NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 22, 2012
"A powerfully intimate look at how the justice system works--or doesn't work--in capital cases."
A veteran journalist focuses on a grisly murder case to explore the legal issues that commonly arise in our ongoing national debate about capital punishment.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 10, 2012
"Definitely not for the faint of heart, this as a macabre, stomach-turning glimpse at true crime's most evil villains."
NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 3, 2012
"An alarming, depressing tale of how law enforcement lost its way, how the insidious line between cop and criminal can be so easily obliterated."
A courageous FBI agent recounts his battle against a corrupt law-enforcement culture that protected one of the nation's most notorious criminals.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2011
"A valuable contribution to the literature of the Drug War."
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2011
"A real find for Beat aficionados, adding verve to a cherished moment in American history and the novel that came to define it."
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2011
"Despite the occasional slow spots, Colquhoun successfully balances suspense with historical accuracy."
Account of the first Victorian railway murder in Britain, and how the broader historical events surrounding the crime shaped the hunt for a killer.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2011
"A savage, unrelenting tale."
A spellbinding narrative of drugs, death and debauchery as told by one of America's most notorious criminals.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 20, 2011
"A carefully crafted account of a descent into fatal madness."
Acclaimed novelist Vann (Caribou Island, 2011, etc.) alternates his own adolescent fantasies about guns and school shootings with those of Steve Kazmierczak, who on Valentine's Day 2008 killed five and wounded 18 on the Northern Illinois University campus before ending his own life.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 4, 2011
"A nonfiction political thriller of a very high order."
Riveting account of a multiple murder and trial that led to a paradigm shift in Europe's relations with post-revolutionary Iran.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 27, 2011
"One-stop shopping for basic knowledge about U.S.-Mexican narcotics diplomacy."
NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 27, 2011
"The author's successful transition into the true-crime genre—expertly written and completely absorbing."
The gripping narrative of a twisted serial killer preying on the most vulnerable citizens of Paris during the Nazi occupation.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 20, 2011
"Superb American history."
