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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

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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale

The Medici Conspiracy by Peter Watson and Cecilia Todeschin

Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Suspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification by Simon A. Cole

The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop? by Francisco Goldman

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

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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 Medici Conspiracy
by Peter Watson and Cecilia Todeschin

Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI
by David Grann

Suspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification
by Simon A. Cole

The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?
by Francisco Goldman

In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote