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True Crime 250 books

Cover of The executioner's men The executioner's men George W. Grayson · 2012 Cover of Violence at sea Violence at sea Peter Lehr · 2006 Cover of No way of knowing No way of knowing Pamela Donovan · 2003 Cover of Organized crime Organized crime Howard Abadinsky · 1981 · ★ 3.9 Cover of In the Name of Hate In the Name of Hate Barbara Perry · 2001 Cover of The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil J. R. Weil · 1948 Cover of El Narco El Narco Ioan Grillo · 2011 Cover of Morir en el intento Morir en el intento Jorge Ramos · 2005 · ★ 4.1 Cover of Syndromes of Corruption Syndromes of Corruption Michael Johnston · 2005 Cover of Violence, prejudice and sexuality Violence, prejudice and sexuality Stephen Tomsen · 2009 Cover of The blooding The blooding Joseph Wambaugh · 1989 · ★ 4.0 Cover of The Camorra The Camorra Tom Behan · 1995 Cover of The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid Pat Garrett · 2008
Governments, NGOs and anti-corruption
Governments, NGOs and anti-corruption Peter Larmour · 2008 Cover of Serial killers Serial killers Francesca Biagi-Chai · 2011 Cover of Deadly Angel Deadly Angel Fred Rosen · 2009 · ★ 3.2 Cover of The Best American Crime Writing 2005 The Best American Crime Writing 2005 Thomas H. Cook · 2005 · ★ 3.9 Cover of Understanding Violence Understanding Violence Elizabeth Kandel Englander · 1997 Cover of Foreign workers and law enforcement in Japan Foreign workers and law enforcement in Japan Wolfgang Herbert · 1996 Cover of Into The Mirror Into The Mirror Lawrence Schiller · 2002 · ★ 4.0 Cover of The sixth family The sixth family Lee Lamothe · 2008 · ★ 4.5 Cover of Western intelligence and the collapse of the Soviet Union, 1980-1990 Western intelligence and the collapse of the Soviet Union, 1980-1990 David Arbel · 2003 Cover of Hate Crime Hate Crime Nathan Hall · 2005 Cover of Intelligence Theory Intelligence Theory Mark Phythian · 2008 Cover of The trial of Dr. Adams The trial of Dr. Adams Sybille Bedford · 1958 Cover of The Best American Crime Reporting 2007 The Best American Crime Reporting 2007 Linda Fairstein · 2007 · ★ 3.8 Cover of Stealing Your Life Stealing Your Life Frank W. Abagnale · 2007 Cover of Die, My Love Die, My Love Kathryn Casey · 2007 · ★ 3.4 Cover of Fatal System Error Fatal System Error Joseph Menn · 2010 · ★ 3.5 Cover of The Boston Strangler The Boston Strangler Gerald Frank · 1967 · ★ 3.4 Cover of The Hit Charade The Hit Charade Tyler Gray · 2008 · ★ 3.4 Cover of Street crime Street crime Simon Hallsworth · 2005 Cover of Cass Cass Cass Pennant · 2001 Cover of A Descent Into Hell A Descent Into Hell Kathryn Casey · 2008 · ★ 4.0 Cover of By the Fire We Carry By the Fire We Carry Rebecca Nagle · 2024 · ★ 4.4 Cover of Lay This Body Down Lay This Body Down Gregory A. Freeman · 1999 Cover of The midnight assassin The midnight assassin Skip Hollandsworth · 2015 · ★ 4.0 Cover of The Queen The Queen Josh Levin · 2019 · ★ 4.0 Cover of A good month for murder A good month for murder Del Quentin Wilber · 2013 · ★ 4.0 Cover of Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade Walter Kirn · 2014 Cover of Inheritor's Powder Inheritor's Powder Sandra Hempel · 2013 Cover of Improving Intelligence Analysis Improving Intelligence Analysis Stephen Marrin · 2011 Cover of US covert operations and Cold War strategy US covert operations and Cold War strategy Sarah-Jane Corke · 2007 Cover of East German foreign intelligence East German foreign intelligence Kristie Macrakis · 2009 Cover of Understanding The Intelligence Cycle Understanding The Intelligence Cycle Mark Phythian · 2013 Cover of Blonde Ambition Blonde Ambition Rita Cosby · 2007 · ★ 3.9 Cover of The origin of organized crime in America The origin of organized crime in America David Critchley · 2008 Cover of Fake stuff Fake stuff Yi-Chieh Jessica Lin · 2011
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