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• A Devil Went Down to Georgia

  Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton

  Landau, Deb Miller

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  The 1987 murder of Lita McClinton Sullivan sent shockwaves through an affluent Atlanta suburb in Georgia. The neighborhood was simply not the kind of place where women were gunned down in cold blood in broad daylight. How many socialites had enemies…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unmasking Lucy Letby

  the Untold Story of the Killer Nurse

  Coffey, Jonathan

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  The untold story of the killer nurse.

• The Mafia

  the Rise of An Evil Empire

  Cimino, Al

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  With rich illustrations and special features, this book offers an immersive journey into organized crime's dark world.

• Identity

  Murder, Fraud and the Making of a Garda Forensic Expert

  Sweetman, John

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  A page-turning detective memoir - fascinating insider insight into prominent Irish crimes and the forensics that helped to solve them.

• The Serial Killer's Apprentice

  the True Story of How Houston's Deadliest Murderer Turned a Kid Into a Killing Machine

  Ramsland, Katherine M., 1953-

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  Elmer Henley was only fourteen when he first became entangled with serial rapist and murderer Dean Corll in 1971. When Henley unwittingly entered the trap, Corll evidently sensed he’d be of more use as a second accomplice than another victim, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Book of Murder

  a Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death

  Murphy, Matt (Lawyer)

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  Examining murder from an insider’s perspective, Matt Murphy, former senior deputy district attorney, discusses cases from his career, how they strained his personal life, and how he found peace seeking justice for victims and their families. Murphy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mississippi Swindle

  Brett Favre and the Welfare Scandal That Shocked America

  White, Shad

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  This riveting exposé details how a small team of auditors and investigators uncovered a brazen scheme where the powerful stole millions in welfare funds from the poor in a sprawling conspiracy that stretched from Mississippi to Malibu. Peopled with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Siege

  the Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama

  Macintyre, Ben, 1963-

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  A history of one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue attempts of our time, the 1980 seige on the Iranian Embassy in London.

• The Enemy Within

  the Human Cost of State Surveillance in Aotearoa New Zealand

  Leadbeater, Maire, 1945-

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  Thought-provoking and insightful, 'The Enemy Within' mounts the argument that unaccountable intelligence agencies harm our democracy and should be disbanded, and their work left to the police.

• A Dirty, Filthy Book

  Sex, Scandal, and One Woman's Fight in the Victorian Trial of the Century

  Meyer, Michael J., 1972-

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  London, 1877. Annie Besant is on trial for the sordid crime of publishing and selling a birth control pamphlet. Remarkably - forty-five years before the first woman will be admitted to the English bar - Annie is defending herself. Before Britain's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Scotland Yard

  a Bloody History

  Read, Simon, 1974-

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  The idea of "Scotland Yard" is steeped in atmospheric stories of foggy London streets, murder by lamplight, and fiendish killers pursued by gentleman detectives. From its establishment in 1829 through the eve of World War II, Scotland Yard—the…Read moreRead more of this annotation