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The Idaho four : an American tragedy
by James Patterson
Chronicles the murders of four innocent college students attending the University of Idaho in 2022 and looks at the investigation into the crime.
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The carpool detectives: A True Story of Four Moms, Two Bodies, and One Mysterious Cold Case
by Chuck Hogan
In 2020, four women found themselves at a crossroads: Each of them had transitioned from full-time jobs to full-time parenting, and each was pushing against the new boundaries of her life as the pandemic looms. At a bowling night fundraiser for their kids' school, they discover they all share a passion for true crime that crystalizes around a mysterious double homicide that took place a decade earlier. A married couple in their 60s vanished overnight from their home. A few days later, the family business was shuttered, and the bank financing it sued the missing couple for one million dollars. They were rumored to have absconded with the money until their bodies were discovered inside their car at the bottom of a steep ravine. And then the case went cold. But what if, the moms think, they could solve it? The women have no prior connection to the case and no law-enforcement background, but each brings a special set of skills to the investigation: Marissa's background as a former forensic accountant; Jeannie's passion for journalism; Samira's ambition and drive; and Nicole's nose for research. With the world now on pause due to the pandemic, the moms have unique access to witnesses and crime experts who are stuck at home. They make connections, draw conclusions, and experience breakthroughs in the case wilder than anything they could have imagined. When an awe-struck Assistant District Attorney reopens the case, enlisting the four women in the official investigation, they not only get further than anyone ever expected, but end up in real danger themselves.
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Murderland : crime and bloodlust in the time of serial killers
by Caroline Fraser
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Prairie Fires comes a terrifying true-crime history of serial killers in the Pacific Northwest and beyond—a gripping investigation of how a new strain of psychopath emerged out of a toxic landscape of deadly industrial violence.
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The peepshow : the murders at Rillington Place
by Kate Summerscale
Delves into the murders at 10 Rillington Place, exploring the life of Reg Christie, the tabloid frenzy surrounding the case, and the possibility of a wrongful conviction, while uncovering the origins of society's obsession with true crime and offering new insights into one of the century's most infamous cases.
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The secret history of the rape kit : A True Crime Story
by Pagan Kennedy
A thrilling, novelistic work of journalism that uncovers the remarkable and hidden story of Marty Goddard, the woman who invented the rape kit, changed the course of how we treat sexual assault forever, and then vanished from the record.
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The sinners all bow : two authors, one murder, and the real Hester Prynne
by Kate Winkler Dawson
Revisits the mysterious 1832 death of Sarah Maria Cornell, intertwining historical investigation with modern forensic techniques to uncover the truth behind her demise and the trial of Reverend Ephraim Avery, while reflecting on the impact of women who challenged societal norms in their pursuit of justice.
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Raised by a serial killer : discovering the truth about my father
by April Balascio
One evening in 2009, April Balascio was searching online, as she had been every night, for unsolved murders in the towns her family had lived growing up, when she stumbled across the latest investigations into the "Sweetheart Murders" cold case. All at once, the buried memories of her father's dark history were awakened, and she knew she had to take action. She picked up the phone to call a detective and the rest is infamous true crime history. In her unflinching memoir, Balascio bravely reveals an astonishing tale of a lifetime of manipulation, unexplained upheavals, and silent fear. Some part of her had always known what her father was capable of, but the full truth of how she came to these revelations is as riveting as it is quietly terrifying.
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Framed : astonishing true stories of wrongful convictions
by John Grisham
Exposes 10 harrowing tales of innocent Americans unjustly found guilty and convicted of crimes they didn't commit, shedding light on the flaws within the legal system that led to their imprisonment and the relentless battles for exoneration that ensued.
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Dark tide : growing up with Ted Bundy
by Edna Cowell Martin
Edna’s world turned upside down when her close cousin, Ted Bundy, was linked to the gruesome murders that had plagued her hometown of Seattle. Both devastating and dangerous, she reveals her journey of discovering the truth about her cousin who was more like a sibling, a man she loved, admired, and thought she knew so well. Edna delves into the unbelievable and chilling episodes she experienced, from confronting Ted and discovering a side of him she never suspected to waking to the FBI at her door after he escaped jail.
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The rent collectors : exploitation, murder, and redemption in immigrant LA
by Jesse Katz
Exploring the lives of undocumented black-market workers who are being extorted by gangs and fined by the city of LA, this gripping true account of a botched gang murder follows the victim who survived as he seeks redemption for his own unforgivable crime and takes down the gang who drove him to do it.
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When the night comes falling : a requiem for the Idaho student murders
by Howard Blum
Published to coincide with the trial that will capture national attention, an Edgar Award-winning investigative reporter examines the mysterious murders of four University of Idaho students, taking us behind the scenes of the investigation that uncovered a large, lurid web of obsession and psychosis within this unthinkable tragedy.
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There Is No Ethan : How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish
by Anna Akbari
Part memoir, part glimpse into the mind of a catfish, this page-turning personal account follows three successful and highly educated women who fell in love with Ethan Schuman and were ensnared in a web of intense emotional intimacy, until they managed to uncover a greater deception than they could've ever imagined.
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Long haul : hunting the highway serial killers
by Frank Figliuzzi
Based on his own on-the-ground research and drawing on his 25-year career as an FBI special agent, the author takes us along America's highways and interstates where at least 850 homicides have been linked to long-haul truck drivers, which caused the FBI to open a special unit, the Highway Serial Killings initiative.
