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Before He Wakes: A True Story of Money, Marriage, Sex and Murder by J Bledsoe Publisher Comments Barbara Stager appeared to be a devoted mother, loving wife, and dedicated church leader in her North Carolina community. When she "accidentally" shot her husband, a popular high school coach, the police believed it was an accident. Then they found out... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Mass Market 
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale Staff Pick At once a mystery and a history of early mystery novels. The dramatic story of the real-life murder that inspired the birth of modern detective fiction. The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher is a provocative work of nonfiction that reads like a Victorian... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $15.50 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: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The I-5 Killer by Ann Rule Publisher Comments As a young man, Randall Woodfield had it all -- a star athlete, good looks, and an award-winning student. Working in the swinging West Coast bar scene, he had more than his share of women. But he wanted more than just sex. An appetite for unspeakable... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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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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Red Mafiya: How the Russian Mob, the Most Brutal and Brilliant Criminal Organizationa of Our Time, Has Invaded America by Robert Friedman Synopsis From an award-winning investigative journalist comes an astonishing expose of Russian organized crime, its growing power in the United States, and its terrifying implications for the rest of the world. 16-page photo insert.... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Fly, Colton, Fly: The True Story of the Barefoot Bandit by Jackson Holtz Publisher Comments Colton Harris-Moore. A teenage outlaw wanted in nine states for more than eighty crimes. For two years he outran authorities - often barefoot. At every step of the way, a frenzied public cheered him on... He looked like a typical American teenage boy... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Murder at Yale: The True Story of a Beautiful Grad Student and a Cold-Blooded Crime by Stella Sands Publisher Comments A DREAM LIFE Annie Le seemed to have it all. A beautiful graduate student at one of the worlds most prestigious universities, she was also deeply in love. But just days before she was set to get married, Annie went mysteriously missing…and her... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Mass Market
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The Art of the Steal: An Ex-Con Artist's True Stories of Fraud and How to Prevent It--America's #1 Crime by Frank W Abagnale Publisher Comments The world--famous former con artist and bestselling author of Catch Me if You Can now reveals the mind--boggling tricks of the scam trade--with advice that has made him one of America's most sought--after fraud--prevention experts. "I had as much... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Excellent Cadavers: The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic by Alexander Stille Publisher Comments In 1992 Italy was convulsed by two brazen Mafia assassinations of high-ranking officials. The latest "excellent cadavers" were Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, the Sicilian magistrates who had been the Cosa Nostra's most implacable... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Satanic Killings by Frank Moorhouse Publisher Comments The six-six-Sixties were the Devil's Decade. With its heady cocktail of glamour and gore, it's no wonder dissatisfied youth have been drawn back to those years time and time again in search of inspiration - mostly artistic, some diabolical. The dark side... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cries Unheard: Why Children Kill: The Story of Mary Bell (American) by Gitta Sereny Publisher Comments England's controversial #1 best-seller. What brings a child to kill another child? In 1968, at age eleven, Mary Bell was tried and convicted of murdering two small boys in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Gitta Sereny, who covered the sensational trial... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States by Helen Prejean Publisher Comments In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became the spiritual advisor to Patrick Sonnier, the convicted killer of two teenagers who was sentenced to die in the electric chair of Louisiana's Angola State Prison. In the months before Sonnier's death, the Roman... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 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 Alison Bartlett Publisher Comments In the tradition of The Orchid Thief, a compelling narrative set within the strange and genteel world of rare-book collecting: the true story of an infamous book thief, his victims, and the man determined to catch him. Rare-book theft is even more... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Murder by Family: The Incredible True Story of a Son's Treachery and a Father's Forgiveness by Kent Whitaker Publisher Comments One fateful evening, the Whitaker family walked into their house to discover a gunman waiting for them. He opened fire on the family, killing the wife and one son. Mr. Whitaker and his other son were airlifted to a local hospital and survived the deadly... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster by T J English Publisher Comments Here is the shocking true saga of the Irish American mob, from the mid-nineteenth century all the way to the present day. History shows that the heritage of the Irish American gangster was established in America long before that of the more widely... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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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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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: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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In the Arms of Evil: A True Story of Obsession, Greed, and Murder by Carlton Smith Publisher Comments SHE GAMBLED AND LOST. Nancy Jean Siegel of Maryland became addicted to gambling during her first marriage. Sneaking off to Atlantic City—and sinking deeper and deeper into debt—she began stealing identities, conning family... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience by Mumia Abu Jamal Publisher Comments In Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience Mumia Abu-Jamal, America's best known political prisoner, offers poetic observations and reflections on life on this planet and on death row. In this collection of short essays and personal... (read more) List Price $15.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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