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True Crime
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Search results: The best new books - Book reviews & excerpts from exceptional books about true crimes
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The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
by John Grisham
Hardcover: Oct 2006
Paperback: 20 Nov 2007
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John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet.
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Thunderstruck
by Erik Larson
Hardcover: Oct 2006
Paperback: 7 Sep 2007
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| The interwoven stories of two men whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time - Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication. |
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The Heartless Stone: A Journey Through The World of Diamonds, Deceit, and Desire
by Tom Zoellner
Hardcover: May 2006
Paperback: 12 Jun 2007
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| A journey across six continents to uncover the secrets behind one of our most luxurious and costly status symbols. Diamonds are not particularly rare in nature. Nor do they have any intrinsic value. So how did they become the birdcages for our deepest feelings of romantic love and commitment? The answers will surprise you, as this book takes a probing journey around the globe and into the human heart. |
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Body Brokers: Inside America's Underground Trade in Human Remains
by Annie Cheney
Hardcover: Mar 2006
Paperback: 13 Mar 2007
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| An audacious, disturbing, and compellingly written investigative exposé of a little known aspect of the "death care" world: the lucrative business of procuring, buying, and selling human cadavers and body parts. |
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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
by James L. Swanson
Hardcover: Feb 2006
Paperback: 6 Feb 2007
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| A fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters, this is history as you've never read it before. |
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Arthur & George
by Julian Barnes
Hardcover: Jan 2006
Paperback: 5 Dec 2006
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| An utter astonishment that captures an era through one life celebrated internationally - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; and another entirely forgotten - George Edalji. |
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Mao: The Unknown Story
by Jung Chang, Jon Halliday
Hardcover: Oct 2005
Paperback: 14 Nov 2006
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| This is an entirely fresh look at Mao in both content and approach. It will astonish historians and the general reader alike. |
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The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece
by Edward Dolnick
Hardcover: Jun 2005
Paperback: 1 Jul 2006
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| The little-known world of art theft is compellingly portrayed in Dolnick's account of the 1994 theft and recovery of Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream. |
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