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This is a crime story, but its also a book about ghosts, and like the best ghost stories, the horror that creeps up around the edges can feel unsettlingly familiar. What If a Whole Stand-up Special Were About Peanut Butter? This item: Cold Case Michigan (True Crime) by Tobin T. Buhk Paperback $21.99 True Crime: Michigan: The State's Most Notorious Criminal Cases by Tobin T. Buhk Paperback $10.95 Murder in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (Murder & Mayhem) by Sonny Longtine Paperback $15.60 Editorial Reviews About the Author Too often, true crime books aim for the headlines. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations. And did she get away with murder? Ghettoside, Jill LeovyMany of my favorite recent true-crime reads have a public-interest or social-justice element (Gilbert Kings two most recent books, Bryan Stevensons Just Mercy, and David Granns Killers of the Flower Moon, also come to mind). Morton triumphantly proved his own innocence while inside prison, battling to become a free man again. Michigan true crime author Tobin T. Buhk celebrates newest book and Merely for the thrill of it. Also available Magazines, Music and other Services by pressing the "DOWNLOAD" button, create an account and enjoy unlimited. Lighthouse legends meet true crime in Michigan author's new book. We promise youll never look at clowns the same way again after learning what this man who once dressed up to entertain local children was truly capable of. The Michigan Murders, Edward KeyesA grisly tale of a frat-boy serial killer who stalked women mostly college students near Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti in the late 60s, The Michigan Murders is notable less for its sordid details (though there are plenty of those) and more as an artifact of the social friction at the heart of mid-century America. This is the strange true story of the authors experiences with corruption and injustice as they sought to zero in on the real killer. The Dead Girl, Melanie ThernstromKirkus called this genre hybrid self-absorbed when it was first published in 1990, but viewed through a contemporary lens, the criticism smacks of the sexist language long used to denigrate personal writing by women. True Crime: Michigan: The State's Most Notorious Criminal Cases Paperback - June 7, 2011 by Tobin T. Buhk (Author) 95 ratings Kindle $8.99 Read with Our Free App Paperback $10.95 7 Used from $7.26 12 New from $10.95 Mass Market Paperback $46.90 11 Used from $9.81 3 New from $46.90 Includes . A provocative and original investigation of our cultural fascination with crime, linking four archetypesDetective, Victim, Defender, Killerto four true stories about women driven by obsession. Find his speaking schedule at www.tobinbuhk.com, or take a walk on the dark side of history at his blog, www.darkcornersofhistory.com. And that's what true crime books have to offer: authors with years of research, eyewitness testimonies, and by-the-minute accountsall packaged in a narrative straight out of a Stephen King novel. If youre attracted to someone on the yacht, the worst thing you can do is tell Gary. Stumbo, a Los Angeles Times reporter, makes clear that Betty and Dan Broderick were both just thoroughly awful to one another in marriage and divorce, and his refusal to take either spouses side makes the book riveting and memorable. Candy Montgomery is a small-town Texas version of Madame Bovary, full of inchoate desires, as surprised as anyone by the pain and destruction she causes. In addition to unlucky strangers, their victims included their own teenage daughter, Freds first wife, and his eight-year-old stepdaughter. 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