Spring 2005 Hardcovers: True Crime

Edited by Laurele Riippa. Compiled by Robert Dahlin, Natalie Danford, Charles Hix, Karole Riippa and Judith Rosen -- Publishers Weekly, 1/24/2005

ALLISON & BUSBY

Couples Who Kill (July, $25.95) by Carol Anne Davis profiles depraved criminals who work in pairs—mother-son teams, sadistic friends, siblings, lovers.

CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS (dist. by IPG)

A Few Kind Words and a Loaded Gun: The Autobiography of a Career Criminal (Apr., $26.95) by Razor Smith is a tell-all memoir by a London criminal who taught himself to read and write and earned a journalism degree while behind bars. $10,000 ad/promo.

In Plain Sight: The Startling Truth Behind the Elizabeth Smart Investigation (June, $24.95) by Tom Smart and Lee Benson. The Salt Lake City teen's uncle, and one-time suspect in her kidnapping, details the flawed police investigation. $25,000 ad/promo. Author tour.

CORNELL UNIV. PRESS

Blood on the Snow: The Killing of Olof Palme (Apr., $29.95) by Jan Bondeson recounts the assassination of Sweden's prime minister, an ardent opponent of apartheid.

HARCOURT

A Shadow in the City: Confessions of an Undercover Drug Warrior (July, $24) by Charles Bowden tracks narcotics agent Joey O'Shay as he attempts to make a $50 million heroin bust. Advertising.

NEW HORIZON

Trail of Blood: A Father, A Son and a Tell-tale Crime Scene (Mar., $21.95) by Wanda Evan in collaboration with James Dunn recounts how Dunn and a little-known group of criminalists brought justice in his son's murder. 20-city radio tour

RANDOM HOUSE

Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (Apr., $24.95) by William Queen. An ATF agent's undercover work leads to the biggest bust of a motorcycle gang. Advertising. 8-city author tour.

TEMPLE UNIV. PRESS

Confessions of a Second Story Man: Junior Kripplebauer and the K&A Gang (July, $27.50) by Allen M. Hornblum documents how a ragtag crew of thieves robbed wealthy residences along the East Coast for 20 years.

UNIV. OF ILLINOIS PRESS

Never Seen the Moon: The Trials of Edith Maxwell (June, $21.95) by Sharon Hatfield recalls the 1930s case when Maxwell was tried and convicted of murdering her father.

UNIV. PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI

Deadhouse: Life in a Coroner's Office (Apr., $28) by John Temple goes inside a big city coroner's office.

VIKING

The Restless Sleep: Inside New York City's Cold Case Squad (July, $24.95) by Stacy Horn looks at the inner workings of New York City's elite unit of detectives, charged with solving cold cases dating back as far as 1951.

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