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Red Hook: Brooklyn Mafia, Ground Zero

Readers who enjoy stories about organized-crime families will appreciate this book. Give to fans of Five Families by Selwyn Raab and For the Sins of My Father by Albert DeMeo.
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Death in Briar Bottom: The True Story of Hippies, Mountain Lawmen, and the Search for Justice in the Early 1970

An intriguing perspective on a lesser-known case. This book proves that history can repeat itself in unexpected ways, and not everyone is eager to revisit the past.

Children of Darkness and Light: Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell; A Story of Murderous Faith

Readers who enjoy true crime will love this chance to go beyond the headlines and discover the whole story of the horrors that landed this couple in prison. Daybell was sentenced to death; Vallow’s sentence was life without parole.
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Swamp Kings: The Story of the Murdaugh Family of South Carolina & a Century of Backwoods Power

A solid recommendation for true crime buffs and those who enjoyed Mandy Matney’s Blood on Their Hands.
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The Supreme Court Footnote: A Surprising History

Readers interested in the U.S. Supreme Court and its history, the legal system, and contemporary America will enjoy this book.

Investigating America’s Most Notorious Strip Club: The FBI, the Gold Club, and the Mafia

Fans of true crime will praise this in-depth account of a notorious organized-crime case.

Drawn Testimony: My Four Decades as a Courtroom Sketch Artist

Readers interested in true crime or the legal system will be delighted with Rosenberg’s narrative gift. They won’t want to miss her memoir’s unique perspectives.

A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton

A highly readable account of murder and systemic racism. This title is a compelling example of how to take stories that made headlines and find the deeper, more nuanced narrative strains that rarely come across in the media.
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A Darker Shade of Blue: A Police Officer’s Memoir

For police memoir fans and people who enjoy reading about triumph over adversity. This isn’t as blistering as Edwin Raymond and Jon Sternfeld’s An Inconvenient Cop, which was about the NYPD, but this is a worthwhile and insightful account from a retired police superintendent.
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