True Crime


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	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...		Nicholas Pileggi (1990) Wiseguy. Life in a Mafia Family. Pocket This book portrays the life of Henry Hill, a street-level hoodlum from the Brooklyn branch of the Luchese crime family. Unlike literary fiction of mobster life, this true story is about the gruesome violence at the operational level. After 30 years of car theft, hijacking, credit card scams, smuggling, and a $6-million heist, Henry Hill entered the Federal Witness Protection Program, helping to convict some of his fellow thugs. Martin Scorsese used the material for his film Goodfellas. More...

	James B. Stewart (1999) Blind Eye: How the Medical Establishment Let a Doctor Get Away with Murder. Simon & Schuster Don't read that book when you are sick in a hospital bed! Pulitzer-prize winner James B. Stewart describes the career of Dr. Michael Swango, a handsome physician, who may have poisoned at least 35 of his patients. (Dr. Swango was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences for murdering four of his patients.) 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...

	Ann Rule (2007) Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder: And Other True Cases (Ann Rule's Crime Files) Pocket The difficult cases: Rule's collection of true crime cases that were intractable puzzles, shrouded in smoke and deception. These criminals skillfully tried to evade law enforcement in maddening cat-and-mouse chases. More...		Ann Rule (2003) Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers Pocket Eight cases from the #1 crime writer. Most stories are warmed-up versions of previously published material. However, if you have never read anything from Rule, this is a good start. More...

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