O'Meara, Sheri. Famous Crimes: Stories of Law and Order in Minnesota. Minnesota: The Minnesota Series. 2008.Annotation: Take a look back in time to Minnesota's famous crimes, eight stories in all. These stories will have you ask questions while sending chills down your spine. If you happen to visit Saint Paul, Minnesota you may have crossed paths with some of the crime scenes in these stories.
Justification for Nomination: This book is in a series, which showcased a small number of crimes that occurred in Minnesota. Anyone who is interested in real crimes, especially related to their very own state should read this book. While its unfortunate that these crimes occurred it's important for readers to be able to know more about them. It gives insight that not every perfect little community is safe. This book is spread out over several decades and there are vivid photographs from the crime scenes and cases. It uses lots of vivid details that can leave even a uncommitted reader's attention captured.
Genre: mystery, non-fiction.
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