Partner in Crime

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The dead woman on a cold slab in the Arizona morgue was a talented artist recently arrived from the West Coast. The Washington State Attorney General's office thinks this investigation is too big for a small-town female law officer to handle, so they're sending Sheriff Joanna Brady some unwanted help—a seasoned detective named Beaumont. Sheriff Brady resents his intrusion, and Bisbee, Arizona, with its ghosts and memories, is the last place J.P. Beaumont wants to be. But the twisting desert road they must reluctantly travel together is leading them into a very deadly nest of rattlers. And if they hope to survive, suddenly trust is the only option they have left ...

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E-book extras: Afterword: "Roots of Mystery: Sodium Azide and Learning to Believe the Unbelievable" by J.A. Jance. Special environmental report: "It Will Kill Practically Anything": Do you drive a 1994 or newer car? If so, you're sitting just inches away from a deadly poison. A terrifying truth is buried at the juncture where lethal greed and unassailable power converge. The dead woman was an artist recently arrived from Washington State, cruelly cut down in the early stages of a promising career. Now all that remains of Rochelle Baxter lies on a cold slab in the Cochise County morgue, and Sheriff Joanna Brady knows that murder has once again infected her small desert community. But there is more to this homicide than initially meets the eye -- and more to the victim, who died while supposedly under the conscientious protection of the government. A big-city legal establishment has no faith in the abilities of a small-town sheriff, let alone a female sheriff. Instructed to swallow her indignation, Joanna awaits the arrival of the ""help"" Washington's attorney general is sending her: the newest member of the state's Special Homicide Investigation team -- a man named Beaumont. Bisbee, Arizona, is the last place J.P. Beaumont wants to be. The ghosts of a painful past are too numerous there, and his reluctant ""partner,"" Sheriff Brady, resents his intrusion and cannot help but make her feelings known. But the road they are forced to travel together is taking some unexpected turns, running two dedicated servants of the law headfirst into the impenetrable stone walls of a shocking conspiracy of silence. For Brady and Beaumont's hunt is disturbing a very deadly nest of rattlers, and suddenly trust is the only option they have. On their own in the Arizona desert, they know death can be cold and quick. And nobody is watching their backs here ... they'll have to watch each other's.

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Hard-hitting cop crime, but it almost felt girly.......2007-08-22

Why is it that cop novels or detective novels written by women ALWAYS have to have some romance in them? Why can't we ever just have a book with NO ONE for the protagonist to be attracted to? Here we have Sheriff Joanna Brady, whom we've come to like an admire in this series so far (at least, I have). We like Joanna, we like her new husband, and we like her kid. Her life is going pretty okay... so Jance starts this novel off with a bunch of petty disagreements between Joanna and Butch to set the stage for a near-sexual entanglement with Jance's other successful series star, J.P. Beaumont, later in the book. WHY?

Other than that little tidbit, this novel is every bit as good as what readers have come to expect from J.A. Jance. A strong female protagonist, supported by a mixed and mostly balanced cast of competent, sympathetic characters, good descriptive writing, clear and concise. Semi-graphic descriptions of crime scenes and a few cliff-hanging moments you just can't wait to get to the end of.

All in all, a very satisfying read, but the inclusion of the attraction between Brady and Beaumont takes a few points off. 8/10.

Interesting Mix.......2006-02-11

I picked up Partner in Crime CDs from the local library. I've seen Jance's name about for sometime (she takes up over a shelf at the local bookstore), and I'm trying to get into the habit of listening to books during my commute. On that note, I checked out the CDs and gave them a whirl.

To start with, the readings of Debra Monk and Cotter Smith were phenomenal. They were able to bring me into the story and the views of the characters. The tones of their voices depict the characters accurately. Monk, reading the 3rd-person sections, handled the challenge of the changing tones from the subjective voice of Joanna Brady to the more objective description well, switching her tone from one to another easily, making each distinct, though on a page they would all be a part of the same flowing text.

The story itself was engaging. The conflicts between characters were perhaps more engaging than the mystery. In fact, the end of the mystery was well telegraphed, not leaving much surprise over who was behind the incident. Even when the cause of the information leak on the witness protection program is traced back to the Washington State Attorney General's family, it did not provide a satisfying end to the mystery. It was not disappointing. The mystery was just not the exciting part of the book.

