Fifteen riveting true crime stories from some of the best crime writers around. A sterling collection of the year's most shocking, compelling, and gripping writing about real-life crime, the 2006 edition of The Best American Crime Writingoffers fascinating vicarious journeys into a world of felons and their felonious acts. This thrilling compendium includes:
- Jeffrey Toobin's eye-opening exposé in The New Yorkerabout a famous prosecutor who may have put the wrong man on death row
- Skip Hollandsworth's amazing but true tale of an old cowboy bank robber who turned out to be a "classic good-hearted Texas woman"
- Jimmy Breslin's stellar piece about the end of the Mob as we know it
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A sterling collection of the year's most shocking, compelling, and gripping writing about real-life crime, the 2006 edition of The Best American Crime Writing offers fascinating vicarious journeys into a world of felons and their felonious acts. This thrilling compendium includes:
Jeffrey Toobin's eye-opening expos in The New Yorker about a famous prosecutor who may have put the wrong man on death row
Skip Hollandsworth's amazing but true tale of an old cowboy bank robber who turned out to be a "classic good-hearted Texas woman"
Jimmy Breslin's stellar piece about the end of the Mob as we know it