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Borgata : rise of empire : a history of the American Mafia
by Louis Ferrante
A former mafia associate and heist expert who spent eight years in prison for not incriminating his fellow Gambino family members presents the history of the mafia's first 100 years, from Sicily in the 1860s to America in the 1960s.
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I Know Who You Are
by Barbara Rae-Venter
A retiree researching her family history explains how she used her knowledge of DNA data to uncover the culprit of the Golden State Killer crime spree, a cold case that had baffled law enforcement for decades.
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The Forever Witness: How DNA and Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder
by Edward Humes
After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf and CeCe Moore solve the murder of a teenage couple with the help of genetic genealogy, which brings up questions of consent and privacy despite the fact we have the tools to catch the many killers responsible for approximately 250,000 murders in the U.S.
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Wise Gals: The Spies who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage
by Nathalia Holt
Meticulously researched, the New York Times best-selling author, drawing on firsthand interviews with past and present officials and declassified government documents, tells the never-before-told story of four female agents who were critical in helping to build a new organization that we now know as the CIA.
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Rogues
by Patrick Radden Keefe
The prize-winning, New York Times best-selling author presents twelve of his most celebrated articles from The New Yorker that form a deeply human portrait of criminals and rascals, as well as those who stand up against them.
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Deer Creek Drive
by Beverly Lowry
Describes the 1948 murder of Southern society matron Idella Thompson, who was stabbed 150 times while home alone with her daughter, who was convicted of the murder and later freed in a tale of white privilege that still resonates today.
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Jimmy the King
by Gus Garcia-Roberts
In this 40-year account of murder, power and corruption, Jimmy Burke, a cop who became one of the most feared figures in law enforcement, details the outrageous rise and paranoiac fall of a vindictive don who created his own crime family.
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The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures
by Paul Fischer
An unputdownable story of the man who, before he could unveil his invention to the world, mysteriously vanished and was never seen or heard again, lost to history until now, in this never-before-told history of the motion picture.
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Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
by Paul Holes
An icon in the true crime world, the cold case investigator who finally caught the Golden State Killer provides an insider account of some the most notorious cases in contemporary American history and opens up to the most intimate scenes of his life.
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Tell Me Everything
by Erika Krouse
In this part memoir, part literary true crime, the author becomes consumed by a sexual assault investigation that grows into a national scandal and a historic civil rights case, and, when everything around her implodes, she must figure out how to win the case without losing herself.
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Scoundrel
by Sarah Weinman
From those he deceived, including the American people, this book follows Edgar Smith, a charismatic and manipulative murderer, as he is set free, only to attempt murder again, uncovering a psychopath who slipped his way into public acclaim.
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Catch the Sparrow
by Rachel Rear
The gripping story of a young woman’s murder, unsolved for over two decades, brilliantly investigated and reconstructed by her stepsister.
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Two Truths and a Lie
by Ellen McGarrahan
An investigative reporter-turned-private detective describes the brutal state execution of a possibly innocent man that haunted her career, her decision to reopen the case and the complex web of crime and corruption that her investigation exposed.
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The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream
by Dean Jobb
An award-winning author and journalist transports readers to the late nineteenth century, tracing the Dr. Cream’s life – a man who murdered for the sake of murder, against a backdrop of flawed detection methods, bungled investigations, corrupt officials and stifling morality of Victorian society.
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The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer
by Liza Rodman
Documents the co-author’s childhood summer experiences in 1960s Cape Cod under the care of a friendly neighbor, who years later was discovered to be the infamous serial killer of numerous women. 60,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York
by Elon Green
Documents the decades-long effort to capture the “Last Call Killer” of 1980s and 1990s New York City, discussing how he took advantage of period discrimination to prey upon gay victims against a backdrop of the AIDS epidemic. 100,000 first printing. Maps.
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Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
by Bill O'Reilly
O’Reilly and co-author Martin Dugard trace the brutal history of 20th Century organized crime in the United States, and expertly plumb the history of this nation’s most notorious serial robbers, conmen, murderers, and especially, mob family bosses. Covering the period from the 1930s to the 1980s, O’Reilly and Dugard trace the prohibition-busting bank robbers of the Depression Era, such as John Dillinger, Bonnie & Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby-Face Nelson. In addition, the authors highlight the creation of the Mafia Commission, the power struggles within the “Five Families,” the growth of the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover, the mob battles to control Cuba, Las Vegas and Hollywood, as well as the personal war between the U.S. Attorney General Bobby Kennedy and legendary Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa.
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Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein
by Bradley J. Edwards
Edwards gives his riveting, blow-by-blow account of battling Epstein on behalf of his clients, and provides stunning details never shared before. He explains how he followed Epstein’s criminal enterprise from Florida, to New York, to Europe, to a Caribbean island, and, in the process, became the one person Epstein most feared could take him down. Epstein and his cadre of high-priced lawyers were able to manipulate the FBI and the Justice Department, but despite making threats and attempting schemes straight out of a spy movie, Epstein couldn’t stop Edwards, his small team of committed lawyers, and, most of all, the victims, who were dead-set on seeing their abuser finally put behind bars.
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The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
by Kirk W Johnson
Documents the astonishing 2009 theft of an invaluable collection of ornithological displays from the British Museum of Natural History by a talented American musician, tracing the author's years-long investigation to track down the culprit and understand his motives, which were possibly linked to an obsession with the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying.
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The Trial of Lizzie Borden: A True Story
by Cara Robertson
Draws on 20 years of research and recently discovered evidence in a revisionist account of the infamous Lizzie Borden trial that explores professional and public opinions while considering how Gilded Age values and fears influenced the case.
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