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	Truman Capote (1994) In Cold Blood. Vintage A masterpiece. Capote invented a new genre. More...		Ann Rule (2001) The Stranger Beside Me. Signet Ted Bundy, a most violent sociopath, murderer, and mutilator of women, is the subject of this true-crime book. Ann Rule's chilling account, from the time she unsuspectingly met and worked with the savage slayer to the moment of his death by electrocution in Florida, is one of the greatest books in the true crime genre. More...

	Ann Rule (2007) Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal. Free Press Idyllic life in Atlanta's wealthy suburbs turned into jealous rage. Perhaps Ann Rule's best book so far with detailed descriptions of cutting-edge forensic techniques. More...		Robin Moore (2003) The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy. The Lyons Press Detectives Edward Egan and Salvatore Grosso almost stumble into a case of heroin smuggling that ultimately leads to the seizure of the largest cache of heroin ever picked up in New York. Crime syndicate heads in Canada and France are involved. First published in 1969. Also a top movie with 5 Academy Awards. More...

	David Simon (2006) Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets Holt Paperbacks Police reporter David Simon from the Baltimore Sun spent a year with three homicide squads - following the officers from crime scenes to interrogations to hospital emergency rooms. Brutal, bureaucratic, authentic police procedural. More...		Erik Larson (2004) The Devil in the White City During the 1893 Chicago World's Fair H.H. Holmes, a charming doctor, killed somewhere between 27 and 200 people, mostly single young women. The gruesome serial killer actually built a hotel and crematorium to get rid of the corpses. Larson's breathtaking account of these historical events reads like crime fiction. More...

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