The Best American Crime Reporting 2007 cover

The Best American Crime Reporting 2007

by Linda Fairstein

Thieves, liars, killers, and conspirators—it's a criminal world out there, and someone has got to write about it. An eclectic collection of the year's best reportage, The Best American Crime Reporting 2007 brings together the murderers and muscle men, the masterminds, and the mysteries and missteps that make for brilliant stories, told by the aces of the true crime genre. This latest addition to the highly acclaimed series features guest editor Linda Fairstein, the bestselling crime novelist and former chief prosecutor of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office's pioneering Special Victims' Unit. This collection includes Matthew Teague's "Double Bind," and Steve Fishman's "The Devil in David Berkowitz."

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