Laura Lippman

Ex-library. Book is in great shape overall; library stickers directly on book jacket and there is some damage inside front and back cover from removal of tape holding the book jacket on.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Virginia

A Novel

Author Cassandra Fallows has achieved remarkable success by baring her life on the page. Her two widely popular memoirs continue to sell briskly, acclaimed for their brutal, unexpurgated candor about friends, family, lovers—and herself. But now, after a singularly unsuccessful stab at fiction, Cassandra believes she may have found the story that will enable her triumphant return to nonfiction. When Cassandra was a girl, growing up in a racially diverse middle-class neighborhood in Baltimore, her best friends were all black: elegant, privileged Donna; sharp, shrewd Tisha; wild and worldly Fatima. A fifth girl orbited their world—a shy, quiet, unobtrusive child named Calliope Jenkins—who, years later, would be accused of killing her infant son. Yet the boy's body was never found and Calliope's unrelenting silence on the subject forced a judge to jail her for contempt. For seven years, Calliope refused to speak and the court was finally forced to let her go. Cassandra believes this still unsolved real-life mystery, largely unknown outside Baltimore, could be her next bestseller. But her homecoming and latest journey into the past will not be welcomed by everyone, especially by her former friends, who are unimpressed with Cassandra's success—and are insistent on their own version of their shared history. And by delving too deeply into Calliope's dark secrets, Cassandra may inadvertently unearth a few of her own—forcing her to reexamine the memories she holds most precious, as the stark light of truth illuminates a mother's pain, a father's betrayal . . . and what really transpired on a terrible day that changed not only a family but an entire country.

Life Sentences

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Joyce Egginton

Minnesota

The Story of the Tragic Shootings That Forever Changed the Village of Winnetka

Day of Fury

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Mark Bowden

New York

The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw

Reveals the inside story of how U.S. special forces and intelligence agencies led the largest manhunt in history to capture and contain Colombian cocaine cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar, one of the world's most powerful outlaws.

Killing Pablo

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#nonfiction #truecrime #crime #hardcover 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Texas

The Story of Amy Grossberg, Brian Peterson, and the Baby They Didn't Want

Looks at the lives of Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson, the events surrounding Amy's pregnancy, and their decision to get rid of the baby

Always in Our Hearts

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Nevada

My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein

This is the definitive story of the case against Jeffrey Epstein and the corrupt system that supported him, told in thrilling detail by the lawyer who has represented Epstein’s victims for more than a decade. In June 2008, Florida-based victims’ rights attorney Bradley J. Edwards was thirty-two years old and had just started his own law firm when a young woman named Courtney Wild came to see him. She told a shocking story of having been sexually coerced at the age of fourteen by a wealthy man in Palm Beach named Jeffrey Epstein. Edwards, who had never heard of Epstein, had no idea that this moment would change the course of his life. Over the next ten years, Edwards devoted himself to bringing Epstein to justice, and came close to losing everything in the process. Edwards tracked down and represented more than twenty of Epstein’s victims, shined a light on his shadowy network of accomplices, and uncovered the scope of his sexually exploitative organization, which reached into the highest levels of American society. Edwards gives his riveting, blow-by-blow account of battling Epstein on behalf of his clients, and provides stunning details never shared before. He explains how he followed Epstein’s criminal enterprise from Florida, to New York, to Europe, to a Caribbean island, and, in the process, became the one person Epstein most feared could take him down. Epstein and his cadre of high-priced lawyers were able to manipulate the FBI and the Justice Department, but despite making threats and attempting schemes straight out of a spy movie, Epstein couldn’t stop Edwards, his small team of committed lawyers, and, most of all, the victims, who were dead-set on seeing their abuser finally put behind bars.

Relentless Pursuit

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James Patterson

Maxine Paetro

The 6th Target

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Joe McGinniss

Cover has small rips but the book itself is in excellent condition

The truth behind the murder of Maria Marshall, the role played by her husband, and the effect upon their three sons is revealed in a real-life story marked by gambling, drugs, debt, and infidelity

Blind Faith

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Charles J. Hynes

Bob Drury

Dustjacket has some wear, some tears fixed with tape

The Case for Murder

On the night of December 19, 1986, four black men were driving through an all-white community when their car broke down. One was killed and the other nearly so by a dozen local teenagers. Special Prosecutor Charles Hynes tells everything that happened in the State Supreme Court a year later.

