The Best American Crime Reporting 2008
3.5/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
Thieves, liars, killers, and conspirators—it's a criminal world out there, and someone has got to write about it. An eclectic collection of the year's best reportage, The Best American Crime Reporting 2008 brings together the murderers and the masterminds, the mysteries and missteps that make for brilliant stories, told by the aces of the true-crime genre. This latest addition to the highly acclaimed series features guest editor Jonathan Kellerman, bestselling author of more than twenty crime novels, most recently Compulsion and the forthcoming Bones.
Jonathan Kellerman
Jonathan Kellerman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty bestselling crime novels, including the Alex Delaware series, The Butcher’s Theater, Billy Straight, The Conspiracy Club, Twisted, and True Detectives. With his wife, bestselling novelist Faye Kellerman, he coauthored Double Homicide and Capital Crimes. He is also the author of two children’s books and numerous nonfiction works, including Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children and With Strings Attached: The Art and Beauty of Vintage Guitars. He has won the Goldwyn, Edgar, and Anthony awards and has been nominated for a Shamus Award.
Read more from Jonathan Kellerman
When the Bough Breaks Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blood Test Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Over the Edge Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alex Delaware: A Mysterious Profile Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to The Best American Crime Reporting 2008
Related ebooks
Killer Doctor : The True Story of Wendi Mae Davidson Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMurderers Most Vile Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnbelievable Crimes Volume Two: Macabre Yet Unknown True Crime Stories: Unbelievable Crimes, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPost-Mortem: Justice at Last for Yvette Budram Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Truly Criminal: A Crime Writers' Association Anthology of True Crime Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Husband Killers An Anthology of True Crime Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSerial Killers: The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History's Most Notorious Murderers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Escape from Dannemora: Richard Matt, David Sweat, and the Great Adirondack Manhunt Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Deception Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Surviving Execution: A Miscarriage of Justice and the Fight to End the Death Penalty Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Twisted: The Secret Desires and Bizarre Double Life of Dr. Richard Sharpe Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Scorecard Killer : The True Story of Serial Killer Randy Kraft Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerica's Jack The Ripper: The Definitive Account of the Zodiac Killer Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Bathtub Murders Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMurderous Acts: 100 Years of Crime in the Midwest Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dream Room: Tales of the Dixie Mafia Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Homicide Special: A Year with the LAPD's Elite Detective Unit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Giggling Granny : Serial Killer Nannie Doss Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Encyclopedia of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List: Over Fifty Years of Convicts, Robbers, Terrorists, and Other Rogues Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKIller Couples An Anthology of True Crime Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeadly White Female Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Coal Country Killing: A Culture, A Union, and the Murders That Changed It All Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMissing Women Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShe's So Cold: The Stephanie Crowe Murder Case — A Defense Attorney's Inside Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Matter of Judgment: The Shocking "Catch Me Killer" Case Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFox Cities Murder & Mayhem Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBody Count Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Railroad Killer: Tracking Down One Of The Most Brutal Serial Killers In History Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5
True Crime For You
Quest for Love: Memoir of a Child Sex Slave Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5400 Things Cops Know: Street-Smart Lessons from a Veteran Patrolman Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beyond Bizarre: Frightening Facts and Blood-Curdling True Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Be Invisible: Protect Your Home, Your Children, Your Assets, and Your Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Manhattan Cult Story: My Unbelievable True Story of Sex, Crimes, Chaos, and Survival Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer: An Edgar Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Accused: British Witches throughout History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and My Father, Warren Jeffs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Journey Into Darkness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/518 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Are You There Alone?: The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An Assassin in Utopia: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President's Murder Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen Women Kill Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fallen Idols: A Century of Screen Sex Scandals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Enigma of Ted Bundy: The Questions and Controversies Surrounding America's Most Infamous Serial Killer Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for The Best American Crime Reporting 2008
25 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5really liked almost every report. i was reading 2 books that were hard to read and really looked forward to this one.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Mostly pretty meh, except for Charles Graeber's The Tainted Kidney from New York magazine, which is amazing.