Unspeakable acts : true tales of crime, murder, deceit, and obsession / [edited by] Sarah Weinman ; with an introduction by Patrick Radden Keefe.
"Sarah Weinman brings together an exemplary collection of thirteen recent true crime tales by some of the most exciting journalists and chroniclers of crime working today. With an introduction by Patrick Radden Keefe, this collection showcases true crime writing across the broadest possible spectrum and reflects on why crime stories are so transfixing and irresistible to the modern reader" -- from publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062839886
- ISBN: 0062839888
- Physical Description: xix, 396 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Dee Dee wanted her daughter to be sick, Gypsy wanted her mom murdered / Michelle Dean -- Reckoning / Pamela Colloff -- Jennifer Pan's revenge / Karen K. Ho -- Perfect man who wasn't / Rachel Monroe -- Out came the girls / Alex Mar -- End of evil / Sarah Marshall -- Ethical dilemma of highbrow true crime / Alice Bolin -- Lost children of "Runaway Train" / Elon Green -- True crime story behind a 1970s cult feminist film classic / Sarah Weinman -- What bullets do to bodies / Jason Fagone -- Checkpoint nation / Melissa Del Bosque / How a dubious forensic science spread like a virus / Leora Smith -- "I am a girl now," Sage Smith wrote. Then she went missing / Emma Copley Eisenberg. |
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Subject: | Murder > Case studies. Crime > Case studies. Criminals > Case studies. |
Genre: | True crime stories. |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.
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- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Allentown Public Library | 364.15 WEIN (Text) | 34455006715300 | Adult Nonfiction 2nd FL | Available | - |
Bethlehem Main Library | 364.15 (Text) | 33062009326829 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Easton Main Library | 364.15 W423u (Text) | 31901004452803 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |