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While They Slept
An Inquiry into the Murder of a Family
Written by Kathryn Harrison
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $7.99
Early on an April morning, eighteen-year-old Billy Frank Gilley, Jr., killed his sleeping parents. Surprised in the act by his younger sister, Becky, he turned on her as well. Billy then climbed the stairs to the bedroom of his other sister, Jody, and said, “We’re free.” But is one ever free... Read more >
An Inquiry into the Murder of a Family
Written by Kathryn Harrison
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $7.99
Early on an April morning, eighteen-year-old Billy Frank Gilley, Jr., killed his sleeping parents. Surprised in the act by his younger sister, Becky, he turned on her as well. Billy then climbed the stairs to the bedroom of his other sister, Jody, and said, “We’re free.” But is one ever free... Read more >
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The Fat Mexican
The Bloody Rise of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club
Written by Alex Caine
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $
From the #1 national bestselling author of Befriend and Betray, an intimate exposé of a criminal empire and the massacre that nearly started a global biker war.
Having once infiltrated the Bandidos for three years in a landmark police operation, Alex Caine is uniquely positioned to reveal the untold story of the... Read more >
The Bloody Rise of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club
Written by Alex Caine
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $
From the #1 national bestselling author of Befriend and Betray, an intimate exposé of a criminal empire and the massacre that nearly started a global biker war.
Having once infiltrated the Bandidos for three years in a landmark police operation, Alex Caine is uniquely positioned to reveal the untold story of the... Read more >
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Stalemate
Written by John Philpin
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2009
Price: $23.00
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Written by John Philpin
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2009
Price: $23.00
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Tokyo Vice
An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Written by Jake Adelstein
Read by Jake Adelstein
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $20.00
From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up.
At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of crime... Read more >
An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Written by Jake Adelstein
Read by Jake Adelstein
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $20.00
From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up.
At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of crime... Read more >
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Invisible Darkness
The Strange Case Of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka
Written by Stephen Williams
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2009
Price: $7.99
Invisible Darkness is the story of one of the more bizarre cases in recent memory--killings so sensational that they prompted the Canadian government, in the interests of justice, to silence its national press and to lock foreign journalists out of the courts.
To all appearances, Paul and Karla Bernardo had a fairytale... Read more >
The Strange Case Of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka
Written by Stephen Williams
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2009
Price: $7.99
Invisible Darkness is the story of one of the more bizarre cases in recent memory--killings so sensational that they prompted the Canadian government, in the interests of justice, to silence its national press and to lock foreign journalists out of the courts.
To all appearances, Paul and Karla Bernardo had a fairytale... Read more >
Also available as a
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Tokyo Vice
An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Written by Jake Adelstein
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $26.00
From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up.
At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of crime... Read more >
An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Written by Jake Adelstein
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $26.00
From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up.
At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of crime... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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Tokyo Vice
An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Written by Jake Adelstein
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $26.00
From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up.
At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of crime... Read more >
An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Written by Jake Adelstein
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $26.00
From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up.
At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of crime... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
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American Lightning
Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood
Written by Howard Blum
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $15.00
In this masterpiece of narrative history, acclaimed author Howard Blum evokes the original "crime of the century" and an aftermath even more dramatic than the crime itself–a seminal episode in America’s history that would spark national debate and draw into its orbit master sleuth William J. Burns, crusading lawyer Clarence Darrow... Read more >
Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood
Written by Howard Blum
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $15.00
In this masterpiece of narrative history, acclaimed author Howard Blum evokes the original "crime of the century" and an aftermath even more dramatic than the crime itself–a seminal episode in America’s history that would spark national debate and draw into its orbit master sleuth William J. Burns, crusading lawyer Clarence Darrow... Read more >
