Meanwhile, from Lizzie Borden to serial killer sites on the Internet, public interest has grown. The author has recently completed a book on the most baffling 20th century murders in America. The wealthy really are different from the rest of us when it comes to homicide. They kill for different reasons, in different ways, and their crimes are often more difficult to solve or prove. This book explores what wealthy and celebrity killers are like, and highlights notable cases from the 19th century to the present, focusing on the most fascinating cases from the 1920s to the present.
Most defense attorneys use investigators to help their client's defense.
This book features the experiences of an investigator, highlighting her most interesting cases, as she talks to defendants and their friends, family, and other witnesses, to learn what really happened. Many crooks get tripped up when they do stupid things, like the crook who robbed a bank and was robbed himself when he left. He was arrested when he reported what happened to a police officer. This book includes a collection of such stories, drawn from news accounts and from the tales of police officers. A collection of confessions drawn from the files of a team of private investigators specializing in conducting polygraph examinations and getting confessions.