Ruby Sisson Library

Discusses the procedures and limitations put on people who are convicted with domestic violence and the rights as a victim of domestic abuse.

"One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both of their lives forever. If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they inhabited different worlds. Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small private school. Richard, a black teen, lived in the crime-plagued...

Primary purpose of DVD is to discuss your rights as a crime victim and sex offender supervision. The victim has two important rights: notification and the right to be heard. Notification involves any change in the criminal judicial process. We will notify you if the defendant: requests a reduction in time, requests to move or travel, summons or warrant for arrest is issued. The second right is the right to be heard in court either in person or in...

Pregnant women play key roles in this bone-chilling fourth novel in Gerritsen's edgy, suspenseful series of thrillers featuring Boston Medical Examiner Maura Isles and Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli. Both of the usually gritty crime fighters are uncharacteristically vulnerable. Rizzoli is carrying her first child, and Isles-divorced and alone at age 40 and suddenly, unsettlingly aware of her biological clock-is experiencing decidedly unspiritual...

Isabelle Flanders had everything--her own architectural firm, her fianc Bobby, a life she deserved--until Rosemary Hershey stole it all. Took her reputation, her clients, her man, and even framed her for drunk driving--killing three innocent people in the process. The loyal Sisterhood agrees: Rosemary has to be punished, along with the conniving Bobby.

"When young, pretty Catherine Bailey meets Lee Brightman, she can't believe her luck. Gorgeous, charismatic, and a bit mysterious, Lee seems almost too perfect to be true. But what begins as flattering attention and spontaneous, passionate sex transforms into raging jealousy, and Catherine soon discovers that Lee's dazzling blue eyes and blond good looks hide a dark, violent nature. ... Increasingly isolated and driven into the darkest corner of her...