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True Crime August / September 2020
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How to Catch a Killer : Hunting and Capturing the World's Most Notorious Serial Killers
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Katherine Ramsland
No two stories about the capture of a serial killer are the same. Sometimes, the killers make crucial mistakes; other times, investigators get lucky. And the process of profiling, hunting, and apprehending these predators has changed radically over time, particularly in the field of criminal forensics, which has exploded in the last ten to 15 years. Laser ablation, video spectral analysis, cyber-sleuthing, and even DNA-based genetic genealogy are now crucial tools in solving murders, including the recent capture of the so-called Golden State Killer. This book in the new Profiles in Crime series tells the history of forensics through the "capture stories" of some of the most notorious serial killers, going back almost a century.
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Butch Cassidy : the true story of an American outlaw
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Charles Leerhsen
A portrait of the notorious Wild West outlaw separates facts from folklore to discuss Robert Leroy Parker’s impoverished early life, humane approaches to crime, partnership with Harry “The Sundance Kid” Longabaugh and flight from the Pinkerton Agency. Illustrations.
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Magnetized : Conversations With a Serial Killer
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Carlos Busqued
An Argentinian author examines the mind of convicted serial murderer Ricardo Melogno, who killed four taxi drivers during one week in 1982 through personal interviews and a look at the man’s troubled upbringing and mistreatment in prison.
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A rip in Heaven: a memoir of murder and its aftermath
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Jeanine Cummins
Offers a candid, intimate memoir of the horrific repercussions of a shocking crime on one family, beginning with a nightmarish assault on the author's two cousins and brother, who managed to escape to flag down help, and following the family's odyssey through a world of betrayal, heartbreak, disillusionment, and suffering.
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Betty Broderick : Telling on Myself
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Betty Broderick
What do you do when you have struggled loyally for years beside your husband, living in financial hardship as you bring up your joint children virtually as a single mother, working toward the good times that you can see coming for all of you, only to discover that your husband is committing adultery and is planning to leave you?
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The Book of Matt : The Real Story of the Murder of Matthew Shepard
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Stephen Jimenez
A controversial account of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard describes the evening of the assault that ended his life and the ways in which the victim became a symbol of anti-hate crime activism, sharing additional details that suggest that Shepard was killed for more complicated and daunting reasons.
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The house of Kennedy
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James Patterson
A revelatory portrait of the Kennedys explores how the dual mottos, “To whom much is given, much is expected” and “Win at all costs” shaped generations of life inside and outside the family.
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