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• The Barn

  the Murder of Emmett Till and the Cradle of American Racism

  Thompson, Wright

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  In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was abducted and murdered in the Mississippi Delta, a crime that ignited a global movement for justice. Yet the full story was systematically buried for decades. The author, who grew up not far from the murder site,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ballad of the Anarchist Bandits

  the Crime Spree That Gripped Belle Époque Paris

  Merriman, John M., 1946-2022

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  Where radical dreams meet brutal reality, this book will plunge you into the ideological battles of La Belle Époque (the Beautiful Era). Before the general slaughter of World War I obliterated old Europe, Paris was nearing boiling point as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Trials of Nurse Kerr

  the Anatomy of a Secret Poisoner

  Bainbridge, Scott, 1969-

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  In 1992, a skeleton unearthed in Devonport reignited a chilling mystery dating back to the 1930s. Elspeth Kerr, a Scottish nurse, ran a private nursing home where multiple patients, including her husband and foster daughter, died under suspicious…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Surgeon of Crowthorne

  a Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words

  Winchester, Simon, 1944-

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  Dr W.C Minor contributed over 10,000 entries to the Oxford English dictionary, but when the over-seeing committee came to honour him a shocking truth was revealed. The doctor was an American Civil War Veteran, now living in an asylum for the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sewing Girl's Tale

  a Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America

  Sweet, John Wood, 1966-

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  New York City, a crime is committed. What is different? This time a 17 year old girl charges a gentleman with rape. From Professor of History, John Wood Sweet, this is the meticulously researched story from America's 1793 first published rape trial.

• Furious Hours

  Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

  Cep, Casey N.

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  Mark Bowden returns to his cub reporter days for some unfinished business in this tale of child kidnapping, molestation and murder. Join him as he follows the path detectives took, and be privy to taped interviews directly from the interview room.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Somebody's Mother, Somebody's Daughter

  True Stories From Victims and Survivors of the Yorkshire Ripper

  Lee, Carol Ann, 1969-

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  We have all heard the gruesome story of the Yorkshire ripper, but what do we really know about his victims? Carol Ann Lee presents their stories for the first time - the stories of school girls, students, prostitutes, and shops assistants, of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Five

  the Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

  Rubenhold, Hallie

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  What do you really know about the five women Jack the Ripper murdered in 1888? Rubenhold takes us on an eye opening journey through the lives of these women - women who for years have been ignored, vilified even, for being ‘mere prostitutes’. The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse

  An Extraordinary Edwardian Case of Deception and Intrigue

  Eatwell, Piu Marie

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  In 1897, an elderly widow requested her late father-in-law’s body be exhumed, due to her suspicion he’d been none other than the eccentric, wealthy Duke of Portland. With a novelist’s flair, Piu Marie Eatwell, relates a tale of lies, greed, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

  the True Story of New York's City's Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation

  Ricca, Brad

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  When 18 year-old Ruth Cruger disappeared, detective and lawyer Grace Humiston, swore she would find her. With her philosophy of “justice for those of limited means”, Humiston and her partner, detective Julius J. Kron, braved devious cops,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Real Lolita

  the Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World

  Weinman, Sarah

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  Nabakov's novel ’Lolita’ has been condemned and cherished by readers alike since its publication in 1955, but how many of us know the true story behind this controversial classic? For the first time, author Sarah Weinman tells the tale of the real…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream

  the Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer

  Jobb, Dean, 1958-

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  A ruthless murderer hides behind a facade of 'the good doctor' while planning executions across three countries and two continents during the 19th Century. Dean Jobb's analysis finds Scotland Yard wanting at times in "a vivid, engaging revival of a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Stone

  a Gripping Account of a Cold Case Criminal Investigation

  Bowden, Mark, 1951-

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  Mark Bowden returns to his cub reporter days for some unfinished business in this tale of child kidnapping, molestation and murder. Join him as he follows the path detectives took, and be privy to taped interviews directly from the interview room.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• If You Tell

  a True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

  Olsen, Gregg

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  The real life story of a deadly mother whose horrific abuse scarred a family is laid out, chronicling the years of abuse her daughters suffered. A sisterhood that endured the mad world that was their home life and the deaths of those who entered…Read moreRead more of this annotation