The Best American Crime Writing 2006

Mark Bowden‏ · Otto Penzler‏ · Thomas H. Cook‏

مارس 2009 · Harper Collins

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Fifteen riveting true crime stories from some of the best crime writers around.

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

نبذة عن المؤلف

THOMAS H. COOK was born in Fort Payne, Alabama. He has been nominated for Edgar Awards seven times in five different categories. He received the Best Novel Edgar, the Barry for Best Novel, and has been nominated for numerous other awards.