True crime award finalists and more links in the theme

"Murder may be the number one social taboo, but boy is it spellbinding."

--Mark Schatzker, Toronto Globe and Mail

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The Arthur Ellis Award gives a nod to the best Canadian true crime book of the year. And the 2010 nominees are... 

 Patick Brode - The Slasher Killings (Painted Turtle Press )

Ed Butts - Line of Fire (Dundurn)

Alex Caine - The Fat Mexican (Random House of Canada)

Terry Gould - Murder without Borders (Random House of Canada)

Jerry Langton - Biker (John Wiley & Sons)

Victor Malarek - The Johns (Key Porter Books)

Robert Remington and Sherri Zickefoose - Runaway Devil (McClelland )

Stephen Schneider - Iced (John Wiley & Sons)

Trisha Smith - Holiday in Hell ( Asteroid Publishing Inc )

John Smith - The Wolf and the Sheepdog (Author House)

Jon Wells -Post-Mortem and Vanished (John Wiley & Sons)

*I've only read the first one, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Canadian true crime aficionados are spoiled.

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A gruesome term for a murderer even I hadn't heard before ... caesarean kidnapper. Here's an old example.

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My new favorite time-waster: "25 Best True Crime Books"

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