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Cynthia Rodriguez

Contacto en Italia: El Pacto Entre los Zetas y la 'Ndrangheta

Editura: Debate

Anul aparitiei: 2010

In an investigation into the drug smuggling occurring between Mexico's Zeta gang and the Italian Ndrangheta, journalist Rodriguez goes deep into the operations that join one of the most dangerous illegal groups in America with a European organization as Machiavellian and dangerous as them.

Geoffrey Gray

Skyjack: The Hunt for D. B. Cooper

Editura: Crown Publishing Group (NY)

Anul aparitiei: 2011

Robert K. Wittman

Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures

Editura: Crown Publishing Group (NY)

Anul aparitiei: 2010

Armed with a scholar's passion, a con man's smile, and a daredevil's nerves, Wittman--former leader of the FBI's Art Crime Team--had pulled off undercover operations all over the world. In "Priceless," readers learn about the greatest unsolved art heist of the 20th century. 8-page color insert.

Kevin Poulsen

Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground

Editura: Crown Publishing Group (NY)

Anul aparitiei: 2011

Investigative journalist Poulsen takes readers on an unprecedented journey into the modern hacking underworld through the story of Max Butler, a troubled young hacker-turned-real-life-supervillian, who seized control of a multi-billion dollar criminal network.

Kent Zimmerman, Keith Zimmerman, Frank Calabrese

Operation Family Secrets: How a Mobster's Son and the FBI Brought Down Chicago's Murderous Crime Family

Editura: Broadway Books

Anul aparitiei: 2011

Bruce Porter

Blow- 20% discount

Editura: St. Martin's Griffin

Anul aparitiei: 2001

Soon to be a major motion picture from New Line Cinema, "Blow" is the story of George Jung, a small-town boy who made $100 million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel as its importer to the United States in the 1970s and lost it all.

Philip Carlo

The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer

Editura: St. Martin's Press

Anul aparitiei: 2006

"The Ice Man" is a "stomach-turning account of the multiple atrocities committed over 43 years by Richard 'The Ice Man' Kuklinski--as sadistic a killer as most readers would ever want to encounter in print" ("Publishers Weekly").

Gregg Olsen

A Twisted Faith: A Minister's Obsession and the Murder That Destroyed a Church

Editura: St. Martin's Press

Anul aparitiei: 2010

A "New York Times"-bestselling author investigates the sensational story of a minister who seduced four of his female congregants and then hatched a cold-blooded plot to murder his wife. b&w photo insert.

Selwyn Raab

Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires

Editura: St. Martin's Griffin

Anul aparitiei: 2006

For half a century, the American Mafia outwitted, outmaneuvered, and outgunned the FBI and other police agencies, wreaking unparalleled damages to America's social fabric and business enterprises while emerging as the nation's most formidable crime empire. The vanguard of this criminal juggernaut is still led by the Mafia's most potent and largest borgatas: New York's Five Families. "Five Families" is the vivid story of the rise and fall of New York's premier dons from Lucky Luciano to Paul Castellano to John Gotti and more. This definitive history brings the reader right up to the possible resurgence of the Mafia as the FBI and local law-enforcement agencies turn their attention to homeland security and away from organized crime. The paperback has been revised and updated, with a new epilogue focusing on the trial of the notorious "Mafia Cops."

Diane Fanning

Mommy's Little Girl: Casey Anthony and Her Daughter Caylee's Tragic Fate

Editura: St. Martin's True Crime

Anul aparitiei: 2009

When news broke of three-year-old Caylee Anthony's disappearance from her home in Florida in July 2008, there was a huge outpouring of sympathy across the nation. The search for Caylee made front-page headlines. But there was one huge question mark hanging over the case: the girl's mother. As the investigation continued and suspicions mounted, Casey became the prime suspect. In October, based on new evidence against Casey--her erratic behavior and lies, her car that showed signs of human decomposition--a grand jury indicted the young single mother. Then, two months later, police found Caylee's remains a quarter of a mile away from the Anthony home. Casey pled not guilty to charges of murder in the first degree, and she continues to protest her innocence. Did she or didn't she kill Caylee? This is the story of one of the most shocking, confusing, and horrific crimes in modern American history.

