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The Best New True Crime Stories: Well-Mannered Crooks, Rogues & Criminals

By Mitzi Szereto
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Publisher Description

This international true crime anthology reveals more than a century of classy crooks and principled pirates from East Chicago to the South China Sea.

Sometimes the nicest people make the best criminals. This volume introduces real-life characters who broke the law for all the right reasons—or committed devious acts with the friendliest of faces. It features incredible stories from across the globe, written by award-winning crime writers, true-crime podcasters, and journalists such as Tom Larsen, David Blumenfeld, and Anthony Ferguson.

You’ll meet Freddie Brenman, the fearsome Chicago street-fighter and trusted friend of John Dillinger; Naún Briones, the Ecuadorian Robin Hood whose outlaw exploits are the stuff of legend; Ching Shih, the nineteenth-century lady pirate who fought Imperial China; and many others.

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“UK paperback edition 294 pages I enjoy the best new true crime series, edited by Mitzi Szereto, however I do think that some you’ll enjoy more than others depending on your taste for true crime. Having read ‘Small Towns’ and rating that a 5-star, this one just didnt grab my attention in the same way. If you’re interested in sleezy people and their cons, this is certainly for you - the content is interesting and mind-blowing some of these crimes. I just have an interest in the darker elements of true crime (no judging!!). These stories are perfect to pick up and put down as and when you need a true crime fix. There’s another book in this series coming to the UK in February, and I’m SO excited for it. Gifted in exchange for an honest review.”

About Mitzi Szereto

Mitzi Szereto is an internationally acclaimed author and anthology editor of fiction and non-fiction spanning many genres. Her books include her true crime franchise The Best New True Crime Stories series; the horror novel Florida Gothic; The Thelonious T. Bear Chronicles cozy mystery series (co-written with Teddy Tedaloo); the sex parody Pride and Prejudice: Hidden LustsGetting Even: Revenge Stories; and many other popular titles. Her anthology Erotic Travel Tales 2 is the first anthology of erotica to feature a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Mitzi's Web TV channel "Mitzi TV" has attracted an international audience. Segments have ranged from chatting about classic cars with Formula 1 race car driver/BBC TV presenter Tiff Needell and couture shoe designer Jimmy Choo, joining in a lively pub singalong, and covering a teddy bear festival with her ursine sidekick, Teddy Tedaloo. Other on-screen credits include portraying herself in the pseudo-documentary British film, "Lint: The Movie." She maintains a blog of personal essays at Errant Ramblings: Mitzi Szereto's Weblog.

Follow Mitzi on Twitter and Instagram @mitziszereto.

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