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Its Time For The 2nd Annual True Crime Book Reviews Awards
Posted on December 14, 2011 | 59 CommentsWe've seen a lot of great books in 2011, but now it's time time to decide which books were the best of the best. And we need you help to do that! -
Bloodstain The Vanishing of Peter Falconio by Richard Shears (2005)
Posted on December 12, 2011 | No CommentsThe prosecutor says that Brad Murdoch killed Peter Falcanio and attempted to abduct his girlfriend, Joanne Lees. The evidence, however, says otherwise. So, where exactly is Peter Falcanio? -
Dont Look Behind You and Other True Cases by Ann Rule (November 2011)
Posted on December 8, 2011 | No CommentsI think Ann Rule may be listening (er, reading) what her fans are saying when it comes to her true crime volumes because number 15 is a great compromise with our desire for detail while still sharing some of her great cold cases. -
Poisoned Love by Caitlin Rother (July 2005)
Posted on December 6, 2011 | No CommentsIt Was Great, Updates Make It Greater! Review by Kim Cantrell Spoiled and overindulged as a child, Kristin Rossum was no different as a grown woman. She was never taught... -
Bloodstains by Jeff Mudgett (March 2011)
Posted on December 2, 2011 | No CommentsWhat would happen if you woke up one day to discover you were a direct descendant of America's most prolific serial killer? Jeff Mudgett knows how the feeling first hand, and now he shares it with you. -
The Good Wife: The Shocking Betrayal and Brutal Murder of a Godly Woman in Texas by Clint Richmond (August 2007)
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No CommentsAfter 35 years of marriage, Roger Scaggs decided he wanted out, but he couldn't bear the thought of losing half of all he had worked for in a divorce. That left only one option: murder. -
Love You Madly: The True Story of a Small-town Girl, the Young Men She Seduced, and the Murder of her Mother by Michael Fleeman (November 2011)
Posted on November 28, 2011 | No CommentsDid an Alaskan teen blogger talk two ex-boyfriends into killing her mother or was she just a damsel in distress being rescued by a couple of murderous knights? -
Death Cruise by Don Davis (April 1996)
Posted on November 23, 2011 | 1 CommentOba Chandler invited Florida tourists Joan Rogers and her daughters, Christe and Michelle, for a sunset cruise. They had fun in mind, he had murder on his. -
Wages of Sin by Suzy Spencer (2000)
Posted on November 21, 2011 | No CommentsWill Busenburg told his stripper girlfriend he was a paid assassin with millions of dollars. When the lies started catching up to him, his roommate and former friend Chris Hatton was found murdered and dismembered in a fire pit. -
Murder on the High Seas: The True Story of The Joe Cool’s Tragic Final Voyage by Carol Soret Cope(March 2011)
Posted on November 17, 2011 | No CommentsIt should have been a pleasant and quick charter to the Bahamas, but it turned into a deadly nightmare for the owners and crew of The Joe Cool.











