Hardcover Mysteries is an American true crime television series that airs on the Investigation Discovery network. Debuting on October 11, 2010,[1] Hardcover Mysteries is produced in conjunction with Digital Ranch Productions, Inc.
| Hardcover Mysteries | |
|---|---|
| Genre | True crime |
| Narrated by | Jay O. Sanders |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Robert Kirk Rob Lihani |
| Producers | David Cargill David Connelly Joe Peicott Charlie Cook Nora Donaghy |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ID |
| Release | October 11 – November 29, 2010 |
Synopsis
editThe series "travels inside the minds of America's most popular novelists to explore the crossover from fact to fiction." Best-selling crime fiction writers—including David Baldacci, Sandra Brown, and Kathy Reichs—host each episode, telling the story of a real life crime that helped inspire their fiction.
The show is a mix of interviews, crime scene photographs, and cinematic reenactments. A New York Post review awarded the documentary series 3-out-of-4 stars.[2]
Episodes
edit- "David Baldacci" - In 1964, D.C. socialite Mary Meyer was murdered. The revelation of Mary's diary, which detailed an affair with President Kennedy, leads many to conspiracy theories and became the partial basis for Baldacci's best-seller, Absolute Power.
- "Lisa Scottoline" - Detectives investigating the homicide of a 15-year-old girl uncover a shocking murder-for-hire scheme plotted by the victim herself. Lisa Scottoline, whose thrillers often explore family relationships, untangles the web of this family triangle.
- "Sandra Brown" - The body of a young man is found brutally murdered in East Texas. Investigators believe a local gang with a hateful agenda is behind the crime. Sandra Brown offers insight into this landmark hate-crime case, which inspired her book, The Witness.
- "Linda Fairstein" - A vast investigation into the disappearance of millionaire Manhattan socialite Irene Silverman uncovers two prime suspects, a mother-and-son killing team. Linda Fairstein provides a behind-the-scenes account of the police investigation.
- "Sara Paretsky" - 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.
- "Harlan Coben" - Harlan Coben's two New York Times #1 bestsellers, Long Lost and Caught feature girls who disappear and a community's quest for answers — themes that are found in the true story of Brianna Denison's abduction and the questions that echoed as a result in the community of Reno, Nevada.
- "Kathy Reichs" - When freelance writer Louise Ellis disappears on a routine weekend getaway, investigators narrow in on two key suspects: her new husband and her ex-boyfriend. Now a 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.
- "Joseph Wambaugh" - Joseph Wambaugh traces the landmark case that was subject of his bestseller The Blooding. When two English girls are murdered in the small community of Leicester, investigators use a new technique called DNA fingerprinting to bring a serial killer to justice..
References
edit- ^ "Investigation Discovery Announces Fall Lineup".
- ^ Linda Stasi (October 11, 2010). "Dead truth – Books about real crimes come to life". New York Post. Archived from the original on 2010-10-12.