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#1 ·
On a boring detail tonight and wondering if anyone has any recommendations for local true crime books. I’ve read all of Michele McPhee’s books other than Maximum Harm (not ready to read that yet), the Fence, Legends of Winter Hill and Ghost. Loved all of them. Anything else similar to these that anyone could recommend? Thanks
 
#9 ·
The Year We Disappeared: A Father - Daughter Memoir: Falmouth PD

Great book. From Amazon:

When Cylin Busby was nine years old, she was obsessed with Izod clothing, the Muppets, and a box turtle she kept in a shoebox. Then everything changed overnight. Her police officer father, John, was driving to his shift when someone leveled a shotgun at his window. The blasts that followed left John's jaw on the passenger seat of his car-literally. While clinging to life, he managed to write down the name of the only person he thought could have pulled the trigger. The suspect? A local ex-con with rumored mob connections. The motive? Officer Busby was scheduled to testify against the suspect's family in an upcoming trial. Overnight, the Busbys went from being the "family next door" to one under 24-hour armed guard, with police escorts to school, and no contact with friends. Worse, the shooter was still on the loose, and it seemed only a matter of time before he'd come after John-or someone else in the family-again. With few choices left to them, the Busby family went into hiding, severing all ties to the only life they had known.



 
#20 ·
I enjoyed the Lt. Joe Dante series from Christopher Newman in my younger reading days...not local but they were interesting from what I remember.
 
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