High Interest, Low Body Count

True crime doesn't have to mean multiple murder - try some of these titles with a lower body count.

Updated March 25, 2026
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High Interest, Low Body Count

True crime doesn't have to mean multiple murder - try some of these titles with a lower body count.

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Skyjack : the hunt for D.B. Cooper
Gray, Geoffrey.
Paper Book
"I have a bomb here and I would like you to sit by me."   That was the note handed to a stewardess by a mild-mannered passenger on a Northwest Orient flight in 1971. It was the start of one of the most astonishing whodunits in the history of American true crime: how one man...
The great pearl heist : London's greatest thief and Scotland Yard's hunt for the world's most valuable necklace
Crosby, Molly Caldwell.
Ebook
London, 1913. An exquisite strand of pale pink pearls, worth more than the Hope Diamond, has been bought by a Hatton Garden broker, capturing the attention of both jewelers and thieves. In transit to London from Paris, the necklace vanishes without a trace.   Joseph Grizzard,...
The art thief : a true story of love, crime, and a dangerous obsession
Finkel, Michael
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century * "The Art Thief, like its title character, has confidence, élan, and a great sense of timing."--The New Yorker A...
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