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The murder of Tutankhamen

a true story
1999
Examines artifacts, documents, tombs, and x-rays of ancient mummies to support the author's claim that young Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen was murdered.

Inside Hitler's bunker

the last days of the Third Reich
2004
Examines events of the last weeks of the Third Reich, discussing Hitler's attempts to destroy Germany by ordering the destruction of the infrastructure, his demand that troops keep fighting a lost cause, and his suicide; and considers whether Hitler's rise to power was inevitable or a fluke.

Losing Matt Shepard

life and politics in the aftermath of anti-gay murder
2000
Explores why the murder of twenty-one-year-old gay University of Wyoming student Matt Shepard ignited a media frenzy and struck a cord with American society.

The Mozart conspiracy

2011
Former British Special Air Service officer Ben Hope is enlisted by his first love, world-famous opera star Leigh Llewellyn, to investigate her brother Oliver's death, and soon finds himself caught up in a mystery involving Mozart and a shadowy organization that may have killed the composer and is now gunning for him and Leigh.

Digging up Butch and Sundance

1994
The story of a wayfaring couple who spend all their spare time roving Argentine pampas, Chilean deserts, and Bolivian sierras, poring over faded newspapers and musty documents, and poking around cemeteries to solve the mystery of the American West: what really happened to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid?.

The murder of Edgar Allan Poe

a novel
1997
Auguste Dupin, upon receiving news of Edgar Allan Poe's death, travels from Paris to America where he visits the people and places the poet knew in an attempt to put to rest his fears that Poe was murdered.

Beethoven's hair

2001
Traces the history of a lock of hair musician Ferdinand Hiller cut from Ludwig van Beethoven's head the day after he died, and reveals what forensic tests on the hair sample revealed about Beethoven's health.

Four days

the historical record of the death of President Kennedy
1983
The events from the moment of President Kennedy's assassination to his burial three days later.

The man from Pomegranate Street

2009
Flavia and her friends return to Rome from Ephesus in the year 81, and when they learn about the mysterious death of Emperor Titus, they investigate, leading to many changes for Italia and for themselves.

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