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• If You Tell

  a True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

  Olsen, Gregg,

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  Three courageous and strong sisters band together to escape their sadistic mother’s unimaginable abuse, degradation, torture and psychic terrors, which resulted in multiple murders.

• The Falcon Thief

  a True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird

  Hammer, Joshua, 1957-

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  Documents the true story of Irish national Jeffrey Lendrum and his globetrotting adventures as a smuggler of rare birds, detailing the efforts of British wildlife detective Andy McWilliam to protect the world’s endangered birds of prey.

• We Keep the Dead Close

  a Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence

  Cooper, Becky,

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  A haunting true crime narrative of an unsolved 1969 murder at a prestigious institution and a lyrical memoir of obsession and love for a girl who dreamt of rising among men.

• The Man From the Train

  the Solving of a Century-old Serial Killer Mystery

  James, Bill, 1949-

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  A celebrated baseball statistician uses his analytic skills and interesting sleuthing techniques to uncover the culprit in a 100 year-old cold case involving a spate of axe bludgeoning deaths across the country, from Iowa to Louisiana.

• The Girl on the Velvet Swing

  Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century

  Baatz, Simon,

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  In 1901, pinup girl and penniless actress Evelyn Nesbit was taken advantage of by legendary architect Stanford White. Four years later, Nesbit would tell her husband Harry Thaw of the encounter, leading Thaw to publicly murder White.

• Killers of the Flower Moon

  the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

  Grann, David,

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  Presents a true account of the early 20th-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Furious Hours

  Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

  Cep, Casey N.,

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  Documents the remarkable story of 1970s Alabama serial killer Willie Maxwell and the true-crime book on the Deep South's racial politics and justice system that consumed Harper Lee in the years after To Kill a Mockingbird.

• A False Report

  a True Story of Rape in America

  Miller, T. Christian,

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  Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists present the true story of two detectives who teamed up to discern the truth about a case involving a teen who was charged with falsely reporting a rape, an investigation that revealed the work of a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Red Notice

  a True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

  Browder, Bill, 1964-

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  A real-life political thriller about an American financier in the Wild East of Russia, the murder of his principled young tax attorney, and his dangerous mission to expose the Kremlin's corruption.

• Disgraceland

  Musicians Getting Away With Murder and Behaving Very Badly

  Brennan, Jake,

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  A collection of the best stories about some of the music world's most beloved stars and their crimes. It mixes all-new, untold stories with expanded stories from the first two seasons of the Disgraceland podcast.

• Bad Blood

  Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

  Carreyrou, John,

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  Recounts the story behind Theranos, the medical equipment company that misled investors to believe they developed a revolutionary blood testing machine, detailing how its CEO, Elizabeth Holmes, perpetuated the lie to bolster the value of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I'll Be Gone in the Dark

  One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

  McNamara, Michelle, 1970-2016,

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  A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer-- the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California for over a decade-- from Michelle McNamara, the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Red Parts

  Autobiography of a Trial

  Nelson, Maggie, 1973-

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  Documents how the murder case of the author's aunt was reopened more than three decades later upon the discovery of new DNA findings, describing how the subsequent investigation and trial reopened long-standing wounds for the author and…Read moreRead more of this annotation