Perhaps the most engaging part of the story was the interactions between Beaumont and Brady. As Beaumont's history with Anne Rowland Corley and how it relates to Coshise County plays out, a second plot behind the primary plays out. I do not know if Jance was rehashing and building on story from previous Beaumont novels. Either way, the development of his scarring and healing from his relationship with Anne (and his developing relationship with Joanne) kept my rapt attention.

I am sure I could have started with a better book to get a sample of Jance's work. One that would give me either Brady or Beaumont, but for a mixture of two primary characters, I enjoyed it. It felt balanced, and I would recommend it to others looking for something light and quick to ready.

Enjoyed the book.......2005-08-30

When I first obtained Partners in Crime by J.A. Jance, I had no idea the story was taking place in Bisbee, in Cochise Co., Arizona, which only added delight to my reading enjoyment. I lived in Sierra Vista which is also in Cochise Co. a few years ago, and I must say the descriptions were pretty much to the location. For me it was a step back in time. Which made it a 5 star for me.

I came in contact with sodium azide when my vehicle ran into a brick wall, which was a choking situation. Maybe it will serve a purpose if everyone would contact their state representatives about how the substance is being left in discarded vehicles.

It was refreshing to find a female sheriff in Bisbee, AZ, it being a macho town like so many of the border towns. However Sheriff Joanna Brady does very well being a newcomer investigating a murdered Rochelle, who was in the witness protection program; a second murder, and having to share the investigation with Beaumont.
I enjoyed the mystery; it was a quick read with wonderful memories for me.

It was OK. Not what I expected........2005-05-26

I expected suspense. Of course, if you've read the book you know there's precious little suspense to be found. In fact, you could almost say there was none at all.

I've come away from this book with the feeling that it was more about Model Trains and Family Pets than anything resembling crime and/or suspense. I'm not sure who was more bored plodding through this tale, me or (it would seem) Joanna Brady.

The denouement was obviously thrown together in a caffiene-free marathon writing session 3 hours before the publishers' deadline. Good enough that you won't want your money back, unless you have high expectations, in which case - keep the reciept.

Keep in mind that this book is part of a series, and that I haven't read the lead-ins. In any case, I believe books should be able stand on their own, not just as chapters of a larger series. This one does not.

An Air Bag Killed Her? No, Just Part of One........2005-03-22

When I had the chance meeting of J.A. Jance years ago in a bookstore in Palm Desert, California, she had told me she was in the process of creating a new series, which came to be known as the Sheriff Joanna Brady series. She had felt she needed a break from her J.P. Beaumont detective series. Over a decade later, she has the two characters meet in her latest novel, Partner in Crime.

Partner in Crime is set in Bisbee, Arizona, the home of Sheriff Joanna Brady. A newcomer to town, Rochelle Baxter, is getting ready to have her first ever art exhibit. Unfortunately, the day before the show Rochelle is poisoned with a chemical known as sodium azide. This compound has no taste, no smell, is hard to trace, and is readily available (sounds like the perfect murder weapon to me!). And so, the hunt for the killer begins. But when the next of kin notifications are taking place, Sheriff Brady discovers that Rochelle Baxter is really Latisha Wall, a lady placed in Bisbee by the Washington State Attorney General's office's witness protection program. And the tale twists into a mystery involving two states, two law enforcement officers used to being in charge, and two very strong personalities.

Sheriff Brady has her hands full trying to find the killer, when J.P. Beaumont arrives in town to "observe the investigation". Seems Beau is now with the Washington State's S.H.I.T. (Special Homicide Investigative Team) and since their witness is now dead, they feel a need to see who really killed her.

Sheriff Brady is not too happy having a "watch dog" at her heels while she and her detectives are trying to solve this crime. Not only does she have to deal with Beau, but she also has to handle the never ending problems that go with being a sheriff: budget cuts, Marliss Shackleford (the annoying newspaper columnist who has a grudge against her), balancing work and home, among other things.