John Glatt

Playing with Fire: The True Story of a Nurse, Her Husband, and a Marriage Turned Fatal

Editura: St. Martin's True Crime

Anul aparitiei: 2010

SHE PARALYZED HER PREY… A beautiful nurse. A lethal injection. A gruesomely charred corpse. Nothing could have shocked the sleepy community of Morgantown, West Virginia, more than the lurid details that surfaced after a house fire claimed the life of Shelly Michael’s husband Jimmy. Local authorities suspected possible arson. Then they discovered that Jimmy had been dead before the fire even started—paralyzed by a fatal dose of muscle relaxant… BUT SHE WAS PLAYING WITH FIRE. Did Shelly Michael, a respected nurse and mother, kill her second husband and torch her own home? Were the rumors true that she’d had an affair with her husband’s employee only two weeks before the murder? Or did she kill Jimmy simply for the insurance money? Charged with first-degree murder and first-degree arson, Shelly would never stop claiming her innocence—even to this day… “John Glatt is one of the finest true crime craftsmen writing today.” —Howard Goldberg, VH1.com With 8 pages of startling photos!

D. P. Lyle

Forensics and Fiction: Clever, Intriguing, and Downright Odd Questions from Crime Writers

Editura: Minotaur Books

Anul aparitiei: 2007

A lively and informative follow-up to "Murder and Mayhem," Dr. Lyle answers new and challenging questions that mystery, suspense, and thriller writers need to know--including topics such as traumatic injuries and illnesses, crime labs, coroners and autopsies, and more.

William Van Meter

Cruel Heart: A True Story of Murder in Kentucky

Editura: St. Martin's True Crime

Anul aparitiei: 2010

AS SEEN ON NATIONAL TV"She was a small-town girl from Bluegrass country."On the morning of May 4, 2003, a well-loved, hard-working freshman student named Katie Autry was found dead in her dormitory room at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. She had been raped, stabbed, drenched in hairspray, and set on fire. The story of Katie's horrific murder made local headlines--and there was a huge public outcry to bring her killer to justice..."They were older guys--with a deadly plan..."Stephen Soules, an unemployed high school dropout, had given Katie a ride home from a party on the night of her murder. With him was Lucas Goodrum, a twenty-one-year-old, sometime drug dealer with a known history of domestic abuse. Soules claimed that Goodrum forced him to participate in the crime, and received a life sentence in a plea deal. But what "really" happened in Katie's dorm room that night? And which of the two accused is the real killer? This is the true story of a crime that sent shockwaves through a small Southern town--and the mysteries that still remain... "Harrowing and mesmerizing." --William Gay, author of "I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down"* Includes photos * ...

John Glatt

Lost and Found

Editura: St. Martin's True Crime

Anul aparitiei: 2010

Then, in August 2009, a registered sex offender named Phillip Garrido appeared on the University of California, Berkeley campus alongside two young women whose unusual behavior sparked concern among campus officials and law enforcement. That visit would pave the way for shocking discovery: that Garrido was Jaycee Lee Dugard's kidnapper... Jaycee's story was revealed: For eighteen years, she had lived in an outbuilding on the Garrido property in Antioch, CA, just two hours away from her childhood home. Kept in complete isolation, she was raped by Garrido, who fathered her two daughters. When news broke of Jaycee's discovery, there was a huge outpouring of relief across the nation. But questions remain: How did the Garridos slip past authorities? And how did Jaycee endure her captivity? This is the story of a girl-next-door who was Lost and Found.

Carlton Smith

Cold as Ice: A True Story of Murder, Disappearance, and the Multiple Lives of Drew Peterson

Editura: St. Martin's True Crime

Anul aparitiei: 2010

AS SEEN ON NATIONAL TVDrew Peterson lost two of his wives. Kathleen Savio was married to Drew Peterson for eleven years before filing for divorce in 2003. The next year, she was found dead in her bathtub. Her drowning appeared to be an accident—and for years, no one had reason to question it. But when Peterson’s next wife, Stacy—thirty years younger—went missing, the tough-talking and wise-cracking former Illinois cop came under suspicion….Is he a widower—or a cold-blooded killer?""With Stacy Peterson missing—and presumed dead—authorities exhumed Kathleen Savio’s body, looking for answers. A new autopsy pointed to homicide, and a 2002 letter was revealed in which Savio wrote that Drew, “knows how to manipulate the system, and his next step is to take my children away. Or kill me instead.” He was arrested for Kathleen’s murder, and is a prime suspect in Stacy’s disappearance, Peterson continues to protest his innocence. "New York Times "bestselling author Carlton Smith digs deep into the mystery behind the two Peterson wives—and sheds some light on one of the most complex crime cases in modern ...

