True Crime
ARCADE
"Ready for the People:" My Most Chilling Cases as a Prosecutor (Jan., $25.95) by Marissa N. Batt. A veteran prosecutor recalls three of her most terrifying cases.
BARRICADE
Gangster City (Nov., $23.95) by Patrick Downey. The first of a two-volume series explores members of the New York City underworld who operated from 1900 to 1920.
BERKLEY
Amerithrax: The Hunt for the Anthrax Killer (Nov., $14.95) by Robert Graysmith discusses anthrax terror and the hunt for the anthrax killer.
FREE PRESS
Heart Full of Lies: A True Story of Desire and Death (Oct., $26) by Ann Rule. A deadly female uses the many men who love her as stepping stones to wealth and fame. Advertising. Author tour.
HARPERCOLLINS
Judgment Ridge (Sept., $25.95) by Dick Lehr and Mitchell Zuckoff investigates the murders of two Dartmouth professors and the relationship between two neighboring communities. 75,000 first printing. BOMC, LG, DBC, Mystery Guild alternates.
HENRY HOLT
Homicide Special: On the Streets with the LAPD's Elite Detective Unit (Sept., $25) by Miles Corwin. A former staff reporter for the Los Angeles Times narrates six cases solved by Homicide Special. Advertising. Author publicity. Author tour.
The Brass Wall: The Betrayal of Undercover Detective #4126 (Oct., $25) by David Kocieniewski. The former New York Times police bureau chief reveals an endangered undercover detective's effort to break through a silent wall enforced by the cops' top brass. Advertising. Author publicity.
MORROW
Death and Justice (Sept., $25.95) by Mark Fuhrman examines the death penalty in Oklahoma, the state with the highest number of executions in 2001. 75,000 first printing.
NEW HORIZON
Dead Center: The Shocking True Story of a Murder on Snipe Mountain (Sept., $24.95) by Frank J. Daniels. Western Colorado's DA relates a case where an inexperienced hunter is anonymously murdered on a remote mountaintop and the investigation points to his rich widow. Advertising. 20-city radio-satellite tour.
NORTHEASTERN UNIV. PRESS
A Rose for Mary: The Hunt for the Real Boston Strangler (Oct., $24.95) by Casey Sherman. The nephew of the Boston Strangler's last victim recounts his 10-year quest to prove the identity of his aunt's killer.
PROMETHEUS
Into the Minds of Madmen: How the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit Revolutionized Crime Investigation (Oct., $28) by Don DeNevi and John H. Campbell looks at the elite FBI team that analyzes the crimes and personalities of psychopaths.
Mortal Evidence: The Forensics Behind Nine Shocking Cases (Oct., $26) by Cyril Wecht, M.D., et al. calls on forensic pathology to re-examine nine famous cases.
READER'S DIGEST
Profile of a Criminal Mind: How Psychological Profiling Helps Solve True Crimes (Sept., $26.95) by Brian Innes, M.D., surveys profiling theories from the suppositions of early physicians to the latest developments in computer-aided technology.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV. PRESS
Finding Susan (Oct., $29.50) by Molly Hurley Moran chronicles the disappearance and alleged murder of the author's sister with attention paid to domestic abuse.
UNIV. OF ALABAMA PRESS
When Good Men Do Nothing: The Assassination of Albert Patterson (Sept., $29.95) by Alan Grady explores the murder of a man who attempted to clean up a "sin city." Author tour.
UNIV. OF ILLINOIS PRESS
Alchemy of Bones: Chicago's Luetguert Murder Case of 1897 (Sept., $29.95) by Robert Loerzel includes the story of the case, police and forensic findings, reporters' details and society's interest.
UNIV. OF MICHIGAN PRESS
Rogue Scholar: The Sinister Life and Celebrated Death of Edward H. Rulloff (Sept., $27) by Richard W. Bailey traces the life of a 19th-century fugitive, ne'er-do-well and would-be savant who was condemned to die for thievery, fraud and murder but temporarily kept his captors at bay by posing as a professor, doctor and lawyer.
UNIV. OF NORTH TEXAS PRESS
Worse Than Death: The Dallas Nightclub Murders and the Texas Multiple Murder Law (Oct., $26.95) by Gary M. Lavergne. When a Moroccan gunman slays seven people, he cannot be executed because he has committed no crime other than "multiple murder," which was not punishable by death in 1984 Texas.
