Richard Price

The New York Times Book of Crime

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From the archives of The New York Times, eighty-six of the most fascinating crime stories from over 166 years on the beat.
This fascinating book, edited by award-winning New York Times editor Kevin Flynn, captures the breadth of the newspaper’s in-depth coverage of crime for the past 166 years—including heists unsolved for decades, scandalous white-collar crimes, shocking kidnappings, the devastation wrought by serial killers, and the inner workings of organized crime. The 86 articles include:
“Dismay in Whitechapel: Two More Women Found” (October 1, 1888)
“7 Chicago Gangsters Slain by Firing Squad of Rivals, Some in Police Uniforms” (February 15, 1929)
“Speakeasy Census Shows Brisk Trade” –C. G. Poore (April 14, 1929)
“Gandhi Is Killed by a Hindu; India Shaken; World Mourns; 15 Die in Rioting in Bombay” –Robert Trumbull (January 31, 1948)
“Star of India and 8 Other Stolen Gems Returned to City from Miami Locker” –Jack Roth (January 9, 1965)
“.44 Killer Wounds 12th and 13th Victims” –Robert D. McFadden (August 1, 1977)
“2 Students in Colorado School Said to Gun Down as Many as 23 and Kill Themselves in a Siege” –James Brooke (April 21, 1999)
“Tale of 3 Inmates Who Vanished from Alcatraz Remains a Mystery 50 Years Later” –Robert D. McFadden (June 10, 2012)
“Straight from TV to Jail: Durst Is Charged in Killing” –Charles V. Bagli and Vivian Yee (March 16, 2015)
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591 printed pages
Original publication
2017
Publication year
2017
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