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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson Staff Pick The rise of the Third Reich as observed by William Dodd, America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany, and his free-spirited daughter is the chilling topic of Erik Larson's impressive new book. With his gift for narration, Larson has once again created... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover 
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson Staff Pick An amazing history that recounts the inconceivable events surrounding the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, Larson's tale captures a time and place that vividly come to life. The central characters in this tale are Daniel H. Burnham, the architect... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences by Truman Capote Publisher Comments National Bestseller On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Enemies: A History of the FBI by Tim Weiner Publisher Comments Enemies is the first definitive history of the FBI’s secret intelligence operations, from an author whose work on the Pentagon and the CIA won him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. We think of the FBI as America’s police... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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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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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer Publisher Comments Jon Krakauers literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. He now shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders, taking readers inside isolated... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - 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: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Portland Confidential: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Rose City by Phil Stanford Publisher Comments From a Portland Tribune columnist comes Portland Confidential, the story of Big Jim Elkins, a conman and criminal who arrived in Portland in 1937 and helped unleash prostitution, bootlegging, gambling, and drug running.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Stolen Life: a Memoir (11 Edition) by Jaycee Lee Dugard Publisher Comments When Jaycee Dugard was eleven years old, she was abducted from a school bus stop within sight of her home in South Lake Tahoe, California. She was missing for more than eighteen years, held captive by Phillip Craig and Nancy Garrido, and gave birth to... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $13.00 Used - Hardcover
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Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--America's Deadliest Serial Murderer by Ann Rule Publisher Comments America's master of true crime presents her biggest book yet: the long-awaited story of the terrifying Green River killings, with more than 48 young women victims, and a murderer who hid his horrific addiction for two decades. of photos.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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The Steal: A Cultural History of Shoplifting by Rachel Shteir Publisher Comments Rachel Shteir’s The Steal is the first serious study of shoplifting, looking to history to reveal the roots of our modern dilemma. Dismissed by academia and the mainstream media and largely misunderstood, shoplifting has become the territory of... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson Staff Pick An amazing history that recounts the inconceivable events surrounding the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, Larson's tale captures a time and place that vividly come to life. The central characters in this tale are Daniel H. Burnham, the architect... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo--And the Evil That Swallowed Her Up by Richard Lloyd Parry Publisher Comments Lucie Blackman—tall, blond, twenty-one years old—stepped out into the vastness of Tokyo in the summer of 2000, and disappeared forever. The following winter, her dismembered remains were found buried in a seaside cave. Richard... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Thunderstruck by Erik Larson Staff Pick In this remarkable follow-up to his hit thriller Devil in the White City, Erik Larson applies his considerable skill to craft a story of invention and murder. A tightly written page-turner.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Dead by Sunset by Ann Rule Publisher Comments Newly reissued, the chilling true story of Bradly Morris Cunningham, the handsome and successful entrepreneur adored by five beautiful and brilliant women who gave him everything he ever wanted—including their very lives. When attorney Cheryl... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Mass Market
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A Silence of Mockingbirds: The Memoir of a Murder by Karen S. Zacharias Publisher Comments Investigative journalist and author Karen Spears Zacharias never anticipated that she would become one of the characters involved in a high-profile murder. But when she reconnects with a young woman named Sarah, who lived in the Zacharias home at one... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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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 Publisher Comments DESCRIPTION: Elmore Leonard meets Franz Kafka in the wild, improbably true story of the legendary outlaw of Budapest. Attila Ambrus was a gentleman thief, a sort of Cary Grant--if only Grant came from Transylvania, was a terrible professional hockey... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $1.50 Used - 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: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers by Ann Rule Publisher Comments THEY KILL WITHOUT CONSCIENCE. ANN RULE PORTRAYS THEIR SHATTERING CRIMES WITHOUT PITY. In eight stunning Case Files volumes, from A Rose for Her Grave to the #1 blockbuster Last Dance, Last Chance, Ann Rule reigns as "America's best true-crime writer... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Mass Market
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Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong by Raymond Bonner Publisher Comments The book that helped free an innocent man who had spent twenty-seven years on death row. In January 1982, an elderly white widow was found brutally murdered in the small town of Greenwood, South Carolina. Police immediately arrested Edward... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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