{"title":"True Crime Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eGripping true crime, from The Best New True Crime Stories anthologies and Murder in the Heartland to Prohibition-era mob histories of Al Capone's Chicago, Jack the Ripper, and forensic casebooks. 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They are almost right.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e―The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“One of the biggest art heists in FBI history.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e―\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Times of London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAmerican Animals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a coming-of-age crime memoir centered around three childhood friends: Warren, Spencer, and Eric. Disillusioned with freshman year of college and determined to escape from their mundane Middle-American existences, the three hatch a plan to steal millions of dollars worth of artwork and rare manuscripts from a university museum. 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