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Three true-crime books in one volume, featuring cases ranging from Texas to Georgia to Alaska, from New York Times -bestselling and award-winning authors. Included in this three-in-one volume are: Bogeyman by New York Times -bestselling author Steve Jackson For years he stalked elementary schools and playgrounds looking for young girls from low-income neighborhoods to abduct, rape and murder. They were "throwaway kids" to him, hardly missed, soon forgotten, except by those who loved them. He was every parent's worst nightmare -- and it took a decades-long fight by Texas lawmen to bring him to justice. "A fascinating, well-paced read about the lows and highs of cold case investigations." -- Katherine Ramsland, in Psychology Today Murder In The Family by Edgar Award-winning author Burl Barer A New York Times Bestseller: In 1987, Anchorage police arrived at a horrific scene of carnage. In a downtown apartment, they found Nancy Newman's brutally beaten corpse and the bodies of her two young daughters. After an intense investigation, they identified the principal suspect: Kirby Anthoney -- a troubled drifter who'd turned to his uncle, Nancy's husband, for help and a place to stay. Little did he know that the nephew he took in was a murderous sociopath . . "Barer writes true crime at its best." -- Jack Olsen Targeted by New York Times -bestselling author M. William Phelps When her missing boyfriend is found dead, his body encased in cement inside a watering trough and dumped in a cattle field, a Georgia sheriff's deputy is arrested and charged with his murder. But as an investigative journalist digs in, the truth leads to questions about her guilt . . "Phelps is one of America's finest true-crime writers." -- Vincent Bugliosi.