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Edited by Jeffrey Toobin, CNN's senior legal analyst and New York Times bestselling author of The Nine, The Best American Crime Reporting 2009 is a must-have for the true crime reader, complete with the most gripping, suspenseful, and brilliant stories of the year by the masters of crime reporting. Featuring stories of fraud, murder, theft, and madness, the Best American Crime Reporting series has been hailed as "arresting reading" (People) and the...
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After September 11, 2001, Las Vegas Police Sergeant Randy Sutton began soliciting writing from law enforcement officers-his goal being to bridge the gap between the police and those they serve, with a book that offers a broad and thoughtful look at the many facets of police life. Hundreds of active and former officers responded from all over the United States: men and women from big cities and small towns, some who had written professionally, but...
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Thieves, liars, killers, and conspirators-it's a criminal world out there, and someone has got to write about it. An eclectic collection of the year's best reportage, The Best American Crime Reporting 2007 brings together the murderers and muscle men, the masterminds, and the mysteries and missteps that make for brilliant stories, told by the aces of the true crime genre. This latest addition to the highly acclaimed series features guest editor Linda...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Wrong Carlos: Anatomy of a Wrongful Execution tells you what you need to know-before or after you read James S. Liebman and the Columbia DeLuna Project's book. This short summary and analysis of The Wrong Carlos: Anatomy of a Wrongful Execution by James S. Liebman and the Columbia DeLuna Project includes: Historical context. Chapter-by-chapter summaries, detailed timeline of important events,...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Helter Skelter tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Genry's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This summary of Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry includes: • Historical context • Section-by-section overviews • Detailed timeline...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Devil's Knot tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Mara Leveritt's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Devil's Knot by Mara Leveritt includes: • Historical context • Chapter-by-chapter summaries • Character profiles • Timeline...
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A sterling collection of the year's most shocking, compelling, and gripping writing about real-life crime, the 2006 edition of The Best American Crime Writing offers fascinating vicarious journeys into a world of felons and their felonious acts. This thrilling compendium includes:
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Jeffrey Toobin's eye-opening exposé in The New Yorker about a famous prosecutor who may have put the wrong man on death row
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Skip Hollandsworth's amazing but...
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A collection of poetry and prose by six incarcerated men. Featuring an introduction by Amber Epps and an afterword by novelist John Edgar Wideman. The six authors of Life Sentences―Fly, Faruq, Khalifa, Malakki, Oscar, and Shawn―met at the State Correctional Institution in Pittsburgh and came together in 2013 to form the Elsinore Bennu Think Tank for Restorative Justice. The men met weekly for years, along with other writers, activists,...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Fatal Vision tells you what you need to know before or after you read Joe McGinniss's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Fatal Vision by Joe McGinniss includes: • Historical context • Section-by-section overviews • Detailed timeline of key events •...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Executioner's Song tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Norman Mailer's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This summary of The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer includes: • Historical context • Part-by-part summaries • Detailed timeline of key events • Profiles...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of In Cold Blood tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Truman Capote's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of In Cold Blood by Truman Capote includes: • Historical context • Chapter-by-chapter summaries • Detailed timeline of important events...
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Banks accused of rate-fixing. Members of Parliament cooking the books. Major defence contractors investigated over suspect arms deals. Police accused of being paid off by tabloids. The headlines are unrelenting these days. Perhaps it's high time we ask: just exactly how corrupt is Britain?
David Whyte brings together a wide range of leading commentators and campaigners, offering a series of troubling answers. Unflinchingly facing the corruption...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Black Mass tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Black Mass by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill includes: Historical context, chapter-by-chapter summaries, detailed timeline...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil tells you what you need to know-before or after you read John Berendt's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story includes: • Historical context • Chapter-by-chapter...
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In this unprecedented and chilling monologue, a repentant Mexican hitman tells the unvarnished truth about the war on drugs on the American. El Sicario is the hidden face of America's war on drugs. He is a contract killer who functioned as a commandante in the Chihuahuan State police, who was trained in the US by the FBI, and who for twenty years kidnapped, tortured and murdered people for the drug industry at the behest of Mexican drug cartels. He...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Devil in the White City tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Erik Larsons book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson includes: Historical contextChapter-by-chapter summariesDetailed timeline of key...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho" tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Harold Schechter's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Deviant includes: Historical context; Chapter-by-chapter overviews; Profiles...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Stranger Beside Me tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Ann Rule's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule includes: Historical context; Section-by-section summariesl Detailed timeline of important eventsl...
19) Summary and Analysis of Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery: Based on the Book by Robert Kolker
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Robert Kolker's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Lost Girls includes: Chapter-by-chapter overviews; Character profiles; Detailed timeline of events; Important...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Escape from Alcatraz tells you what you need to know-before or after you read J. Campbell Bruce's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Escape from Alcatraz by J. Campbell Bruce includes: Historical context; Chapter-by-chapter summaries; Important quotes;...
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