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	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...		Paul LaRosa (2006) Tacoma Confidential: A True Story of Murder, Suicide, and a Police Chief's Secret Life. Signet Paul LaRosa tells the true story of Police Chief David Brame of Tacoma, Washington - of his abusive marriage and the resulting deaths. But this is not only a story about a husband, enraged by an impending divorce, killing his wife. It is the story of a sex-obsessed man, who used his power to fulfill his sexual fantasies. More...

	Kevin Weeks / Phyllis Karas (2006) Brutal: The Untold Story of My Life Inside Whitey Bulger's Irish Mob. Regan Books The disgusting hero (and co-author of the book), Phyllis Karas is a macho psychopath with an allegedly near genius IQ of 150. He grew up in the Southie projects of Boston and was the right-hand thug of one of the most notorious mob bosses. If you can stand the brutality it's certainly a fascinating read. More...		Tina Dirmann (2005) Such Good Boys: The True Story of a Mother, Two Sons and a Horrifying Murder. St. Martin's Paperbacks When Jane Bautista was in a bad mood, she would lock up her 20-year old son Jason and beat him up with extreme cruelty. After years of physical and psychological abuse, Jason cracked. He strangled his mother and chopped off her head and hands to destroy evidence, while his younger brother watched TV. More...

	Peter Lalor (2005) Blood Stain. Allen & Unwin Kathy Knight, grandmother and slaughter house worker in Aberdeen, Australia sliced her partner John Price into pieces and cooked him for a meal. Peter Lalor covered the Knight case for the Daily Telegraph, a top newspaper in Australia. His book is one of the most gruesome true crime stories and not for the faint of heart. More...		Ann Rule (2005) Worth More Dead: And Other True Cases. Pocket Ann Rule's collection of chilling crime displays such a baffling menagerie of twisted minds, psychopathic killers, heartbreaking victims, cops, and prosecutors that fiction writers could directly use them in their plots. It is even more scary when you remember that they are real persons and events. More...

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