Crimes to Solve

Not all true crime books have a solution. After all, that is what makes it real, and not packaged up nicely in an hour television show. There are plenty of mysteries left to be solved in the world and maybe you have what it takes to break a case wide open! For example, there is a major art heist that still has not been solved and it happened in 1990. Artwork was stolen from the Gardner Museum in Brookline, Massachusetts by two men who said they were police officers coming to check on a call about a disturbance. Turns out, the disturbance was the robbers dressed as police officers! To this day, none of the artwork taken has been found. There are some prime suspects, but nothing concrete.

Or what about the case of the man who supposedly was able to take pictures of people with ghosts of those who had already departed? Was he actually able to do that, or were all the pictures fakes? If so, how was he doing it? How about who was able to actually escape from the famous prison, Alcatraz? Did they survive, or perish?

Curious Cases: True Crime for Kids by Rebecca Valley looks at some interesting mysteries and some that have been solved, but plenty of others that haven’t been. If you are someone interested in learning more about how crimes are solved, this is a great book to pick up and learn about some of the more interesting crimes, mysteries and heists that have happened!

Recommended for grades 7 and up.