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Posts tagged with ‘True Crime’
THE HEADLINE-GRABBING ABDUCTION OF a young Englishwoman in Tokyo in 2000, explored in thoughtful complexity.
Grade: SOLID B
PEOPLE WHO EAT DARKNESS: THE TRUE STORY OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHO VANISHED FROM THE STREETS OF TOKYO--AND THE EVIL THAT SWALLOWED HER UP
Farrar, Straus and Giroux/FSG Originals
2012
Tags: Japan, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews, True Crime
FASCINATING TRUE STORY of a 1919 confidence game (and the victim’s revenge) sheds light on the history of scams.
Grade: B PLUS
THE MARK INSIDE: A PERFECT SWINDLE, A CUNNING REVENGE, AND A SMALL HISTORY OF THE BIG CON
Knopf
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Social History, Texas, True Crime, United States
FASCINATING TRUE CRIME story of an 1874 kidnapping–the first recorded kidnap for ransom in the US. Chilling!
Grade: SOLID B
WE IS GOT HIM: THE KIDNAPPING THAT CHANGED AMERICA
The Overlook Press
2011
Tags: History, Non-Fiction, Social History, Solid B Reviews, True Crime, United States
‘GONZO’ JOURNALISM-FLAVORED, engaging true crime tale of the 40-year investigation of skyjacker D. B. Cooper.
Grade: SOLID B
SKYJACK: THE HUNT FOR D. B. COOPER
Crown
2011
Tags: History, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, True Crime, United States
INSIDE A COMPLEX, troubling investigation of a multi-victim case of child sexual abuse and its church coverup.
Grade: SOLID B
THE SINS OF BROTHER CURTIS: A STORY OF BETRAYAL, CONVICTION, AND THE MORMON CHURCH
Scribner
2011
Tags: Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, True Crime
AN OVERVIEW OF SCAMS and con games, complete with case studies, is highly informative if a bit repetitive.
Grade: SOLID B
THE CON: HOW SCAMS WORK, WHY YOU'RE VULNERABLE, AND HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF
Rowman & Littlefield
2011
Tags: Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, True Crime
SEARING AND ELOQUENT memoir of child sexual abuse, family dysfunction, and the healing power of nature.
Grade: SOLID B
THE SOURCE OF ALL THINGS: A MEMOIR
Free Press
2011
Tags: Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Nature Writing, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, True Crime
MASTERFUL RETELLING OF a murder case that grabbed headlines in 1897 New York is rich in detail and drama.
Grade: A MINUS
THE MURDER OF THE CENTURY: THE GILDED AGE CRIME THAT SCANDALIZED A CITY AND SPARKED THE TABLOID WARS
Crown
2011
Tags: A Minus Reviews, History, Non-Fiction, Social History, True Crime
INSIDE THE ANTIQUITIES-LOOTING scandal that rocked the Getty Museum and the art world. Detailed but absorbing.
Grade: SOLID B
CHASING APHRODITE: THE HUNT FOR LOOTED ANTIQUITIES AT THE WORLD'S RICHEST MUSEUM
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2011
Tags: Art History, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, True Crime
CHILLING INVESTIGATIVE PROFILE of 2001’s anthrax attacks via US mail, and of the FBI’s (now dead) prime suspect.
Grade: B PLUS
THE MIRAGE MAN: BRUCE IVINS, THE ANTHRAX ATTACKS, AND AMERICA'S RUSH TO WAR
Bantam
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Non-Fiction, True Crime, United States