 | For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Chicago by Simon Baatz
Buy new: $21.24 / Used from: $5.91 This thoroughly researched account of the case that inspired Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope" was one of the five finalists for the 2009 Edgar Award in the "Fact Crime" category.
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 | American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century by Howard Blum
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $2.75 A work with the intensity of a novel, this true story of a terrorist bombing against the L.A. Times won the 2009 Edgar Award in the "Fact Crime" category!
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 | Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss by Philip Carlo
Buy new: $19.72 / Used from: $2.59 |
 | Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution by T. J. English
Buy new: $20.12 / Used from: $3.99 Rich in atmosphere and mafia lore, this account of American organized crime's influence in Batista's Cuba was one of the five finalists for the 2009 Edgar Award in the "Fact Crime" category.
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 | While They Slept: An Inquiry into the Murder of a Family by Kathryn Harrison
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $2.97 |
 | The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren by Jonathan Lopez
Buy used from: $4.98 This fast-paced account of fraud in the art world and Nazi collaboration in WWII Holland was one of the five finalists for the 2009 Edgar Award in the "Fact Crime" category.
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 | The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston
Buy new: $17.15 / Used from: $0.83 |
 | Mortal Danger (Ann Rule's Crime Files) by Ann Rule
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.37 |
 | The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $2.97 This richly evocative account of a real-life Sherlock Holmes undone by a murder case that he could not solve was one of the five finalists for the 2009 Edgar Award in the "Fact Crime" category.
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 | American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White: The Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century by Paula Uruburu
Buy used from: $2.44 |
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