I have to admit the joining of these two characters was a bit confusing. Only a handful of supporting characters originated in Seattle with the majority of them hailing from Bisbee. It was almost like urbanite Beaumont was tossed into the middle of the wild, wild west complete with a chase on horseback! A bit on the strange side for Jance, but nevertheless, it was still enjoyable.

We're again given glimpses into the lives of Jenny (Joanna's daughter), Butch (Joanna's husband), Frank Montoya, Jaime Carbajal, and a few others typically in the Brady series-supporting cast. We're given a very brief glimpse into Beau's life, with a few pages on new love interest, Naomi Pepper and on his working relationship with his supervisor, Harry I. Ball (now that was funny!). But to me, it was completely unnecessary unless Jance is planning something in the future and is laying the groundwork for the next book. The focus could have centered on Bisbee and the characters there with only mentions of the Seattle crew.

The story line was great and the character development was her usual standard of excellence. The hardest part while reading was the switching back and forth of writing style. Jance wrote the Beaumont series in a first person writing style, while the Brady series is in the third person style. So which did she choose for Partner in Crime? She combined them, thus switching back and forth depending on which character she was currently focusing. This sometimes resulted in a shaking of the head to keep from jumping the track.

The part of the book that made me really think was the Author's Note in the back of the book. Jance tells her reading audience that she first heard about sodium azide while reading her alumni magazine from the University of Arizona. It seems this deadly chemical is readily available and the public is unaware of the potential hazards. Sodium azide is used to inflate air bags found in vehicles from about 1995 on. Once it ignites an air bag, the substance becomes "a harmless nitrogen based gas." However, how many vehicles are in junkyards with air bags still intact and these canisters with a deadly compound sitting right there? And no one regulates this chemical and anyone can obtain it easily. Now that's a scary thought! Maybe a letter to your legislative representatives is in order, before murders are committed using this lethal compound. At least that's the suggestion of Jance.

Thanks for reading; I'm off to write my congressman...

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Partners in crime
Good So Far
LOYAL ALWAYS
GOOD BUT NOT THE BEST
brutal

Crime Partners
Donald Goines
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ASIN: 0870678817

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Goines' powerful first novel lays bare the bloody, brutal world of crime in the black ghetto, where, as Goines put it, "kindness was the sweetest con of all." Here is the gusty and often shocking world of Billy and Jackie, prison buddies on the streets and hot n the trigger.

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Partners in crime.......2004-09-27

This book brings Billy and Jackie, two hit men to the forefront. However, it wasn't until they ran into Kenyatta when they realized what they were truly capable of. The book is kinda short, but it also sets the tone for the Kenyatta series. There's plenty of murder in the book, but not simply senseless murder. Once you read the book, you'll see what I am talking about.

Good So Far.......2004-07-19

I was introduced to Donald Goines when I heard about the movie version of "Never Die Alone". I'm a fan of DMX so I saw it and was amazed by the story and the movie. So when I found out that the movie was based on a book, and that there was lots more, I decided to give them a try.

Since I'd already seen the movie, I didn't wanna get the "Never Die Alone" book first(I will eventually). So I came across "Crime Partners", the first installment of the Kenyatta series. This book introduces us to Jackie and Billy, two stickup partners who are tired of not being recognized for their crimes. So they team up with Kenyatta, a sort of general to an army he's built up to stop crime and corruption by using it. On the other side of the law two detectives, Benson and Ryan, are angered after four fellow police officers are murdered and they're out to find out who did it(it was Jackie, Billy, and Kenyatta's gang). As Jackie and Billy's hits get bigger, so do their hearts as they fall in love with two women in Kenyatta's organization.

I liked this book. This, like I said, is my first Goines book, and it surprised me. It was so real, from the sex, to the drugs, to the cussing, and finally to the brutally true violence. I've heard people say that Benson and Ryan are corrupt cops and I haven't found them to be in this book. True, the book did end quick(along with Jackie and Billy's story), but this book had a first installment feel to it. It's like you almost expect the next book to be Kenyatta's revenge against those who ended his friends' lives. He's an odd character in this book. Sometimes you don't like him at all, and then sometimes you laugh at his charm(especially the part where he walks in on Billy and his newfound honey sleepin together). I hope that Kenyatta is explored more in the other books, because he hasn't effected me like King David did, where you were at a loss of feeling sorry, sickened, or charmed.

