A National Bestseller
From New Yorker staff writer and bestselling author of The Nine and The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson, the definitive account of the kidnapping and trial that defined an insane era in American history
On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, a sophomore in college and heiress to the Hearst Family fortune, was kidnapped by a ragtag group of self-styled...

Presents a detailed account of the Aaron Hernandez case, drawing on investigative reports, first-person accounts, and previously untold stories to share insights into the youth, fame, imprisonment, and suicide of the NFL star-turned-convicted murderer.

The story of Grace Marks, a young, poor Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who, along with stable hand James McDermott, finds herself accused and convicted of the infamous 1843 murders of her employer, wealthy farmer Thomas Kinnear, and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery.

Recreates Abraham Lincoln's last murder trial--a case in which he had a deep personal involvement as he defended the son of a close friend and loyal supporter, and was forced to form an alliance with a longtime enemy to win.

"The explosive narrative of the life, captivity, and trial of Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who was abducted by the Taliban and whose story has served as a symbol for America's foundering war in Afghanistan"-- Provided by publisher.

Scott Peterson's sister describes her relationship with Scott and Laci, the police investigation following Laci's murder, and her growing suspicions regarding Scott's guilt.

In 1921 Penang, when "Willie" Somerset Maugham a famed writer and old friend of her husband's, arrives for an extended stay, Lesley, as her friendship with Willie grows, makes a dangerous decision to confide in him about life in the Straits Settlement of Penang, including her relationship with a charismatic Chinese revolutionary-a confession that has devastating consequences.

Part baseball story, part army story, part American story, this dramatic account, both deeply engaging and enraging, follows Jackie Robinson, a young black second lieutenant, as he refused to move to the back of a U.S. army bus in Texas and found himself court-martialed.

"Over its half-century of public life, Roe v. Wade took on meanings that extended far beyond its original purpose of protecting the privacy of the doctor-patient relationship. At various times, it forced us to confront hard questions about judicial activism and restraint, the believability of science, racial justice, the suppression of religion, and much more. Mary Ziegler explores the transformations of meaning that have kept abortion on the front...

An award-winning attorney presents an urgent call for justice-system reform in the story of a disadvantaged, African-American single mother from the rural South who was separated from her young daughter and sentenced to life in prison for a first-time offense.