"Undiscovered Country," by Lin Enger (Little, Brown and Co., $24) ...more

August 31, 2008

In a recorded conversation, David Lee Onstott can be heard in his own words telling Hillsborough County sheriff's detectives that he choked 13-year-old Sarah Michelle Lunde. ...more

August 23, 2008

In a recorded conversation, David Lee Onstott can be heard in his own words telling Hillsborough County sheriff's detectives that he choked 13-year-old Sarah Michelle Lunde. ...more

August 22, 2008

Once a cop, always a cop? While his days as a police officer are long behind him, Highlands County Administrator Michael Wright used an old police trick to not only find an unknown suspect but also to get him to immediately admit his guilt. ...more

August 12, 2008

Former Port Richey lawyer Jessica Miller was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail Tuesday for failing to appear at a court hearing in December. ...more

July 9, 2008

"Meat: A Love Story," by Susan Bourette (Putnam $24.95) ...more

July 9, 2008

Jon Whispel wears his regrets on his arms, tattooed in a skull and two masks. The grinning skull sits high enough on his bicep to hide beneath the short sleeves of his blue prison shirt. He bought the tattoo in Ybor City a decade ago today with money from a woman he had helped kill hours earlier. ...more

June 27, 2008

Jon Whispel wears his regrets on his arms, tattooed in a skull and two masks. ...more

June 26, 2008

Mexico threw open the doors to its judicial system Tuesday, allowing U.S.-style public trials and creating a presumption of innocence. ...more

June 18, 2008

I live on a long, long, long street in Carrollwood. Many front lawns, many approaches to watering. ...more

June 12, 2008