Roberto SAVIANO

Gomorrah: A Personal Journey Into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System

Editura: Picador USA

Anul aparitiei: 2008

The basis of the Sundance TV series Gomorrah A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A groundbreaking, unprecedented bestseller in Italy, Roberto Saviano's insider account traces the decline of the city of Naples under the rule of the Camorra, an organized crime network more powerful and violent than the Mafia. The Camorra is an elaborate, international system dealing in drugs, high fashion, construction, and toxic waste, and its influence has entirely transformed life in Campania, the province surrounding Naples. Since seeing his first murder victim, at thirteen, Roberto Saviano has watched the changes in his home city. For Gomorrah , he disappeared into the Camorra and witnessed up close the drug cartel's audacious, sophisticated, and far-reaching corruption that has paralyzed his home city and introduced the world to a new breed of organized crime.

Stella Sands

Murder at Yale: The True Story of a Beautiful Grad Student and a Cold-Blooded Crime

Editura: St. Martin's True Crime

Anul aparitiei: 2010

A DREAM LIFE Annie Le seemed to have it all. A beautiful graduate student at one of the world’s most prestigious universities, she was also deeply in love. But just days before she was set to get married, Annie went mysteriously missing…and her fiancé started to fear the worst. A TROUBLED PAST Raymond Clark III seemed like an average, all-American boy next door. He was a sports hero in high school, adored by friends and family. But he had a secret dark side—and a history of violence that was about to come to light. A LIVING NIGHTMARE Annie and Ray worked in the same lab facility. Security records indicated that, on September 8, 2009, Annie entered a restricted basement area…followed by Ray. On the thirteenth, the date of her wedding, Annie’s lifeless body was found. DNA evidence at the crime scene was eventually linked to Ray. Why did he do it? What did Annie do to set him off? This is the shocking true story of a "Murder at Yale." With 8 pages of alarming photographs

Ethan Brown

Shake the Devil Off: A True Story of the Murder That Rocked New Orleans

Editura: St. Martin's True Crime

Anul aparitiei: 2010

A "WASHINGTON"" POST "BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR HE LEFT THE WAR A HERO After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Zackery Bowen became the face of hope in the local news. A handsome veteran of the Iraq War, Bowen was all smiles and high spirits when he appeared on live television—partying on Bourbon Street, or raising a glass with his beautiful bartender girlfriend, Addie Hall. But Bowen’s happy-go-lucky persona in the Big Easy concealed a tortured mind… AT HOME HE BECAME A KILLER In October 2006, Bowen leapt from the rooftop bar of a French Quarter hotel—instantly killing himself. Later, it was discovered that he had also killed Addie…and left a note directing police to her dismembered body. Why did Bowen do it? What made him snap? This is the true story of a war-torn veteran driven to commit the most heinous of crimes. "shake the devil off""" “Ethan Brown has transformed post-Katrina anguish [into] something genuinely sad and reflective…that now has true meaning for New Orleans and for all of us.”—David Simon, creator of "The Wire" and "Treme" *Includes 8 pages of dramatic photos*

Alex Caine

Befriend and Betray: Infiltrating the Hells Angels, Bandidos and Other Criminal Brotherhoods

Editura: Thomas Dunne Books

Anul aparitiei: 2009

For more than 25 years, Caine was an undercover agent whose assignments ran the gamut from bad-ass bikers to triad toughs. Told with page-turning immediacy, "Befriend and Betray" gives a candid look behind the scenes at some of the most secretive police investigations.

James Keene

In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption

Editura: St. Martin's Press

Anul aparitiei: 2010

Keene, a former high-school-football-star-turned-drug dealer, tells the incredible true story of how, facing a 10-year prison sentence, he was offered an impossible mission: coax a confession out of a fellow inmate, a serial killer, and be free to walk.