The Best American Crime Writing 2006
Thomas H. Cook
352 Pages
On-Sale Date: 05/09/2006
ISBN: 9780060815523
Trim Size: 5.380in x 8.000in x 0.820in
A sterling collection of the year’s most shocking, compelling, and gripping writing about real-life crime, the 2006 edition of The Best American Crime Writing offers fascinating vicarious journeys into a world of felons and their felonious acts. This thrilling compendium includes:
Jeffrey Toobin’s eye-opening exposé in The New Yorker about a famous prosecutor who may have put the wrong man on death row
Skip Hollandsworth’s amazing but true tale of an old cowboy bank robber who turned out to be a “classic good-hearted Texas woman”
Jimmy Breslin’s stellar piece about the end of the Mob as we know it
“Great choices [and] great writing … proves truth is indeed stranger than fiction.” — Bloomberg News
“Solid and diverse … Anyone interested in true crime should find something to enjoy in this wide-ranging collection.” — Publishers Weekly
“Mixes the political, the macabre, and the downright brilliant.” — Entertainment Weekly
“Arresting reading.” — People
“Excellent! I don’t think I have ever encountered such variety in any anthology, of styles, subject matter, points of view.” — Joyce Carol Oates
