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Hell's Angels
Hell's Angels
Hunter S. Thompson

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Thunderstruck
Thunderstruck
Erik Larson

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
John Berendt

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Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
Mark Olshaker

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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson

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Columbine
Columbine
Dave Cullen

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The Stranger Beside Me
The Stranger Beside Me
Ann Rule

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A Stolen Life
A Stolen Life
Jaycee Dugard

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Zodiac
Zodiac
Robert Graysmith

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Helter Skelter: The True Story of The Manson Murders
Helter Skelter: The True Story of The Manson Murders
Vincent Bugliosi

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The Innocent Man
The Innocent Man
John Grisham

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In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote

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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Jon Krakauer

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Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
Eric Metaxas

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The Face on the Milk Carton
The Face on the Milk Carton
Caroline B. Cooney

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The Amityville Horror
The Amityville Horror
Jay Anson

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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie

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George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
Brian Kilmeade

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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann

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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
Michelle McNamara

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Strange but True Stories from Japan
Strange but True Stories from Japan
Jack Seward

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A Tangled Web
A Tangled Web

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Anti-Bribery and Financial Crime Handbook
Anti-Bribery and Financial Crime Handbook
Monica Bond

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The Forefathers of Terrorism: Violent Crime in Politics, 1300-1800
The Forefathers of Terrorism: Violent Crime in Politics, 1300-1800
Johannes Dillinger

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Crime Scene Profilers: Investigating What the Criminal Mind Leaves Behind
Crime Scene Profilers: Investigating What the Criminal Mind Leaves Behind

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Nothing Is Wasted: Having the Courage to Find Purpose in Your Pain
Nothing Is Wasted: Having the Courage to Find Purpose in Your Pain
Davey Blackburn

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Lessons of Redemption: A Memoir of Journeying Through Gangland America
Lessons of Redemption: A Memoir of Journeying Through Gangland America

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House of Heroin: Inside the Secret Billion-Dollar Narco-Terror Empire That Is Killing America
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Haroon Ullah

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Mafia
Mafia
Sal Scorza

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Mob Elegy: Story of Tommy D
Mob Elegy: Story of Tommy D
Joe Sharkey

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Brimstone: A True Story of Arson, Murder, and the Mob
Brimstone: A True Story of Arson, Murder, and the Mob
Peter Micheels

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The Pig Farm Murders
The Pig Farm Murders
Mike Lewis

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Organized Crime: A Transnational Perspective
Organized Crime: A Transnational Perspective
Sean Grennan

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The Scope of the Enterprise: Liability for ‘Joint Enterprise’ Murder and Manslaughter after Jogee
The Scope of the Enterprise: Liability for ‘Joint Enterprise’ Murder and Manslaughter after Jogee
Beatrice Krebs

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Profiling Violent Crime
Profiling Violent Crime
Donna Youngs

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Profiling Rape and Murder
Profiling Rape and Murder

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Murder Island
Murder Island

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Interviews with Psychopaths
Interviews with Psychopaths
Arcturus Publishing

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Missing, Abducted, and After Quick Reference: For Health Care Professionals, Social Services, and Law Enforcement
Missing, Abducted, and After Quick Reference: For Health Care Professionals, Social Services, and Law Enforcement
Sharon W. Cooper

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El Chapo: The Untold Story of the World's Most Infamous Drug Lord
El Chapo: The Untold Story of the World's Most Infamous Drug Lord
Noah Hurowitz

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The Innocent Man
The Innocent Man
John Grisham

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Assassination Vacation
Assassination Vacation
Sarah Vowell

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Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder
Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder
Jerry Bledsoe

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Blind Eye : The Terrifying Story of a Doctor Who Got Away With Murder
Blind Eye : The Terrifying Story of a Doctor Who Got Away With Murder
James B. Stewart

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Den of Thieves
Den of Thieves
James B. Stewart

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A Man Called Intrepid
A Man Called Intrepid
William Stevenson

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Underboss
Underboss
Peter Maas

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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
Clifford Stoll

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Heart Full of Lies: A True Story of Desire and Death
Heart Full of Lies: A True Story of Desire and Death
Ann Rule

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Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang
Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang
William Queen

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For Laci: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Justice
For Laci: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Justice
Sharon Rocha

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Fatal Vision
Fatal Vision
Joe McGinniss

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In the Name of Love: Ann Rule's Crime Files Volume 4 (Ann Rule's Crime Files)
In the Name of Love: Ann Rule's Crime Files Volume 4 (Ann Rule's Crime Files)
Ann Rule

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Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away with Murder
Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away with Murder
Vincent Bugliosi

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And Never Let Her Go Thomas Capano: The Deadly Seducer
And Never Let Her Go Thomas Capano: The Deadly Seducer
Ann Rule

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Sleepers
Sleepers
Lorenzo Carcaterra

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Bitter Harvest
Bitter Harvest
Ann Rule

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Empty Promises
Empty Promises
Ann Rule

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Dead By Sunset [Unabridged] (Audio Cassette)
Dead By Sunset [Unabridged] (Audio Cassette)
Ann Rule

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Every Breath You Take : A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder
Every Breath You Take : A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder
Ann Rule

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Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession
Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession
Rachel Monroe

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The World's Worst Prisons
The World's Worst Prisons
Karen Farrington

