Morbidly Curious Book Club

 

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1. The angel makers: arsenic, a midwife, and modern history's most astonishing murder ring

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Author:
McCracken, Patti
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4 stars
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Athens Drive Community - Adult Non-Fiction
364.152 MCCRA
Duraleigh Road - Adult Non-Fiction
364.152 MCCRA
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
364.152 MCCRA
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"The angel makers is a true-crime story like no other-a 1920s midwife who may have been the century's most prolific killer, leading a murder ring of women responsible for the deaths of at least 160 men"--

2. The day I die: the untold story of assisted dying in America

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Author:
Hannig, Anita
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Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
364.152 HANNI
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
364.152 HANNI
Holly Springs Community - Adult Non-Fiction
364.152 HANNI
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"The Day I Die is a major work of nonfiction that tackles the one issue we'll all eventually come to face--our final days, hours, and minutes. With clarity and empathy, award-winning anthropologist Anita Hannig uncovers the stigma against the practice of assisted dying, untangles the legalities and logistics of pursuing an assisted death in America today, and profiles the dedicated advocates and medical personnel involved. In intimate, lyrical detail,...

3. The doomsday mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the end of an American family

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Author:
Glatt, John
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East Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
364.152 GLATT
Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult Non-Fiction
364.152 GLATT
Leesville Community - Adult Non-Fiction
364.152 GLATT
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"At first, the residents of Kauai Beach Resort took little notice of their new neighbors. The glamorous blonde and her tall husband fit the image of the ritzy gated community. The couple seemed to keep to themselves--until the police knocked on their door with a search warrant. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell had fled to Hawaii in the midst of being investigated for the disappearance of Lori's children back in Idaho--Tylee and JJ--who hadn't been seen...

4. Ghosts of the tsunami: death and life in Japan's disaster zone

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Author:
Parry, Richard Lloyd
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Athens Drive Community - Adult Non-Fiction
952.05 PARRY
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
952.05 PARRY
Green Road Community - Adult Non-Fiction
952.05 PARRY

5. The indifferent stars above: the harrowing saga of a Donner Party bride

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Brown, Daniel James, 1951-
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978 BROWN
Green Road Community - Adult Non-Fiction
978 BROWN
Holly Springs Community - Adult Non-Fiction
978 BROWN

6. Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI

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Grann, David
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36 copies, 6 people are on the wait list.
Athens Drive Community - Adult Non-Fiction
976.6 GRANN
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976.6 GRANN
East Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
976.6 GRANN
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Middlecreek Community - Large Print Non-Fiction
LP 976.6 GRANN
Morrisville Community - Large Print Non-Fiction
LP 976.6 GRANN
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE
“A shocking whodunit…What...