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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

by Curt Gentry & Vincent Bugliosi

Other books by Curt Gentry and Vincent Bugliosi

Four Days in November (aka Parkland) by Vincent Bugliosi

Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi

Our most recommended books

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale

The Lost Masters by Peter Harclerode and Brendan Pittaway

Iphigenia in Forest Hills: Anatomy of a Murder Trial by Janet Malcolm

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

The Hollow Needle by Maurice Leblanc

Crime and Punishment in American History by Lawrence Friedman

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Four Days in November (aka Parkland)
by Vincent Bugliosi

Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
by Vincent Bugliosi

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
by Kate Summerscale

The Lost Masters
by Peter Harclerode and Brendan Pittaway

Iphigenia in Forest Hills: Anatomy of a Murder Trial
by Janet Malcolm

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
by David Grann

The Hollow Needle
by Maurice Leblanc

Crime and Punishment in American History
by Lawrence Friedman