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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: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing by Ted Conover Synopsis Acclaimed journalist Conover sets a new standard for reporting when he applies for a job as a prison officer. So begins his odyssey at Sing Sing, once a model prison but now the New York State's most troubled maximum-security facility.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - 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 "I was mesmerized by this book. It was a deliciously creepy read, made more creepy for being true. Several times in the course of reading it, I had to keep reminding myself that the events really happened."... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 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 $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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And the Dead Shall Rise by Steve Oney Publisher Comments In 1913, 13-year-old Mary Phagan was found brutally murdered in the basement of the Atlanta pencil factory where she worked. The factory manager, a college-educated Jew named Leo Frank, was arrested, tried, and convicted in a trial that seized national... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences by Truman Capote Publisher Comments 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 there were almost no clues.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Complete Public Enemy Almanac: New Facts and Features on the People, Places, and Events of the Gangsters and Outlaw Era: 1920-1940 by William J. Helmer Publisher Comments Meticulously documented, lavishly detailed, exhaustively researched, and written with an eye for truths that have remained largely hidden, this edition provides a reliable source of information about the violent and lawless era of the '20s and '30s.... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer Publisher Comments Jon Krakauer’s 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... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Gomorrah Italy's Other Mofia by Roberto Saviano Publisher Comments Published to coincide with the eponymous blockbuster film, Roberto Saviano's groundbreaking and utterly compelling book is a major international bestseller and has to date sold 750,000 copies in Italy alone. Since publishing his searing expose of their... (read more) Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan by Jake Adelstein Publisher Comments From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up. At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Casebook of Forensic Detection: How Science Solved 100 of the World's Most Baffling Crimes by Colin Evans Publisher Comments Ein faszinierendes Nachschlagewerk über die Entwicklung der Forensik vom 19. Jahrhundert bis heute. Unterteilt in 17 Hauptgruppen der Forensik mit chronologisch geordneten Fällen innerhalb der Gruppen, einschließlich DNA Untersuchungen... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mommy's Little Girl: Casey Anthony and Her Daughter Caylee's Tragic Fate by Diane Fanning Synopsis When news broke of three-year-old Caylee Anthony's disappearance from her home in Florida in July 2008, there was a huge outpouring of sympathy across the nation. The search for Caylee made front-page headlines. But there was one huge question mark... (read more) Your price: $6.99 New - Mass Market
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Crossfire : the Plot That Killed Kennedy (90 Edition) by Jim Marrs Publisher Comments "The big daddy of the conspiracy books on the JFK assassination, and one that can't be taken lightly. A sheer tour de force that may be the final word until 2039--when government files on the case can be unlocked".--Kirkus Reviews.... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Secret Agent's Handbook: The Top Secret Manual of Wartime Weapons, Gadgets, Disguises and Devices by Mark Seaman Staff Pick Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British operative that promoted sabotage and subversion in enemy countries during World War II. The SOE only existed for six years, but it manufactured an enormous amount of disguised explosives, electronic... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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Practical Aspects of Interview and Interrogation by David E. Zulawski and Douglas E. Wicklander Publisher Comments What makes a person confess to a crime he did not commit? Was he coerced? Is he trying to protect someone else? Interrogation has come under attack as opponents focus on false confessions. However, most cases are still resolved by confession, not... (read more) List Price $93.95 Your price: $60.00 Used - Hardcover
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Art of the Steal : Inside the Sotheby's-christie's Auction House Scandal (04 Edition) by Christopher Mason Publisher Comments The Art of the Steal is the only book that tells the whole truth about the price-fixing scandal that rocked the auction world and put one of America's richest men behind bars. It's the story of billionaire tycoon Alfred Taubman; the most powerful woman... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 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 $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Novels in Three Lines (New York Review Books Classics) by Felix Feneon Publisher Comments A NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS ORIGINAL "Novels in Three Lines" collects more than a thousand items that appeared anonymously in the French newspaper Le Matin in 1906--true stories of murder, mayhem, and everyday life presented with a ruthless economy that... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean Publisher Comments A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A modern classic of personal journalism, The Orchid Thief is Susan Orlean’s wickedly funny, elegant, and captivating tale of an amazing obsession. From Florida’s swamps to its courtrooms, the New Yorker writer... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Ninetenth-Century New York by Patricia Cline Cohen Publisher Comments In 1836, the murder of a young prostitute made headlines in New York City and around the country, inaugurating a sex-and-death sensationalism in news reporting that haunts us today. Patricia Cline Cohen goes behind these first lurid accounts to... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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