“I had to do everything the jurors did—sit in every court session, examine each piece of evidence, look out from the jury box every day at a man accused of murder—but I wouldn’t participate in the deliberation unless two jurors dropped out.”
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Making Meaning, One Step at a Time: A Conversation with Earl Swift
Strong pacing and flow gets your reader to the finish line. The author of Up On Cove Mountain explains why they’re so important.
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The Violent Feud That Shocked the Horse World
“A prominent dressage trainer shot a belligerent student—and now maintains that he’s the real victim.”
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Six Teenagers, a Brutal Murder and the Story They Couldn’t Take Back
“In 2002, a group of friends from North Carolina told a story that ruined all their lives. What if it wasn’t true?”
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Was My Teacher Murdered?
“In 2002, Leslie Buck died under mysterious circumstances in Mystic, Connecticut. Two decades later, I went back to find out who she was — and what really happened.”
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The Troubling Disappearance of ‘El Gallito’
“A Rio Grande Valley murder case was botched and evidence lost by local police and by Texas Rangers. Will anyone ever be held responsible?”
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Name of the Father
“A wiseguy’s son steps out of his father’s shadow—and into the boxing ring. But the legacy of organized crime isn’t so easy to leave behind.”
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The Search
“More than thirteen years ago, Araceli Salcedo Jiménez’s daughter, Rubí, was disappeared from a bar in Orizaba. Since then, Araceli has led an effort to dig up hundreds of clandestine graves looking for the victims of Mexico’s drug war. She is still digging.”
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This Sixties Musician Died Mysteriously. Was He the Victim of a Serial Killer?
“The murder of O’Jays member Frankie Little Jr. has been a cold case for more than 50 years. Now, a retired journalist believes he may have found the culprit.”