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• Thou Savage Woman

  Female Killers in Early Modern Britain

  Adams, Blessin

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  In this bold, page-turning new history, former police officer and historian Blessin Adams tells stories of women whose violent crimes shattered the narrow confines of their gender - and whose notoriety revealed a society that was at once repulsed by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Kilo

  Willy Falcon and the Cocaine Empire That Seduced America

  English, T. J., 1957-

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  T. J. English has been granted unprecedented access to the inner workings of Los Muchachos, a cocaine distribution syndicate, sitting down with Willy Falcon and his associates for many lengthy interviews, and revealing never-before-understood…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sophie

  the Final Verdict

  Molony, Senan, 1963-

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  The book charts the astonishing early days of a doomed investigation and times thereafter, as Bailey - a violent misogynist and pathological liar - escaped charge or trial in Ireland despite compelling evidence. Including interviews with Sophie's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Web of Betrayal

  Murder in Ireland's Brutal Gangland

  Tallant, Nicola

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  A murder in Belfast of gangland's most wanted man, Robbie Lawlor, uncovers a web of betrayal that spans out across the Irish underworld and beyond. Follow a bloody trail that leads all the way into the heart of one of the worst gang feuds Ireland…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Scam Goddess

  Lessons From a Life of Cons, Grifts, and Schemes

  Mosley, Laci, 1991-

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  A hilarious, delightfully subversive essay collection from Laci Mosley, host of the award-winning "Scam Goddess" podcast, about the frauds, cons, and schemes that make up our world-and how the scammer mindset has affected her own upbringing, career,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Takedown

  Inside the Fight to Shut Down Pornhub for Child Abuse, Rape, and Sex Trafficking

  Mickelwait, Laila

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  The gripping, true story of one woman's battle to expose and shut down a criminal online porn empire.Readers will follow her from her first horrifying discovery of criminal content on Pornhub to closed-door meetings with credit card executives,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Gangs of Zion

  a Black Cop's Crusade in Mormon Country

  Stallworth, Ron

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  The more Stallworth speaks truth to power, the more determined the gatekeepers in Utah are to silence him, and not even twenty-three years of police work could prepare him for how low they would stoop.

• Best Copy Available

  a True Crime Memoir

  Nicorvo, Jay Baron

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  In the winter of 1984, Sharon Nicorvo was violently raped while delivering pizza to the barracks at Fort Monmouth Army Base in New Jersey. At that time her seven-year-old son Jay was being subjected to repeated and secret sexual abuse by his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Vatican Spies

  From the Second World War to Pope Francis

  Denoël, Yvonnick

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  During the Second World War and Cold War, Rome was teeming with spies. A band of undercover monsignors and priests hunted for Vatican 'moles', led clandestine diplomacy, investigated assassinations of priests and other scandals threatening the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• They'll Never Hold Me

  Adams, Michael, 1970-

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  In 1959, Australians thrilled to every move made by a new criminal underdog, Kevin John Simmonds, whose brazen crime spree had scored him a lengthy prison sentence. When his bid for freedom took a deadly turn, legendary Detective Ray 'the Gunner'…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Missing

  My Life Finding the Lost and Delivering Justice for the Living

  Hedges, Charlie

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  With no two cases ever the same, Charlie has been involved in some of the most high-profile reports during his career with the police and as a consultant in missing cases. From the evil of abductions and trafficking to the tragic accidents of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Terrible Humans

  the World's Most Corrupt Super-villians - and the Fight to Bring Them Down

  Alley, Patrick 1958-

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  Patrick Alley, co-founder of Global Witness and the author of Very Bad People, introduces us to some of the world's worst warlords, grifters and kleptocrats. From the oligarch charged with ordering the killing of an investigative journalist to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jigsaw & Jane

  Thirteen Years of Murder and Mayhem With Badge Number One

  Howatt, Jane

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  A legendary detective. A relentless killer. And a writer who uncovered it all. Journey into the darkness of serial murder with the LAPD's Badge Number One.This true-crime memoir details the surreal journey of a suburban housewife who spends 13 years…Read moreRead more of this annotation