Som ny. Paperback. 460 sider. Illustreret. This addition to the reference literature of true crime provides fascinating and often new information and interpretations about some of history's most controversial crime cases. Written in an engaging style, the encyclopedia covers the entire gamut of crime, from assassinations to kidnappings to serial killers to art forgeries. In his introduction, Cyriax states that in researching the encyclopedia, he has attempted to shed light on some of crime's biggest enigmas. He asks, How did America come to pass legislation banning alcohol? What is the best way to crack a safe? How do lethal injections work? Does a head survive decapitation? It's the author's painstaking attempt to answer such questions that helps put this encyclopedia a notch above many others. The entries for crime cases and subjects are arranged alphabetically. The information provided for each varies from a few paragraphs to a page or more. Many entries make for a good read. Under Kidnapping, for example, we learn that the first reported case dates from 1874, when four-year-old Charles Ross from Philadelphia was not returned and the ransom of $20,000 was not collected. The author provides what he says is new information on crimes he considers unsolved, including the famous deaths of Marilyn Monroe and Pope John Paul I, but some of it is dated or has been discredited. With regard to evidence of a conspiracy in JFK's death, for example, he relies too heavily on lawyer Jim Garrison, while not mentioning Gerald Posner's book Case Closed.

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