"Once again Michael Capuzzo shows he is one of our most brilliant storytellers. The Murder Room is a gripping page-turner, masterfully drawn and full of truth, dedication, and darkness."---Michael Connelly, New York Times Bestselling Author of Nine Dragons"Novelists Know to be wary of those slices of reality that are just too outlandish to be transformed into the stuff of fiction. In the superb and tantalizing The Murder Room, Michael Capuzzo dares readers to believe the `can-they-really-be-true?' stories of the heartbreaking cold cases that have been investigated by the forensic dream team that is the legendary Vidocq Society. The once forgotten crimes are horrendous, each bigger-than-life detective more outrageous than the next, and the circuitous paths they take to find long-delayed justice are impossible to forget."---Stephen White, New York Times Bestselling Author Of The Siege"Brilliant forensic artist Frank Bender, a frequent star on America's Most Wanted, joined forces with his fellow ace sleuths at the Vidocq Society to perform some of the most exciting detective work I've ever read in The Murder Room." --- John Walsh, Host of America's Most Wanted"The Murder Room is flat-out fantastic. Even better than Close to Shore, which is one of my all-time favorites. Capuzzo's new book treats murder and the investigation of it as not just a science but an art - Strange, full of Wonder, terrifying, and exhilarating. It is also an odyssey of true crime that lends true grace to the genre." --- Jeff Leen, Washington Post Pulitzer Prize Winner And Author Of Kings Of Cocaine And The Queen Of The RingUnsolved murders were rampant, and somebody had to do something. Three of the world's finest sleuths - an FBI agent turned private eye, a forensic artist and ladies' man who speaks to the dead, and an eccentric profiler known as "the living Sherlock Holmes" - invited the greatest collection of ace detectives from around the world on a grand adventure for justice: to track down the killers in the toughest unsolved murders, working pro bono to solve cold cases over a hot gourmet lunch.The Murder Room draws the reader into the secret investigations of the crime-fighting Vidocq Society, named for flamboyant nineteenth-century Paris detective Eugene Francois Vidocq, whose real-life adventures inspired the creation of the detective novel. It is a darkly fascinating world as the three partners travel far from their Victorian dining room to hunt the ruthless killers of a millionaire's son, a mass murderer who wiped out his whole family, a child-killer enjoying fifty years of freedom, and a cast of serial killers and other human monsters who had long outsmarted the police in some of the most chilling cases in the world.Accompanied by an insert of more than twenty photos, The Murder Room is a descent into the lowest regions of hell and a climb to the highest redemption; a true tale of evil as old as the Bible and dark as the pages of Dostoevsky; and a private club of passionate men and women who decided to make a stand for truth, goodness, and justice using old-fashioned shoe leather and dazzlingly bright forensic science as their sword."With impressive access and a powerful narrative presence, Michael Capuzzo delivers an intimate portrait of the greatest crime fighters of our time.The Murder Room is as addictive as the most inventive of thriller novels, but let us not forget that these are true stories; the monsters in this book are real, and so are the dedicated men who hunt them." ---Jason Kersten, Author of the Art of Making Money And Journal Of The Dead Read Less