Hardcover Mysteries

Season

2010

7.6

TV-14

In this season of Hardcover Mysteries eight New York Times best-selling authors examine the incredible real-life cases that inspired their own creations. Watch as the top of the line storytellers do what they do best by adding unique perspectives and creative twists to some of history's most famous mysteries.

Episode List

S1 • E1

David Baldacci

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.

S1 • E2

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.

S1 • E3

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.

S1 • E4

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.

S1 • E5

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.

S1 • E6

Harlan Coben

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.

S1 • E7

Kathy Reichs

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.

S1 • E8

Joseph Wambaugh

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.