Murder category: 3028 books
Love & Death
The Murder of Kurt Cobain
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2004
A stunning and groundbreaking investigation into the death of one of the great rock icons of our times -- revealing new evidence that points to a terrible conclusion.
On Friday, April 8, 1994, a body was discovered in a room above a garage in Seattle. For the attending authorities, it was an open-and-shut...
Let Me Take You Down
Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman, the Man Who Killed John Lennon
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
A top crime journalist reveals precisely how the world-shattering murder of John Lennon happened—and why
In Let Me Take You Down, Jack Jones penetrates the borderline world of dangerous fantasy in which Mark David Chapman stalked and killed Lennon:
Mark David Chapman rose early on...
Furious Hours
Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
New York Times Best Seller
“Compelling . . . at once a true-crime thriller, courtroom drama, and miniature biography of Harper Lee. If To Kill a Mockingbird was one of your favorite books growing up, you should add Furious Hours to your reading list today.” —Southern Living
Reverend...
A Safe Place
The True Story of a Father, a Son, a Murder
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
"Dramatic, graphic and wrenching...The reader is left to wonder--at the devastation of Carcaterra's youth, at his survival to adulthood, and at the grace that allowed him to craft this piercing memoir."
THE WASHINGTON POST
Lorenza Carcaterra grew up in Hell's Kitchen, New York in the 1950s...
by Christopher Darden
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
#1 New York Times Bestseller. For more than a year, Christopher Darden argued tirelessly for the prosecution, giving voice to the victims in the 0.J. Simpson murder trial. In Contempt is an unflinching look at what the television cameras could not show: behind-the-scenes meetings, the deteriorating relationships...
Little Shoes
The Sensational Depression-Era Murders That Became My Family's Secret
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
In the summer of 1937, with the Depression deep and World War II looming, a California triple murder stunned an already grim nation. After a frantic week-long manhunt for the killer, a suspect emerged, and his sensational trial captivated audiences from coast to coast. Justice was swift, and the condemned...
A Target on my Back
A Prosecutor's Terrifying Tale of Life on a Hit List
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Murders don't happen in Kaufman County, Texas, a sleepy community where people raise their kids quietly and drive into Dallas for work and entertainment. In 2013, murder came to town when two professional prosecutors were slain in cold blood, simply for doing their jobs: one in broad daylight in plain...
PRISON LETTERS
The Complete Correspondence Between Convicted Killer Karla Homolka and Author Stephen Williams
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Inconceivably, as a 20-year-old woman living at home with her parents and 2 sisters, Karla Homolka initiated a schoolgirl killing spree by drugging, raping and murdering her youngest sister as a Christmas gift for her then-fiancé Paul Bernardo.
As newlyweds, the couple fashioned a picture-perfect...
by John McCoist
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
A delve into the world of cults, Deadly cults. This book lifts the lid off the worlds dealiest cults. How the leaders hold power over their followers and lead them into a sinister world which more often that not leads to death and murder. The Rev Jim Jones, Heavens Gate, The manson Family and many many more.
by Sheila Weller
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Raging Heart is so revealing that the book itself became part of the actual O.J. Simpson murder trial. It is the only book to trace the path of O.J. and Nicole’s fatal love story through the eyes of the people who really knew them. Acclaimed journalist Sheila Weller gained the unprecedented cooperation...
House of Versace
The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
Versace. The very name conjures up images of outrageous glamour and bold sexuality, opulence and daring. All of course true, but only half the story. Versace is also the legacy of a great creative genius from a poor, backward part of southern Italy who transformed the fashion world through his intuitive...
Shakedown: Johnny Liddell Mystery Crime Series
Mystery Crime Series, #4
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Shakedown - Another Johnny Liddell Mystery Crime ThrillerFollow private investigator, Johnny Liddell, as he picks up the pieces of deceit, extortion and murder in mid-20th century New York City. See how he uses evidence, logic and intuition to break a major crime ring bubbling beneath the surface...
by David Grann
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2010
Features “Trial by Fire,” the basis for the true crime major motion picture starring Jack O’Connell, Laura Dern, Emily Meade and Jeff Perry
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon comes this “gripping” (The Miami Herald) and “hilarious” (EW)...
by Calvin Trillin
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
True stories of sudden death in the classic collection by a master of American journalism
“Reporters love murders,” Calvin Trillin writes in the introduction to Killings. “In a pinch, what the lawyers call ‘wrongful death’ will do, particularly if it’s sudden.” Killings, first...