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Murder. Fraud. Betrayal. Discover the true stories of the crimes that have ripped apart the lives of the Triangle's citizens. North Carolina's Triangle region is known for universities, research facilities and politics, but even in such a prosperous, diverse, modern environment, crime helps define the edges. Read about the nation's largest prison escape and a couple of North Carolina's most famous poisoners. From a Civil Rights-era clash of Old South and New, a suspected Cold War spy and an unsolved lover's-lane murder to new-tech sleuths and tales of diligent as well as discredited investigators, these stories will keep you entertained and aghast at the dark side of daily life. Crime writer Cathy Pickens exposes the sinister side of the Triangle's cities in series of headline-grabbing tales.

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Cathy Pickens, a lawyer and college professor, is a crime fiction writer and true crime columnist for Mystery Readers Journal. She taught law in the McColl School of Business and served as provost at Queens and as national president of Sisters in Crime and on the boards of Mystery Writers of America and the Mecklenburg Forensic Medicine Program (an evidence collection/preservation training collaborative). Her other books from The History Press include Charlotte True Crime Stories, True Crime Stories of Eastern North Carolina and Charleston Mysteries.

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