Crimes category: 7162 books
The Clot Thickens
Things Mom Never Told You About Street Animals
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
(NOTE: This book contains adult language as well as police situations which would be rated PG-13, at least.)
Welcome to the world of urban police legend and lore. Homicidal Humor offers a glimpse of life through the eyes of a homicide detective, whose ability to see the funnier side of tragedy...
Los demonios del Edén
El poder que protege a la pornografía infantil
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 15, 2015
En 2005 Lydia Cacho cimbró a la opinión pública con la aparición de Los demonios del Edén, una detallada investigación sobre la red de corrupción que protegía el abuso sexual de menores en Cancún por parte de famosos empresarios y funcionarios públicos.
Los demonios del Edén cumple...
Dreamland
The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Winner of the NBCC Award for General Nonfiction
Named on Amazon's Best Books of the Year 2015--Michael Botticelli, U.S. Drug Czar (Politico) Favorite Book of the Year--Angus Deaton, Nobel Prize Economics (Bloomberg/WSJ) Best Books of 2015--Matt Bevin, Governor of Kentucky (WSJ) Books of the...
Foundations of Crime Analysis
Data, Analyses, and Mapping
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
In recent years, the fields of crime analysis and environmental criminology have grown in prominence for their advancements made in understanding crime. This book offers a theoretical and methodological introduction to crime analysis, covering the main techniques used in the analysis of crime and...
Closing Time
The True Story of the "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" Murder
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
The real story behind the murder of a Manhattan schoolteacher that became a symbol of the dangers of casual sex: “A first-rate achievement” (Truman Capote).
In 1973, Roseann Quinn, an Irish-Catholic teacher at a school for deaf children, was killed in New York City after bringing a man...
No More Tomorrows
The Compelling True Story of an Innocent Woman Sentenced to Twenty Years in a Hellhole Bali Prison
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
It was meant to be a two-week holiday to celebrate her sister's birthday, but for Schapelle Corby it ended up a waking nightmare. Arrested at Denpasar airport after marijuana was found in her luggage, she became the victim of every traveller's darkest fear. Over four kilograms of drugs had been planted...
by Ann Rule
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2008
In this unputdownable true crime collection from New York Times bestselling author Ann Rule, discover fascinating cases of the spouse, lover, family member, or helpful stranger whose lethally violent nature, though masterfully disguised, can and will kill.
The author of The Stranger Beside...
First Available Cell
Desegregation of the Texas Prison System
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Decades after the U.S. Supreme Court and certain governmental actions struck down racial segregation in the larger society, American prison administrators still boldly adhered to discriminatory practices. Not until 1975 did legislation prohibit racial segregation and discrimination in Texas prisons....
Say Nothing
A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Winner of the Orwell Prize
"A masterful history of the Troubles. . . Extraordinary. . .As in the most ingenious crime stories, Keefe unveils a revelation — lying, so to speak, in plain sight."—Maureen Corrigan, NPR
From award-winning New...
by Danielle Allen
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
So tender yet courageous is this fierce family memoir that it makes mass incarceration nothing less than a new American tragedy.
In a shattering work that shifts between a woman’s private anguish over the loss of her beloved baby cousin and a scholar’s fierce critique of the American prison...
Murder at the Brown Palace
A True Story of Seduction and Betrayal
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
On May 24, 1911, one of the most notorious murders in Denver's history occurred. The riveting tale involves high society, adultery, drugs, multiple murder, and more, all set in Denver's grand old hotel, the Brown Palace.
Very Much a Lady
The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2006
A classic tale of true crime, now an HBO film titled Mrs. Harris starring Annette Bening as Jean Harris and Sir Ben Kingsley as the Scarsdale Diet doctor!
Jean Harris belonged to the last generation of Americans brought up to believe that nice girls get married. But her love affair with Dr....
Five Days at Memorial
Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink’s landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina—and her suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice.
In the tradition of the best investigative journalism, physician and reporter Sheri Fink reconstructs...
Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors
Ann Rule's Crime Files Volume 16
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
#1 New York Times bestselling author and queen of true crime Ann Rule’s sixteenth volume in her True Crime Files series, Deadly Neighbors delves into the unsolved case of a billionaire’s son mysteriously falling off a balcony to his death and more.
In July 2011, billionaire Jonah Shacknai’s...