidnapping who is now a physician dedicated to helping the underserved “The case of the killer priest” by Sean Flynn -- All is not well in a Catholic Convent “Double blind” by Matthew Teague -- story of how British intelligence infiltrated and undermined the IRA. “The school” by C.J. Chivers -- records the days when Chechen terrorists took over a school and its students. “A kiss before dying” by Pamela Colloff -- tale of an alienated young student who is murdered by a classmate, and lives on as a ghost in the minds of local teens “The devil in David Berkowitz” by Steve Fishman --- Examines the late-coming faith of David Berkowitz-the infamous Son of Sam - is cunningly but compassionately “The man who loves books too much” by Allison Hoover Bartlett -- John Charles Gilkey steals purely for the love of books but is very dangerous “Dirty old women” by Ariel Levy -- phenomenon of older women, mostly teachers, seducing their young students “Who killed Ellen Andros?” by Dan P. Lee -- A woman is killed. Her husband is accused. A famous/infamous medical examiner investigates. What’s going on here isn’t just science. It’s something deeper, something stranger, something at the same time both terrifying and fascinating. “Fatal connection” by David Bernstein -- Makes the real the life of a high priced escort “Last seen on September 10th” by Mark Fass -- the painful story of the parents of a young medical student who disappears the day before the Twin Towers are brought down. “My roommate, the diamond thief” by Brian Boucher -- A New Yorker finds an unlikely house guest on Craigslist. “The monster of Florence” by Douglas Preston Preston and his Italian colleague are determined to get to the truth about a series of murders almost twenty-five years old. And they do, but not without personal risk and costs.
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