Posts tagged with ‘True Crime’
February 23, 2013
ENCYCLOPEDICALLY CREEPY HISTORY of US mass murderers and serial killers, from the 18th century through today.
Grade: SOLID B
PSYCHO USA: FAMOUS AMERICAN KILLERS YOU NEVER HEARD OF
Ballantine
2012
Tags: History, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, True Crime, United States
January 24, 2013
UNUSUAL, HIGHLY CANDID memoir from a woman whose husband of only one month was jailed for shocking crimes.
Grade: SOLID B
THROUGH THE GLASS
Gallery Books
2012
Tags: Canada, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews, True Crime
December 31, 2012
WILD, ROUGH AND TUMBLE memoir by a high-end art forger of his checkered career and jet set life. Unruly fun!
Grade: SOLID B
CAVEAT EMPTOR: THE SECRET LIFE OF AN AMERICAN ART FORGER
Pegasus
2012
Tags: Art History, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, True Crime, Visual Arts
December 16, 2012
A GRIM MURDER TRIAL from 1938 New Jersey highlights the despair of the Depression and the impact of corruption.
Grade: B PLUS
KILLING THE POORMASTER: A SAGA OF POVERTY, CORRUPTION, AND MURDER IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Chicago Review Press
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History, Non-Fiction, True Crime
December 12, 2012
ENGROSSING HISTORY OF the many attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria, and their impact on English society.
Grade: B PLUS
SHOOTING VICTORIA: MADNESS, MAYHEM, AND THE REBIRTH OF THE ENGLISH MONARCHY
Pegasus Books
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Social and Cultural Commentary, True Crime
September 4, 2012
ART THEFT, LOOKED at from the perspectives of detectives, lawmakers, victims, and even thieves. Eye-opening!
Grade: SOLID B
HOT ART: CHASING THIEVES AND DETECTIVES THROUGH THE SECRET WORLD OF STOLEN ART
Tin House Books
2012
Tags: Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, True Crime, Visual Arts
August 7, 2012
THE LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPING, reviewed and reopened in the light of memories from New York’s German community.
Grade: SOLID B
CEMETERY JOHN: THE UNDISCOVERED MASTERMIND BEHIND THE LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING
Overlook Press
2012
Tags: History, New York City, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, True Crime, United States
July 29, 2012
MIND-BOGGLING TRUE STORY of a hoaxster who pretended to be a survivor of the 2001 World Trade Center attack.
Grade: SOLID B
THE WOMAN WHO WASN'T THERE: THE TRUE STORY OF AN INCREDIBLE DECEPTION
Touchstone
2012
Tags: New York City, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews, True Crime
July 26, 2012
INTRIGUING TRUE STORY of the daring teen thief, “Barefoot Bandit” Colton Harris-Moore. Lots of vivid detail!
Grade: SOLID B
THE BAREFOOT BANDIT: THE TRUE TALE OF COLTON HARRIS-MOORE, NEW AMERICAN OUTLAW
Hyperion
2012
Tags: Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, True Crime
July 11, 2012
TROUBLING TRUE STORY of a South Carolina death row inmate’s conviction on shockingly scanty (at best) evidence.
Grade: SOLID B
ANATOMY OF INJUSTICE: A MURDER CASE GONE WRONG
Knopf Doubleday
2012
Tags: Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews, True Crime