Book Corner

1.) Life After Death by Damien Echols

             - The story of Damien Echols who was falsely convicted of three murders and                        spent eighteen years on Death Row, ten of those in solitary confinement.

 

2.) Missoula by Jon Krakauer

             -Jon Krakauer investigates the hundreds of reported sexual assaults on a state                     university campus in Missoula, Montana.

 

3.) The Brothers by Masha Gessen

            -Acclaimed journalist, Masha Gessen, investigates the lives of the Boston Marathon              bombers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

 

4.) The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

            -The true tale of the 1893 World’s Fair and the cunning serial killer who used the                fair to lure his victims to their death.

 

5.) Zodiac Unmasked by Robert Graysmith

            -Robert Graysmith exposes the infamous Zodiac killer’s true identity after more                  than 30 years of research.

 

6.) Midnight Is Peking by Paul French

            -Midnight in Peking chronicles the unsolved murder of the brutal killing of a                        British schoolgirl in January 1937.

 

7.) Under The Banner Heaven by Jon Krakauer

             -Our second Krakaeur book on the list, Under the Banner of Heaven, explores the               extremes of religious beliefs in our society.

 

8.) The Innocent Man by John Grisham

              -In 1982, a young cocktail waitress named Debra Sue Carter was savagely                              murdered, and the case is linked to a small-town hero.

 

9.) Whitey by Dick Lehr and Gerald O'Neil

             -The definitive biography of Whitey Bulger, the most brutal and sadistic crime                      boss since Al Capone.

 

10.) The Orchid Thief byb Susan Orlean

             -The tale of an eccentric and oddly attractive man named John Laroche whose                     obsession with cloning an endangered flower is both strange and captivating.

 

11.) A Wilderness of Error by Jeffery MacDonald

            -Author and former private detective, Errol Morris, digs deep into the infamous                  Jeffrey MacDonald murder case.

 

12.) Catch Me If You Can by Frank W. Abagnale

            -Frank W. Abagnale is one of the most notorious impostors and escape artists in                  history, and this is his stranger-than-fiction story.

 

13.) Bridge Of Spies by Giles Whittell

            -Giles Whittell reveals the dramatic lives of men drawn into the nadir of the Cold                War, and the tragicomedy of errors that eventually induced Khrushchev to send                missiles to Castro.

 

14.) Gang Leader For A Day by Sudhir Ventkatesk

            -First-year graduate student Sudhir Venkatesh befriends a Chicago gang leader                    named JT.

 

 

 

 

    Resource: http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-down/14-true-crime-books-you-should-read/