6 new works of true crime history and reportage out this month, as selected by the CrimeReads editors.<\/p>\n
Kit Chellel, Lucky Devils: The True Story of Three Rebel Gamblers Who Beat the Odds and Changed the Game
\n(Atria)
\n\u201cAn addictive profile of the rule breakers who anticipated gambling\u2019s data-driven future. Readers will be thrilled.\u201d \u2013Publishers Weekly<\/p>\n
Patrick Radden Keefe, London Falling : A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family\u2019s Search for Truth
\n(Doubleday)
\n\u201cA masterclass of evidence-chasing, narrative clarity and authorial empathy. . . . [An] impeccable (indeed unputdownable) investigative exercise. . . . A desperately sad family story, overlaid on a disturbing glimpse of London\u2019s sinister, money-driven, exploitative underbelly.\u201d \u2013Literary Review (UK)<\/p>\n
Saul Kassin, Champions of Innocence : Inside the Fight Against Wrongful Convictions
\n(Prometheus)
\n\u201cThere is a frightful momentum to injustice, a conspiracy of convenience and expediency. Race and class play a role as well, of course. Nothing seems to stop its cruel unfolding. Nothing except the brave actions of the heroes who populate this remarkable book.\u201d \u2013Ken Burns, award-winning documentary filmmaker<\/p>\n
Christopher McDougall, Starstruck : A Journalist\u2019s Pursuit of a Fugitive Pop Star, Her Diabolical Maestro, and Their Teenage Sex Cult
\n(Vintage)
\n\u201cA propulsive, horrifying account of the sexual abuse scandal involving Mexican pop singer Gloria Trevi and her manager, Sergio Andrade.\u201d\u2013Publishers Weekly<\/p>\n
Charles Bufalino, Bufalino: Revelations of a Mafia Family, the Teamsters, and the Final Resting Place of Jimmy Hoffa
\n(Kensington Publishing)
\n\u201cCharles Bufalino fills in some critical gaps in American history with this revelatory family memoir, unearthing Mafia secrets\u2014a definitive chronicle of the Bufalino family from the inside.\u201d \u2013Louis Ferrante, author of the Borgata Trilogy<\/p>\n
Anja Shortland, Dark Screens: Hackers and Heroes in the Shadowy World of Ransomware
\n(PublicAffairs)
\n\u201cA fascinating picture of a fast-evolving criminal industry.\u201d \u2013The Guardian (UK)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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