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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 $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - 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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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: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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My Dark Places: An L.A. Crime Memoir by James Ellroy Staff Pick James Ellroy is the heir apparent to Raymond Chandler. His dark, convoluted, steroid-infused crime novels have made him the reigning king of LA Noir. Ellroy's stylized prose is "so hard-boiled it burns the pot" and his outlook is as cynical as a frog in... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story by Timothy B. Tyson Staff Pick "We cannot address the place we find ourselves because we will not acknowledge the road that brought us here." No law can ever change the hearts of men. Timothy B. Tyson chronicles the painful legacies of racism in Oxford, North Carolina, in 1970. The... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $9.95 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 $28.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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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: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham Staff Pick An equally absorbing and troubling inquiry into a case of criminal injustice, Grisham's nonfiction debut equals the storytelling of his unparalleled fiction.... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures by Edward Ball Staff Pick From the author of the National Book Award winner Slaves in the Family, The Inventor and the Tycoon is about the partnership of Eadweard Muybridge and Leland Stanford — one an eccentric inventor of stop-motion photography, the other a railroad... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death by Corinne May Botz Staff Pick A fascinating book for anyone interested in criminal investigation and forensics. Frances Glessner Lee founded the Department of Legal Medicine at Harvard in 1936. By the 1940s, she was building detailed doll houses that replicated unsolved crime scenes... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch Staff Pick "I urge everyone to read this book. The cover shows a picture of serenity, a scene from the beach of Lake Kivu in Rwanda. The landscape is devoid of human beings and an empty chair sits on the sand. The title in red stands out starkly from this backdrop.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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How to Make a Serial Killer: The Twisted Development of Innocent Children into the World's Most Sadistic Murderers by Christopher Berry-Dee and Steven Morris Staff Pick The title sounds a little farcical, but How to Make a Serial Killer is a great resource for the true crime reader interested in how some killers "got that way." This book delves into the psyche of 11 murderers, focusing on their upbringings and the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story by Kurt Eichenwald Staff Pick Intricately detailed yet compulsively readable, Conspiracy of Fools is the best account yet of the Enron debacle. Eichenwald makes you feel like you are there — in the boardroom, on the cell phone — while the deals get brokered and the walls come... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Strange Piece of Paradise by Terri Jentz Staff Pick I almost never read true crime books, and I'm not that fond of memoirs, either. But Terri Jentz transcends both those genres with her riveting story and elegant language. Mesmerizing, terrifying, and occasionally downright surreal, Strange Piece of... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $9.71 Used - Hardcover
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Where the Bodies Are Buried by Fannie Weinstein Staff Pick Have you ever noticed a Sav-A-Lot store? Have you ever been inside? Well, if you have morbid curiosities like I do, you may want to walk in and look around. Serial killers do not have to be deadbeats with no job or ambition, as was the case with Herbert... (read more) List Price $6.50 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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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: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cellar of Horror by Ken Englade Staff Pick Ever heard the name Gary Heidnik? He was an uber-smart, wealthy, good-looking man with just one hitch: he was a psychopath. Residing in Philadelphia circa 1980, this handsome young buck was trying to start an army. What kind of army you ask? An army of... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Mass Market
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The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World by Jay Bahadur Staff Pick With continued civil and political unrest and a recent, unusually severe drought forcing food shortages and pandemic starvation, Somalia is a country with a complex history and an uncertain future. That makes Jay Bahadur's account of the infamous pirates... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $8.98 Used - Hardcover
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