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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Crime Beat Subtitle: A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers Author: Michael Connelly Narrator: Len Cariou, Nancy McKeon, Carl Franklin Format: Abridged Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins Language: English Release date: 05-03-06 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 53 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: Before he became a novelist, Michael Connelly was a crime reporter, covering the detectives who worked the homicide beat in Florida and Los Angeles. In vivid, hard-hitting articles, Connelly leads the reader past the yellow police tape as he follows the investigators, the victims, their families and friends, and, of course, the killers, to tell the real stories of murder and its aftermath. Connelly's firsthand observations would lend inspiration to his novels, from The Black Echo, which was drawn from a real-life bank heist, to Trunk Music, based on an unsolved case of a man found in the trunk of his Rolls Royce. And the vital details of his best-known characters, both heroes and villains, would be drawn from the cops and killers he reported on: from loner detective Harry Bosch to the manipulative serial killer the Poet. Stranger than fiction and every bit as gripping, these pieces show once again that Michael Connelly is not only a master of his craft, but also one of the great American writers in any form. Critic Reviews: "The author is strongest bringing quiet moments to life, such as the despair of parents hoping that a missing child will still turn up, or the patient, resigned professionalism of weary detectives." (Publishers Weekly) "This volume works on several levels: as a source of insight into Connelly's craft; as a collection of compelling true-crime stories; and as a great primer for journalists." (Booklist) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Brothers Bulger Subtitle: How They Terrorized and Corrupted Boston for a Quarter Century Author: Howie Carr Narrator: Michael Prichard Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 04-13-06 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 91 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: With political corruption on one side and deadly force on the other, the Bulgers shared a diabolic and destructive alliance for decades. James "Whitey" Bulger, the "bad" son, blazed a murderous trail to become Boston's most feared mobster and remains one of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives. William "Billy" Bulger, the "good" son, wielded the gavel as president of the Massachusetts State Senate and the University of Massachusetts, but was eventually forced from both positions. The parallel stories of these two brothers, rich in anecdote and shocking in their revelations, read like an unholy hybrid of All the King's Men and The Godfather. Critic Reviews: "Compelling." (Publishers Weekly) "A classic, seamy portrait of widespread moral turpitude, conveyed with crackling Boston-Irish sarcasm." (Kirkus Reviews) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Escape from Alcatraz Author: J. Campbell Bruce Narrator: Patrick Cullen Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 03-06-06 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 129 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: Mobster Al "Scarface" Capone, "Machine Gun" Kelly, Robert Stroud, aka the Birdman: only the most violent, desperate criminals went to Alcatraz Island, called "The Rock" and known for its harsh conditions. This gripping true crime classic, originally written in 1963 and newly reissued, tells the story of life on The Rock and of 14 ingenious escape attempts by the prisoners. Most notable perhaps was Frank Morris, whose daring plan of escape was the basis for the memorable 1979 Clint Eastwood movie Escape from Alcatraz. ©1963 J. Campbell Bruce (P)2006 Blackstone Audiobooks Critic Reviews: "Dramatic...thrilling...remarkable." (Los Angeles Times) "Much more than a prison chronicle, much more than a tale of escape." (Chicago Tribune) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: In Cold Blood Author: Truman Capote Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 01-03-06 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 7074 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence. Critic Reviews: "The resulting chronicle is a masterpiece, agonizing, terrible, possessed, proof that the times, so surfeited with disasters, are still capable of tragedy." (The New York Times Book Review) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Informant Author: Kurt Eichenwald Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Length: 24 hrs and 7 mins Language: English Release date: 12-22-05 Publisher: Books on Tape Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 217 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: But as the FBI and federal prosecutors closed in on ADM, using stakeouts, wiretaps, and secret recordings of illegal meetings around the world, they suddenly found that everything was not all that it appeared. At the same time Whitacre was cooperating with the Feds while playing the role of loyal company man, he had his own agenda he kept hidden from everyone around him: his wife, his lawyer, even the FBI agents who had come to trust him with the case they had put their careers on the line for. Whitacre became sucked into his own world of James Bond antics, imperiling the