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Hardcover Mysteries

Season 1
Hardcover Mysteries travels inside the minds of America’s most popular fiction crime writers. These top novelists will help tell the stories of the real-life cases that inspired them to write, or captured their facsination.
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  1. S1 E1 - David Baldacci

    October 10, 2010
    44min
    TV-14
    Revelations found in the diary of murdered socialite Mary Meyer lead many to conspiracy theories and became the partial basis for a best-selling book by author David Baldacci.
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  2. S1 E2 - Lisa Scottoline

    October 17, 2010
    44min
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    Detectives investigating the homicide of a 15-year-old girl uncover a shocking murder-for-hire scheme plotted by the victim herself. Lisa Scottoline untangles the web of this family triangle.
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  3. S1 E3 - Sandra Brown

    October 24, 2010
    44min
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    Investigation into a gang-related murder in East Texas inspired novelist Sandra Brown's book The Witness.
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  4. S1 E4 - Linda Fairstein

    October 31, 2010
    44min
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    Linda Fairstein provides a behind-the-scenes account of the police investigation surrounding the disappearance of millionaire Manhattan socialite Irene Silverman.
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  5. S1 E5 - Sara Paretsky

    November 7, 2010
    44min
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    Carmin Ross is found stabbed to death in her Lawrence, KS, home. This case captured novelist Sara Paretsky's attention because of how investigators methodically unraveled the suspect's carefully crafted story.
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  6. S1 E6 - Harlan Coben

    November 14, 2010
    44min
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    Harlan Coben's bestsellers feature girls who disappear and a community's quest for answers. Themes are reflected in the true story of Brianna Denison's abduction and the questions that left echos throughout Reno, NV.
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  7. S1 E7 - Kathy Reichs

    November 21, 2010
    44min
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    Critically acclaimed best-selling author, Dr. Kathy Reichs, recounts her real-life involvement as forensic anthropologist in one of the most sensational homicide investigations in Canadian history.
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  8. S1 E8 - Joseph Wambaugh

    November 28, 2010
    44min
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    Joseph Wambaugh traces the landmark case that was the subject of his bestseller "The Blooding." When two English girls are murdered, investigators use a new technique called DNA fingerprinting to catch a killer.
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Directors

Ron GordonDavid CargillGabe TorresScooter YanceyBrian Coughlin

Producers

David CargillPeter Trevino

Cast

Sandra BrownJay O Sanders

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