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MIDNIGHT IN PEKING

How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China

By Paul French (Author)

Pub Date: May 1, 2012

A suspenseful murder mystery set on the eve of the Japanese invasion of old Peking in 1937.
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BAG OF BONES

The Sensational Grave Robbery of the Merchant Prince of Manhattan

By J. North Conway (Author)

Pub Date: May 1, 2012

The final installment of the author's true-crime trilogy about New York City in the Gilded Age.
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KILLER ON THE ROAD

Violence and the American Interstate

By Ginger Strand (Author)

Pub Date: Apr 15, 2012

Strand (Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power, and Lies, 2008, etc.) explores the connection between America's sprawling highway system and the pathology of the murderers who have made them a killing ground.
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L.A. '56

A Devil in the City of Angels

By Joel Engel (Author)

Pub Date: Apr 10, 2012

True-crime story of rape and racism in postwar Los Angeles.
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THE SCENT OF SCANDAL

Greed, Betrayal, and the World's Most Beautiful Orchid

By Craig Pittman (Author)

Pub Date: Apr 5, 2012

An excruciatingly detailed account of the 2002 controversy that rocked Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Fla., when its scientists were asked to identify an orchid of dubious origin.
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THE BAREFOOT BANDIT

The True Tale of Colton Harris-Moore, New American Outlaw

By Bob Friel (Author)

Pub Date: Apr 1, 2012

Highly detailed account of a teenaged criminal who eluded law enforcement for two years.
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