criminal case and creating a web of deceit that left the FBI and prosecutors uncertain where the lies stopped and the truth began. A page-turning real-life thriller that features deadpan FBI agents, crooked executives, idealistic lawyers, and shady witnesses with an addiction to intrigue, The Informant tells an important and compelling story of power and betrayal in America. Critic Reviews: "Eichenwald's punchy prose...keeps a listener's attention to the end." (AudioFile) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Author: John Berendt Narrator: Jeff Woodman Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 12-01-05 Publisher: Random House AudioBooks Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2739 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: Genteel society ladies who compare notes on their husbands' suicides. A hilariously foul-mouthed black drag queen. A voodoo priestess who works her roots in the graveyard at midnight. A prominent antiques dealer who hangs a Nazi flag from his window to disrupt the shooting of a movie. And a redneck gigolo whose conquests describe him as a "walking streak of sex". These are some of the real residents of Savannah, Georgia, a city whose eccentric mores are unerringly observed, and whose dirty linen is gleefully aired, in this utterly irresistible audio. At once a true-crime murder story and a hugely entertaining and deliciously perverse travelogue, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is as bracing and intoxicating as half-a-dozen mint juleps. ©1994 by John Berendt; (P)1995 by Random House Audio Publishing, Inc., All Rights Reserved Under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions, Reproduced by Arrangement with Random House Audio Publishing, Inc. Critic Reviews: "Uproarious...a rich, irresistible mix of snobbery, mayhem, sex, mind-boggling parochialism, and mildewed magnolias....A glorious vanity fair of human folly." (The Boston Globe) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Conspiracy of Fools Subtitle: A True Story Author: Kurt Eichenwald Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Length: 30 hrs and 30 mins Language: English Release date: 11-03-05 Publisher: Books on Tape Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 834 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: Say the name 'Enron' and most people believe they've heard all about the story that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever. But in the hands of Kurt Eichenwald, the players we think we know and the business practices we think have been exposed are transformed into entirely new, and entirely gripping, material. The cast includes but is not limited to George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Paul O'Neill, Harvey Pitt, Colin Powell, Gray Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alan Greenspan, Ken Lay, Andy Fastow, Jeff Skilling, Bill Clinton, Rupert Murdoch, and Michael Eisner. Providing a you-are-there glimpse behind closed doors in the executive suites of the Enron Corporation, the Texas governor's mansion, the Justice Department, and even the Oval Office, Conspiracy of Fools is an all-true financial and political thriller of cinematic proportions. Critic Reviews: "As an unadorned attempt to get into the heads of some major manipulators, this book can hardly be bettered." (Publishers Weekly) "Conspiracy of Fools is a splendid achievement. Mr. Eichenwald has an encyclopedic grasp of a watershed business collapse, and has turned it into a gripping read, a true tale for our times." (The New York Times) "A page-turning financial thriller....This book compares with Liar's Poker and Barbarians at the Gate in its breadth and depth of coverage of esoteric corporate culture and financial practices, recognizing the compelling human drama beneath the scandal." (Booklist) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Green River, Running Red Subtitle: The Real Story of the Green River Killer, America's Deadliest Serial Murderer Author: Ann Rule Narrator: Michele Pawk Format: Abridged Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 10-10-05 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 238 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: For 21 years, the Green River Killer carried out his self-described "career" as a killing machine, ridding the world of women he considered evil. His eerie ability to lure his victims to their deaths and hide their bodies made him far more dangerous than any infamous multiple murderer in the annals of crime. A few men eventually emerged as the prime suspects among an unprecedented 40,000 scrutinized by the Green River Task Force. Still, there was no physical evidence linking any of them to the murders until 2001, when investigators used a new DNA process on a saliva sample they had preserved since 1987, with stunning results. Green River, Running Red is a harrowing account of a modern monster, a killer who walked among us undetected. It is also the story of his quarry of who these young women were and who they might have become. A chilling look at the darkest side of human nature, this is the most important and most personal audiobook of Ann Rule's long career. Critic Reviews: "Rule once again validates her standing as one of the pre-eminent chroniclers of modern serial murder....Perhaps her greatest achievement is bringing Ridgeway's victims to life as distinct individuals." (Publishers Weekly) "Interweaving her individual profiles of the murdered women with the story of Ridgway and