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Did Lizzie Borden Axe for It? 13 reviews
David Rehak
Angel Dust Publishing / Lulu.com, 2008
No axe for this book!
+ "Key ingredients for a great crime story"
+ An enlightening book for both pro and con LIZZIE followers!
Well written, great research and good photos. Anybody who appreciates
good documentation and entertainment will love this book.
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High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed44 reviews
Michael Kodas
Hyperion, 2008
The Hellbent Usually Get There
Anyone who hasn't heard by now that Everest has in recent years become a magnet for fools, scoundrels, parasites, and mountebanks of every type, variety and nationality must have been living in a cave. This work gathers together abundant further evidence of this lamentable fact.
Kodas provides ...
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Thunderstruck152 reviews
Erik Larson
Three Rivers Press, 2007
An Artful Reconstruction of History
+ "More than a saga of violence"
A wonderful, exciting, and vivid look at what life may have been like for and in the time of Guglielmo Marconi, (often cited as the inventor of but, more accurately, the first to successfully commercialize wireless communication). The author painstakingly reconstructs many events in Marconi's life ...
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America 770 reviews
Erik Larson
Vintage, 2004
Time machine
+ Highly Rated for History Fans
+ A bit tedious at times, but worth a read - esp if you like architectural history
This book makes me wish I had a time machine to go back and see the White City in person. I work in downtown Chicago and I walk by many of the buildings described in the book every day. I find it fascinating to think of what Chicago must have been like in 1893. Of course the story of HH Holmes is ...
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil491 reviews
John Berendt
Vintage, 1999
Read it & visit Savannah
+ Great
+ Great Read
I visited Savannah this summer & then read the book. I had seen the movie when it first came out & remembered that is was a good one, but I forgot so much of it. After touring the Mercer House & confusing several timelines, I borrowed my sister's book & could hardly put it down, and I am a seldom ...
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The Darkest Night: Two Sisters, a Brutal Murder, and the Loss of Innocence in a Small Town30 reviews
Ron Franscell
St. Martin's True Crime, 2008
The Fall- The darkest night
+ The Darkest Night: Two Sisters, a Brutal Murder and the Loss of Innocence in a Small Town .
+ fans of true crime will value this book
THE FALL by Ron Franscell. (A MUST HAVE)
A roller coaster ride from heck!! Keeps you on the edge of your seat from the time you open the cover. Very well written and a book you can't put down. Get ready to pull an all nighter. I shall not ruin it by giving details but I will say throw away ...
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective50 reviews
Kate Summerscale
Walker & Company, 2008
Sense and Prejudice
+ Thoroughly researched True Crime
+ The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
+ An Elegant Overview
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The Innocent Man 550 reviews
John Grisham
Dell, 2007
Appalling "story"
+ A Startling Book
+ The scapegoats
+ Great Book!
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The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town550 reviews
John Grisham
Doubleday, 2006
Appalling "story"
+ A Startling Book
+ The scapegoats
+ Great Book!
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Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal98 reviews
Ann Rule
Pocket, 2007
Can't help myself for reading this
+ More Applause for Ann Rule!!
+ Ann Fans Pounce!
Why do we read these true crime melodramas? For the same reason we gawk at car crashes. We can't help our voyeuristic impulses. And we are glad it's not us in the spotlight. This one looks at a Georgia murder where it was obvious the husband did it. The twist is he did once before, too, 14 years ...
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SMOKE, MIRRORS,AND MURDER AND OTHER TRUE CASES
ANN RULE
POCKET BOOKS A DIVISION OF SIMON AND SCHUSTER, 2008
REAL-LIFE MURDER. REAL-LIFE MYSTERY.
In some murder cases, the truth behind the most tragic of crimes crystallizes with relative ease. Not so with these fascinating accounts drawn from the personal files of Ann Rule, America's #1 bestselling true-crime writer. What happens when the case itself becomes an intractable puzzle, when clues are shrouded in smoke and mirrors, and when criminals ...
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective50 reviews
Kate Summerscale
Walker & Company, 2008
Sense and Prejudice
+ Thoroughly researched True Crime
+ The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
+ An Elegant Overview
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The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town550 reviews
John Grisham
Doubleday, 2006
Appalling "story"
+ A Startling Book
+ The scapegoats
+ Great Book!
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Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal98 reviews
Ann Rule
Pocket, 2007
Can't help myself for reading this
+ More Applause for Ann Rule!!
+ Ann Fans Pounce!
Why do we read these true crime melodramas? For the same reason we gawk at car crashes. We can't help our voyeuristic impulses. And we are glad it's not us in the spotlight. This one looks at a Georgia murder where it was obvious the husband did it. The twist is he did once before, too, 14 years ...
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High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed44 reviews
Michael Kodas
Hyperion, 2008
The Hellbent Usually Get There
Anyone who hasn't heard by now that Everest has in recent years become a magnet for fools, scoundrels, parasites, and mountebanks of every type, variety and nationality must have been living in a cave. This work gathers together abundant further evidence of this lamentable fact.
Kodas provides ...
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SMOKE, MIRRORS,AND MURDER AND OTHER TRUE CASES
ANN RULE
POCKET BOOKS A DIVISION OF SIMON AND SCHUSTER, 2008
REAL-LIFE MURDER. REAL-LIFE MYSTERY.
In some murder cases, the truth behind the most tragic of crimes crystallizes with relative ease. Not so with these fascinating accounts drawn from the personal files of Ann Rule, America's #1 bestselling true-crime writer. What happens when the case itself becomes an intractable puzzle, when clues are shrouded in smoke and mirrors, and when criminals ...
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Thunderstruck152 reviews
Erik Larson
Three Rivers Press, 2007
An Artful Reconstruction of History
+ "More than a saga of violence"
A wonderful, exciting, and vivid look at what life may have been like for and in the time of Guglielmo Marconi, (often cited as the inventor of but, more accurately, the first to successfully commercialize wireless communication). The author painstakingly reconstructs many events in Marconi's life ...
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Did Lizzie Borden Axe for It?13 reviews
David Rehak
Angel Dust Publishing / Lulu.com, 2008
No axe for this book!
+ "Key ingredients for a great crime story"
+ An enlightening book for both pro and con LIZZIE followers!
Well written, great research and good photos. Anybody who appreciates
good documentation and entertainment will love this book.
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America770 reviews
Erik Larson
Vintage, 2004
Time machine
+ Highly Rated for History Fans
+ A bit tedious at times, but worth a read - esp if you like architectural history
This book makes me wish I had a time machine to go back and see the White City in person. I work in downtown Chicago and I walk by many of the buildings described in the book every day. I find it fascinating to think of what Chicago must have been like in 1893. Of course the story of HH Holmes is ...
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The Darkest Night: Two Sisters, a Brutal Murder, and the Loss of Innocence in a Small Town30 reviews
Ron Franscell
St. Martin's True Crime, 2008
The Fall- The darkest night
+ The Darkest Night: Two Sisters, a Brutal Murder and the Loss of Innocence in a Small Town .
+ fans of true crime will value this book
THE FALL by Ron Franscell. (A MUST HAVE)
A roller coaster ride from heck!! Keeps you on the edge of your seat from the time you open the cover. Very well written and a book you can't put down. Get ready to pull an all nighter. I shall not ruin it by giving details but I will say throw away ...
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