An anthology of fifteen of the year''s best crime stories—"Fans of crime reporting will devour this diverse collection. . . . The uniform quality of research and writing in this collection is startling; stories are so fully fleshed and detail is so rich it''s often hard to believe they''re non-fiction" (Publishers Weekly (starred review)).Thieves, liars, killers, and conspirators—it''s a criminal world out there, and someone has got to write about it. An eclectic collection of the year''s best reportage, The Best American Crime Reporting 2007 brings together the murderers and muscle men, the masterminds, and the mysteries and missteps that make for brilliant stories, told by the aces of the true crime genre. This latest addition to the highly acclaimed series features guest editor Linda Fairstein, the bestselling crime novelist and former chief prosecutor of the Manhattan District Attorney''s Office''s pioneering Special Victims'' Unit.

An anthology of fifteen of the year''s best crime stories—"Fans of crime reporting will devour this diverse collection. . . . The uniform quality of research and writing in this collection is startling; stories are so fully fleshed and detail is so rich it''s often hard to believe they''re non-fiction" (Publishers Weekly (starred review)).Thieves, liars, killers, and conspirators—it''s a criminal world out there, and someone has got to write about it. An eclectic collection of the year''s best reportage, The Best American Crime Reporting 2007 brings together the murderers and muscle men, the masterminds, and the mysteries and missteps that make for brilliant stories, told by the aces of the true crime genre. This latest addition to the highly acclaimed series features guest editor Linda Fairstein, the bestselling crime novelist and former chief prosecutor of the Manhattan District Attorney''s Office''s pioneering Special Victims'' Unit.