New Jersey Mysteries - fact? and fiction
Explore the captivating world of New Jersey mysteries with our curated list of fiction books. Uncover thrilling tales blending fact and fiction set in the Garden State.
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Unfold the Evil
by Ellen Larson
Reporter Natalie Joday's career is at a crossroads. She gets involved in a newsroom mystery: who is sending anonymous letters to the Star's elderly advice columnist? And why? It's all a game to Natalie and her psychologist friend, Rebecca Elias, until the solutions reveal the murder of a man whose political career was ruined by the newspaper some 20 years before.
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The Hatch and Brood of Time
by Ellen Larson
Even a seasoned reporter like Natalie Joday is shocked by a neighborhood murder, but compassion turns to fear when it turns out her brother is involved. A lifetime of run-ins with the legal system has left Natalie wary of the police, so she sets out to solve the case herself by uncovering the secrets of the past-some of them her own. Book 1 of the NJ Mystery Series.
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Lighthouses of New Jersey and Delaware
by Bob Trapani
Pictures, tales and history of 20 mid-Atlantic lighthouses, including legends, history, ghost tales and shipwreeks.
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Paging New Jersey
by James F. Broderick
This engaging book answers such intriguing questions as how author Peter Benchley got the idea for "Jaws; " where Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton; and why the "Hindenberg" exploded over Lakehurst in 1937.
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Notorious New Jersey
by Jon Blackwell
A fascinating study of crime and corruption, murder and mayhem, in the Garden State presents one hundred true crime tales that span more than three hundred years of history, shedding new light on such cases as the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the fatal duel of Alexander Hamilton, the murder of Dutch Schultz, and the Jersey City terrorists who made the first World Trade Center bomb. Original.
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The Hard-to-Believe-but-True! Book of New Jersey History, Mystery, Trivia, Legend, Lore, Humor and More
by Carole Marsh
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Murdered in Jersey
by Gerald Tomlinson
The Lindbergh kidnapping, the Dutch Schultz murder, the Hurricane Carter case, the Edgard Smith affair involving William F. Buckley, Jr., the slaying of the List family, the shooting of Trooper Philip Lamonaco, the contract killing of Maria Marshall, and the kidnapping and murder of Exxon executive Sidney Reso-all America followed with fascination these terrible crimes committed in New Jersey. These famous New Jersey cases--and fifty-two others, all front-page news in their day--are presented colorfully and concisely in Gerald Tomlinson's Murdered in Jersey, an illustrated look at homicide in the Garden State. For all true crime buffs in and out of New Jersey.
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The Lost Legends of New Jersey
by Frederick Reiken
A story of teenage life and love in suburban New Jersey chronicles the relationship between Anthony Rubin, a young Jewish teen whose own family is falling apart, and his neighbor, Juliette, the daughter of a reputed Mafioso.
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Claire and Present Danger
by Gillian Roberts
When Claire Fairchild begins receiving anonymous letters suggesting she investigate the past of her soon-to-be daughter-in-law, she does a little digging of her own and uncovers some startling secrets.
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Dead Man's Float
by Beth Sherman
Anne Hardaway's long-ago high school crush, Tigger Mills, is pulled out of the surf, and everyone thinks it is suicide except Anne who makes it her mission to uncover a 20-year-old motive for present day murder.
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True Crime, New Jersey
by Patricia A. Martinelli
The history of criminal offense in New Jersey is documented in this book, beginning with a general survey of crime in the state and then focusing on its headline cases, including the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the John List killings, the mob activities that inspired The Sopranos, and the murder that led to Megan's Law.
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Devil's Gonna Get Him
by Valerie Wilson Wesley
Newark PI and single mother Tamara Hayle is hired by a black investment banker to tail his stepdaughter's new boyfriend, something Tamara is reluctant to do since he was her boyfriend once. But when the banker is murdered and an apparently innocent woman is accused of doing it, Tamara swings into high gear to probe Newark's black urban world for clues.
