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Gift Ideas for Crime Sleuths

Top True Crime Books and Movies to Give as Gifts

By Charles Montaldo, About.com

Looking for a gift for someone who is interested in crime? Select from this collection of top crime books and movies.

1. Digging Deep Into the Mind of Killers

Jack the RipperPunch, September 29th 1888: - "The Nemesis of Neglect" - Public Domain
Charles Montaldo's "Top Pick List" of true crime books that not only chronicle the crime but dig deep into the criminal mind and uncover the bizarre and disturbing thoughts of serial killers.

2. Top 10 Serial Killer Movies

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These movies are based on the true-life cases of some of the most notorious serial killers and mass murderers in U.S. history.

3. Classic Courtroom Drama Movies

To Kill a MockingbirdPriceGrabber
These movies feature high drama in the courtroom by some of the greatest directors and actors of all time, some in their best performances.

4. Agatha Christie Mysteries

Murder on the Orient ExpressPriceGrabber
Agatha Christie wrote 79 novels in a career that spanned from 1920 until 1976, and is probably the world's best-known mystery writer, with titles published in 46 languages. More than two billion copies of her novels have been sold, featuring her famous crime sleuths, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple, of St. Mary Mead.

5. More Agatha Christie Books

Crooked HousePriceGrabber
More mysteries from Agatha Christie including The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side... Clocks... Murder of Roger Ackroyd... Crooked House... The Body in the Library... and more.

6. More Agatha Christie Novels

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More from the great mystery writer, including The Mysterious Affair at Styles... A.B.C. Murders... Five Little Pigs... Dead Man's Folly... Mrs. McGinty's Dead... Curtain... and more.

7. Movies of John Grisham Novels

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These are movies that have been made based on best-selling author John Grisham's novels.

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