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January 22, 2018

5 Hot Books: Genocide in WW II Ukraine, When Will We Die? and More

January 22, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: Genocide in WW II Ukraine, When Will We Die? and More

And Scientists Duel to Shape The World

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January 22, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Holocaust, Science, Crime
April 17, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Murders in Indian Country, Blacks Imprisoning Blacks, and More

April 17, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Murders in Indian Country, Blacks Imprisoning Blacks, and More

And a New 'Great Gatsby,' Set in Small-Town North Carolina

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April 17, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Native Americans, Crime, Ambition
December 09, 2016

Q&A: A Casual Chat With "My All-Time Favorite" (Now Repentant) "Bank Robber"

December 09, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: A Casual Chat With "My All-Time Favorite" (Now Repentant) "Bank Robber"

"Bondage is bondage, sister. Marriages on the brink are their own kind of solitary confinement

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December 09, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Crime, Bank Robbery, Prisons
August 01, 2016

5 HOT BOOKS: An Alaska Adventure, a Victorian Mother-Murderer, and More

August 01, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS:  An Alaska Adventure, a Victorian Mother-Murderer, and More

And a Novel About the Frayed American Dream in Suburban Los Angeles

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August 01, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Victorian Era, Crime, North Korean
April 06, 2016

REVIEW: When America's First Serial Killer Preyed on the Women of 19th Century Texas

April 06, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: When America's First Serial Killer Preyed on the Women of 19th Century Texas

A story of violent crime, race, and small-town Austin on its way to becoming a big-league city

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April 06, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
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Texas, History, Crime, True Crime
September 09, 2015

REVIEW — Getting Close to a Killer

September 09, 2015/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW — Getting Close to a Killer

By Shawn Francis Peters

Much of The Man in the Monster is devoted to determining how an apparently mild-mannered person could morph into a serial killer

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September 09, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Shawn Francis Peters, Crime, Non-Fiction
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