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The O.J. Simpson murder trial

2008
This book describes the criminal trial of O.J. Simpson, who was accused of the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, explaining the handling of the forensic evidence became a key point in the trial.

Devil in a blue dress

an Easy Rawlins mystery
2002
Unemployed African-American veteran Easy Rawlins accepts an offer of some detective work in 1948 from white gangster Dewitt Albright, who wants Easy to scour the jazz joints of Los Angeles in an effort to locate blonde femme fatale Daphne Monet.

Billy Straight

a novel
1998

Rising sun

1993
An investigation into the death of a beautiful young woman in a new Japanese conglomerate leads through a maze of industrial intrigue in which American technology is the prize.

True notebooks

a writer's year at Juvenile Hall
2004
Mark Salzman chronicles his first years teaching at Central Juvenile Hall, a lockup for Los Angeles's most violent teenage offenders, discussing what his students taught him about life.

All that glitters

1986
Five novellas about five actresses whose real lives vie with their screen images in glamour and drama--Babe, Belinda, April, Maude, and Claire.

The Watts riot

1997
Describes the 1965 riot in the Black neighborhood of Watts that shook Los Angeles and the nation.

The Black Dahlia

shattered dreams
2011
Describes the 1947 unsolved murder of aspiring actress Elizabeth Short, and discusses the criminal investigation.

Outbreak

1988
When the director of a Los Angeles health maintenance clinic succumbs, along with seven patients, to an untreatable virus, Atlanta's Center for Disease Control goes on red alert. Dr. Melissa Blumenthal is sent to investigate.

The O.J. Simpson murder trial

a headline court case
2001
An account of the criminal and civil trials of O.J. Simpson for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Readers are encouraged to form their own opinions about whether or not justice was done.

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