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Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Toobin has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1993 and is the senior legal analyst for CNN. In 2000 he received an Emmy Award for his coverage of the Elián González case. He is the author of The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court , which spent more than four months on the New York Times bestseller list. Before joining The New Yorker , Toobin served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Brooklyn, New York. He lives in Manhattan. Otto Penzler is the proprietor of the Mysterious Bookshop, the founder of the Mysterious Press, the creator of Otto Penzler Books, and the editor of many books and anthologies. Thomas H. Cook is the author of twenty-three books, including The Chatham School Affair , which won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best novel, and, most recently, The Last Talk with Lola Faye. Klappentext Thieves, liars, and killers—it's a criminal world out there, and someone has to write about it. A thrilling collection of the year's best reportage by the aces of the true-crime genre, The Best American Crime Reporting 2009 brings together the mysteries and missteps of an eclectic and unforgettable set of criminals. Gripping, suspenseful, and brilliant, this latest addition to the highly acclaimed series features guest editor Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker staff writer, CNN senior legal analyst, and bestselling author of The Nine . Zusammenfassung Edited by Jeffrey Toobin, CNN’s senior legal analyst and New York Times bestselling author of The Nine , The Best American Crime Reporting 2009 is a must-have for the true crime reader, complete with the most gripping, suspenseful, and brilliant stories of the year by the masters of crime reporting. Featuring stories of fraud, murder, theft, and madness, the Best American Crime Reporting series has been hailed as “arresting reading” ( People ) and the best mix of “the political, the macabre, and the downright brilliant” ( Entertainment Weekly ). ...
