num_pages: 352
description: A sterling collection of the year's most shocking, compelling, and gripping writing about real-life crime, the 2006 edition of The Best American Crime Writing offers fascinating vicarious journeys into a world of felons and their felonious acts. This thrilling compendium includes:Jeffrey Toobin's eye-opening exposé in The New Yorker about a famous prosecutor who may have put the wrong man on death rowSkip Hollandsworth's amazing but true tale of an old cowboy bank robber who turned out to be a "classic good-hearted Texas woman"Jimmy Breslin's stellar piece about the end of the Mob as we know it
language: English
title: The Best American Crime Writing 2006
titlecomplete: The Best American Crime Writing 2006
genres: Short Stories, Essays, Crime, Anthologies, Nonfiction, True Crime, Journalism
ratings_count: 252
publisher: Ecco