Papillon
by Henri Charriere


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Henri Charrière, called Papillon,for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 for a murder he did not commit. When he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, one thought obsessed him: escape.... (read more)

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Crime Beat: A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers
by Michael Connelly


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From #1 bestseller Michael Connelly's first career as a prize-winning crime reporter — the gripping, true stories that inspired and informed his novels. Before he became a novelist, Michael Connelly was a crime reporter, covering the detectives... (read more)

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A Death in Texas: A Story of Race, Murder, and a Small Town's Struggle for Redemption
by Dina Temple Raston


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"Gripping and finely crafted . . . a powerful and important book, one that poses tough questions about whether America can ever suture the rift between its races." -The Denver Post On June 7, 1998, a trio of young white men chained a black man named... (read more)

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The Best American Crime Writing (Best American Crime Writing)
by Mark Bowden


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< p> A sterling collection of the year's most shocking, compelling, and gripping writing about real-life crime, the 2006 edition of < i> The Best American Crime Writing< /i> offers fascinating vicarious journeys into a world of felons... (read more)

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Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts
by Julian Rubinstein




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The Pink Panther meets Bonnie and Clyde in the rollicking Ballad of the Whiskey Robber, one of the funniest, saddest gangster tales ever told. Charming, tenacious Atilla Ambrus escaped Transylvania clinging to the bottom of a traincar for nine hours... (read more)

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The Last Face You'll Ever See: The Private Life of the American Death Penalty
by Ivan Solotaroff


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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)

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Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts
by Julian Rubinstein




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The Pink Panther meets Bonnie and Clyde in the rollicking Ballad of the Whiskey Robber, one of the funniest, saddest gangster tales ever told. Charming, tenacious Atilla Ambrus escaped Transylvania clinging to the bottom of a traincar for nine hours... (read more)

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Exquisite Corpse: Surrealism and the Black Dahlia Murder
by Mark Nelson and Sarah Hudson Bayliss


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Bridging the worlds of high art and true crime, Exquisite Corpse presents a unique perspective on the most notorious unsolved murder case of the twentieth century — the bizarre 1947 killing of Elizabeth Short, better known as the Black Dahlia murder.... (read more)

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Bringing Elizabeth Home: A Journey of Faith and Hope
by Ed Smart


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At 3:58 in the morning of June 5, 2002, Ed and Lois Smart awoke to the sound of their nine-year-old daughter Mary Katherine’s frightened voice. “She’s gone. Elizabeth is gone.” At first they thought she was having a bad dream... (read more)

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Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder
by Steve Hodel


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In this startling tour-de-force, a professional homicide detective finally solves the case of one of the most shocking murders of the twentieth century in this true-crime page-turner. "Supposin' I did kill the Black Dahlia. They couldn't prove it now.... (read more)

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Trail of Feathers: Searching for Philip True
by Robert Rivard


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In December 1998, San Antonio Express-News reporter Philip True vanished during a solo backcountry trek in western Mexico, home of the reclusive Huichol Indians and the Chapalagana, the Twisted Serpent Canyon, a 150-mile long gash that twists and plunges... (read more)

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All God's Children
by Fox Butterfield


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Considered by many to be the most dangerous inmate in the history of the New York penal system, Willie Bosket is a brilliant, violent man who began his criminal career at age five. His slaying of two subway riders at fifteen led to the passage of the... (read more)

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Angels of Death: Inside the Biker Gangs' Crime Empire
by Julian Sher


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A woman named Cynthia Garcia is beheaded in an Angels' Clubhouse in Arizona; three bullet-ridden bodies turn up in a river in Holland; a policeman is killed when his car is bombed in Australia. Meanwhile, Hells Angels world leader Sonny Barger is feted... (read more)

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Serpico
by Peter Maas


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Classic film tie-in edition. The shocking true story of a New York cop, by Peter Maas.... (read more)

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Dangerous Waters
by John S Burnett


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While sailing alone one night in the shipping lanes across one of the busiest waterways in the world, John Burnett was attacked by pirates. Through sheer ingenuity and a little bit of luck, he survived, and his shocking firsthand experience became the... (read more)

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Ed Gein Psycho
by Paul A Woods


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The life of Edward Gein is a dark legend. When police raided his mid-western American farmhouse in November 1957, they found a gruesome cache that roused the Eisenhower era from its slumbers. In more than four decades since Gein was locked away in a... (read more)

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Bodies We've Buried: Inside the National Forensic Academy, the World's Top CSI Trainingschool
by Jarrett Hallcox and Amy Welch


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Two National Forensic Science Institute administrators invite readers into what the Washington Post calls "the Harvard of hellish violence": the only hands-on CSI school of its kind where students are trained in burial recovery with actual human... (read more)

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Wainewright the Poisoner: The Memoir of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright-Regency Author, Painter, Swindler, and Probable Murderer-Brilliantly Woven
by Andrew Motion


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A celebrated British biographer has researched letters, journals, newspaper dispatches, and other historical sources to illuminate the life of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, a Regency author and painter who fell into debt, attempted a number of scams, and... (read more)

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