Anyways this is a good book, and I suggest everybody read it and read Goines' other books, like I will.

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LOYAL ALWAYS.......2003-08-23

THIS WAS ANOTHER BOOK ABOUT LOYALTY! I ENJOYED THIS BOOK! AT FIRST I WAS LIKE, HERE WE GO HE IS TRYING TO SAVE THE STREETS! WHEN I GOT INTO IT I COULD NOT STOP UNTIL I WAS DONE! CRIME PARTNERS WAS JUST WHAT THAT WERE UNTIL THE END. THEY DID CRIME TOGETHER, LIVED TOGETHER AND DIED TOGETHER! THIS IS A MUST READ! I LIKED THE BOOK!

GOOD BUT NOT THE BEST.......2002-06-27

THIS IS A GOOD BOOK BY DONALD GOINS
HE SET'S THE STAGE FOR THREE BOOK
SERIES, I THINK HE COULD HAVE WENT
IN TO MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE PEOPLE
IN THE BOOK.

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Donald Goines' books are brutal depictions of drug abusers, racist & corrupt cops, lethal gangsters & newly politicized blacks trying to fight these scourges. Goines, himself, lived a life like a character in one of his 17 books. He began writing in prison after someone turned him on to the works of Iceberg Slim & was hailed as one of the successors to Chester Himes. After his release, he rattled off as many as 8 novels a year. Then he was gunned down at his typewriter while working on his final book, Kenyatta's Last Hit.

This is the first in the Kenyatta series, and it picks up where Sam Greenlee's The Spook Who Sat by the Door left off. Billy Good and Jackie Walker are two small-time hoods on the streets of Detroit, but they hit the big-time when they meet up with Kenyatta, a black nationalist ghetto lord. Kenyatta and his gang have started taking back the streets by killing drug pushers & white cops. As he tells Billy and Jackie: "Kill the honkie. That's our rally cry. Death to Whitey." Then things get wild...

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Great Mystery!!.......2003-10-06

This is a great Bridge Game Mystery!!It's highly recommended!!!

Partners in Crime (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries)

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A nice collection of short mysteries
Tommy Attempts To Use His 'Little Grey Cells'
Light Amusement With Tommy and Tuppence
I despise Tommy and Tuppence
Putting the fun into sleuthing

Partners in Crime (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries)
Agatha Christie
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Release Date: 2004-01-06

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Tommy and Tuppence Beresford adopt the methods and manners of every major literary detective from Hercule Poirot to Sherlock Holmes to piece together an increasingly complex series of delightfully different-and deadly-misdeeds.

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford adopt the methods and manners of every major literary detective from Hercule Poirot to Sherlock Holmes to piece together an increasingly complex series of delightfully different-and deadly-misdeeds.

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A nice collection of short mysteries.......2007-03-31

My oldest daughter started checking out Agatha Christie novels from the library. She says they are cool. She left a couple books in the van last week. I brought them in and started reading Partners in Crime.

Partners in Crime is a collection of short stories tied together with an overall story arc. The partners are a husband and wife team who solve mysteries. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are asked by the Secret Service to take over a detective agency in an effort to flush out a master spy. The Beresfords agree. As detectives they have several adventures. Every chapter or couple chapters has a single mystery. With the last chapter being when they capture the master spy that no one else had been able to get a handle on.

The stories take place in the early 1900's in England. The mysteries happen at various locations and different levels of society. I figure my daughter is learning a little bit of history as she reads these stories.

They are fun. If you haven't read an Agatha Christie book before, this is a good place to start.

Tommy Attempts To Use His 'Little Grey Cells'.......2007-03-11

Partners in Crime is an enjoyable collection of mystery short stories involving the droll Tommy and his cheeky wife, Tuppence.

The stories are bound together by a main thread, in which the Beresfords battle against boredom by taking up a Detective Agency under assumed names. As they tackle each case, Christie lampoons various detective fiction by having them solve the case "in the style of" a popular fictional detective, starting with (of course) Sherlock Holmes.

