In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
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Recommended by 4 notable people, including Ben Shapiro and Tom Hanks
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Recommended by 7 sources and appears in Criminology, Investigative Journalism, and Murder Mystery.
On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, ...
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Recommended by 7 sources and appears in Criminology, Investigative Journalism, and Murder Mystery.
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