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• Long Haul

  Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

  Figliuzzi, Frank

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  Based on his own on-the-ground research and drawing on his 25-year career as an FBI special agent, the author takes us along America's highways and interstates where at least 850 homicides have been linked to long-haul truck drivers, which…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Barn

  the Murder of Emmett Till and the Cradle of American Racism

  Thompson, Wright

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  Emmett Till's murder is one of the most infamous in American history; a moment that awakened the world to the racism of the Deep South. Yet despite growing up just a few miles from where it happened, Wright Thompson knew nothing of it…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rinsed

  From Cartels to Crypto : How the Tech Industry Washes Money for the World's Deadliest Crooks

  White, Geoff, (Journalist)

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  For as long as people have been stealing money, there has been an industry ready to wash it. But what happened when our economy went digital? How does the global underworld wash its dirty money in the Internet age?

• Carrie Carolyn Coco

  My Friend, Her Murder, and An Obsession With the Unthinkable

  Gerard, Sarah

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  In 2016, twenty-five-year-old Carolyn was brutally stabbed to death in her New York City apartment by her roommate Render Stetson-Shanahan. This book follows the story and its characters to their darkest ends; a homage to Carolyn’s life,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Framed

  Grisham, John, 1955-

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  Exposes ten harrowing tales of innocent Americans unjustly found guilty and convicted of crimes they didn't commit, shedding light on the flaws within the legal system that led to their imprisonment and the relentless battles for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rent Collectors

  Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant LA

  Katz, Jesse

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  The gripping true story about a botched gang murder set in the invisible economy of LA's immigrant street vendors.

• Clown World

  Four Years Inside Andrew Tate's Manosphere

  Tahsin, Jamie

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  The behind-the-scenes story of a four-year investigation into Andrew Tate, exploring how a failed reality TV star turned accused organised criminal managed to become one of the most famous influencers in the world.

• Her Secret Service

  the Forgotten Women of British Intelligence

  Hubbard-Hall, Claire

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  Since the inception of the Secret Service Bureau back in 1909, women have worked at the very heart of British secret intelligence - yet their contributions have been all but written out of history. Now, Claire Hubbard-Hall brings their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Drawn Testimony

  Sketching a Generation's Most Iconic Criminal Cases

  Rosenberg, Jane (Courtroom artist)

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  This memoir from a veteran courtroom sketch artist features her looks at history as its happening, with illustrations of such figures as Donald Trump, Ghislaine Maxwell, Martha Stewart, Robert DeNiro and Tom Brady.

• Joan Also Published With Title: I Am What I Am

  Hannington, Joan, 1957-

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  The shocking true story of one of Britain's most successful diamond thieves, Joan Hannington, and a fascinating insight into the criminal underworld in the 1980s.

• Parole

  the Fate of Prisoners in My Hands and the High-stakes Risks of Getting It Wrong

  McKeon, Rob

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  With over a decade on the Parole Board, these are the stories that have shaped a career where risks are high and the repercussions can be devastating. 

• The Consultant

  a Memoir of a Former Bikie, Heroin Trafficker and Underworld Fixer

  Malkoun, Jay

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  Confronting, confounding, hard to the core, and laugh-out loud funny, this is Jay Malkoun in his own words - a compelling narrative of violence, contradiction, and redemption.

• Faik

  a Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-generated Deceptions

  Carpenter, Perry

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  Learn to navigate a world of deepfakes, phishing attacks, and other cybersecurity threats emanating from generative artificial intelligence.

• Shadow Men

  the Tangled Story of Murder, Media, and Privilege That Scandalized Jazz Age America

  Polchin, James

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  The still-unsolved mysteries surrounding a Jazz Age murder offer a fascinating window into class, privilege, media influence, and criminal justice. (Kirkus)

• Serial Killers

  Shocking True Stories of the World's Most Barbaric Murderers

  King, Jamie Thomas, 1981-

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  A compendium of some of the world's most infamous and shocking mass murderers, such as John Wayne Gacy, the Boston Strangler, the Moors murderers and Harold Shipman, as well as some lesser-known figures.