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Crime, Crime Fighting Non-Fiction Books
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- Modern Era (2)
- 19th Century
- 4 visitors recommend:
Return to the Scene of the Crime: A Guide to Infamous Places in Chicago
Source: Amazon
Author: Richard Lindberg
City: Chicago, State: IL
- From an Amazon reader: "However lurid, however horrifying, however infamous, Speck, Gacy, the Lexington Hotel, the Summerdale police scandal -- these are all indelible parts of our town's history, and Lindberg writes of them with the sort of expertise that can only be gained from intimate familiarity, some from word of mouth, some from the papers, some from dusty files in ancient cabinets." (1999)
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- 2 visitors recommend:
The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld
Source: Amazon
Author: Herbert Asbury and Luc Sante
City: New York, State: NY
- A tour through a now unrecognizable city of abysmal poverty and habitual violence cobbled from legend, memory, police records, the self-aggrandizements of aging crooks, popular journalism, and solid historical research. (2001)
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- 2 visitors recommend:
The Complete History of Jack the Ripper
Source: Amazon
Author: Philip Sudgen
City: London, Country: United Kingdom
- From an Amazon reader: "Jack the Ripper has been a fascination of mine for five or so years, and I've read lots of books about him and the murders, but 'The Complete History' is surely the best ... not only is the book very accurate, it is entertaining." (2002)
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