A clever, rewarding device, especially since Christie finishes with having her characters poke fun at her own famous hero, Hercule Poirot.

As with the other Tommy & Tuppence book I've thus far read (I'm reading Christie's fiction in the order of publication, so I believe this is their second appearance), the writing is light and whimsical and just a lot of fun. You might think of Agatha Christie's novels as being one undifferentiated mass of mystery fiction wrtiting, but you'd be wrong: within her genre, Christie wrote all sorts of types of stories in many different styles. What sets Tommy & Tuppence apart is a light, ironic sense of humor about itself and mystery fiction, in general.

A fun read. Four stars.

Light Amusement With Tommy and Tuppence.......2006-01-03

Originally published in 1929, PARTNERS IN CRIME reunites Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley, first created by Christie for the earlier novel THE SECRET ADVERSARY; they are now married and, although happy in the marriage, Tuppence finds herself bored with the routine of life.

Her wish for excitement is answered when intelligence agent Mr. Carter puts a proposal before the two. A London detective agency has been found to be involved in espionage and its owner has been picked up--but government authorities want to keep the agency open in hope of tracing its illegal activities. How would Tommy and Tuppence like to take on the task?

This set up provides the frame for a series of short stories in which Tommy and Tuppence handle various legitimate calls upon the detective agency even as they hope to make contacts that will break the spy ring. There is Lawrence St. Vincent, whose lady-love has agreed to marry him... but only if he can solve a unique riddle. There is a stolen pearl, the odd scam, and a few murders as well--and, of course, espionage constantly in the background.

Along the way, Tommy and Tuppence have fun by adopting the methods, with considerably varied result, of famous fictional detectives such as The Old Man In The Corner, Sherlock Holmes, and even (albeit briefly) the celebrated Hercule Poirot. It is all very light hearted, lightly written, and as always when Christie elects to trot out Tommy and Tuppence the great attraction are the characters themselves--sharp, witty, and having a good time.

This collection of short stories comes no where near the brilliance of THE TUESDAY CLUB MURDERS, featuring Miss Marple, or THE LABORS OF HERCULES, only slightly less fine and featuring Hercule Poirot. Nonetheless, it is an entertaining sort of thing, and most readers will enjoy Christie's comic touch with her material. Good fun!

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I despise Tommy and Tuppence.......2005-09-22

I like Miss Marple, I like Hercule Poirot, Superintendant Battle, Mr. Satterwhite, et al, but I do not like the Tommy and Tuppence stories. Somehow their adventures just sound a false note to me.

Putting the fun into sleuthing.......2004-07-05

No one does it better than Tommy and Tuppence. Amateur sleuths in their own way, they were not to be underestimated because both have their own ways to solve crimes, and even more interesting banters in between crime-solving. These shorties will make you love them and wish that the Queen would have written more of them in the past.

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Waking Partners
Gerald Hammond
Manufacturer: Severn House Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0727864874

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Everyone has a motive...When Aubrey Merryhill has a car accident and ends up in a coma, the running of his company passes into the capable hands of his trusted assistant. But when the routine police investigation suggests an attempted murder, there are several potential suspects: an ambitious assistant, a disgruntled wife, a greedy landlord or perhaps a revenge-fuelled employee...

The Merchant's Partner (A Medieval West Country Mystery)

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Second in the Series
Abbot's Gibbet
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Average book
Didn't grab me

The Merchant's Partner (A Medieval West Country Mystery)
Michael Jecks
Manufacturer: Trafalgar Square Publishing
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Second in the Series.......2006-08-21

I am writing this review after reading this book for the second time. In fact I am re-reading all the Knights Templar Mysteries written by Michael Jecks. I enjoyed them thoroughly the first time around and I am still finding them enjoyable now. This one is the second in the series.

Sir Baldwin de Furnshill, ex Knight Templar has now become established at his Manor he received on the death of his brother and has become one of Devon's leading law officers, Keeper of the King's Peace, no less. He soon find that the county of Devon is no sleepy backwater where nothing happens from one day to the next.

In the village of Wefford the midwife and healer Agatha Kyteler is widely regarded by the superstitious villagers as a witch, but she seems to have plenty of callers. When her badly mutilated body is found in a hedge there is little or no evidence to point to who might have killed her.

