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Depraved Depraved Harold Schechter Even as a child in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, Herman Mudgett was considered a lad with a future, a boy who professed filial devotion while secretly fantasizing his parents' deaths. By age eleven he wa… OL112365W
The First Family The First Family Mike Dash Before the notorious Five Families who dominated U.S. organized crime for a bloody half century, there was the one-fingered criminal genius Giuseppe Morello -- known as "The Clutch Hand" -- and his l… OL14950838W
Mob daughter Mob daughter Karen Gravano Based on a true live story from karen Gravano a star from reality show based in Staten Island.reveals memories of her mafia childhood,which pro-trays how love ans family values come hand in hand with… OL16240043W
Diary of a Motor City Hit Man Diary of a Motor City Hit Man Christian Cipollini February 1975... A winding suburban road. A near collision. One patrolman and one sinister Detroit man. Then, a case would unfold like the Motor City and nearby burbs had never imagined. The tal… OL17043753W
The Best American Crime Reporting 2009 The Best American Crime Reporting 2009 Otto Penzler,Jeffrey Toobin,Thomas H. Cook "Thieves, liars, and killers -- it's a criminal world out there, and someone has to write about it. A thrilling collection of the year's best reportage by the aces of the true-crime genre, The Best A… OL17728794W
Caught in the act Caught in the act Jeannie McDonough Describes how Jeannie and Kevin McDonough become heroes after saving their daughter from Adam Leroy Lane, a long-haul trucker and serial killer, and how they vowed to make sure that Lane's other vict… OL17829672W
Gangster squad Gangster squad Paul Lieberman A harrowing narrative of murder and secrets, revenge and heroism in the City of Angels. Lieberman chronicles the true story of the secretive police unit that waged an anything-goes war to drive Micke… OL18024151W
Mob boss Mob boss Jerry Capeci,Tom Robbins (journalist) "Reminiscent of Wiseguy, this compelling biography from two prominent mob experts recounts the life and times of the first acting boss of an American Mafia family to turn government witness As top bo… OL18173289W
Ranger Games: A Story of Soldiers, Family and an Inexplicable Crime Ranger Games: A Story of Soldiers, Family and an Inexplicable Crime Ben Blum,Ben Blum Documents the story of an aspiring U.S. Army Ranger who inexplicably participated in an armed robbery hours before being deployed to Iraq, investigating the influence of the young man's superior and … OL19362511W
Public Enemies Public Enemies Bryan Burrough In Public Enemies, bestselling author Bryan Burrough strips away the thick layer of myths put out by J. Edgar Hoovers FBI to tell the full storyfor the first timeof the most spectacular crime wave in… OL1975258W
Murderer with a badge Murderer with a badge Edward Humes The explosive true story of a killer cop. Pulitzer Prize-winner Humes, the first to break the story, conducted exclusive jail-cell interviews with convicted LAPD officer Bill Leasure to give an enthr… OL1976919W
White devil White devil Bob Halloran "In 2013, "Bac Guai" John Willis, aka White Devil, was sentenced for drug trafficking and money laundering ... was "leader of a vast conspiracy." Journalist Bob Halloran tells the tale of the only wh… OL20023204W
The road to Jonestown The road to Jonestown Jeff Guinn In the 1950s, a young Indianapolis minister named Jim Jones preached a blend of the gospel and Marxism. His congregation was racially integrated, and he was active in the civil rights movement. Jones… OL20055687W
Wicked Taos Wicked Taos Ellen Dornan "Uncover the sordid side of Taos, New Mexico history"-- "A lively history of the criminals and transgressors of Taos, New Mexico's past"-- OL23180479W
Gangsters and organized crime in Jewish Chicago Gangsters and organized crime in Jewish Chicago Alex Garel-Frantzen "Al Capone. The Untouchables. The Valentine's Day massacre. You may think you know everything about the Roaring Twenties in the Windy City, but in the early twentieth century, the harsh environment o… OL23330211W
Rat Bastards Rat Bastards John "red" Shea John "Red" Shea, 40, was a top lieutenant in the South Boston Irish mob run, led by James "Whitey" Bulger. An ice–cold enforcer with a red–hot temper, Shea was a legend among his peers in the 1990s S… OL278351W
Ashes to ashes Ashes to ashes Lyn Riddle On a November afternoon in 1992, 24-year-old Bobby Coulson murdered his parents, two sisters, and a brother-in-law. He bound and gagged his first victim, his mother, and set her on fire. When Bobby w… OL2877889W
The mysterious Montague The mysterious Montague Leigh Montville He was a 1930s golf legend and Hollywood trickster who adamantly refused to be photographed. He never played professionally, yet sports-writing legend Grantland Rice still heralded him as "the greate… OL4310208W
Brutal Brutal Kevin Weeks,Phyllis Karas I grew up in the Old Colony housing project in South Boston and became partners with James "Whitey" Bulger, who I always called Jimmy.Jimmy and I, we were unstoppable. We took what we wanted. And we … OL7910698W
A rose for her grave A rose for her grave Ann Rule Ann Rule's Crime Files books have delivered the very best in true crime reading since A Rose for Her Grave, first in the acclaimed series, made its debut. Distinguished by the former Seattle policewo… OL892116W
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