True Crime

True Crime

This is a type of novel which deals with a real crime, with or without a murder, examining the motives of real people and events. These novels can run the gammit of from being highly speculative in nature to sticking the basic facts of the case, ultimatly allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions. The crimes which are written about can be pulled from current headlines or examine cases from the past, such as; JFK's assasination, the Ripper murders, Marilyn Monroe's death or the Gardner heist.

Here are some examples:

 

 

Book List

The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft (Paperback)

By Ulrich Boser
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780061451843
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Published: Harper Paperbacks, 3/2010
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In the Still of the Night: The Strange Death of Ronda Reynolds and Her Mother's Unceasing Quest for the Truth (Hardcover)

By Ann Rule
$26.99
ISBN-13: 9781416544609
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Published: Free Press, 5/2010
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*We have signed copies avalible (they are signed by both Ann Rule and the victim's mother). It is also the first book Ann Rule has written which is still an open case.

The Monster of Florence (Paperback)

By Douglas Preston, Mario Spezi
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780446581271
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Published: Grand Central Publishing, 6/2009
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Don't Look Behind You: Ann Rule's Crime Files #15 (Mass Market Paperback)

By Ann Rule
$7.99
ISBN-13: 9781451641080
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Published: Pocket Books, 12/2011
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Dangerous Instincts: How Gut Feelings Betray Us (Hardcover)

By Mary Ellen O'Toole, Alisa Bowman
$25.95
ISBN-13: 9781594630835
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Published: Hudson Street Press, 10/2011
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A Miscellany of Murder: From History and Literature to True Crime and Television, a Killer Selection of Trivia (Paperback)

By The Monday Murder Club
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9781440525933
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Published: Adams Media Corporation, 10/2011
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Uncle John's True Crime (Paperback)

By Bathroom Reader's Hysterical Society
$9.95
ISBN-13: 9781607103189
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Published: Portable Press, 11/2011

The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper (Paperback)

By Maxim Jakubowski
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780762433797
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Published: Running Press, 5/2008
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The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder (Paperback)

By Daniel Stashower
$21.00
ISBN-13: 9780425217825
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Published: Berkley Trade, 12/2007
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The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science (Paperback)

By Douglas Starr
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780307279088
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Published: Vintage, 11/2011
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The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief (Paperback)

By Ben Macintyre
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780307886460
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Published: Broadway, 4/2011
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The Secret History of MI6: 1909-1949 (Paperback)

By Keith Jeffery
$20.00
ISBN-13: 9780143119999
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Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 9/2011
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Agents of Treachery (Paperback)

By Otto Penzler
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9780307477514
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Published: Vintage, 6/2010
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MI6: The Real James Bonds 1909-1939 (Hardcover)

By Michael Smith
$29.95
ISBN-13: 9781906447007
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Published: Dialogue, 5/2011

The Company We Keep: A Husband-and-Wife True-Life Spy Story (Hardcover)

By Dayna Baer, Robert Baer
$26.00
ISBN-13: 9780307588142
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Published: Crown, 3/2011
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Defend the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 (Paperback)

By Christopher Andrew
$27.50
ISBN-13: 9780307275813
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Published: Vintage, 12/2010
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