Murder on the Mind is written by L.L. Bartlett and was published in 2005. This book has three very big main characters that all give a bit of their own personality to the book. There are also four background main characters that make the story very interesting. The main characters are, Jeff Resnick,Richard, and Matt Sumner.
Jeff is an insurance investigator, in New York City.He was mugged one night and beaten badly with a baseball bat. After he had been in the hospital for a few weeks,His brother Richard showed up. Richard is a retired Doctor, he is a very rich man who lives in his parents old house in___ with his girlfriend Brenda.. He offers Jeff to stay with him and soon they are on the way back to Richards. Jeff starts having horrible nightmares after he gets to sleep. His nightmares consist of a hunter shooting a deer then taking it home hanging it from the rafters in his garage and gutting it. Soon, his dreams do not only happen at night but during the day now. The vision of the deer drastically changed one day, the deer he once saw has now changed into a man hanging by his neck in a garage. The day after this vision Jeff reads an article about a man who was murdered with the same description of the man he sees in his visions. His curiosity has gotten the better of him and now he cannot stop thinking about why this man was murdered, and he wants to find out. He starts searching out facts on his own until he decides to leap straight into it and ask the victims wife for an interview. Surprisingly the woman agrees, Jeff begs his brother to help him and reluctantly Richard agrees. They head off to the Sumner house, they are greeted by Mrs. sumner. She is a nice woman but when Jeff asks to take a look at the garage where Matt w...
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...inted directly at Jeff, she shot but Richard jumped in front of Jeff. Sharon was chased down into the basement by Jeff and he was attempting to keep her there by talking. She is still shooting shot and as soon as the last one has been shot, Jeff tackled her to the ground and held her there until the cops were there and they were both cuffed. After everything was sorted out Jeff was taken out of the cuffs and went out of the church to find Sharon's son in her car, Jeff led him inside to Detective Hayden. Jeff went to the hospital to see Richard, he had lost a lot of blood, but was in recovery from surgery and was doing fine. Three days after Sharon Walker was arrested she was found hanged in her jail cell. Six days after Richard was shot he was released from the hospital. Jeff never went back to Manhattan and Richard was finally Engaged to the love of his life Brenda
In 1776, David McCullough gives a vivid portrayal of the Continental Army from October 1775 through January 1777, with sharp focus on the leadership of America’s greatest hero, George Washington. McCullough’s thesis is that had not the right man (George Washington) been leading the Continental Army in 1776, the American Revolution would have resulted in a vastly different outcome. He supports his argument with a critical analysis of Washington’s leadership during the period from the Siege of Boston, through the disastrous defense of New York City, the desperate yet, well ordered retreat through New Jersey against overwhelming odds, and concludes with the inspiring victories of Trenton and Princeton. By keeping his army intact and persevering through 1776, Washington demonstrated to the British Army that the Continental Army was not simply a gang of rabble, but a viable fighting force. Additionally, Mr. McCullough supports his premise that the key to the survival of the American Revolution was not in the defense of Boston, New York City, or any other vital terrain, but rather the survival of the Continental Army itself. A masterful piece of history, 1776 is not a dry retelling of the Revolutionary War, but a compelling character study of George Washington, as well as his key lieutenants, and his British adversaries, the most powerful Army in the 18th Century world. When I read this book, I went from a casual understanding of the hero George Washington to a more specific understanding of why Washington was quite literally the exact right man at the exact right place and time to enable the birth of the United States.
Mineral Springs police department, which consists of nine men, decides to lend the two detectives any resources they need concerning the murder. They basically follow a couple of bum leads, play a few rounds of golf, and soak up the peace and quiet of their surroundings.
Hasselstrom finally decides that she carries a gun because she has suffered many harassments. Initially, when Hasselstrom is camping with her friend, they have to move to an illegal spot because there are two drunk men are drinking and talking loudly about what to do to Hasselstrom and her friend in the dark. Hasselstrom calls for help on the street, but no one helps them. No one suspects that the two men are going to do anything. After that, Hass...
The story begins in a small town in America. The Fowler family is faced with the burden, frustration and pain of having to bury their twenty-one year old son, Frank. The inward struggle faced by Matt Fowler, his wife, and family drives him to murder Richard Strout, Frank's killer, in order to avenge his son's murder and bring peace to himself and his family. Matt faced a life-time struggle to be a good father and protect his children from danger throughout their childhood. Dubus describes Matt's inner ...
father's death. He is forced to act insane in order to find out the truth
I decided to compose my book report on Jack Welch’s book, Winning. It relays many of the same themes that our book does. I first came across this book when I was reading an article about Jack Welch and his years at GE, at the bottom they had advertisements for his two books; Jack: Straight from the Gut and Winning. The bright yellow background and Jack’s big smile, on the cover, caught my eye and all of the praise for him and the advance praise for Winning reeled me in. There is praise all over the back portion of the cover, from Tom Brokaw and Bill Gates to Warren Buffett and Rudy Giulliani. My expectations of the book were quite high because of all the kind words on the back, but Jack Welch never let me down, this book should be a required read for any Business grad.
