Crimes Criminals category: 7162 books
Terror by Night
The True Story of the Brutal Texas Murder That Destroyed a Family, Restored One Man’s Faith, and Shocked a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
At 3:00 a.m. on March 1, 2008, Terry Caffey awoke to find his daughter’s boyfriend standing in his bedroom with a gun. An instant later the teen opened fire, killing Terry’s wife, his two sons, and wounding him 12 times, before setting the house ablaze. Terry fell into deep depression and planned...
by Peter Davidson
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2007
On March 25, 2001, the nude body of Michelle Lewis, a 39-year-old nun, was discovered in her sleeping quarters at South Florida’s Holy Cross Academy. She had been stabbed 92 times. It wasn’t long before homicide detectives zeroed in on her killer: a young apprentice monk and former Holy Cross...
The Fact of a Body
A Murder and a Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
**"Complex and challenging... push[es] the boundaries of writing about trauma." —**The New York Times
“A True Crime Masterpiece” – Vogue
Entertainment Weekly "Must" List and Best Books of the Year So Far
Real Simple's Best New Books
Guardian Best Book of the Year
Lambda...
Zodiac Unmasked
The Identity of America's Most Elusive Serial Killers Revealed
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2007
Robert Graysmith reveals the true identity of Zodiac—America's most elusive serial killer.
Between December 1968 and October 1969 a hooded serial killer called Zodiac terrorized San Francisco. Claiming responsibility for thirty-seven murders, he manipulated the media with warnings, dares,...
by Brian Allison
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
From post–Civil War political feuds to Depression-era mass murder—explore the criminally fascinating secret history of Music City, USA.
Nashville is known for its bold, progressive flair, but few are aware of its malevolent past. Now, historian Brian Allison sheds light on some of Nashville’s...
The Killer Book of Infamous Murders
Incredible Stories, Facts, and Trivia from the World's Most Notorious Murders
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Spine-chilling tales of the ultimate evil deeds!
Murders have long made headlines, but only those with the most heartless betrayals, twisted lies, and gruesome crime scenes have earned a place in infamy. The Killer Book of Infamous Murders takes you behind the crime scene tape and into the...
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2009
In the tradition of The Orchid Thief, a compelling narrative set within the strange and genteel world of rare-book collecting: the true story of an infamous book thief, his victims, and the man determined to catch him.
Rare-book theft is even more widespread than fine-art theft. Most thieves,...
Ghettoside
A True Story of Murder in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, USA TODAY, AND CHICAGO TRIBUNE • A masterly work of literary journalism about a senseless murder, a relentless detective, and the great plague of homicide in America
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS...
A Criminal Injustice
A True Crime, a False Confession, and the Fight to Free Marty Tankleff
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2008
When he went to bed on the night of September 6, 1988, seventeen-year-old Marty Tankleff was a typical kid in the upscale Long Island community of Belle Terre. He was looking forward to starting his senior year at Earl L. Vandermeulen High School the next day. But instead, Marty woke in the morning...
Murder in the Bayou
Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8?
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
New York Times Bestseller
A Southern Living Book of the Year
“Part murder case, part corruption exposé, and part Louisiana noir” (New York magazine), Murder in the Bayou chronicles the twists and turns of a high-stakes investigation into the murders of eight women in a troubled Louisiana...
The Crime Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
An essential guide to criminology, exploring the most infamous cases of all time, from serial killers to mob hits to war crimes and more.
From Jack the Ripper to Jeffrey Dahmer, The Crime Book is a complete study of international true crime history that unpacks the shocking stories through...
American Predator
The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A Washington Post "10 Books To Read in July"
A Los Angeles Times "Seven Highly Anticipated Books for Summer Reading"
A USA Today "20 of the Season's Hottest New Books"
A New York Post "25 Best Beach Reads of 2019 You Need to Pre-Order Now"
"Maureen Callahan's...
You Can’t Win
Complete and Unabridged
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2016
My background is crowded with robberies, burglaries, and thefts too numerous to recall. All manner of crimes against property. Arrests, trials, acquittals, convictions, escapes. Penitentiaries! I see in the background four of them. County jails, workhouses, city prisons, Mounted Police barracks, dungeons,...
We Have Your Daughter
The Unsolved Murder of JonBenét Ramsey Twenty Years Later
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
New information from We Have Your Daughter has been revealed. Here is some of it.
The Family
As a top reporter in Denver, Paula Woodward was one of the few who had access to the Ramsey attorneys and thus the family. One of the prevailing questions in most of the television specials is about...