6 new works of true crime history and reportage out this month, as selected by the CrimeReads editors.
Kit Chellel, Lucky Devils: The True Story of Three Rebel Gamblers Who Beat the Odds and Changed the Game
(Atria)
“An addictive profile of the rule breakers who anticipated gambling’s data-driven future. Readers will be thrilled.” –Publishers Weekly
Patrick Radden Keefe, London Falling : A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth
(Doubleday)
“A 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’s sinister, money-driven, exploitative underbelly.” –Literary Review (UK)
Saul Kassin, Champions of Innocence : Inside the Fight Against Wrongful Convictions
(Prometheus)
“There 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.” –Ken Burns, award-winning documentary filmmaker
Christopher McDougall, Starstruck : A Journalist’s Pursuit of a Fugitive Pop Star, Her Diabolical Maestro, and Their Teenage Sex Cult
(Vintage)
“A propulsive, horrifying account of the sexual abuse scandal involving Mexican pop singer Gloria Trevi and her manager, Sergio Andrade.”–Publishers Weekly
Charles Bufalino, Bufalino: Revelations of a Mafia Family, the Teamsters, and the Final Resting Place of Jimmy Hoffa
(Kensington Publishing)
“Charles Bufalino fills in some critical gaps in American history with this revelatory family memoir, unearthing Mafia secrets—a definitive chronicle of the Bufalino family from the inside.” –Louis Ferrante, author of the Borgata Trilogy
Anja Shortland, Dark Screens: Hackers and Heroes in the Shadowy World of Ransomware
(PublicAffairs)
“A fascinating picture of a fast-evolving criminal industry.” –The Guardian (UK)
