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True Crime is a collection of true short stories, almost all of which are about a particular crime with one or two that are more philosophical thoughts on crime. Many of these stories are written by the people who lived them, although a few are instead written by journalists. As the slightly over...

from seasonsoflove

A collection of true-crime essays by various authors, this book contains a variety of subjects, many of which have never been written about before. While, as typical in a collection of essays, some are better than others, on the whole these pieces are well-written and well-researched. I may not h...

from Darcia

I think the 'True Crime: Real-Life Stories of Abduction, Obsession, Murder, Graverobbing, and More' title is misleading here. These aren't the typical true crime stories of the nonfiction genre. The majority are about criminal behavior in general or the effects of crime. Some of these stories rea...

from knightlight777

The book is a compilation of stories relating to crime issues more than focusing on a true crime from start to finish. This was the first thing that surprised me because I was thinking it would be more crime scene related and it was more like magazine articles on far ranging topics on events rela...

from SeriousGrace

True confession: I had to take my time reading True Crime. The violence was best in small doses. Of the thirteen stories Gabrielle Giffords stayed with me the longest because it was the play by play of the victims were doing before the shooting. Like a slow motion camera detailing the day to day-...