Historical True Crime

On May 22 I blogged about The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, a true crime story of a murder of a four-year-old child that happened in Wiltshire, England, in 1860 and which enthralled the popular press for over a year. Find this book in our catalog

This morning I saw a short article from Library Journal 6/2/08 by Neal Wyatt. Neal is a collection development and reader's advisory librarian from Virginia. Neal was recommending other historical true crime stories for summer reading. They included:

The Forger’s Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century by Edward Dolnick Find this book in our catalog

The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston with Mario Spezi Find this book in our catalog

The Baby Thief: The Untold Story of Georgia Tann, the Baby Seller Who Corrupted Adoption by Barbara Bisantz Raymond Find this book in our catalog