Incident at Howard Beach

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Blood Will Tell

Billy Jensen

Karen Kilgariff

Michigan

How One True Crime Writer Started Solving Murders

Journalist Jensen spent 15 years investigating unsolved murders, fighting for the families of victims. Every story he wrote had one thing in common--they didn't have an ending. The killer was still out there. But after the sudden death of a friend, he came up with a plan to investigate past the point when the cops had given up and to solve the murders himself.self.

Chase Darkness with Me

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A Death In White Bear Lake

California

A Psychopath and His Victims

Recounts the tragic events that followed the arrest of Fred Coe, a conservative, clean-cut young man, for a series of rapes committed in the city of Spokane and led to revenge and murder

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#hardcover #fiction #truecrime #suspensethrillers #lawyer 

Connecticut

The Partner

Jerry Capeci

Gene Mustain

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Massachusetts

Two veteran journalists provide a close-up look at the dark world of New York organized crime and its colorful leader, John Gotti, detailing Gotti's bloody rise to power and the struggle to bring him to justice. Original.

Gotti

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Oregon

A Family Murder in Marin County

Bad Blood

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The True Story of a Woman's Ordeal at the Hands of the Law

Kim Pring of Cheyenne, a national baton-twirling champion, was a contestant in the 1979 Miss America pageant. Shortly thereafter, a story appeared in Penthouse magazine about a fictional baton-twirling Miss Wyoming who excelled at fellatio. Pring hired Spence, a well-known trial lawyer and author of Gunning for Justice, etc., to undertake a libel suit against the magazine. This book is the story of that trial and its subsequent appeals. Citing parallels throughout, going back to the 1487 Malleus Malificarum on the punishment of witches, Spence argues that women are still treated as sexually menacing repositories of evil and that society enjoys their victimization. Serious questions are raised by the Pring case, including what constitutes a public figure and whether fiction can be libelous.

Trial by Fire

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Erika Krouse

The Story of a Private Investigation

Part memoir and part literary true crime, the mesmerizing story of a landmark sexual assault investigation and the female private investigator who helped crack it open. Erika Krouse has one of those faces. “I don’t know why I’m telling you this,” people say, spilling confessions. In fall 2002, Erika accepts a new contract job investigating lawsuits as a private investigator. The role seems perfect for her, but she quickly realizes she has no idea what she’s doing. Then a lawyer named Grayson assigns her to investigate a sexual assault, a college student who was attacked by football players and recruits at a party a year earlier. Erika knows she should turn the assignment down. Her own history with sexual violence makes it all too personal. But she takes the job anyway, inspired by Grayson’s conviction that he could help change things forever. And maybe she could, too. Over the next five years, Erika learns everything she can about P. I. technique, tracking down witnesses and investigating a culture of sexual assault and harassment ingrained in the university’s football program. But as the investigation grows into a national scandal and a historic civil rights case, Erika finds herself increasingly consumed. When the case and her life both implode at the same time, Erika must figure out how to help win the case without losing herself.

Tell Me Everything

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David Baldacci

New Jersey

Will Robie is the government's most professional, disciplined, and lethal assassin. He infiltrates the most hostile countries in the world, defeats our enemies' advanced security measures, and eliminates threats before they ever reach our shores. But now, his skills have left him. Sent overseas on a critical assignment, he fails, unable to pull the trigger. Absent his talents, Robie is a man without a mission, and without a purpose. To recover what he has lost, Robie must confront what he has tried to forget for over twenty years: his own past. THE GUILTY Will Robie escaped his small Gulf Coast hometown of Cantrell, Mississippi, after high school, severing all personal ties, and never looked back. Not once. Not until the unimaginable occurs. His father, Dan Robie, has been arrested and charged with murder. Father and son haven't spoken or seen each other since the day Robie left town. In that time, Dan Robie--a local attorney and pillar of the community--has been elected town judge. Despite this, most of Cantrell is aligned against Dan. His guilt is assumed. To make matters worse, Dan has refused to do anything to defend himself. When Robie tries to help, his father responds only with anger and defiance. Could Dan really be guilty? With the equally formidable Jessica Reel at his side, Robie ignores his father's wishes and begins his own desperate investigation into the case. But Robie is now a stranger to his hometown, an outsider, a man who has forsaken his past and his family. His attempts to save his father are met with distrust and skepticism . . . and violence. Unlike the missions Robie undertook in the service of his country, where his target was clearly defined, digging into his father's case only reveals more questions. Robie is drawn into the hidden underside of Cantrell, where he must face the unexpected and possibly deadly consequences of the long-ago choices made by father and son. And this time, there may be no escape for either of them.

