New For You - True Crime - April 2024 - Christchurch City LibrariesLike this list

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• Accidental Death?

  When Things May Not Be as They Seem

  Bowles, Robin

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  This collection of stories centres on the idea of 'accidental death', and the upheaval caused in the lives of those who lose a loved one in this way. Several of the cases examined here turned out, on investigation, not to be accidents at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Amish Wife

  Unraveling the Lies, Secrets, and Conspiracy That Let a Killer Go Free

  Olsen, Gregg

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  Examines a murder among the Amish and reveals the conspiracy to keep it a secret.

• Narcotopia

  in Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA

  Winn, Patrick (Journalist)

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  An award-winning journalist uncovers the truth behind Asia's top drug-trafficking organization as told by a Wa commander turned DEA informant, shredding drug war myths and revealing a chilling revelation: the Wa syndicate's origins are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Teacher's Pet

  Thomas, Hedley

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  Hedley Thomas takes you behind the scenes with a blow-by-blow account of one of the most intriguing murder mysteries of our time - the crime, the podcast investigation, the sexual exploitation of teenage students, the courtroom drama -…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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  A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist traces the Ku Klux Klan's rise to power in the 1920s, driven by the con man D.C. Stephenson, and how a seemingly powerless woman named Madge Oberholtzer brought them to their knees.

• Meth Road

  a Life-and-death Investigation Following the World's Most Destructive Narcotic to Australia

  Woodman, Conor

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  Meth Road is the real Breaking Bad. It's a journey into a hidden and fascinating narco-state that is the world's main source of crystal meth, and a wild ride following the obscene wealth and destruction paving the drug's road into…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hijacking of American Flight 119

  How D.B. Cooper Inspired a Skyjacking Craze and the FBI's Battle to Stop It

  Wigger, John H., 1959-

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  He pulled off what some deem the crime of the century: skyjacking a commercial jetliner, collecting a ransom of $200,000, parachuting off the aft stairs of the Boeing 727 into the night, and simply disappearing. Since November 1971, "D.B.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Spy Who Loved

  the Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville

  Mulley, Clare

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  Documents the story of a first British female agent in World War II, providing coverage of her mixed heritage, daring missions in numerous countries, significant intelligence contributions and subsequent murder by an obsessive colleague.

• That Peckham Boy

  Growing Up, Getting Out and Giving Back

  Imafidon, Kenny

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  A candid and unfiltered take on some of the most challenging topics that define our times, That Peckham Boy is a personal manifesto exploring what it means to be young, Black and poor in the city. It is shaped by Kenny's difficult…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• No Comment

  What I Wish I'd Known About Becoming a Detective

  McDonald, Jess

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  An extraordinary, eye-opening memoir from a young woman who went from working at an advertising agency to being a fully qualified detective in just 9 months. She passed her training, but can she survive the realities of life in the Met…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tremors in the Blood

  Murder, Obesession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  Katwala, Amit

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  A thrilling account of the creation of the so-called lie detector, exploring shocking murders and dramatic trials to uncover the true nature of the polygraph.

• How to Solve a Crime

  Real Cases Form the Cutting Edge of Forensics

  Gallop, Angela

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  Professor Gallop has been at the forefront of forensics for more than 45 years. In How to Solve a Crime, she describes some of her own and her colleagues most intriguing cases and the wide range of skills and techniques used to solve them.…Read moreRead more of this annotation