True Crime

From classic accounts of legendary criminals to more recent headline-making crimes, these are the famous cases that every true crime reader will want to know more about.

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Liliana's invincible summer : a sister's search for justice
Rivera Garza, Cristina
Paper Book
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * "A searing account of grief and the quest to bring her sister's murderer to justice years after the fact" (The Boston Globe), from "one of Mexico's greatest living writers" (Jonathan Lethem)....
Rabbit heart : a mother's murder, a daughter's story
Ervin, Kristine S.
Paper Book
A Washington Post "Most Anticipated" Book of the Year * A New York Times "Must Read" * Shortlisted for the Reading the West Book Awards * Finalist for the Clara Johnson Award For readers of My Dark Places and The Fact of a Body, a...
Dear sister : a memoir of secrets, survival, and unbreakable bonds
Horton, Michelle
Paper Book
AMAZON EDITOR'S PICK FOR BEST BOOKS OF FEBRUARY A breathtaking memoir about two sisters and a high-profile case: Nikki Addimando, incarcerated for killing her longtime abuser; and the author, Michelle Horton, left in the devastating fall-out to raise Nikki's young children and to...
Murderland : crime and bloodlust in the time of serial killers
Fraser, Caroline
Paper Book
An Edgar Award winner for True Crime * A National Bestseller * A Washington Post Notable Book * Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Forbes, NPR, Vulture, Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, Slate, Newsweek, New York...

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