Murder category: 3028 books
Survived by One
The Life and Mind of a Family Mass Murderer
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
On November 8, 1985, 18-year-old Tom Odle brutally murdered his parents and three siblings in the small southern Illinois town of Mount Vernon, sending shockwaves throughout the nation. The murder of the Odle family remains one of the most horrific family mass murders in U.S. history. Odle was sentenced...
by Nathan Hayes
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
Robert Black, also known as “Smelly Bob” was a Scottish pedophile and serial killer who preyed on young girls in the United Kingdom. Between 1981 and 1986, Black was convicted of the kidnap, sexual assault, and murder of four girls—plus the kidnapping and rape of another young girl and the attempted...
Why Shoot David Thomas? - The Mysterious Murder of Lord Windsor's Carpenter
Wordcatcher History
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2018
A scream shatters the silence.
A shot rings out.
David Thomas is dead.
But what happened? And who committed this gruesome crime? John F. Wake takes us through the events of that fateful night, examining the evidence, the rumours and the suspects.
This is a fascinating case...
by Dale Hudson
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Lethal Beauty
Kimberly Renee Poole, 21, led a double life. The Winston-Salem, North Carolina area housewife and mother was also a topless dancer at a strip club. She craved jewelry, designer clothing, and adulterous affairs with both men and women. Brent Poole, her hopelessly devoted spouse,...
by Regina Eliot-Ramsey
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
The mysterious appearance of a priceless masterpiece by Raphael sets off a chain of events that travel all the way to the hallowed halls of Harvard University, where they entangle Professor Clara Brindini in a web of political intrigue and murder. After a series of gruesome murders, Clara finds herself...
Human Sacrifice
A Shocking Exposé of Ritual Killings Worldwide
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
Welcome to the terrifying world of ritual sacrifice.
Around the world, humans are being trafficked, kidnapped, sold, and enslaved for the specific purpose of sacrifice. Mass-scale migration has seen these gruesome techniques exported from the land of the Aztecs and finding their way to the...
Tunnel Vision
A True Story of Multiple Murder and Justice in Chaos at America's Biggest Marine Base
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2017
“Vivid prose plunges the reader into the politically fraught, self-contained world of a military base” and a chilling true case of triple murder (Linda Landrigan, editor of Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine).
Carlton “Butch” Smith was a troubled teenager who’d been kicked out of school...
Bitter Blood
A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2014
The “riveting” #1 New York Times bestseller: A true story of three wealthy families and the unbreakable ties of blood (Kirkus Reviews).
The first bodies found were those of a feisty millionaire widow and her daughter in their posh Louisville, Kentucky, home. Months later, another wealthy...
The Last Words of Rowan du Preez
Murder and Conspiracy on the Cape Flats
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
In 2012 Angy Peter was bringing up her young children with her husband in Bardale, Mfuleni on the Cape Flats. Angy was an activist, and spent her days collecting evidence for a commission of inquiry into policing that had the chance to change law enforcement across the country’s troubled townships....
by Monte Dwyer
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2018
On a remote cattle station in outback Australia, four gold prospectors push their luck and pay the price. Venturing too close to the homestead they attract the attention of the landholders, who arrive armed and dangerous. Only three of the prospectors make it out alive.
This IPPY award-winning...
The Murder of Chris Kyle
An American Hero
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
Chad Littlefield riding in the passenger seat gets a text from Chris Kyle saying, This dude is straight up nuts
Watch my six. A police officer pulled up to the house. The officer told Taya, Chris has been hurt. Have you seen Chris truck? Taya called her mother and told her something was wrong.
American...
Unjust
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
After the brutal murder of my brother, the Canadian justice system worked very diligently to ensure that the three people who I believe murdered him got off absolutely scot-free, never to be held responsible for their actions or spend one day in prison. And then the justice system again worked diligently...
Not Just Evil
Murder, Hollywood, and California's First Insanity Plea
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
In 1927, a schoolgirl’s murder leads to a Hollywood manhunt, a bizarre confession, and a landmark trial in this historical true crime.
Twelve-year-old Marion Parker was kidnapped from her Los Angeles school by an unknown assailant on December 15, 1927. The killer dropped her off a few days...
Who Killed Tom Thomson?
The Truth about the Murder of One of the 20th Century's Most Famous Artists
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
Tom Thomson was Canada's Vincent van Gogh. He painted for a period of five years before meeting his untimely death in a remote wilderness lake in July 1917. He was buried in an unofficial grave close to the lake where his body was found. About eight hours after he was buried, the coroner arrived but...