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Christmas Eve. While the world sleeps, snow falls gently from the
sky, presents await under the tree ... and murder is afoot. In this
collection of ten classic murder mysteries from the best crime
writers in history, death and mayhem take many festive forms, from
the inventive to the unexpected. From a Santa Claus with a grudge
to a cat who knows who killed its owner on Christmas Eve, these are
stories to enjoy - and be mystified by - in front of a roaring
fire, mince pie to hand.
Drawing on his experience in creating fictional bad guys, crime
novelist Lawrence Block surveys the underside of American history
through fifty of its most infamous characters. Some, like Jesse
James, Bonnie Parker, and Joe Colombo, led a life of crime; others,
like John Wilkes Booth and John White Webster, committed one
notorious act. Some, like Pretty Boy Floyd or the elusive thief
Railroad Bill, have become folk heroes, whether or not the real
details of their lives matched the myths they inspired. Others,
like Ed Gein and Ted Bundy, will be forever reviled.
Block introduces each biography with a writer's eye for character
and a good story. He begins the book with a short essay that
considers how Americans have defined and regarded villains through
history.
The biographies, culled from the pages of the American National
Biography and illustrated with archival photographs, describe each
villain's background, exploits, and eventual fate--often with
unexpected details. The convicted killer Nathan Leopold, for
example, became the administrator of a leprosy hospital after his
parole. The gangster Dutch Schultz was known not only for his
bootlegging expertise but also for his cheap, ill-fitting clothes.
The stagecoach bandit Black Bart fancied himself a poet (or, as he
put it, "PO8"). And when outlaw Bill Doolin finally met his end,
only a rusting buggy axle marked his grave.
Ideal for readers of true crime, crime fiction, and history,
Gangsters, Swindlers, Killers, and Thieves brings a fresh
perspective to American's fascination with crime and its
perpetrators.
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Keller is a regular guy. He goes to the movies, works on his stamp collection. Call him for jury duty and he serves without complaint. Then every so often he gets a phone call from White Plains that sends him flying off somewhere to kill a perfect stranger. Keller is a pro and very good at what he does. But the jobs have started to go wrong. The realization is slow coming yet, when it arrives, it is irrefutable: Someone out there is trying to hit the hit man. Keller, God help him, has found his way onto somebody else's hit list.
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