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The Secret Life of an American Art Forger

By Ken Perenyi (Author)

Pub Date: Aug 15, 2012

Perenyi, who barely finished ninth grade, illustrates how he became America's top art forger.
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Bobby Dunbar and the Kidnapping that Haunted a Nation

By Tal McThenia (Author) , Margaret Dunbar Cutright (Author)

Pub Date: Aug 14, 2012

A convoluted account of an infamous child kidnapping from 100 years ago, with a contemporary twist.
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An American Lawman Battles Drugs on the Mexican Border

By Terry Kirkpatrick (Author)

Pub Date: Jul 3, 2012

A behind-the-scenes look at the adventures of a U.S. Customs special agent on the front lines of the drug wars.
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The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo--and the Evil that Swallowed Her Up

By Richard Lloyd Parry (Author)

Pub Date: Jun 5, 2012

Haunting story of a murder in Tokyo in 2000.
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How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China

By Paul French (Author)

Pub Date: May 1, 2012

A suspenseful murder mystery set on the eve of the Japanese invasion of old Peking in 1937.
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The Sensational Grave Robbery of the Merchant Prince of Manhattan

By J. North Conway (Author)

Pub Date: May 1, 2012

The final installment of the author's true-crime trilogy about New York City in the Gilded Age.
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