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Godfather of Night
A Greek Mafia Father, a Drug Runner Son, and an Unexpected Shot at Redemption
Written by Kevin Pappas
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $25.00
What if you belonged nowhere and to no one? What if you learned as a teenager that the father who had mistreated you for years wasn’t your father at all–and that you were actually born to the mistress of a Greek gangster? And what if the only way to connect with... Read more >
A Greek Mafia Father, a Drug Runner Son, and an Unexpected Shot at Redemption
Written by Kevin Pappas
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $25.00
What if you belonged nowhere and to no one? What if you learned as a teenager that the father who had mistreated you for years wasn’t your father at all–and that you were actually born to the mistress of a Greek gangster? And what if the only way to connect with... Read more >
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Godfather of Night
A Greek Mafia Father, a Drug Runner Son, and an Unexpected Shot at Redemption
Written by Kevin Pappas
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $25.00
What if you belonged nowhere and to no one? What if you learned as a teenager that the father who had mistreated you for years wasn’t your father at all–and that you were actually born to the mistress of a Greek gangster? And what if the only way to connect with... Read more >
A Greek Mafia Father, a Drug Runner Son, and an Unexpected Shot at Redemption
Written by Kevin Pappas
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $25.00
What if you belonged nowhere and to no one? What if you learned as a teenager that the father who had mistreated you for years wasn’t your father at all–and that you were actually born to the mistress of a Greek gangster? And what if the only way to connect with... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The First Family
Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder, and the Birth of the American Mafia
Written by Mike Dash
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: August 4, 2009
Price: $27.00
Before the notorious Five Families who dominated U.S. organized crime for a bloody half century, there was the one-fingered criminal genius Giuseppe Morello–known as “The Clutch Hand”–and his lethal coterie of associates. In The First Family, historian, journalist, and New York Times bestselling author Mike Dash brings to life this little-known... Read more >
Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder, and the Birth of the American Mafia
Written by Mike Dash
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: August 4, 2009
Price: $27.00
Before the notorious Five Families who dominated U.S. organized crime for a bloody half century, there was the one-fingered criminal genius Giuseppe Morello–known as “The Clutch Hand”–and his lethal coterie of associates. In The First Family, historian, journalist, and New York Times bestselling author Mike Dash brings to life this little-known... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The First Family
Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder, and the Birth of the American Mafia
Written by Mike Dash
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 4, 2009
Price: $27.00
Before the notorious Five Families who dominated U.S. organized crime for a bloody half century, there was the one-fingered criminal genius Giuseppe Morello–known as “The Clutch Hand”–and his lethal coterie of associates. In The First Family, historian, journalist, and New York Times bestselling author Mike Dash brings to life this little-known... Read more >
Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder, and the Birth of the American Mafia
Written by Mike Dash
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 4, 2009
Price: $27.00
Before the notorious Five Families who dominated U.S. organized crime for a bloody half century, there was the one-fingered criminal genius Giuseppe Morello–known as “The Clutch Hand”–and his lethal coterie of associates. In The First Family, historian, journalist, and New York Times bestselling author Mike Dash brings to life this little-known... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Runaway Devil
How Forbidden Love Drove a 12-Year-Old to Murder Her Family
Written by Robert Remington and Sherri Zickefoose
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: August 4, 2009
Price: $23.95
Marc and Debra seemed to have it all — a lovely home in the Prairie town of Medicine Hat, fulfilling careers, a supportive marriage, and two beautiful children: eight-year-old Jacob and twelve-year-old JR. After years of struggle to reach this point, they finally felt their future held promise. But on April... Read more >
How Forbidden Love Drove a 12-Year-Old to Murder Her Family
Written by Robert Remington and Sherri Zickefoose
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: August 4, 2009
Price: $23.95
Marc and Debra seemed to have it all — a lovely home in the Prairie town of Medicine Hat, fulfilling careers, a supportive marriage, and two beautiful children: eight-year-old Jacob and twelve-year-old JR. After years of struggle to reach this point, they finally felt their future held promise. But on April... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Runaway Devil
How Forbidden Love Drove a 12-Year-Old to Murder Her Family
Written by Robert Remington and Sherri Zickefoose
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 4, 2009
Price: $23.95
Marc and Debra seemed to have it all — a lovely home in the Prairie town of Medicine Hat, fulfilling careers, a supportive marriage, and two beautiful children: eight-year-old Jacob and twelve-year-old JR. After years of struggle to reach this point, they finally felt their future held promise. But on April... Read more >
How Forbidden Love Drove a 12-Year-Old to Murder Her Family
Written by Robert Remington and Sherri Zickefoose
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 4, 2009
Price: $23.95
Marc and Debra seemed to have it all — a lovely home in the Prairie town of Medicine Hat, fulfilling careers, a supportive marriage, and two beautiful children: eight-year-old Jacob and twelve-year-old JR. After years of struggle to reach this point, they finally felt their future held promise. But on April... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Armed and Dangerous
