Crimes category: 7162 books
by Edward Jay Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
One of America’s most acclaimed investigative journalists re-investigates some of the most notorious and mysterious crimes of the last 200 years
The beloved head of the UN dies in a tragic plane crash . . . witnesses unearthed years later suggest it wasn’t an accident. Theories behind the...
Case Files of the NYPD
More than 175 Years of Solved and Unsolved Crimes
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
"Characters galore, both good guys and gangsters, leap from the pages***" (The New York Times)*** in this irresistible, authentic look at 175 years of true crime cases from the NYPD archives, packed with photos, artifacts and expert revelations.
From atrocities that occurred before...
The Man from the Train
The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
An Edgar Award finalist for Best Fact Crime, this “impressive…open-eyed investigative inquiry wrapped within a cultural history of rural America” (The Wall Street Journal) shows legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applying his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old...
LIFE Crimes of Passion
15 Stories of Love Gone Wrong
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
LIFE magazine presents stories of crimes of passion.
Murders of the Black Museum
The Dark Secrets Behind a Hundred Years of the Most Notorious Crimes in Britain
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police, houses the notorious Black Museum, a unique collection of exhibits, photographs, and other items connected with some of the most famous crimes of the last century. Fifty of those crimes were murders and they are explored in detail...
by Marvin J. Wolf, Katherine Mader
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
Los Angeles. The entertainment capital of the world. The city that movie director John Waters called “rich, hilarious, of questionable taste and throbbing with fake glamour.” In Fallen Angels, award-winning journalist Marvin Wolf and noted criminal justice attorney Katherine Mader take you beyond...
Truly Criminal
A Crime Writers' Association Anthology of True Crime
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2015
Real life crimes, famous and forgotten, re-examined by leading crime writersA superb collection of brand new and original essays about famous and obscure real life crimes, Truly Criminal showcases a group of highly regarded, award-winning writers who all share a special passion for crime. Among these...
Unsolved
True Canadian Cold Cases
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2010
Despite advances in DNA testing, forensics, and the investigative skills used by police, hundreds of crimes remain unsolved across Canada. With every passing day trails grow colder and decades can pass before a new lead or witness comes forward if one comes forward.
In Unsolved, Robert J. Hoshowsky...
The Casebook of Forensic Detection
How Science Solved 100 of the World's Most Baffling Crimes
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2007
“Brilliant and persistent scientific work that brought murderers like John List, Ted Bundy, and Jeffrey MacDonald to justice.”—Publishers Weekly
“Landmarks of forensic science [that] are representative of the evolution of the discipline and its increasingly prominent role in crime solving.”—Library...
Black Dahlia Avenger II
Presenting the Follow-Up Investigation and Further Evidence Linking Dr. George Hill Hodel to Los Angeles' Black Dahlia and Other 1940s Lone Woman Murders
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2014
SEQUEL TO NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER BLACK DAHLIA AVENGER
Five New Investigative Chapters added to this 2014 edition: Chapter 23-LAPD Historical Society—The New Evidence Chapter 24-Odor Mortis—The Smell of Death Chapter 25-The KMEX-Univision Interviews Chapter 26-Murder as a Fine...
by Gordon Honeycombe
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
'EXCELLENT WRITING AND RESEARCH' - RUTH RENDELLThe Crime Museum of New Scotland Yard - invariably known as 'the Black Museum' - houses a remarkable collection of exhibits, photographs and documents connected with some of the most notorious crimes in this country's history. Although the museum is closed...
by Mark Nesbitt, Katherine Ramsland
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
The second book in the "Haunted Crime Scenes" series. The series is based on the premise that by working together, Crime Scene Investigators (CSIs) and Paranormal Forensic Investigators (PFIs) may someday solve crimes and resolve cold cases hitherto thought unsolvable.
This book focuses on...
by Kate Kray
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2007
In this, the first book of its kind, Kate Kray, who married gangster Ronnie Kray, peers into the minds of the top twenty worst killers in criminal history and, sparing no detail, reveals the awful truth of their abominable acts. The extreme nature of their violence and their shocking lack of remorse...
Musical Mysteries
From Mozart to John Lennon
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2010
Crime has formed the basis of countless plots in music theater and opera. Several famous composers were murder victims or believed to be murdered, and one of the greatest Renaissance composers slaughtered his wife and her lover. In Musical Mysteries, renowned true crime historian Albert Borowitz turns...