From the back cover: Unrepentant book thief John Charles Gilkey has stolen a fortune in rare books from around the country. Yet unlike most thieves, who steal for profit, Gilkey steals for love—the love of books. Perhaps equally obsessive, though, is Ken Sanders, the self-appointed "bibliodick" driven to catch him. Sanders, a lifelong rare book collector and dealer turned … [Read more...] about The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett: B
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The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir: B+
From the front flap: Despite five centuries of investigation by historians, the sinister deaths of the boy king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, remain one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. Did Richard III really kill "the Princes in the Tower," as is commonly believed, or was the murderer someone else entirely? In this utterly … [Read more...] about The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir: B+
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt: B+
From the back cover: Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self defense? The question captivated the city's Society, high and low, for over a decade. John Berendt, a veteran New York magazine writer and editor, traveled to Savannah and, having become enchanted by this isolated remnant of the Old South, … [Read more...] about Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt: B+
Thunderstruck by Erik Larson: B
From the back cover: In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication—whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time. Thunderstruck evokes the dynamism of those years when great shipping … [Read more...] about Thunderstruck by Erik Larson: B
Between Good and Evil by Roger L. Depue and Susan Schindehette: B
From the back cover: No one gets closer to evil than a criminal profiler, trained to penetrate the hearts and minds of society's most vicious psychopaths. And no one is a more towering figure in the world of criminal profilers than Roger L. Depue. Chief of the FBI Behavioral Science Unit at a time when its innovative work first came to prominence, he headed a renowned team of … [Read more...] about Between Good and Evil by Roger L. Depue and Susan Schindehette: B