the officials who caught him, Rule gives full, heartbreaking emotional weight to what America's most notorious serial killer truly wrought." (Booklist) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Murderer Next Door Subtitle: Why the Mind is Designed to Kill Author: David M. Buss Narrator: Michael Prichard Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins Language: English Release date: 08-26-05 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 63 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: David Buss's pioneering work has made major national news in the past, and this provocative book is sure to generate a storm of attention. The Murderer Next Door is a riveting look into the dark underworld of the human psyche, an astonishing exploration of when and why we kill and what might push any one of us over the edge. A leader in the innovative field of evolutionary psychology, Buss conducted an unprecedented set of studies investigating the underlying motives and circumstances of murders, from the bizarre outlier cases of serial killers to those of the friendly next-door neighbor who one day kills his wife. Reporting on findings that are often startling and counterintuitive, the younger woman involved in a love triangle is at a high risk of being killed, he puts forth a bold new general theory of homicide, arguing that the human psyche has evolved specialized adaptations whose function is to kill. Taking readers through the surprising twists and turns of the evolutionary logic of murder, he explains exactly when each of us is most at risk, both of being murdered and of becoming a murderer. His findings about the high-risk situations alone will be news making. Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Conspiracy of Fools Subtitle: A True Story Author: Kurt Eichenwald Narrator: Stephen Lang Format: Abridged Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins Language: English Release date: 03-11-05 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 162 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: Say the name 'Enron' and most people believe they've heard all about the story that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever. But in the hands of Kurt Eichenwald, the players we think we know and the business practices we think have been exposed are transformed into entirely new, and entirely gripping, material. The cast includes but is not limited to George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Paul O'Neill, Harvey Pitt, Colin Powell, Gray Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alan Greenspan, Ken Lay, Andy Fastow, Jeff Skilling, Bill Clinton, Rupert Murdoch, and Michael Eisner. Providing a you-are-there glimpse behind closed doors in the executive suites of the Enron Corporation, the Texas governor's mansion, the Justice Department, and even the Oval Office, Conspiracy of Fools is an all-true financial and political thriller of cinematic proportions. This audio also includes an exclusive interview with the author and a "cast of characters" list. Critic Reviews: "As an unadorned attempt to get into the heads of some major manipulators, this book can hardly be bettered." (Publishers Weekly) "Conspiracy of Fools is a splendid achievement. Mr. Eichenwald has an encyclopedic grasp of a watershed business collapse, and has turned it into a gripping read, a true tale for our times." (The New York Times) "A page-turning financial thriller....This book compares with Liar's Poker and Barbarians at the Gate in its breadth and depth of coverage of esoteric corporate culture and financial practices, recognizing the compelling human drama beneath the scandal." (Booklist) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Are You There Alone? Subtitle: The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates Author: Suzanne O'Malley Narrator: Becky Ann Baker Format: Abridged Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 05-12-04 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 106 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: O'Malley argues persuasively that under less extraordinary circumstances, a mentally ill woman would have been quietly offered a plea bargain and sent to an institution under court supervision. But on March 12, 2002, Andrea Yates was found guilty of the murders of three of her five children. She is currently serving a life sentence and will not be eligible for parole until 2041. O'Malley's exclusive personal communications with Andrea Yates and her interviews with Rusty Yates allow her to offer fully realized portrayals of people at the center of this horrifying case. In Are You There Alone? O'Malley makes a critical contribution to our understanding of mental health issues within the criminal justice system. Critic Reviews: "Without pathos or overwrought prose, O'Malley details Yates' serious mental illnesses, including psychotic postpartum depression and probable bipolar mood disorder....This riveting book puts a human face on a larger social issue." (USA Today) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Homicide Special Subtitle: A Year with the LAPD's Elite Detective Unit Author: Miles Corwin Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Abridged Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins Language: English Release date: 01-22-04 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 91 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: When a call girl from Kiev dies, detectives Chuck Knolls and Brian McCartin seek