Crime books from United States of America
Recommended crime books (35)
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If you are into crime here are some crime books from United States of America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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Longlisted for the National Book Award This blood-chilling debut set in New Mexico’s Navajo Nation is equal parts gripping crime thriller, supernatural horror, and poignant portrayal of coming of age on the reservation. Rita Todacheene is a forensic photographer working for the Albuquerque police force. Her excellent photography skills have cracked many cases—she is almost supernaturally good at capturing details. In fact, Rita has been hiding a secret: she sees the ghosts of crime victims who point her toward the clues that other investigators overlook. As a lone portal back to the living for... continue
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The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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Second copy.
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Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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An international spy thriller about a former CIA agent who moves with her family to Luxembourg where everything is suspicious and nothing is as it seems
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The Feather Thief : Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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As heard on NPR's This American Life “Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever.” —Christian Science Monitor From the author of The Fishermen and the Dragon, a rollicking true-crime adventure and a captivating journey into an underground world of fanatical fly-tiers and plume peddlers, for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, The Lost City of Z, and The Orchid Thief. On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at... continue
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The Five : The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from Fleet Street, Knightsbridge, Wolverhampton, Sweden and Wales. They wrote ballads, ran coffee houses, lived on country estates, they breathed ink-dust from printing presses and escaped people-traffickers. What they had in common was the year of their murders: 1888
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The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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Accidents, evil plots, and general misfortune abound when, in their continuing search for a home, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to live and work in a sinister lumber mill.