The Hunt for One of America's Most Wanted Criminals
Written by William Queen and Douglas Century
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $7.99
As an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, William Queen must tackle a number of challenging cases. In the winter of 1985, he faces his toughest mission to date: He must apprehend Mark Stephens, a notorious narcotics trafficker who has been terrorizing the communities around Los Angeles with... Read more >
The Hunt for One of America's Most Wanted Criminals
Written by William Queen and Douglas Century
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $7.99
As an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, William Queen must tackle a number of challenging cases. In the winter of 1985, he faces his toughest mission to date: He must apprehend Mark Stephens, a notorious narcotics trafficker who has been terrorizing the communities around Los Angeles with... Read more >
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A Bright and Guilty Place
Murder, Corruption, and L.A.'s Scandalous Coming of Age
Written by Richard Rayner
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2009
Price: $25.00
A captivating chronicle of how the City of Angels lost its soul
Los Angeles was the fastest growing city in the world, mad with oil fever, get-rich-quick schemes, celebrity scandals, and religious fervor. It was also rife with organized crime, with a mayor in the pocket of the syndicates and a DA... Read more >
Murder, Corruption, and L.A.'s Scandalous Coming of Age
Written by Richard Rayner
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2009
Price: $25.00
A captivating chronicle of how the City of Angels lost its soul
Los Angeles was the fastest growing city in the world, mad with oil fever, get-rich-quick schemes, celebrity scandals, and religious fervor. It was also rife with organized crime, with a mayor in the pocket of the syndicates and a DA... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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A Bright and Guilty Place
Murder, Corruption, and L.A.'s Scandalous Coming of Age
Written by Richard Rayner
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2009
Price: $25.00
Murder, Corruption, and L.A.'s Scandalous Coming of Age
Written by Richard Rayner
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2009
Price: $25.00
A captivating chronicle of how the City of Angels lost its soul
Los Angeles was the fastest growing city in the world, mad with oil fever, get-rich-quick schemes, celebrity scandals, and religious fervor. It was also rife with organized crime, with a mayor in the pocket of the syndicates and a DA...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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GOMORRA
Un viaje al imperio economico y al sueno de poder de la Camorra
Written by Roberto Saviano
Format: Trade Paperback, 328 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $11.95
Nápoles es la ciudad más violenta de la Unión Europea. Su criminalidad organizada, la Camorra, ha asesinado desde 1980 a más de 3.600 personas, más que la suma de IRA, ETA y Brigadas Rojas, y mucho más que la Cosa Nostra siciliana. Pero el rojo de la sangre es sólo un... Read more >
Un viaje al imperio economico y al sueno de poder de la Camorra
Written by Roberto Saviano
Format: Trade Paperback, 328 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $11.95
Nápoles es la ciudad más violenta de la Unión Europea. Su criminalidad organizada, la Camorra, ha asesinado desde 1980 a más de 3.600 personas, más que la suma de IRA, ETA y Brigadas Rojas, y mucho más que la Cosa Nostra siciliana. Pero el rojo de la sangre es sólo un... Read more >
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The Mysterious Montague
A True Tale of Hollywood, Golf, and Armed Robbery
Written by Leigh Montville
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $15.00
John Montague was a boisterous enigma. In the 1930s, he was called “the world's greatest golfer” by famed sportswriter Grantland Rice. He could drive the ball 300 yards and more, or he could chip it across a room into a highball glass. He played golf with everyone from Howard Hughes and... Read more >
A True Tale of Hollywood, Golf, and Armed Robbery
Written by Leigh Montville
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $15.00
John Montague was a boisterous enigma. In the 1930s, he was called “the world's greatest golfer” by famed sportswriter Grantland Rice. He could drive the ball 300 yards and more, or he could chip it across a room into a highball glass. He played golf with everyone from Howard Hughes and... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
hardcover.
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Storming Las Vegas
How a Cuban-Born, Soviet-Trained Commando Took Down the Strip to the Tune of Five World-Class Hotels, Three Armored Cars, and Millions of Dollars
Written by John Huddy
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $15.00
On September 20, 1998, Jose Vigoa, a child of Fidel Castro’s revolution, launched what would be the most audacious and ruthless series of high-profile casino and armored car robberies that Las Vegas had ever seen. In a brazen sixteen-month reign of terror, he and his crew would hit the crème de... Read more >
How a Cuban-Born, Soviet-Trained Commando Took Down the Strip to the Tune of Five World-Class Hotels, Three Armored Cars, and Millions of Dollars
Written by John Huddy
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $15.00
On September 20, 1998, Jose Vigoa, a child of Fidel Castro’s revolution, launched what would be the most audacious and ruthless series of high-profile casino and armored car robberies that Las Vegas had ever seen. In a brazen sixteen-month reign of terror, he and his crew would hit the crème de... Read more >
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Chemical Cowboys
The DEA's Secret Mission to Hunt Down a Notorious Ecstasy Kingpin
Written by Lisa Sweetingham
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $26.00
For nearly a decade, Ecstasy kingpin Oded Tuito was the mastermind behind a drug ring that used strippers and Hassidic teenagers to mule millions of pills from Holland to the party triangle—Los Angeles, New York, and Miami.
