The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America
By: Karen Abbott
3.69
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The true crime story of bootlegger George Remus and the murder that shocked the nation. In the e…
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1. The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
By: Kate Summerscale
4.17
Format: None pages,
The dramatic story of the real-life murder that inspired the birth of modern detective fiction. In… read more
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2. Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels
By: Jill Jonnes
3.00
Format: 144 pages,
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3. A Ring of Truth (Henrietta and Inspector Howard, #2)
By: Michelle Cox
4.75
Format: None pages,
Newly engaged, Clive and Henrietta now begin the difficult task of meeting each other's family. Dif… read more
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4. Eiffel's Tower: And the World's Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count
By: Jill Jonnes
3.95
Format: None pages,
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5. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
6. American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI
By: Kate Winkler Dawson
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The riveting true story of the birth of modern criminal investigation. Berkeley, California, 193… read more
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7. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
By: Douglas Preston
3.81
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more
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8. American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper
By: Daniel Stashower
3.50
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower returns with American Dem… read more
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9. The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America
By: Karen Abbott
3.69
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The true crime story of bootlegger George Remus and the murder that shocked the nation. In the e… read more
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10. Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century
By: Roseanne Montillo
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Exploring the darkly intertwined fates of infamous socialite Ann Woodward and literary icon Truman … read more
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11. Dannemora: Two Escaped Killers, Three Weeks of Terror, and the Largest Manhunt Ever in New York State
By: Charles A. Gardner
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The Prison Break, the Manhunt, the Inside Story The True Story of the Prison Escape That Inspire… read more
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12. The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror
By: Alan Prendergast
3.84
Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition
Edgar Award Finalist: The shocking account of a Wyoming father who terrorized his family for years—… read more
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13. Couple Found Slain: After a Family Murder
By: Mikita Brottman
3.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times Book ReviewCritically acclaimed author and psychoanalyst Mikita Brottman offers … read more
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14. The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade
By: Hannah Durkin
4.06
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
Joining the ranks of Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Zora Neale Hurston’s… read more
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15. Empires of the Sky: Zeppelins, Airplanes, and Two Men's Epic Duel to Rule the World
By: Alexander Rose
4.33
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
At the dawn of the twentieth century, when human flight was still considered an impossibility, Germ… read more
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16. The Last Ships from Hamburg: Business, Rivalry, and the Race to Save Russia's Jews on the Eve of World War I
By: Steven Ujifusa
3.98
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive human drama that chronicles the mass exodus of Jews from Eastern Europe to America in … read more
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17. The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
By: Michael Wolraich
3.77
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of how the murder of femme fatale Vivian Gordon in 1931 brought about the downfa… read more
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18. Malas
By: Marcela Fuentes
3.96
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
A story full of passion and revenge, following one family living on the Texas Mexico border and a c… read more
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19. Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation
By: Dean Jobb
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A rollicking story of greed, financial corruption, dirty politics, over-the-top and under-the-radar… read more
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20. Clues in the Clay (Pearl Sands Beach Resort Cozy Mystery, #2)
By: Danielle Collins
4.41
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
Clues in the Clay is the second story in the Pearl Sands Beach Resort Cozy Mystery series. If you l… read more
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21. The Kidnap Years: The Astonishing True History of the Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America
By: David Stout
3.49
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The astonishing true history of the kidnapping open-season that terrorized America The Great Dep… read more
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