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The Battered Body Beneath the Flagstones, and Other Victorian Scandals
The Battered Body Beneath the Flagstones, and Other Victorian Scandals
Michelle Morgan

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Chase Darkness with Me: How One True Crime Writer Started Solving Murders
Chase Darkness with Me: How One True Crime Writer Started Solving Murders
Billy Jensen

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The Twisted Life of David Karr: The Story of a Soviet Spy
The Twisted Life of David Karr: The Story of a Soviet Spy
Harvey Klehr

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The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
Ian Urbina

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Dark City: Murder, Vice, and Mayhem in Wartime London
Dark City: Murder, Vice, and Mayhem in Wartime London
Simon Read

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Death Fences: Memoir of a Whistleblower
Death Fences: Memoir of a Whistleblower

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Rachel DeLoache Williams

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Joaquin El Chapo Guzmán / JoaquIn 'El Chapo" Guzmán: The Drug Baron (Spanish Edition)
Joaquin El Chapo Guzmán / JoaquIn 'El Chapo" Guzmán: The Drug Baron (Spanish Edition)

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El Chapo Guzm?n: el Juicio Del Siglo
El Chapo Guzm?n: el Juicio Del Siglo

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Dealing with Privilege: Cannabis, Cocaine, and the Economic Foundations of Suburban Drug Culture
Dealing with Privilege: Cannabis, Cocaine, and the Economic Foundations of Suburban Drug Culture
David Crawford

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The Spy and the Traitor : The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
The Spy and the Traitor : The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

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Tough Luck: Sid Luckman, Murder Inc., and the Rise of the Modern NFL
Tough Luck: Sid Luckman, Murder Inc., and the Rise of the Modern NFL
R D Rosen

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Kelly O'Donnell The Killer Stripper: A collection of True Crime
Kelly O'Donnell The Killer Stripper: A collection of True Crime

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Night Prowlers: A collection of True Crime
Night Prowlers: A collection of True Crime
Gerry Looney

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The Amityville Murders: Stories of Strange True Crime
The Amityville Murders: Stories of Strange True Crime
Ana Benson

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Deadly Housewife Joyce Cohen: A collection of True Crime Stories
Deadly Housewife Joyce Cohen: A collection of True Crime Stories
Larry Maravich

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The Trailside Killer: An anthology of True Crime
The Trailside Killer: An anthology of True Crime
Teri Davidson

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Michael Bruce Ross and Other Killers: An anthology of True Crime
Michael Bruce Ross and Other Killers: An anthology of True Crime
James Bird

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A Rose For Her Grave & Other True Cases

A Rose For Her Grave & Other True Cases

Ann Rule

from $4.49
You Belong to Me and Other True Cases (Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol. 2)

You Belong to Me and Other True Cases (Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol. 2)

Ann Rule

from $3.99
A Fever in the Heart : Ann Rule's Crime Files, Volume III

A Fever in the Heart : Ann Rule's Crime Files, Volume III

Ann Rule

from $4.19
In the Name of Love: Ann Rule's Crime Files Volume 4 (Ann Rule's Crime Files)

In the Name of Love: Ann Rule's Crime Files Volume 4 (Ann Rule's Crime Files)

Ann Rule

from $4.19
The End Of The Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up : Ann Rules Crime Files Volume 5

The End Of The Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up : Ann Rules Crime Files Volume 5

Ann Rule

from $4.69
A Rage To Kill and Other True Cases: Anne Rule's Crime Files, Vol. 6

A Rage To Kill and Other True Cases: Anne Rule's Crime Files, Vol. 6

Ann Rule

from $3.99
Empty Promises

Empty Promises

Ann Rule

from $3.99
Last Dance, Last Chance, and Other True Cases (Ann Rule's Crime Files Vol 8)

Last Dance, Last Chance, and Other True Cases (Ann Rule's Crime Files Vol 8)

Ann Rule

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Kiss Me, Kill Me: Ann Rule's Crime Files Vol. 9

Kiss Me, Kill Me: Ann Rule's Crime Files Vol. 9

Ann Rule

from $4.19
Worth More Dead: And Other True Cases (Ann Rule's Crime Files, Vol. 10)

Worth More Dead: And Other True Cases (Ann Rule's Crime Files, Vol. 10)

Ann Rule

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No Regrets: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Volume 11 (Ann Rule's Crime Files)

No Regrets: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Volume 11 (Ann Rule's Crime Files)

Ann Rule

from $3.99
Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder: And Other True Cases (Ann Rule's Crime Files)

Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder: And Other True Cases (Ann Rule's Crime Files)

Ann Rule

from $3.99
Mortal Danger and Other True Cases

Mortal Danger and Other True Cases

Ann Rule

from $3.99
But I Trusted You: Ann Rule's Crime Files #14

But I Trusted You: Ann Rule's Crime Files #14

Ann Rule

from $3.99
Don't Look Behind You

Don't Look Behind You

Ann Rule

from $3.99
Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors: And Other True Cases

Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors: And Other True Cases

Ann Rule

from $3.99
Lying in Wait: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol.17

Lying in Wait: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol.17

Ann Rule

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Tough Jews : Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams
by Rich Cohen
Signed Edition
Released in April 1999
$18.95
My Dark Places
by James Ellroy
ARC
Released in August 1997
$18.66

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