Crimes Criminals category: 7162 books
The Murder of Marilyn Monroe
Case Closed
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
A New York Times Best Seller!
Since Marilyn Monroe died among suspicious circumstances on the night of August 4, 1962, there have been queries and theories, allegations and investigations, but no definitive evidence about precisely what happened and who was involved . . . until now. In The...
by Marti Rulli, Dennis Davern
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The shocking true crime story of a beloved Hollywood star gone too soon—told by the captain of the boat on which Natalie Wood spent her last night.
Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour is the long‑awaited, detailed account of events that led to the mysterious death of Hollywood legend Natalie...
The Men Behind Mob Wives Chicago
John "Big John" Fecarotta
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
John Fecarotta AKA “Big John” is the uncle of Renee Fecarotta Russo of VH1 Mob Wives Chicago. Big John was allegedly a “juice loan collector”, also known as a loan shark, meaning he used to loan money to people at a very high interest rate. Anyone who wasn't able to repay the loan, there...
Hitler's Spy Chief
The Wilhelm Canaris Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
A remarkable tale of espionage and intrigue—the true story of Hitler’s intelligence chief and his role in the conspiracy to assassinate the Führer.
Admiral Wilhelm Canaris was appointed by Adolf Hitler to head the Abwehr (the German secret service) eighteen months after the Nazis came...
Strangers on a Bridge
The Case of Colonel Abel and Francis Gary Powers
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
The #1 New York Times bestseller and subject of the acclaimed major motion picture Bridge of Spies directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks as James B. Donovan.
Originally published in 1964, this is the “enthralling…truly remarkable” (The New York Times Book Review) insider account...
The Perfect Kill
21 Laws for Assassins
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
An odyssey through the art, theory, and brutality of modern political murder by Robert Baer, New York Times–bestselling author, former CIA operative, and, yes, assassin
All four of Robert B. Baer’s previous books were New York Times bestsellers*,* and it’s no wonder. A recipient of the...
Into the Lion's Mouth
The True Story of Dusko Popov: World War II Spy, Patriot, and the Real-Life Inspiration for James Bond
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
**International bestseller!
James Bond has nothing on Dusko Popov. a double agent for the Abwehr, MI5 and MI6, and the FBI during World War II, Popov seduced numerous women, spoke five languages, and was a crack shot, all while maintaining his cover as a Yugoslavian diplomat…**
On...
Charles Manson's Creepy Crawl
The Many Lives of America's Most Infamous Family
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2019
With a new epilogue updated from its hardcover edition titled Creepy Crawling: Charles Manson and the Many Lives of America's Most Infamous Family
"Creepy crawling" was the Manson Family's practice of secretly entering someone's home, and without harming anyone, leaving only a trace...
by Damien Echols
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
The New York Times bestselling memoir by Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three, who was falsely convicted of three murders and spent nearly eighteen years on Death Row.
In 1993, teenagers Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, Jr.—who have come to be known as the West Memphis...
Careless People
Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of The Great Gatsby
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Kirkus (STARRED review)
"Churchwell... has written an excellent book... she’s earned the right to play on [Fitzgerald's] court. Prodigious research and fierce affection illumine every remarkable page.”
The autumn of 1922 found F. Scott Fitzgerald at the height of his fame, days from...
by Sarah Perry
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice | A Barnes & Noble Discover Pick | A BookPage Best Book of the Year | A Poets & Writers Notable Nonfiction Debut of the Year
“Stunning . . . A graceful and powerful memorial.”—Entertainment Weekly
“Raw and perfect.”—Laura...
The Girls of Murder City
Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2010
The true story of the murderesses who became media sensations and inspired the musical Chicago
Chicago, 1924.
There was nothing surprising about men turning up dead in the Second City. Life was cheaper than a quart of illicit gin in the gangland capital of the world. But two murders...
House of Horrors: The Shocking True Story of Anthony Sowell, the Cleveland Strangler
The Shocking True Story of Anthony Sowell, the Cleveland Strangler
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
To his neighbors on Imperial Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, Anthony Sowell was a quiet and helpful former Marine who played chess and hosted summer barbeques in his front yard. But there was a dark side to Sowell—and a horrific secret inside his house. In mid-2007, Crystal Dozier, 38, made plans to...
Life Sentence
Stories from Four Decades of Court Reporting -- or, How I Fell Out of Love with the Canadian Justice System (Especially Judges)
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
A beloved crime reporter revisits some of her biggest assignments and passes judgement on our judicial system—and especially its judges—in this national bestseller.
When Christie Blatchford wandered into a Toronto courtroom in 1978 for the start of the first criminal trial she would cover...