Sir Simon is called in and the villagers soon find that although the knight is an honourable and fair minded man. He is determined to leave no stone unturned until he brings the killer[s] to justice.

Abbot's Gibbet.......2006-07-04

Like all good mystery writers, Jecks is a master at creating a situation with which his readers can empathize. The difference is that his characters range from peasants to merchants, villiens to nobility and include a fair range of clergy. The settings and detective work are superb; the crimes varied and motives comprehensible. A master is at work here.
I've read 5 so far and can't wait for my next shipment!

A 3.5 rating.......2005-04-06

The two main positives, to me, are the characters and their relationships with each other and those around them, and the sense of place created by the author. When he describes riding through deep, freezing snow, I'm ready to reach for a blanket. But the best thing is that this is a good, basic, who-dun-it mystery. I shall definitely keep following this series.

Average book.......2005-01-21

While this book is not terrible, it is simply average. I will not be reading any of the other books in the series. I bought this book b/c I enjoy mysteries and enjoy the time period. Disappointing.

Didn't grab me.......2004-12-31

Merchant's Partner is a business like medieval mystery. It has all the right indgridients and has an interesting plot as well as a likeable lead character but somehow it never really rises above adequate.

An old woman is found murdered and the local pretty boy is suspected of being the killer. Our hero, a former Templar knight (imagine a 12th century Catholic Jedi) must find the killer and prevent more murders. Along the way he's bedazzled by a sexy widow who may know more about the murder than she should.

It's a solid begining but the story is marred by a horribly slow pace, and by historical blunders. The wolf scene was beautifully written but it rejects both history and animal behavior. The author also occasionally makes the mistake of making people from the past think and talk like folks do today.

There are things to like about this book but there wasn't enough to make me want to stick with the series.

Partners in Crime: Integrating Language Arts and Forensic Science, Grades 5-8

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Partners in Crime: Integrating Language Arts and Forensic Science, Grades 5-8
E.K. Hein
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ASIN: 0787969931

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Partners in Crime offers middle school teachers an innovative and highly entertaining resource for integrating language arts and science strategies that will challenge students while meeting standardized learning goals. With a creative approach of focusing on the practical application of critical thinking, problem solving, and prose nonfiction expression, Partners in Crime engages your students by asking them to solve a crime using the skills of forensic science while simultaneously teaching them key concepts in language arts. As flexible as it is creative, Partners in Crime can be used for a variety of classroom settings whether as a single activity, weekly lesson, full unit, or school and community project. The activities in Partners in Crime can also help you build teamwork by tapping into your school community, resources, and technology. Throughout the book, your students are encouraged to conduct original research and challenged to draw conclusions based upon their ability to weigh evidence. Partners in Crime also contains suggestions for helping you and your students make connections with local law enforcement that will provide support for deeper understanding of the exercises. The book is filled with ideas for encouraging students to create written reports, presentations, and producing films and videos. The book also includes activities and guidelines for benchmarking student performance during and after the each unit.

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Review of 'Partners in Crime' by Erik Hein.......2006-04-20

Forensic Science for students has become a very hot item. This book, as a part of the growing collection of available materials for teachers, offers an interesting way to approach this topic.
This book is targeted to help middle school teachers, and their students, become familiar with real-world forensic techniques. Some of the topics include toxicology, tool marks, fingerprinting, fiber and hair analysis, and more. What is even more exciting is the unique approach to how students learn. Not only are there suggested hands-on science activities but there is a strong interdisciplinary connection to langauage arts. The author provides a format that encourages students to write while they learn. They build their vocabulary and keep an investigative journal. As an added bonus, the suggested materials list for activities are items that can easily be acquired. Lastly there is a continuing mystery to be solved and each chapter provides another segment towards the solution of that mystery.
All in all, this book is a must have for those who want to learn and teach students from upper elementary to high school.

