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• A Thread of Violence

  a Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder

  O'Connell, Mark, 1979-

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  "Malcolm Macarthur was a well-known Dublin socialite. Suave and urbane, he passed his days mingling with artists and aristocrats, reading philosophy, living a life of the mind. But by 1982, his inheritance had dwindled to almost nothing,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Were Once a Family

  a Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

  Asgarian, Roxanna, 1987-

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  "On March 26, 2018, rescue workers discovered a crumpled SUV and the bodies of two women and several children at the bottom of a cliff beside the Pacific Coast Highway. Investigators soon concluded that the crash was a murder-suicide, but…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fear Is Just a Word

  Ahmed, Azam,

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  "A riveting true story of a mother who fought back against the drug cartels in Mexico, pursuing her own brand of justice to avenge the kidnapping and murder of her daughter— from a global investigative correspondent for The New York…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Know Who You Are

  How An Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever

  Rae-Venter, Barbara,

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  "For twelve years the Golden State Killer terrorized California, stalking victims and killing without remorse. Then he simply disappeared, for the next forty-four years, until an amateur DNA sleuth opened her laptop. In I Know Who You Are,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Fever in the Heartland

  the Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

  Egan, Timothy,

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  "The shocking story of how Ku Klux Klan leader David C. Stephenson seized and lost control of the state of Indiana in the 1920s is told in Pulitzer winner Egan’s evocative latest (after A Pilgrimage to Eternity). An itinerant newspaperman…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wager

  a Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

  Grann, David,

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  "From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Art Thief

  a True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

  Finkel, Michael,

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  "The true story of the world's most prolific art thief--a spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, from the bestselling author of The Stranger in the Woods."

• The Con Queen of Hollywood

  the Hunt for An Evil Genius

  Johnson, Scott C.,

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  "The spellbinding tale of an epic international manhunt for a psychopathic con artist who exploited the dreams of creators to steal dozens of identities and millions of dollars."

• The Elissas

  Three Girls, One Fate, and the Deadly Secrets of Suburbia

  Leach, Samantha,

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  "Three suburban girls meet at a boarding school for troubled teens. Eight years later, they were dead. In The Elissas, Samantha endeavors to understand why they ultimately met a shared, tragic fate that she was spared, in turn, offering…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Forever Witness

  How DNA and Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder

  Humes, Edward,

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  "After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf arrested a teenage couple's murderer—and exposed a looming battle between the pursuit of justice and the right to privacy. When Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook were murdered during a trip to Seattle…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hell's Half-acre

  the Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier

  Jonusas, Susan,

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  "A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial killers in Kansas, whose horrifying crimes gripped the attention of a nation still reeling from war."

• Unmask Alice

  LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries

  Emerson, Rick,

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  "Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the Worlds Most Notorious Diaries is the true story of a young-adult blockbuster . . . of a terror that stalked 1980s America . . . and of the ruthless charlatan behind…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Who Killed Jane Stanford?

  a Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University

  White, Richard, 1947-

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  "A premier historian penetrates the fog of corruption and cover-up still surrounding the murder of a Stanford University founder to establish who did it, how, and why." -Publisher Provided

• Rogues

  True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

  Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-

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  ""From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, twelve enthralling stories of skulduggery and intrigue by one of the most decorated journalists of our time." -Publisher Provided

• The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream

  the Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer

  Jobb, Dean, 1958-

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  Framed around one salacious trial in 1891 London, a fascinating and vividly told true-crime narrative about the hunt for one of the first known serial killers, whose poisoning spree in the US, Canada, and England coincided with the birth…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dirty John and Other True Stories of Outlaws and Outsiders

  Goffard, Christopher,

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  A collection of newspaper stories by award-winning Los Angeles Times reporter Christopher Goffard--including “Dirty John,” the basis for the hit podcast and the upcoming Bravo scripted series starring Connie Britton and Eric Bana.

• Golden Boy

  a Murder Among the Manhattan Elite

  Glatt, John,

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  New York Times bestselling author John Glatt tells the true story of Thomas Gilbert Jr., the disturbed young man accused of murdering his father, a Manhattan millionaire and hedge fund founder.

• The Babysitter

  My Summers With a Serial Killer

  Rodman, Liza,

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  A chilling true story-part memoir, part crime investigation-reminiscent of Ann Rule's classic The Stranger Beside Me, about a little girl longing for love and how she found friendship with her charismatic babysitter-who was also a vicious…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American Kingpin

  the Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road

  Bilton, Nick,

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  The unbelievable true story of the man who built a billion-dollar online drug empire from his bedroom—and almost got away with it.

• The Cult of We

  WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion

  Brown, Eliot,

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  The definitive inside story of WeWork, its audacious founder, and what its epic unraveling says about a financial system drunk on the elixir of Silicon Valley innovation-from the Wall Street Journal correspondents whose scoop-filled…Read moreRead more of this annotation