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If You Like...The Devil in the White City
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If you like the exploration of a true crime set during a notable time and/or place, try one of these absorbing nonfiction titles.
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The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder
by Daniel Stashower
Traces the July 1841 murder investigation into a twenty-year-old saleswoman whose demise was marked by sensational media coverage and the debut of Edgar Allen Poe, whose short stories "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Roget" associated him with the crime. By the author of Teller of Tales.
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American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, Movie-Making, and the Crime of the Century
by Howard Blum
A narrative history details a deadly explosion that ripped through the offices of the Los Angeles Times in October 1910, part of a planned assault on one hundred American cities, the investigation--led by master detective William J. Burns--that followed, and the arrest and sensational trial of two union activists for the crime.
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Sin in the Second City : Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
by Karen Abbott
A history of America's most famous brothel, Chicago's Everleigh Club, which catered to some of America's leading moguls, actors, and writers from 1900 to 1911, profiles its aristocratic proprietors and their efforts to elevate the industry to new heights and details the efforts by both rivals and crusading reformers to close the establishment.
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Cemetery John: the Undiscovered Mastermind of the Lindbergh Kidnapping
by Robert E. Zorn
The son of a conspiracy insider profiles the criminal partnership behind the unsolved kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh's infant son, drawing on personal documents, previously unseen photos and new forensic evidence to reveal what the author believes actually happened.
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A Death in Belmont
by Sebastian Junger
Documents the events surrounding the early 1960s serial murder case of the Boston Strangler, recounting how an innocent African-American housekeeper was hastily convicted and how the actual killer, carpenter Albert DeSalvo, eventually confessed.
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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
by Erik Larson
The best-selling author of Devil in the White City documents the efforts of first American ambassador to Hitler's Germany William E. Dodd to acclimate to a residence in an increasingly violent city where he is forced to associate with the Nazis while his daughter pursues a relationship with Gestapo chief Rudolf Diels.
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L.A. '56: a Devil in the City of Angels
by Joel Engel
Traces the story of a former police officer who was wrongly accused of rape and kidnapping in racially tense 1956 Los Angeles, describing how a Latino detective fell in love with one of the victims and became the defender's only advocate.
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The Lost City of Z: a Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
by David Grann
Interweaves the story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who vanished during a 1925 expedition into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization, with the author's own adventure-filled quest into the uncharted wilderness to uncover the mysteries surrounding Fawcett's final journey and the secrets of what really lies deep in the Amazon jungle.
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: a Savannah Story
by John Berendt
Re-released to coincide with the major motion picture version directed by Clint Eastwood, the best-selling account tells the true story of the murder of the local bad boy in the opulent mansion of a gay antiques dealer in charming Old South Savannah, Georgia.
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The Monster of Florence
by Douglas J. Preston
Documents the author's discovery that his new family home in Florence had been the scene of a recent double-murder committed by an infamous and then-unidentified serial killer, his relationship with the investigative journalist co-author, and the prosecutorial vendetta through which the authors were wrongfully and devastatingly targeted.
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The Murder of King Tut: the Plot to Kill the Child King: a Nonfiction Thriller
by James Patterson
The best-selling author of Against Medical Advice and the author of The Last Voyage of Columbus describe their investigation into the death of King Tut, recounting how they drew on forensic clues, historical information, and the writings of Howard Carter to conclude that Tut did not die of natural causes.
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Thunderstruck
by Erik Larson
A vivid portrait of the Edwardian era recounts two parallel stories--the case of Dr. Hawley Crippen, who murdered his wife and fled the country with his mistress to build a new life in America, and Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of wireless communication--as the new technology is used to capture a killer.
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