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Can The FBI survive GMEN & GANGSTERS

G-Men And Gangsters: Partners In Crime
Dominic Spinale
Manufacturer: Seven Locks Press
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ASIN: 1931643407

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G-Men and Gangsters is a chilling account of the illusive partnership between the FBI Boston Bureau and Irish gangsters in order to infiltrate and topple the Italian-American Mafia. The FBI's intent to bring down the La Cosa Nostra in Boston resulted in the affiliation of law enforcement agents and the country's most unscrupulous gangsters, Whitey Bulger and his posse. G-Men and Gangsters reveals the bureau's perverse abuse of power and its willingness to use unlawful tactics to gain its objectives. The scandal shook both organizations and resulted in the convictions of top FBI officials and mobsters. The book is full of shocking revelations and raises questions about the government's possible reluctance to apprehend Bulger, America's most wanted fugitive criminal.

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Can The FBI survive GMEN & GANGSTERS.......2004-07-12

Dominic Spinale's gripping tale comes face to face with the fact that member s of The FBI consider their careers more important then the law.
The FBI was obsessed with bringing down The Mafia.
John Connoly an FBI agent who grew up in Boston, and was a boyhood friend of Whitery Bulger, a notorious Boston criminal, who's brother was The President of The State Senate of Massachusetts. (and later The President of The U of Massachusetts)
He made Whitey Bulger and his cohert Steve Flemmi FBI informants.
The problem was that Whitey commited robbery, rape, and murder, with The FBI's knowldege and in some cases participation.
This compelling well written book shows how corrupt The FBI was/is
It's a great read

Woman-to-Woman Sexual Violence: Does She Call It Rape? (The Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and the Law)

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Woman-to-Woman Sexual Violence: Does She Call It Rape? (The Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and the Law)
Lori B. Girshick
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A woman raping another woman is unthinkable. This is not how women behave, society tells us. Our legal system is not equipped to handle woman-to-woman sexual assault, our women's services do not have the resources or even the words to reach out to its victims, and our lesbian and gay communities face hurdles in acknowledging its existence. Already dealing with complex issues related to their sexual identities, and frequently overwhelmed by shame, lesbian and bisexual survivors of such violence are among the most isolated of crime victims.

In a work that is sure to stir controversy, Lori B. Girshick exposes the shocking, hidden reality of woman-to-woman sexual violence and gives voice to the abused. Drawing on a nationwide survey and in-depth interviews, Girshick explores the experiences and reflections of seventy women, documenting what happened to them, how they responded, and whether they received any help to cope with the emotional impact of their assault. The author discusses how the lesbian community has silenced survivors of sexual violence due to myths of lesbian utopia, and considers what role societal homophobia, biphobia, and heterosexism has played in this silencing. Ranging from date and acquaintance rape, to domestic sexual abuse by partners, to sexual harassment in the workplace, these explicit and harrowing stories provide a fuller understanding of woman-to-woman sexual violence than exists anywhere else.

This provocative book offers much-needed insights on a subject rarely discussed in the literature on domestic violence, and it does so with compassion. Above all, it recommends how agencies can best provide services, outreach, and treatment to survivors of woman-to-woman rape and lesbian battering, using suggestions by the survivors themselves.

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The Lethal Partner: A Mystery
Jake Page
Manufacturer: University of New Mexico Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0826328636

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The Lethal Partner is Jake Page's latest Mo Bowdre novel. Bowdre, a blind sculptor who lives in Santa Fe, is drawn into a murder mystery surrounding the recent discovery of seven previously unknown Georgia O'Keeffe paintings.

Elijah Potts, successful author and owner of the Southwest Creations art gallery, claims that he and a couple of friends uncovered the canvases in an old adobe house. Potts is certain these canvases will be the crowning glory of his career, if not the key to the fortune that has continued to elude him. Before the paintings can be authenticated, Potts's world begins to unravel.

Anita Montague, manager of Southwest Creations gallery, is murdered and the paintings disappear. Potts finds himself in jail, the prime suspect in Anita's murder. Enter, Mo Bowdre. Will his sixth sense help solve the dual mysteries of murder and theft?

The Lethal Partner is Jake Page's latest Mo Bowdre novel. Bowdre, a blind sculptor who lives in Santa Fe, is drawn into a murder mystery surrounding the discovery of seven previously unknown Georgia O'Keeffe paintings.

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