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The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases by Michael Capuzzo Staff Pick The Murder Room is an absolutely riveting story about the history of the Vidocq Society, a group of forensic scientists, cops, FBI agents, etc., that come together to solve unsolvable crimes. I'm not usually a fan of true crime, but The Murder Room is... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum Publisher Comments A fascinating Jazz Age tale of chemistry and detection, poison and murder, The Poisoner's Handbook is a page-turning account of a forgotten era. In early twentieth-century New York, poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Science had no... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Strange Piece of Paradise by Terri Jentz Publisher Comments In the summer of 1977, Terri Jentz and her Yale roommate took a cross-country bike trip. As they lay sleeping in the central Oregon desert, a man in a pickup truck deliberately ran over their tent and proceeded to attack them with an axe. The horrific... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Rides Back on Uk by Dave Courtney Publisher Comments Further adventures of the violent criminal turned author whose total sales across three previous titles now stand at 170,000. Continues where "Stop The Ride..." - the bestselling crime biography of 2001 - left off. 8pp illus.... (read more) Your price: $3.98 Sale - Mass Market
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Gomorrah: A Personal Journey Into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System by Roberto Saviano Publisher Comments A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A groundbreaking, unprecedented bestseller in Italy, Roberto Saviano's insider account traces the decline of the city of Naples under the rule of the Camorra, an organized crime network more powerful and violent... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster by Jonathan Eig Publisher Comments Drawing on thousands of pages of recently discovered government documents, wiretap transcripts, and Al Capones handwritten personal letters, New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Eig tells the dramatic story of the rise and fall of the nations most... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi Publisher Comments In the tradition of John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City, Douglas Preston weaves a captivating account of crime and punishment in the lush hills of Florence, Italy. Douglas Preston fulfilled... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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El Sicario: The Autobiography of a Mexican Assassin by Molly Molloy Publisher Comments In this unprecedented and chilling monologue, a repentant Mexican hitman tells the unvarnished truth about the war on drugs on the American. El Sicario is the hidden face of America's war on drugs. He is a contract killer who functioned as a commandante... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Saving Grace: The True Story of a Mother-To-Be, a Deranged Attacker, and an Unborn Child by Sarah Brady Publisher Comments In a compelling account, the author describes how, nine months into her pregnancy, she was lured to another woman's apartment, attacked by a deranged, knife-wielding assailant who wanted to steal her baby, and forced to fight for her life, during which... (read more) List Price $22.25 Your price: $3.75 Sale - Hardcover
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Are Prisons Obsolete? (Seven Stories' Open Media Book) by Angela Y. Davis Publisher Comments With her characteristic brilliance, grace and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case for the latest abolition movement in American life: the abolition of the prison. As she quite correctly notes, American life is replete with abolition... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Convictions: A Prosecutor's Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves by John Kroger Publisher Comments As an Assistant United States Attorney, John Kroger pursued high-profile cases against mafia killers, drug kingpins, and Enron executives. In Convictions, Kroger reveals how to flip a perp, how to conduct a cross, how to work an informant, how to placate... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Last Face You'll Ever See: The Private Life of the American Death Penalty by Ivan Solotaroff Publisher Comments In fascinating detail, Ivan Solotaroff introduces us to men who carry out executions. Although the emphasis is on the personal lives of these men and of those they have to put to death, The Last Face You'll Ever See also addresses some of the deeper... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $5.25 Sale - Hardcover
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Smugglers Tales by Tom Quinn Synopsis Although the days of the romantic smugglers ended during the middle 19th century, the memory of their deeds - and occasional misdeeds - lives on in local legends and tales. This text tells some of these stories, many of which have been handed down... (read more) Your price: $19.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Uncle Jack by Tony Williams Publisher Comments The solution is finally revealed to the most notorious crime story of all. The person identified in this book as the killer of five women in London's East End in 1888 has never before been named a suspect in more than 100 years of intense... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $4.25 Sale - Trade Paper
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Labyrinth: A Detective Investigates the Murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., the Implication of Death Row Records' Suge Knight, and the Origins of the Los Angeles Police Scandal by Randall Sullivan Staff Pick Who killed Tupac and Biggie? Randall Sullivan has the answer in this compelling true tale of political corruption and gangsta rap. Labyrinth follows Detective Russell Poole as he uncovers the dark morass within the LAPD and its connection to the death of... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Savage City: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge by T J English Publisher Comments In the early 1960s, uncertainty and menace gripped New York, crystallizing in a poisonous divide between a deeply corrupt, cynical, and racist police force, and an African American community buffeted by economic distress, brutality, and narcotics. On... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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True Crime: An American Anthology by Harold Schechter Publisher Comments Americans have had an uneasy fascination with crime since the earliest European settlements in the New World, and right from the start true crime writing became a dominant genre in American writing. True Crime: An American Anthology offers the first... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $15.95 Sale - Hardcover
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The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival by Stanley N. Alpert Publisher Comments On January 21, 1998, the night before his 38th birthday, federal prosecutor Alpert was kidnapped off the streets of Manhattan by a car full of gun-toting RgangstaS thugs. Here he offers a remarkable account of his kidnapping and the psychological duel... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago by Douglas Perry Publisher Comments The untold true story of the murders that inspired the iconic musical Chicago. With a thrilling, fast-paced narrative, award-winning journalist Douglas Perry vividly captures the sensationalized circus atmosphere that gave rise to the concept of the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Brief History of Hitmen and Assassinations by Richard Bellfield Publisher Comments Assassination is one of the deadliest tools in modern politics. In a fascinating exploration of this dark art, from Julius Caesar to the present day, and a compelling history of hitmen, assassinations, and the men who command them, expert Richard... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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