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Peter Lovesey
The Black Cabinet

The Black Cabinet

Beginning with the bizarre case reported by the young Abraham Lincoln himself, this work discusses actual unsolved crimes–Lizzie Bordon’s bloody spree, the Kitty Genovese murder, the assassination of President Lincoln–and includes stories by O. Henry, Aldous Huxley, and Jorge Luis Borges.

Author: Peter Lovesey
Published: 1989
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The Piper: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Story
The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights
The Winners' Circle
The Secret of Spandau
Bones: An Alex Delaware Novel
At the Scene of the Crime
A Dangerous Mourning: A William Monk Novel