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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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Criminal Psychology: A Beginner's Guide, 2nd Edition by Ray Bull Synopsis How does the mind of a criminal work? How can you stop criminals from re-offending? What does being in prison do to your mind? From lie detection to psychological profiling, Professor Ray Bull and his team of experts demonstrate how understanding the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Forensic Science: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides) by Jay Siegel Synopsis In the wake of the phenomenal success of such shows as CSI, forensic science has never been so popular. The obsessive attention to detail that Grissom and his crew afford seemingly insignificant details like particles of dirt in a bullet wound have had... (read more) List Price $14.95 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 $22.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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And Hell Followed with Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border by David Neiwert Publisher Comments It began with a frantic 911 call from a woman in a dusty Arizona border town. A gang claiming to be affiliated with the Border Patrol had shot her husband and daughter. It was initially assumed that the murders were products of border drug wars ravaging... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Columbine by Dave Cullen Publisher Comments On April 20, 1999, two boys left an indelible stamp on the American psyche. Their goal was simple: to blow up their school, Oklahoma-City style, and to leave a lasting impression on the world. Their bombs failed, but the ensuing shooting defined a new... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Desert Reckoning: A Town Sheriff, a Mojave Hermit, and the Biggest Manhunt in Modern California History by Deanne Stillman Publisher Comments North of Los Angeles — the studios, the beaches, Rodeo Drive — lies a sparsely populated region that comprises fully one half of Los Angeles County. Sprawling across 2200 miles, this shadow side of Los Angeles is in the high Mojave Desert... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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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: $1.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors: Ann Rule's Crime Files Volume 16 by Ann Rule Publisher Comments TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT Its a chilling reality that homicide investigators know all too well: the last face most murder victims see is not that of a stranger, but of someone familiar. Whether only an acquaintance or a trusted intimate, such killers share a... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Mass Market
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The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett Staff Pick Wow! What a fascinating book about a fascinating man: John Gilkey, professional book thief. Hoover Bartlett seems to have a hard time untangling herself from her story, which gives the book an interesting discordant feel. It is practically impossible to... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere by Poe Ballantine Publisher Comments Fans of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and John Berendt's In the Garden of Good and Evil will embrace Poe Ballantine's Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere. For well over twenty years Poe Ballantine traveled America, taking odd jobs, living in... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.87 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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The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival by Stanley N Alpert Publisher Comments On January 21, 1998, the night before his thirty-eighth birthday, federal prosecutor Stanley N. Alpert was kidnapped off the streets of Manhattan by a car full of gun-toting thugs looking to use his ATM card. He ended up blindfolded in a Brooklyn... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $1.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Savage City: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge by T J English Publisher Comments A finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime On August 28, 1963—the day Martin Luther King Jr. declared "I have a dream" on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial—two young white women were murdered in their Manhattan apartment. The... (read more) List Price $15.99 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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The Butcher: Anatomy of a Mafia Psychopath by Philip Carlo Publisher Comments The New York Times bestselling author of Gaspipe and The Ice Man, Phillip Carlo returns with a hair-raising portrait of arguably the most depraved psychopath in the history of the Mafia, mob enforcer Tommy “Karate” Pitera. The Butcher tells... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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All Around the Town: The Sequel to the Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury Publisher Comments The author of the New York Times best-seller The Gangs of New York returns with a second volume of tales from Gotham's underworld. In this wonderfully colorful and surprising history, Herbert Asbury expands his purview beyond the Five Corners to the... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Death in Belmont (P.S.) by Sebastian Junger Staff Pick An absorbing crime story about the Boston stranglings, Junger's exceptional narrative re-examines the killings of the early '60s, with a focus on one murder not associated with Albert DeSalvo, the convicted serial killer. A disturbing story on many... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Woman Who Wasn't There: The True Story of an Incredible Deception by Robin Gaby Fisher Publisher Comments Tania Head’s astonishing account of her experience on September 11, 2001, was a tale of loss and recovery, of courage and sorrow, of horror and inspiration. It transformed her into one of the great victims and heroes of that tragic day. But there... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Last Narco: Inside the Hunt for El Chapo, the World's Most Wanted Drug Lord by Malcolm Beith Synopsis The dense hills of Sinaloa, Mexico, are home to the most powerful drug lord since Pablo Escobar: Joaquin El Chapo” Guzman. Guzman is among the worlds ten most wanted men and also appeared on Forbes magazines 2009 billionaire list. With his... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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