The Best American Crime Writing 2006

By (author): "Robert Nelson, Mark Jacobson, John Heilemann, Jimmy Breslin, Skip Hollandsworth, Jeffrey Toobin, Deanne Stillman, Denise Grollmus, David Friedman, Chuck Hustmyre, Richard Rubin, John Connolly, Howard Blum, Mary Battiata, Paige Williams, S.C. Gwynne, Thomas H. Cook, Otto"
Genres:Nonfiction books  Essays books  Anthologies books  Journalism books  Short Stories books  True Crime books  Crime books  
Publish Date: 2006
The Best American Crime Writing 2006
ISBN0060815523
ISBN139780060815523
AsinThe Best American Crime Writing 2006
Original titleThe Best American Crime Writing 2006 (Best American Crime Writing)
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 rowSkip 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