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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

Forensic Science: A Very Short Introduction by Jim Fraser

The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer

The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science by Douglas Starr

Murder and the Making of English CSI by Ian Burney & Neil Pemberton

The Napoleon of Crime by Ben Macintyre

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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

Forensic Science: A Very Short Introduction
by Jim Fraser

The Executioner's Song
by Norman Mailer

The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science
by Douglas Starr

Murder and the Making of English CSI
by Ian Burney & Neil Pemberton

The Napoleon of Crime
by Ben Macintyre