Author Tom Carr has released his third book in the Blood on the Mitten series, this time tackling the unsavory, the quirky and the downright ghastly actions of some of this state’s immortal figures. In Dark Side of the Mitten: Crimes of the Powerful and Powerful Criminals in Michigan’s Past and Present, Carr presents 42 illustrated stories about Michigan’s gritty and gruesome past, all told with his signature humor and irreverence.

BIO: TOM CARR is an independent writer and journalist in Northern Michigan who spent 25 years in daily newspapers, primarily the Traverse City Record-Eagle. He’s won journalistic awards for his investigative reporting, feature writing, breaking news and humor columns, and often covered police, courts and crime.