title: From Crime to Crime: Mind-Boggling Tales of Mystery and Murder
author: First Last
description: "Then what are we left with?" Bill asked.<br /> Mark smiled. "D'Amato's knife magically left his belt, found its way into a sealed hidden closet, and stabbed Tommy Slick to death. All this in a matter of seconds, in front of witnesses."<br /> --from The <i>Smart Guys Marching Society</i><br />
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  To good cops everywhere who never give up, even when they are investigating
  the most difficult cases imaginable. The public will never really know the
  overtime they put in, the emotional toll they often pay, or how much it
  matters to them that justice will one day be served.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Oh what a tangled web we weave
  
  
  
  
  
  when first we practice to deceive.
  
  
  
  
  
  —Sir Walter Scott, Marmion, Canto VI, XVII
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### FOREWORD
  
  
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  THIS STORY OF MURDER has as many facets as an intricately cut diamond, far too
  many to seem believable as either fiction or nonfiction. Either way, as the
  bizarre scenarios blaze a path through encounters between people who would not
  be expected to know one another, this saga might well seem contrived. As
  nonfiction—which it is—it is a murky sea of reality with myriad characters who
  seem larger than life. They are infinitely different from one another in
  personalities, li