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Michael Cannell

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Michael Cannell is the author of five non-fiction books:

Blood and the Badge: The Mafia, Two Killer Cops, and a Scandal That Shocked the Nation

A Brotherhood Betrayed: The Man Behind the Rise and Fall of Murder, Inc.

Incendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber and the Invention of Criminal Profiling

The Limit: Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit

I.M Pei: Mandarin of Modernism.

Michael edited the House & Home section of The New York Times for seven years. He has contributed to The New Yorker, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated and many other publications. He is a graduate of Princeton and the Columbia University Schoo of Journalism.

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	Incendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber, and the Invention of Criminal Profiling 3.83 avg rating — 1,173 ratings — published 2017 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Limit: Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit 4.28 avg rating — 1,010 ratings — published 2011 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood and the Badge: The Mafia, Two Killer Cops, and a Scandal That Shocked the Nation 4.01 avg rating — 676 ratings — published 2025 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Brotherhood Betrayed: The Man Behind the Rise and Fall of Murder Inc. 3.92 avg rating — 428 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I.M. Pei: Mandarin of Modernism 4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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