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My Name Is Katherine by Joe Treen and Maria Eftimiades (May 1993)
Posted on June 21, 2010 | No CommentsWritten within months of the recovery of Katie Beers, this book is nothing but a rewrite of the information published in newspapers and police records -
From Cradle to Grave by Joyce Egginton (May 1990)
Posted on May 19, 2010 | 1 CommentBetween 1967 and 1985, Marybeth Tinning gave birth to eight children and adopted one. All of them would die. What was the cause behind these mysterious deaths? -
Never Enough by Joe McGinniss (July 2008)
Posted on April 19, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe Kissels were no stranger to disfunctionality. While Nancy had her own Mommy-abandoment issues, the Kissels lived in the shadow of an overly critical father -
They Call Them Grifters by Alice McQuillan (March 2000)
Posted on March 31, 2010 | 1 CommentEveryone knows that mothers and sons share a special bond, but that between Sante Kimes and son Kenneth anything but ordinary -
Crossing the Line: The True Story of Long Island Serial Killer Joel Rifkin by Lisa Beth Pulitzer and Joan Swirsky
Posted on March 15, 2010 | 1 CommentJoel David Rifkin suffered through high school, made half-hearted attempts at college, and couldn’t hold a steady job. But there was one thing he at which he never failed: killing... -
Killer Twins by Michael Benson (February 2010)
Posted on February 17, 2010 | 1 CommentAnother Michael Benson book bombs out, which is no suprise with his history of unorganized writing with too much fluff for the average readers' taste -
Never Tell Our Business to Strangers by Jennifer Mascia (February 2010)
Posted on February 8, 2010 | 2 Comments"Jennifer Mascia has written an incredible true story of family secrets, lies, and, ultimately, forgiveness.”—Janice Erlbaum -
The Misbegotten Son: The True Story of Arthur J. Shawcross by Jack Olsen (September 1993)
Posted on February 1, 2010 | 3 CommentsWhat makes a boy from a seemingly average upbringing become a child killer and later a serial killer of prostitutes -
Till Murder Do Us Part by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings (January 1994)
Posted on November 17, 2009 | No CommentsJustice began when two brave little girls exposed the dark secrets of their stepfather Robert Fioretti with a school principal who cared enough to believed them -
The Butcher: Anatomy of a Mafia Psychopath by Philip Carlo (September 2009)
Posted on October 28, 2009 | 1 CommentAlthough I spent a great deal of the book trying to sort out names of the players and to what family they belonged, I found the story's main focus Tommy Pitera to be an interesting, albeit