The Guilty

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#hardcover #nonfiction #patriciacornwell #truecrime #jacktheripper

Jack the Ripper - Case Closed

Examines the century-old series of murders that terrorized London in the 1880s, drawing on research, state-of-the-art forensic science, and insights into the criminal mind to reveal the true identity of the infamous Jack the Ripper.

Portrait of a Killer

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Arizona

A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search

A fierce memoir of a mother's murder, a daughter's coming-of-age in the wake of immense loss, and her mission to know the woman who gave her life

After the Eclipse

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A True Crime Memoir

AS SEEN IN THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

"One of the most esoteric and far-fetched crimes in21st-century annals."
--The Hollywood Reporter

"A rare book heist that Danny Ocean may have applauded--except for one mistake."
--Vanity Fair

"A tragicomedy of errors."
--Salon

"They are the young people, the people with the idealism, the passion, the courage to do something interesting with their lives: an act of daring almost artistic in its originality. They are almost right."
--The Guardian

"One of the biggest art heists in FBI history."
--The Times of London

American Animals is a coming-of-age crime memoir centered around three childhood friends: Warren, Spencer, and Eric. Disillusioned with freshman year of college and determined to escape from their mundane Middle-American existences, the three hatch a plan to steal millions of dollars' worth of artwork and rare manuscripts from a university museum. The story that unfolds is a gripping adventure of teenage rebellion, from page-turning meetings with black-market art dealers in Amsterdam to the opulent galleries of Christie's auction house in Rockefeller Center. American Animals ushers the reader along a gut-wrenching ride of adolescent self-destruction. Providing a front-row seat to the inception, planning, and execution of the heist, while offering a rare glimpse into the evolution of a crime--all narrated by one of the perpetrators in a darkly comic, action-packed, true-crime caper.

American Animals

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How I Helped O. J. Get Away with Murder

For audiences of the popular FX television series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, based on Jeffrey Toobin's The Run of His Life and starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., John Travolta, David Schwimmer, and Courtney B. Vance.

You don't know the whole truth about O.J. Simpson and the murders that gripped a nation. But sports agent and O.J. confidant Mike Gilbert does, and inConfession: How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder, Gilbert reveals all. He opens up about O.J. Simpson's late-night confession, the real motive for the murders, and the shocking reason why O.J.'s hand didn't fit the glove. (Hint: It was Gilbert's idea.)

Told with searing candor, Gilbert's story doesn't spare anyone--not even himself. He fully admits that he helped deceive the jury and confesses that he feels deeply responsible for the "Not Guilty" verdict. But the blame extends beyond Gilbert: he casts a glaring light on how celebrity can corrupt, how power can mislead, and how friendship and loyalty can be perverted.



Confession

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John Berendt

Iowa

Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of nonfiction. Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case. It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkable characters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman's Card Club; the turbulent young redneck gigolo; the hapless recluse who owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man, woman, and child in Savannah; the aging and profane Southern belle who is the "soul of pampered self-absorption"; the uproariously funny black drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer; the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young blacks dancing the minuet at the black debutante ball; and Minerva, the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the graveyard at midnight. These and other Savannahians act as a Greek chorus, with Berendt revealing the alliances, hostilities, and intrigues that thrive in a town where everyone knows everyone else. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story is a sublime and seductive reading experience. Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, this enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city is certain to become a modern classic.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

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Allan Wolf

Former classroom library book in “like new” condition (note teacher tag). 

Despite his odd manner and crazy bell bottoms, everybody likes Chris Goodman, so when he's found dead no one can understand how something like that could happen.

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