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New True Crime

Kitty Genovese: the murder, the bystanders, the crime that changed America by Kevin Cook

The true American: murder and mercy in Texas by Anand Giridharadas

Little demon in the city of light: a true story of murder and mesmerism in Belle Époque Paris by Steven Levingston

The mad sculptor: the maniac, the model, and the murder that shook the nation by Harold Schechter

 

Jack the Ripper: the forgotten victims by Paul Begg & John Bennett

Blood will out: the true story of a murder, a mystery, and a masquerade by Walter Kirn

Fetch the Devil: The Sierra Diablo Murders and Nazi Espionage in America by Richmond, Clint

Finding me: a decade of darkness, a life reclaimed: a memoir of the Cleveland kidnappings by Michelle Knight with Michelle Burford

Boston mob: the rise and fall of the New England mob and its most notorious killer by Marc Songini

The skeleton crew: how amateur sleuths are solving America's coldest cases by Deborah Halber

True story: murder, memoir, mea culpa by Michael Finkel

Yours for eternity: a love story on death row by Damien Echols, Lorri Davis

The map thief: the gripping story of an esteemed rare- map dealer who made millions stealing priceless maps by Michael Blanding

Thomas Quick: the making of a serial killer by Hannes Råstam ; translated by Henning Koch ; foreword by Elizabeth Day

On the border: a murder in the family by Marie Brenner

Lost girls: an unsolved American mystery by Robert Kolker

Echoes of my soul by Robert K. Tanenbaum

See How Much You Love Me: A Troubled Teen, His Devoted Parents, and a Cold-blooded Killing by Hunt, Amber

A serial killer in Nazi Berlin: the chilling true story of the S-Bahn murderer by Scott Andrew Selby

If I can't have you: Susan Powell, her mysterious disappearance, and the murder of her children by Gregg Olsen and Rebecca Morris

The mob and the city: the hidden history of how the Mafia captured New York by C. Alexander Hortis ; foreword by James B. Jacobs, coauthor of Breaking the devil's pact

Long mile home: Boston under attack, the city's courageous recovery, and the epic hunt for justice by Scott Helman and Jenna Russell, reporters for the Boston Globe

Bulletproof vest: the ballad of an outlaw and his daughter by Maria Venegas

The Valentino Affair: The Jazz Age Murder Scandal That Shocked New York Society and Gripped the World by Evans, Colin

The price of silence: the Duke lacrosse scandal, the power of the elite, and the corruption of our great universities by William D. Cohan

The wrong Carlos: anatomy of a wrongful execution by James S. Liebman, Shawn Crowley, Andrew Markquart, Lauren Rosenberg, Lauren Gallo White, and Daniel Zharkovsky

The killing kind by M. William Phelps

The twelfth victim: the innocence of Caril Fugate in the Starkweather murder rampage by Linda M. Battisti, John Stevens Berry

The murder of Marilyn Monroe: case closed by Jay Margolis and Richard Buskin

Blood aces: the wild ride of Benny Binion, the Texas gangster who created Vegas poker by Doug J. Swanson

Shadows in the vineyard: the true story of the plot to poison the world's greatest wine by Maximillian Potter

Killers in the family: inside a real family of criminals bound by blood by Robert L. Snow

Dead of night by Gary C. King with Sheila Johnson