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The Great Pictorial History of World Crime. By Jay Robert Nash. Wilmette, Ill.: History, Inc., 2004. 2 vols. $249 (ISBN 1-9288-3120-6). Distributed by Scarecrow Press.
Talk about heavy reading! The Great Pictorial History of World Crime, complete in two massive volumes, is a resource that true crime buffs will turn to again and again. The result of three decades of research and writing by prolific author and historian Jay Robert Nash, this reference set features in-depth exploration of thousands of infamous crimes from ancient times to the present. In addition to extensive profiles of crimes, criminals, victims, and trials, the reference work features more than twenty-five hundred photographs and illustrations, many published for the first time. Nash's credits include an Edgar award for the multivolume Encyclopedia of World Crime (Crime Books, 1990) and ALA Best Reference Work citations for Bloodletters and Badmen (M. Evans, 1973), Darkest Hours (Pocket...