her killer among a circle of Russian women who have been sold unwittingly into white slavery. When a gangster's daughter, brought up in Las Vegas, takes a bullet, veterans Jerry Stephens and Paul Coulter trace clues scattered across the country to one of Manhattan's wealthiest real estate magnates. A cold case is reopened; a suspicious mother-daughter drowning and a baffling rape/murder case are solved. And finally, Corwin re-creates the investigation surrounding the late Bonny Lee Bakley, a woman driven by the desire for fame, who was allegedly murdered by her actor-husband, Robert Blake. Compulsively readable, artfully written, and surprisingly redemptive, Homicide Special offers a thrilling insider's report on some of the nation's most high-profile and complex homicides and the extraordinary men who solve them. Critic Reviews: "[Miles Corwin] vividly renders a handful [of homicide cases] that exemplify the range of entrenched social fissures and seedy criminality that have long defined Los Angeles." (Publishers Weekly) "Corwin's book will enthrall true-crime fans." (Booklist) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Heart Full of Lies Subtitle: A True Story of Desire and Death Author: Ann Rule Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Abridged Length: 6 hrs and 1 min Language: English Release date: 11-07-03 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 173 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: Liysa and Chris Northon seemed the epitome of idyllic lovers when they married on a moonlit beach in Hawaii. Their friends admired the romantic couple: Chris, tall, athletic, handsome, a pilot for Hawaiian Airlines; and Liysa, attractive, seductive, with a tanned, perfect body. Their son, Bjorn, looked just like his dad, and they were raising Liysa's son by a previous marriage. But it wasn't long before Chris saw a side of Liysa that he hadn't glimpsed before. Nothing was quite enough for her: she wanted more money, more property, and she was obsessed with becoming a famous Hollywood screenwriter. The marriage seemed to be unraveling, but Chris struggled to hold it together. Until one sunny morning in October 2000, he lay dead in a sleeping bag, while his wife drove four hours to a friend's house. Sobbing inconsolably, she appeared to have been beaten. Questions arose that made Oregon State detectives suspicious. An audiobook that leads the listener from Hawaii to the Northwest to Hollywood, Heart Full of Lies will keep you enthralled to the very last sentence. Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Under the Banner of Heaven Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Jon Krakauer Format: Abridged Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 07-18-03 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 504 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: Krakauer takes readers inside isolated communities in the American West, Canada, and Mexico, where some forty-thousand Mormon Fundamentalists believe the mainstream Mormon Church went unforgivably astray when it renounced polygamy. Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the leaders of these outlaw sects are zealots who answer only to God. Marrying prodigiously and with virtual impunity (the leader of the largest fundamentalist church took seventy-five "plural wives," several of whom were wed to him when they were fourteen or fifteen and he was in his eighties), fundamentalist prophets exercise absolute control over the lives of their followers, and preach that any day now the world will be swept clean in a hurricane of fire, sparing only their most obedient adherents. Weaving the story of the Lafferty brothers and their fanatical brethren with a clear-eyed look at Mormonism's violent past, Krakauer examines the underbelly of the most successful homegrown faith in the United States, and finds a distinctly American brand of religious extremism. The result is vintage Krakauer, an utterly compelling work of nonfiction that illuminates an otherwise confounding realm of human behavior. Critic Reviews: "Krakauer lays the portent on beautifully, building his tales carefully from the ground up until they irresistibly, spookily combust." (Kirkus Reviews) "Krakauer presents details that indeed sound stranger than fiction." (The New York Times) Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Stung Subtitle: The Incredible Obsession of Brian Molony Author: Gary Stephen Ross Narrator: Stephen Barker Turner Format: Abridged Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 01-17-03 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 42 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, True Crime Publisher's Summary: He was one of the brightest stars at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, a brilliant young banker on his way to the top. But Brian Molony had a secret obsession: he loved to gamble. The unsuspecting bank was soon fuelling that obsession, as Molony helped himself to hundreds of thousands, then millions, of dollars in fraudulent loans. Despite falling deeper and deeper in the hole, Molony convinced himself he could win it all back. Before long, the mild-mannered assistant manager had become one of the biggest high-rollers the casinos had ever seen and earned himself a place in the annals of criminal history. Executive Producer: Jacob Bronstein Producer: David Rapkin Abridgment by Kristin Lesko ©2002 by Gary Stephen Ross (P)2002 Random House, Inc. Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com