True Crime

Conspiracy of Fools

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From an award-winning New York Times reporter comes the full, mind-boggling story of the lies, crimes, and ineptitude behind the spectacular scandal that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever . . .

The Corpse Had a Familiar Face

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For eighteen years, Pulitzer Prize-winner Edna Buchanan had one of the most exciting, frightening, and heartbreaking jobs a newspaperwoman could have -- working the police beat for the Miami Herald.

Ned Kelly's Last Days

Ned Kelly - Australia's beloved national icon - was once just a bushranger who had to be punished for his crimes. In 1880, everyone wanted him dead. There are many stories that form the Kelly myth.

New Predator

This is the first book ever written on the basis of face-to-face interviews with women serial killers.

Crime, Fear and the Law in True Crime Stories

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Crime, Fear and the Law in True Crime Stories

Why do true crime stories exert such popular fascination? What do they have to say about the fear of crime in the present moment? This book examines the historical origins and development of true crime and its evolution into distinctive contemporary forms.

True Crime

Browse a bookstore and you will find a healthy shelf labeled 'Crime.' Beside it may be a smaller, seedier shelf labeled 'True Crime.' The first is popular crime fiction, the second crime fact.