His mother died when he was young and now is studying to become a geologist. He doesn't have many friends nor enemies. Then a rich big game hunter named Madec offered Ben a job which in return he would get a large sum of money to pay for a semester of college. All Ben had to do was to be a guide for Madec to find Bighorn Sheep in the Mojave Desert. As Ben and Madec were scoping out their surrounding in the desert Madec saw something move on a mountain. Madec immediately took the shot thinking that it is a Bighorn Sheep, he rarely ever misses a shot. Madec went up to the mountain where he shot and saw what he killed and told ben that it was a female sheep nothing important. Ben still went up to look seeing that it was actually an old prospector. Ben was petrified he didn’t know what to do. He told Madec that it has to be reported as an accident. Madec does not want it to be reported because then it will affect him because he is very important and busy. Ben still wants to report it to the sheriff, Madec decides to hunt Ben
The setting takes place present day in Harlem, New York. The main character is a sixteen-year-old boy named Steve Harmon. Steve Harmon is on trial for a murder that he believes he did not commit. While he is in jail he is writing a script for a movie about the trial. The script helps Steve stay calm and not go crazy while he is in jail. Steve and his Defense Attorney, Kathy O’Brien, are trying to prove to the jury that Steve is innocent. Steve is thought to have been working with two other men, James King and Richard “Bobo” Evans. These two people robbed the store and then Steve apparently killed the owner of the store after Bobo and
Is the internet changing the way you think? Brockman the editor of edge organization posted this question to 150 different kinds of writers to have a variety of opinions about the subject matter. When I think about the question, I found it very personal, how the internet changes the way YOU think not WE think. I believe that he proposes this question to150 different writers to get very objective and convenient answers. However, it is really hard to summarize all the 150 responses in my book report, but I will write and comment about the most interesting opinions I have noticed in the book. Finally, although not all of the writers technically qualified and some of them (actors, architects, artist, etc. It is still interesting to boost your mind and expose to different perspectives.
However, Matt Fowler had different reasoning for his actions. After burying his twenty-one year-old son who was just on the cusp of graduating college, he finds that Strout, his son’s murderer, has been released on bail pending trial and until then he has resumed his normal life. Watching his wife not only mourning the loss of their son, but also having to see the killer in daily activities, has caused a mental and emotional strain on their life. The affect on Fowler’s family that Strout is walking around free and seemingly unconcerned is one of the main reasoning that is posed when Fowler and his friend Willis T...
Schechter, Harold. The serial killer files: the who, what, where, how, and why of the world's most terrifying murderers. New York: Ballantine Books, 2004. Print.
“Ungifted” was a really good and enjoyable book. It was funny, exciting, and full of adventures. I learned a lot from the book. One thing I learned was how to be a good friend. In the book, when Donovan gets sent to the Academy, most people don’t like him and think he is weird. But, Donovan uses his gifts and his multi intelligence and people start to like him. Donovan was a good friend by helping his classmates find a new motor for Tin Man, supporting them in their robotics tournament, and helping them to not go to summer school. So, a good friend should support others and include one another even when they think they are weird.
Investigative Reports: Inside the Killer's Mind. Perf. Arthur Shawcross. A&E Television Networks, 2000. Web. 28 Feb. 2014.
Into The Wild begins with Chris McCandless hitchhiking in Alaska, meeting a man known as Gallien. As he continues talking with Chris, he notices Chris isn’t just some lunatic trying to kill himself, but a smart individual looking to find himself. He then drops Chris off. The book then goes forward into the future, allowing the audience some dramatic irony as they’ll see Chris’s fate. A group hiking a trail finds the bus Chris is in, but finds him dead. Then the scene shifts to South Dakota, after the finding of Chris’s dead body. This is where we meet Westerberg, he was once given War And Peace by Chris. This is also where Krakauer explains the family situation of Chris. He describes him as if his whole life is set out for him. The scene again shifts to a park manager finding Chris’s Datson in the canyon. They describe how it was repurposed into a working undercover vehicle. We then find out that the family hired a private investigator. Eventually, Chris will go from the Havasu to the Mexican border, finds out he won’t make it the gulf, and changes course.
2. The title of this book relates to the story, because in the book, Ponyboy and Johnny are “outsiders.” They can be thought of as Outsiders because they are labeled Greasers although they do not act like hoodlums, like the rest of the Greasers. They are thought of as Greasers just because they live on the East Side of town, and because they slick back their hair. But Ponyboy and Johnny are different then all of the other Greasers because they show their emotions, and are sensitive.