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Black Mass by Dick Lehr Publisher Comments Two boys--John Connolly, and James Whitey Bulger--grew up together on the streets of South Boston. Decades later, in the late 1970s, they would meet again. By then, Connolly was a major figure in... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $14.19 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic 
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The Aleppo Codex by Matti Friedman Publisher Comments In an age when physical books matter less and less, here is a thrilling story about a book that meant everything. This true-life detective story unveils the journey of a sacred text--the tenth-century annotated bible known as the Aleppo Codex--from its... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $22.14 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander Publisher Comments In a bold and innovative argument, a rising legal star shows readers how the mass incarceration of a disproportionate number of black men amounts to a devastating system of racial control. This is a terrifying reality that exists in the UK as much as in... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $17.71 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Programmed to Kill by David McGowan Publisher Comments The specter of the marauding serial killer has become a relatively common feature on the American landscape. Reactions to these modern-day monsters range from revulsion to morbid... (read more) Your price: $6.00 DRM-Free PDF - Electronic
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Most Wanted: Pursuing Whitey Bulger, the Murderous Mob Chief the FBI Secretly Protected by Thomas J Foley Publisher Comments The 20-year campaign to bring the murderous Boston gangster Whitey Bulger to justice and expose the FBI's protection of Bulger's criminal empire.... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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101 Reasons Why You Should Not Become A Cop by James Richard Warner Publisher Comments The real world of law enforcement often bears little similarity to the action-packed police dramas depicted on television and in the movies. Many people who are drawn into a career in law enforcement have little knowledge about the trials and... (read more) Your price: $6.00 DRM-Free PDF - Electronic
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Dispatches from Juvenile Hall: Fixing a failing System by John Aarons Publisher Comments Examines the failure of current efforts to curb juvenile criminality and provides a blueprint for future reform that recommends a program of specific punitive actions, rehabilitation, and family intervention.... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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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) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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At the Hands of a Stranger by Lee Butcher Publisher Comments I didn't kill them for any satisfaction. It was distasteful. It was dreadful. Of course, I was able to do it because of my general rage against society. Meredith Emerson was a recent college graduate who disappeared while taking her beloved dog, Ella... (read more) List Price $5.99 Your price: $5.32 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Frank Nitti by Ronald Humble Publisher Comments Frank The Enforcer Nitti is arguably the most glamorized gangster in history. He was an infamous Chicago wiseguy who eventually rose to command the city's premier underworld organization-The Outfit. Though he has been widely mentioned in fictional works,... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $8.87 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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A Knife in the Heart by Michael Benson Publisher Comments New to love, 17-year-old Sarah Ludemann falls for an arrogant two-timer named Joshua Comacho, which garners the hatred of 18-year-old waitress Rachel Wade, who also loves Josh--a deadly love triangle that results in murder. Original.... (read more) List Price $5.99 Your price: $5.32 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Killing the Messenger: A Story of Radical Faith, Racism's Backlash, and the Assassination of a Journalist by Thomas Peele Publisher Comments When a nineteen-year-old member of a Black Muslim cult assassinated Oakland newspaper editor Chauncey Bailey in 2007—the most shocking killing of a journalist in the United States in thirty years—the question was, Why? “I just wanted to be a good... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Murder at 40 below: True Crime Stories from Alaska by Tom Brennan Publisher Comments MURDER AT FORTY BELOW is a gritty yet fascinating account of many of Alaska's most notorious and unusual murder cases. Drawn from police files, eyewitness accounts, and news reports, these stories introduce extreme criminals in an extreme land. Meet... (read more) List Price $11.96 Your price: $10.61 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Woman Who Wasn't There: The True Story of an Incredible Deception by Robin Gaby Fisher Publisher Comments The chilling story of a woman's elaborate and unthinkable deception, set in the heart and aftermath of America's most infamous recent national... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Loss of Control and Diminished Responsibility by Alan Reed Publisher Comments This book provides a leading point of reference in the field of partial defences to murder and with respect to the mental condition defences of loss of control and diminished responsibility in general. The work includes contributions from leading... (read more) List Price $144.95 Your price: $139.51 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Simpson Agonistes: A History of a Crime by Robert Metcalfe Publisher Comments It was called the trial of the century in a century whose end is now a decade in the past. But its impact has reverberated well into this one, as its subject continues to make headlines. In Simpson Agonistes, author Robert Metcalfe offers an original... (read more) List Price $3.99 Your price: $3.54 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly about Security in an Uncertain World by Bruce Schneier Publisher Comments Many of us, especially since 9/11, have become personally concerned about issues of security, and this is no surprise. Security is near the top of government and corporate agendas around the globe. Security-related stories appear on the front page... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $24.06 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Game over: Jerry Sandusky, Penn State, and the Cullture of Silence by Bill Moushey Publisher Comments The shocking details chronicling how a beloved coach and esteemed university became enmeshed in one of the worst scandals in U.S. sports history It's a scandal that began in a place called Happy Valley. But it's not as happy as it once was, as the child... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Three Days in May by Edward Jay Epstein Publisher Comments A veteran journalist continues his exhaustively researched (The Guardian) investigation of Dominique Strauss-KahnHere investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein casts fresh doubt on the events surrounding a now-infamous sexual encounter between Dominique... (read more) List Price $4.99 Your price: $4.43 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Love Her to Death: The True Story of a Millionaire Businessman, His Gorgeous Wife, and the Divorce That Ended in Murder by John Glatt Publisher Comments Love Her to Death John Glatt A MARRIAGE: DESTROYED They were a picture-perfect family--until a bitter divorce drove Darren Mack over the edge. A Reno millionaire, Mack was ordered by the court to pay his wife $10,000 a month in alimony. Instead, he... (read more) Your price: $7.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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