Hardcover Mysteries
Hardcover Mysteries travels inside the minds of America's most popular fiction crime writers. These top novelists will help tell the stories of the real-life cases that inspired them to write, or captured their facsination.
- 2010-2010
- 1 season
- Investigation Discovery
- Documentary, Suspense
Hardcover Mysteries travels inside the minds of America's most popular fiction crime writers. These top novelists will help tell the stories of the real-life cases that inspired them to write, or captured their facsination.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2010
Episode 1
David Baldacci
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 43 mins
In 1964, D.C. socialite Mary Meyer was murdered. At the trial, 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.
Episode 2
Lisa Scottoline
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 44 mins
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.
Episode 3
Sandra Brown
Mon, Oct 25, 2010 43 mins
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.
Episode 4
Linda Fairstein
Mon, Nov 1, 2010 43 mins
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.
Episode 5
Sara Paretsky
Mon, Nov 8, 2010 43 mins
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.
Episode 6
Harlan Coben
Mon, Nov 15, 2010 43 mins
Both of Harlan Coben's New York Times #1 bestsellers feature girls who disappear and a community's quest for answers. Themes are reflected in the true story of Brianna Denison's abduction and the questions that left echos throughout Reno, NV.
Episode 7
Kathy Reichs
Mon, Nov 22, 2010 44 mins
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.
Episode 8
Joseph Wambaugh
Mon, Nov 29, 2010 44 mins
Joseph Wambaugh traces the landmark case that was the subject of his bestseller "The Blooding." When two English girls are murdered in the small community of Leceister, investigators use a new technique called DNA fingerprinting to catch a killer.
