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    Strange Crime

    By Editors of Portable Press and Sophie Hogarth

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    These oddball stories about real-life crimes will make you shake your head.

    2019 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Winner in Humor
    Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Winner - 2018 BRONZE Winner for Humor (Adult Nonfiction)

    Loaded with dozens of entertaining and amusing articles about actual crimes, this latest book from Portable Press will definitely leave you scratching your head. Dumb crooks, celebrities gone bad, unsolved mysteries, odd laws, and more—Strange Crime has plenty of stories that will make you ask yourself, “What could they possibly have been thinking?” This easily portable paperback book is ideal for readers on the go. Take it to school, to work, to jury duty!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPortable Press
    Release dateJun 5, 2018
    ISBN9781684123742
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    Editors of Portable Press

    Portable Press is a tight-knit group of writers, researchers, and editors who are responsible for some of the publishing industry’s most popular non-fiction trivia and facts books. Aside from creating the fan-favorite Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series (more than 16 million books in print since 1988), the Portable Press team also specializes in regional and kids’ titles, plus gift books, activity books, and whatever else strikes their fancy.

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