In May 2020, I won this book ‘American Sherlock’ by Kate Winkler Dawson on Twitter during a book giveaway hosted by Scotland Yard CSI. The book follows the life and career of Edward Oscar Heinrich (1881 – 1953). He was seventy-two years old when he passed away. Kate Winkler Dawson wrote a book that leaves […]
Book Reviews
A Maine Murder by Leola McBreairty Cochran
The book ‘A Maine Murder’ by Leola “Lee” McBreairty Cochran is dedicated to Michael Craig Cochran (Oct 4, 1956 – Feb 18, 1981), Lee’s beloved son. The book is a tremendous case encyclopedia detailing every step that Lee had to endure to receive a part of the truth and some justice for her son. The […]
The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan
The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan may not seem a logical choice for a book review on a website about old, unsolved cases. However, her book is exactly that. Cahalan wrote a book about the Rosenhan Experiment in which unknown people posed as patients in unknown medical facilities. There are indications of truth, lies, fraud, […]
They All Love Jack by Bruce Robinson
‘They All Love Jack, Busting The Ripper’ came out in 2015. However, I had only recently heard of it when discussing the Ripper case on Twitter with my true crime friends there. I need not rehash the story of the Whitechapel Murders. A quick online search will do and there is a lot of information […]
Murder By The Book by Claire Harman
Murder By The Book by Claire Harman tells the story of Lord William Russell‘s murder in 1840, Great Britain. As this is a true crime, you can easily do an online search, find the family tree, and learn all there is about his case, and the person convicted and executed for this murder. Claire Harman […]
Mycroft & Sherlock by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse
Mycroft & Sherlock The Empty Birdcage by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse is the third book in a series. I have not read the previous two books. Therefore, my review should be seen as a stand-alone and not as a review of the entire series. Two story lines and two sets of detectives The Empty […]
No Truth Left to Tell by Michael McAuliffe
Michael McAuliffe wrote an excellent book. “No Truth Left to Tell” explores in its purest essence ethical behavior. The story We are in Lynwood, Louisiana, in February 1994. Frank Daniels, the Klan’s new Grand Dragon, wants action. In fact, he doesn’t want just action. No, he wants an insurrection. A violent uprising, a racial reckoning, […]
The London Cage by Helen Fry
The London Cage by Helen Fry has been on my to-read list for a long time. The subtitle is ‘the secret history of Britain’s World War II Interrogation Centre.’ I first read about it in the BBC History Magazine. A difficult topic to read but necessary. Colonel Alexander Paterson Scotland’s memoir Colonel Alexander Paterson Scotland […]
FBI Diary: Profiles of Evil by Pete Klismet
Pete Klismet is well-known here at DCC. He wrote guest posts about preventing school shootings and psycho-linguistics and I reviewed two other books from him: FBI Diary Home Grown Terror and FBI Animal House. This one, Profiles of Evil, is the best. The best The reason why I think that this is his best book […]
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, or The Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale is quite the experience. It isn’t a book. It is a case encyclopedia. When you pick up this book it may seem like you are going to read about one historical case. But you soon find out it outlines a […]