CHECKMARK BOOKS

The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Second Edition: A Study of the Chilling Criminal Phenomenon from the "Angels of Death" to the "Zodiac" Killer (Mar., $19.95) by Michael Newton covers cases from early history to the present.

FULCRUM

Anton Wood: Boy Murderer (June, $17.95) by Dick Kreck focuses on an 11-year-old murderer in 1892 and how juvenile crime was handled at the time. Ad/promo.

JONES BOOKS

Jane Austen and Crime (Mar., $22) by Susannah Fullerton looks at crime and punishment in Georgian England.

&NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

I Lie for a Living: The Greatest Spies of All Time (May, $14.95). The International Spy Museum follows up its Handbook of Practical Spying with spy biographies.

SANTA MONICA PRESS (dist. by IPG)

Captured!: Inside the World of Celebrity Trials (Apr., $24.95) by Jody Handley, illus. by Mona Edwards, captures Edwards's courtroom artwork, including drawings for the O.J. Simpson and Menendez brothers trials.

THUNDERS MOUTH

Did They Really Do It? From Lizzie Borden to the 20th Hijacker (Apr., $14.95) by Fred Rosen examines the guilt or innocence of famous criminals in American history.