<div>The spellbinding saga of Teamster boss Jackie Presser&rsquo;s rise and fall In his rise from car thief to president of America&rsquo;s largest labor union, Jackie Presser used every ounce of his street smarts and rough-edged charisma to get ahead. He also had a lot of help along the way&mdash;not just from his father, Bill Presser, a Teamster power broker and thrice-convicted labor racketeer, but also from the Mob and the FBI. At the same time that he was taking orders from the Cleveland Mafia and New York crime boss Fat Tony Salerno, Presser was serving as the FBI&rsquo;s top informant on organized crime. Meticulously researched and dramatically told, Mobbed Up is the story of Presser&rsquo;s precarious balancing act with the Teamsters, the Mafia, and the Justice Department. Drawing on thousands of pages of classified files, James Neff follows the trail of greed, corruption, and hubris all the way to the Nixon and Reagan White Houses, where Bill and Jackie Presser were treated as valued friends. Winner of an Investigative Reporters &amp; Editors Award for best reporting on organized crime, it is a tale too astonishing to be made up&mdash;and too troubling to be ignored.</div>

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<div>Edgar Award Finalist: The hunt for Ronnie Shelton, Cleveland&rsquo;s West Side Rapist, and the victims who united for justice&mdash;&ldquo;Groundbreaking&rdquo; (Ann Rule). From 1983 to 1988, serial rapist Ronnie Shelton preyed on the women of Cleveland. Dubbed the West Side Rapist, twenty-seven-year-old Shelton would spy on his victims, stalk them, and brutally assault them in their homes. Arrested at least fifteen times for other crimes, Shelton slipped through the cracks of an overburdened police department so often it seemed he would never be caught. Based on more than 150 interviews with the survivors, the police, psychiatrists, and Shelton himself, this &ldquo;groundbreaking study of the infinite perils of serial rape&rdquo; is the extensively researched story of Shelton&rsquo;s crimes and the five-year pursuit that ended in his capture (Ann Rule). Investigative journalist James Neff also documents the long-term devastation caused by rape and celebrates the courage of the women who helped to put a sexual predator behind bars. It resulted in a sentence of 3,195 years&mdash;the longest in Ohio state history. A finalist for the Edgar Award, Unfinished Murder is &ldquo;not only a riveting nonfiction thriller but an important account about the true nature of sex crimes in America&rdquo; from the prizewinning true crime journalist who is also the author of The Wrong Man: The Final Verdict on the Dr. Sam Sheppard Murder Case and Mobbed Up: Jackie Presser&rsquo;s High-Wire Life in the Teamsters, the Mafia, and the FBI, which was the basis for the HBO movie, Teamster Boss (Nicholas Pileggi). </div>

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<div>This Edgar Award finalist&mdash;one of Ann Rule&rsquo;s top five true-crime picks&mdash;is a &ldquo;gripping&rdquo; definitive account of the Dr. Sam Sheppard murder case (The New York Times Book Review). &ldquo;My God . . . I think they&rsquo;ve killed Marilyn!&rdquo; At 5:40 a.m. on July 4, 1954, the mayor of Bay Village, a small suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, received a frantic phone call from his neighbor Dr. Sam Sheppard. The news was too terrible to comprehend: Marilyn, Sam&rsquo;s lovely wife, was dead, her face and torso beaten beyond recognition by an unknown assailant who had knocked Sam unconscious and escaped just before dawn. In the adjacent bedroom, Chip, the Sheppards&rsquo; seven-year-old son, had slept through the entire ordeal. Almost immediately, the police began to suspect Sam Sheppard. The local press rushed to cast judgment on the handsome, prosperous doctor. After a misguided investigation, Sheppard was arrested and charged with murder. Sentenced to life in prison, he served for nearly a decade before he was acquitted in a retrial. Until his death, he maintained his innocence. Culled from DNA evidence, testimony that was never heard in court, prison diaries, and interviews with the Sheppard family and other key players, The Wrong Man makes a convincing case for Sheppard&rsquo;s innocence and reveals the identity of the real killer. This ebook contains ten photographs not included in previous editions.</div>

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<div>Three shocking tales of violence, intrigue, and the search for truth from a two-time Edgar Award finalist and Ann Rule&rsquo;s &ldquo;favorite true-crime writer.&rdquo; In this riveting collection, prize-winning investigative journalist James Neff examines the Dr. Sam Sheppard murder mystery; the terrifying pursuit of a serial rapist in Cleveland, Ohio; and the spectacular rise and fall of Teamster boss Jackie Presser. The Wrong Man: In 1954, in suburban Cleveland, Dr. Sam Sheppard&rsquo;s wife, Marilyn, was beaten to death in their home. Investigators, the press, the public, and the courts worked in lockstep to convict Sheppard. Sentenced to life in prison, he served nearly a decade before he was acquitted in a retrial. Culled from DNA evidence, testimony that was never heard in court, prison diaries, and interviews with key players, The Wrong Man makes a convincing case for Sheppard&rsquo;s innocence and reveals the identity of the true killer. &ldquo;Gripping and meticulously researched . . . [A] first-degree murder mystery&rdquo; (People). Unfinished Murder: From 1983 to 1988, serial rapist Ronnie Shelton preyed on the women of Cleveland. Dubbed the West Side Rapist, he spied on his victims, stalked them, and brutally assaulted them in their homes. Arrested at least fifteen times for other crimes, Shelton slipped through the cracks of the justice system so often it seemed he&rsquo;d never be caught&mdash;until his courageous victims united to put him behind bars. A finalist for the Edgar Award, Unfinished Murder is based on more than 150 interviews with the survivors, the police, psychiatrists, and Shelton himself, who was sentenced to 3,195 years in prison, the longest in Ohio state history. Mobbed Up: As the president of America&rsquo;s largest labor union, Jackie Presser navigated a dangerous balancing act with the Teamsters, the Mafia, and the Justice Department. At the same time he was taking orders from New York mob boss Fat Tony Salerno, Presser was serving as the FBI&rsquo;s top informant on organized crime. Drawing on thousands of pages of classified files, Neff follows the trail of greed and hubris all the way to the Nixon and Reagan White Houses, where Presser was treated as a valued friend. &ldquo;[A] damning tale . . . A portrait of pervasive corruption that should concern anyone who cares about the way this country works&rdquo; (Los Angeles Times).</div>

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