Chemical Cowboys is a thrilling journey through the groundbreaking undercover investigations that led to the... Read more >
The DEA's Secret Mission to Hunt Down a Notorious Ecstasy Kingpin
Written by Lisa Sweetingham
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $26.00
For nearly a decade, Ecstasy kingpin Oded Tuito was the mastermind behind a drug ring that used strippers and Hassidic teenagers to mule millions of pills from Holland to the party triangle—Los Angeles, New York, and Miami.
Chemical Cowboys is a thrilling journey through the groundbreaking undercover investigations that led to the... Read more >
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Chemical Cowboys
The DEA's Secret Mission to Hunt Down a Notorious Ecstasy Kingpin
Written by Lisa Sweetingham
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $26.00
For nearly a decade, Ecstasy kingpin Oded Tuito was the mastermind behind a drug ring that used strippers and Hassidic teenagers to mule millions of pills from Holland to the party triangle—Los Angeles, New York, and Miami.
Chemical Cowboys is a thrilling journey through the groundbreaking undercover investigations that led to the... Read more >
The DEA's Secret Mission to Hunt Down a Notorious Ecstasy Kingpin
Written by Lisa Sweetingham
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $26.00
For nearly a decade, Ecstasy kingpin Oded Tuito was the mastermind behind a drug ring that used strippers and Hassidic teenagers to mule millions of pills from Holland to the party triangle—Los Angeles, New York, and Miami.
Chemical Cowboys is a thrilling journey through the groundbreaking undercover investigations that led to the... Read more >
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No Angel
My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels
Written by Jay Dobyns and Nils Johnson-Shelton
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $25.95
Here, from Jay Dobyns, the first federal agent to infiltrate the inner circle of the outlaw Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, is the inside story of the twenty-one-month operation that almost cost him his family, his sanity, and his life.
Getting shot in the chest as a rookie agent, bartering for machine guns... Read more >
My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels
Written by Jay Dobyns and Nils Johnson-Shelton
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $25.95
Here, from Jay Dobyns, the first federal agent to infiltrate the inner circle of the outlaw Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, is the inside story of the twenty-one-month operation that almost cost him his family, his sanity, and his life.
Getting shot in the chest as a rookie agent, bartering for machine guns... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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No Angel
My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels
Written by Jay Dobyns and Nils Johnson-Shelton
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $25.95
Here, from Jay Dobyns, the first federal agent to infiltrate the inner circle of the outlaw Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, is the inside story of the twenty-one-month operation that almost cost him his family, his sanity, and his life.
Getting shot in the chest as a rookie agent, bartering for machine guns... Read more >
My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels
Written by Jay Dobyns and Nils Johnson-Shelton
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $25.95
Here, from Jay Dobyns, the first federal agent to infiltrate the inner circle of the outlaw Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, is the inside story of the twenty-one-month operation that almost cost him his family, his sanity, and his life.
Getting shot in the chest as a rookie agent, bartering for machine guns... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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A Criminal Injustice
A True Crime, a False Confession, and the Fight to Free Marty Tankleff
Written by Richard Firstman and Jay Salpeter
Format: Hardcover, 608 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $28.00
When he went to bed on the night of September 6, 1988, seventeen-year-old Marty Tankleff was a typical kid in the upscale Long Island community of Belle Terre. He was looking forward to starting his senior year at Earl L. Vandermeulen High School the next day. But instead, Marty woke in... Read more >
A True Crime, a False Confession, and the Fight to Free Marty Tankleff
Written by Richard Firstman and Jay Salpeter
Format: Hardcover, 608 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $28.00
When he went to bed on the night of September 6, 1988, seventeen-year-old Marty Tankleff was a typical kid in the upscale Long Island community of Belle Terre. He was looking forward to starting his senior year at Earl L. Vandermeulen High School the next day. But instead, Marty woke in... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
