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L.A. Coroner : Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood
by Anne Soon Choi
L.A. Coroner is a gripping true crime biography of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the controversial “Coroner to the Stars,” who performed the autopsies of Marilyn Monroe, Robert F. Kennedy, and Natalie Wood. It blends Hollywood celebrity and death, Asian American history, and Los Angeles history in a feat of exquisite storytelling.
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Free : my search for meaning
by Amanda Knox
Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in prison and eight years on trial for a murder she didn't commit-and became a notorious tabloid story in the process. Though she was exonerated, it's taken more than a decade for her to reclaim her identity and truly feel free. Free recounts how Knox survived prison, the mistakes she made and misadventures she had reintegrating into society, and culminates in the untold story of her return to Italy and the extraordinary relationship she's built with the man who sent her to prison.
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Home of the happy : a murder on the Cajun prairie
by Jordan LaHaye Fontenot
A riveting blend of true crime and memoir tracing the author's investigation into the kidnapping and murder of her great-grandfather in 1980s Louisiana and the reverberations on her family and community throughout the decades, set against the backdrop of one of America's most mystical and overlooked landscapes--the Acadian prairie.
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The scientist and the serial killer : The Search for Houston's Lost Boys
by Lise Olsen
Chronicles the chilling case of the “Candy Man” serial killer who murdered over 27 teenage boys in 1970s Houston, highlighting forensic anthropologist Sharon Derrick's efforts decades later to identify the victims and restore their dignity amidst societal neglect and systemic failures.
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Story of a Murder : The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen
by Hallie Rubenhold
Reexamines the infamous Crippen Murder through the perspectives of three women: Dr. Crippen's first wife Charlotte, his mistress Ethel, and Belle Elmore, whose death propelled the case, offering a fresh, multifaceted view of their lives and roles in a crime that captivated Edwardian society.
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Blood in the water : the untold story of a family tragedy
by Casey Sherman
From New York Times bestselling author Casey Sherman, a gripping contemporary true crime narrative for everyone fascinated by the Murdaugh murders, about Nathan Carman, who was found floating on a raft in the North Atlantic and was later accused of murdering his mother to gain access to his family's fortune of more than $40 million.
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The peepshow : the murders at Rillington Place
by Kate Summerscale
From the Edgar Award-winning author of The Haunting of Alma Fielding, the tale of two journalists competing to solve the notorious Christie murders in postwar London. In this riveting true story, Kate Summerscale mines the archives to uncover the lives of the victims and the tabloid frenzy that their deaths inspired. What she finds sheds fascinating light on the origins of our fixation with true crime-and suggests a new solution to one of the most notorious cases of the century.
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