The Best American Crime Reporting 2007 (Best American Crime Reporting)
by Harper Perennial

	The Best American Crime Reporting 2007 (Best American Crime Reporting)
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Book Description

<p> Thieves, liars, killers, and conspirators—it's a criminal world out there, and someone has got to write about it. An eclectic collection of the year's best reportage, <i>The Best American Crime Reporting 2007</i> brings together the murderers and muscle men, the masterminds, and the mysteries and missteps that make for brilliant stories, told by the aces of the true crime genre. This latest addition to the highly acclaimed series features guest editor Linda Fairstein, the bestselling crime novelist and former chief prosecutor of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office's pioneering Special Victims' Unit. </p>

Reader Reviews

I have read all the books in this series since 2002 and this is one of the best. All of the "true-crime" stories here are extremely well-written, taken from various magazines throughout the year, and provide background information that you will never get from the news headlines.
The book begins with the story of Sal and Mabel Mangano, the New Orleans nursing home owners who were accused of abandoning their residents to Hurricane Katrina. The article addresses this story from many angles, not the least of which concludes that the Manganos are far from the monsters that they were made out to be in the media. There is another fascinating story of a New York writer who unwittingly shares his apartment with a subject of "America's Most Wanted," and another story of a young female medical intern who disappeared the day before 9/11 and whose fate is still unknown. There are a couple of great whodunits, and a heartbreaking account of the Russian school hostage seige in Beslan.
Every story in this book is a page-turner, and I highly recommend it.