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Smells a lot like your amazonian sockpuppetry, and reads quite similarly to all the 5 star reviews....might want to tone down the narcissism when reviewing your own 'books' (with the term book being used very loosely). These are all parts of 5 star amazon reviews of 'two faced'

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>Nick van der Leek can take everything we know, think it through, and stimulate the thinking processes (and emotions) in his writing
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>In search for the WHY, I stumbled upon the author’s blog and have been captivated since. There is absolutely no reason to explore elsewhere! Nick van der Leek covers it all
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>I truly have been staying away from knowing about this story. When I felt ready to know, and my best tool (a book by Nick VDL) was available, I would begin to see what it's about. My journey has begun. Thanks for another great book.
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I feel like a broken record, but it's a worthwhile recommendation every time. We We Love Serial Killers by Scott Bonn.

It's not an article and I don't know what kind of deadline you're on but there are some GREAT points to reference here.

Yes I just listened to The Poisoners Handbook. I tended to alternate nonfiction with fiction, and I love true crime. A book I read years ago that was really well written, but not in audible is Never Suck a Dead Man’s Hand by Dana Collman. It’s an awesome book by a CSI technician that’s gives an insider view (an a more realistic view than many shows). https://www.amazon.com/Never-Suck-Dead-Mans-Hand/dp/0806528230

I agree that anything Ann Rule is wonderful; I also note you are interested in Columbine; here is a link to a book that is a compilation of several school shootings, there is a chapter on Columbine; it is on Amazon and if you have Kindle unlimited it is free:https://www.amazon.com/Killers-Classroom-Studies-Rampage-Shooters/dp/1973215322/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1524800525&sr=8-1&keywords=killers+in+the+classroom

Had to pay for it on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PWBBHL9

My Roku search pulled it up in a couple of places but all were for pay and Amazon was the easiest. It was worth the $6. You can watch it in one sitting. Definitely worth it if you watched Mindhunter.

This is a pretty good one.

I recently finished The Last Stone by Mark Bowden. It's about the cold case of the missing Lyons sisters and the police interviewing witness/suspect Lloyd Welch. It was pretty dry, basically the whole book is interview transcripts, but as I muddled through its repetitive content, it did highlight really well just how doggedly persistent the investigators were and it sheds some light into the way investigators interview witnesses and suspects. How important little details are, how luck plays into it and just how difficult it is to solve cold cases that are decades old if there is virtually no forensic evidence to work with.

Ballad of the Whiskey Robber is lesser known, but a fun, brisk read. It doesn't reach the level of HS or ICB, and it's about a more amusing case, not murders. The central criminal is just too likeable to not root for, he was a pelt smuggler before he was a robbery. The writing is above average for true crime.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila_Ambrus

https://www.amazon.com/Ballad-Whiskey-Robber-Transylvanian-Moonlighting/dp/0316010731

Highly recommend it if that interests you. However, there's a book that was written about him that I'm about 1/2 way through called Driven to Kill:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786013478/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It goes into great depth about the actual crimes. Very VERY dark stuff.

While the City Slept was one of my favorites.

https://www.amazon.com/While-City-Slept-Violence-Descent/dp/0670015717

His son actually wrote a book if you’re interested in the story at all

Ann Rule was a police officer before she started writing true crime books and magazine articles.

I've read and enjoyed The Stranger Beside Me, Green River Running Red, and Dead By Sunset.

Deadly Innocence by Scott Burnside and Alan Cairns, about Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka.

https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Innocence-Scott-Burnside/dp/0446601543

I just finished The Pretty Girl Killer, next up is American Predator, no, it's not about your current president.

Sources:

Generic wiki article on Buck and Blanche

One stop shop for all things Bonnie and Clyde

I got the picture of Buck from here which mentions Clyde’s little known musical ability.

Blanche Barrow wrote a book and it’s really worth a read.

I got the Buck Barrow quote from here

The Shoemaker: Anatomy of a Psychotic by Flora Schreiber is supposed to be really good if you ignore all of pseudo psychology. It was written with Joseph Kallinger's input and interviews between him and the author.

"Big Trouble" by J. Anthony Lukas.

"After Idaho's former governor is blown up by a bomb at his garden gate at Christmastime 1905, America's most celebrated detective, Pinkerton James McParland, takes over the investigation. His daringly executed plan to kidnap the radical union leader "Big Bill" Haywood from Colorado to stand trial in Idaho sets the stage for a memorable courtroom confrontation between the flamboyant prosecutor, progressive senator William Borah, and the young defender of the dispossessed, Clarence Darrow.


Big Trouble captures the tumultuous first decade of the twentieth century, when capital and labor, particularly in the raw, acquisitive West, were pitted against each other in something close to class war."

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007Z4SEWU/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?\_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

It's a wild story and ultimately, Michael Madsen (aka Mr. Blonde) helped my movie get distribution and in front of the audience. It's available here - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R6YJ1RP