Finding Real Life Whodunits

Casey N. Cep pays tribute to Thomas McDade's important The Annals of Murder: A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on American Murders from Colonial Times to 1900 (University of Oklahoma Press, 1961) in this article for the New Yorker. It's a rare book now; a copy listed on Amazon sells for more than $175. There are a few other copies available on Alibris, starting at about $125 and going up over $300.