Pulitzer Prize winner James B. Stewart's Den of Thieves is a #1 best-seller across the nation. It tells the full story of the insider-trading scandal of the late '80s that nearly brought down Wall Street. Stewart reveals how some of the...
True crime stories
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Author:Stewart, James B.Summary: - Author:Hindley, MeredithSummary:
In the summer of 1940, following France's surrender to Germany, Casablanca was transformed from an exotic travel destination to a key military target. It soon became rife with rogue soldiers, Jewish refugees, celebrities, and Nazi...
- Author:Schechter, HaroldSummary:
From "America's principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers" (Boston Book Review) comes the definitive account of Ed Gein, a mild-mannered Wisconsin farmhand who stunned an unsuspecting nation--and redefined...
- Author:Payne, DorisSummary:
In the ebullient spirit of Ocean's 8, The Heist, and Thelma & Louise, a sensational and entertaining memoir of the world's most notorious jewel thief-a woman who defied society's prejudices and norms to carve her own...
- Author:Campbell, GraceSummary:
From your cell phone signal to your search history, digital clues can help investigators solve crimes. Readers will learn the ins and outs of digital forensics in this fascinating high/low title.
- Author:Mole, RichSummary:
In October 1935, three prairie farm boys embarked on a deadly trail of robbery and murder that stretched across three western Canadian provinces and made newspaper headlines from coast to coast and as far away as Los Angeles. By the end...
- Author:Bowden, MarkSummary:
Doctor Dealer is the story of Larry Lavin, a bright, charismatic young man who rose from his working-class upbringing to win a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school, earn Ivy League college and dental degrees, and buy his family...
- Author:Adler, John, Hill, DraperSummary:
The legendary Boss Tweed effectively controlled New York City from after the Civil War until his downfall in November 1871. A huge man, he and his Ring of Thieves appeared to be invincible as they stole an estimated $2 billion in today'...
- Author:Coston, JohnSummary:
Two riveting true crime sagas-of a mother who murdered her two sons, and a sex-crazed serial killer who terrorized Montana-together in one volume. In this terrifying collection, veteran reporter and former Wall Street Journal editor...
- Author:Bergum, VangieSummary:
Vangie Bergum delves into her family's history which involves family secrets, mental illness and murder.
- Author:Quinones, Sam.Summary:
Journalist investigates the impact of addiction to opiates, including morphine, OxyContin, and heroin. Focusing particularly on the town of Portsmouth, Ohio, the author discusses the ways people become addicted and the ways those...
- Author:Poplak, LornaSummary:
Shining a light on the dark history of hangings in Canada. Take a journey through notable cases in Canada's criminal justice history, featuring well-known and some less-well-known figures from the past. You'll meet Arthur...
- Author:Poplak, LornaSummary:
Shining a light on the dark history of hangings in Canada. Take a journey through notable cases in Canada’s criminal justice history, featuring well-known and some less-well-known figures from the past. You'll meet Arthur Ellis,...
- Author:Collins, PaulSummary:
The two finest lawyers in New York, Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton were bitter rivals both in and out of the courtroom. When Levi Weeks, the brother of an influential architect with ties to both men, was accused of killing a...
- Author:Wallace, StoneSummary:
The smoke had barely cleared from the booze-fueled gun battles of Prohibition and the Roaring 20s when a new breed of gangster stepped onto the American stage. Unlike the slick mobsters of New York and Chicago, the new outlaws were...
- Author:Brode, PatrickSummary:
Known to history as "The Fighting Parson," Reverend J.O.L. Spracklin broke into a notorious Windsor roadhouse one chilly November night in 1920 and shot and killed barkeep Beverly "Babe" Trumble. He never served a...
- Author:Smith, CarltonSummary:
From the bestselling author of The Search for the Green River Killer: The account of the family tragedy that became one of California's most shocking murder cases. On a picturesque street in Sacramento County, California, three healthy...
- Author:Feuer, AlanSummary:
The definitive account of the rise and fall of the ultimate narco, "El Chapo," from the New York Times reporter whose coverage of his trial went viral. Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is the most legendary of Mexican...
- Author:Keefe, Patrick RaddenSummary:
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR - NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was...
- Author:Walsh, DianaSummary:
2013 Hamilton Arts Council Literary Award — Winner, Non-Fiction The miracle of a new baby turned into a nightmare … There is something about the loss of a child that everyone takes to heart. A lot of suffering happens in this world...
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