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  The Killing of Lord George - A...

  Karl Shaw

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  'A riveting read ... a dark story of murder and deceit with verve and insight' John Woolf, author of The Wonders
  
  
  THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A 19TH-CENTURY CIRCUS LEGEND
  On 28 November 1911 a retired showman died violently at his home in North London. Known to the world as Lord George Sanger, he was once the biggest name in show business, and was venerated as a national institution.
  
  The death of Britain's wealthiest showman read like a popular crime thriller: a merciless killer; a famous victim; sensational media headlines; a desperate manhunt laced with police incompetencies and a dramatic denouement few could have anticipated. But for over a century, questions have persisted about the murder.
  
  Weaving in the story of George's rise to fame and the history of Britain's entertainment industry, The Killing of Lord George uses previously unpublished archive material to reconstruct the events leading up to the death and reveal the true story behind the brutal crime that shocked Edwardian England.

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  Pure Murder

  Corey Mitchell

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  "We gotta kill 'em. They know what we look like."On a hot summer night in Houston, two teenage girls-bright, beautiful, success-bound friends-took a shortcut home from a friend's apartment to make their curfew. They never reached their homes. The next morning, the families of the two girls began a frantic search, organizing friends and neighbors and posting thousands of fliers across the sprawling city. But not until an anonymous 911 call four days later were the bodies of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena finally recovered. Their killers were soon rounded up-a brutal, unrepentant gang of teenage boys whose convictions should have put them behind bars for life. But in the halls of justice, nothing is ever a sure bet . . .

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  Lone Wolf - Eric Rudolph: Murder...

  Maryanne Vollers

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  “A cool, gripping investigation of the [Olympic Park Bomber’s] mind, methods and stereotype-busting traits . . . A standout in the true crime genre” (New York Times). 
   
  Five years after escaping into the mountains of North Carolina, Eric Rudolph was becoming a figure of folk legend. The FBI had long since abandoned its manhunt—the largest ever on U.S. soil—for the fugitive accused of bombing the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, two abortion clinics, and a gay bar. Then, one night, Rudolph got careless; he was arrested and put in jail—possibly forever. But even in custody, he remained unrepentant . . . and an enigma. 
   
  In Lone Wolf, Maryanne Vollers brings the reader deep inside one of the most sensational cases of domestic terrorism in American history. At the same time, without losing sight of the hideous nature of Rudolph's violent crimes, she successfully puts a human face on an iconic killer while exploring the painful mysteries of the heart.

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  Inside the Montreal Mafia - The...

  Félix Séguin, Eric Thibeault

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  A groundbreaking, exclusive inside look at the North American Mafia and the Rizzuto family
  		 
  For the first time in Canadian history, a high-ranking Mafioso agreed to break the code of omertà by talking to journalists. From October 2014 to October 2019, Félix Séguin and Eric Thibault held multiple secret meetings with Andrew Scoppa, getting an exclusive inside look at the inner workings of the North American Mafia. This book is the culmination of their perilous investigation. It sheds light on the life — and death — of one of the most influential organized crime figures in recent years.
  		 
  At exactly 2 p.m., there was a knock at the door. It was him: the source every journalist dreamed of having. The short man was armed and placed his gun on the table I’d moved between the bed and a chair.
  		 
  “Are you impressed?” he asked with a broad grin.
  		 
  “Yes. Very much.”
  		 
  Before me was Andrew Scoppa: close confidant of the late godfather Vito Rizzuto, international heroin trafficker and cold-blooded killer.

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  Texas True Crime

  Monthly Texas

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  The finest in true-crime writing from the Lone Star State, from marital murder in the Houston suburbs to bloody battles under the streetlights of Amarillo. For a half century, one magazine has covered crime in Texas like no one else, delving deep into stories that may turn your stomach—but won’t let you turn away. This collection from the archives of Texas Monthly is a high-speed read around Texas, chasing criminals from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods, through gated mansions and trailer parks, from 1938 to the twenty-first century. The stories come from some of its most notable writers:  ·      Cecilia Ballí investigates the drug-fueled violence of the border  ·      Pamela Colloff reports on Amarillo’s lethal feud between jocks and punks  ·      Michael Hall revisits the legend of Joe Ball, a saloon owner who allegedly fed his waitresses to pet alligators  ·      Skip Hollandsworth uncovers the computer nerd who became Dallas’s most notorious jewel thief  Katy Vine tracks a pair of teenage lesbians inspired by Thelma and Louise, and more

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  Redbone - The Millionaire and...

  Ron Stodghill

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  “Redbone has the ingredients of a blockbuster; a millionaire who wines and dines Atlanta’s most attractive women, a brutal bludgeoning, and gold-diggers.” —Essence 
   
  Lance Herndon was at the top of his game in 1996. At age forty-one he was a self-made millionaire, the owner of Access, Inc., a successful information-systems consulting company. As a prominent member of Atlanta’s young, wealthy, and powerful set, he was surrounded by black Atlanta’s “beautiful people.” But when he failed to show up for work one day, friends and family started to worry. Their worry soon turned to horror when he was found murdered in his own home, his head smashed in—in what appeared to be either an act of jealousy-fueled rage or a seedier sex crime. With a laundry list of ex-wives and lovers, competitors, critics, and admirers in hand, detectives had to break through the city’s upper crust to discover his killer. Journalist Ron Stodghill tells the riveting, true story of this investigation. 
   
  Part investigative thriller, part sociological commentary, Redbone offers a truly intriguing story that channels insight into one of America’s great metropolises. 
   
  “Stodghill’s lively, meticulously researched account depicts a black Jay Gatsby who made a fortune and a name for himself when Atlanta was making a name for itself as a black mecca for business.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 
   
  “Enthralling . . . Stodghill shines a bright light on the . . . black elite in Atlanta.” —The Charlotte Post 
   
  “An absorbing yarn.” —Publishers Weekly

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