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All that Remains
A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
**Book of the Year, 2018 Saltire Literary Awards
A CrimeReads Best True Crime Book of the Month
For fans of Caitlin Doughty, Mary Roach, and CSI shows, a renowned forensic scientist on death and mortality.**
Dame Sue Black is an internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human...
The Court of Last Resort
The True Story of a Team of Crime Experts Who Fought to Save the Wrongfully Convicted
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Edgar Award Winner: True stories of miscarriages of justice, legal battles, and landmark reversals, by the creator of Perry Mason.
In 1945, Erle Stanley Gardner, noted attorney and author of the popular Perry Mason mysteries, was contacted by an overwhelmed California public defender who believed...
A Death in the Islands
The Unwritten Law and the Last Trial of Clarence Darrow
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Lies, murder, and a legendary courtroom battle threaten to tear apart the Territory of Hawaii.
In September of 1931, Thalia Massie, a young naval lieutenant’s wife, claims to have been raped by five Hawaiian men in Honolulu. Following a hung jury in the rape trial, Thalia’s mother, socialite...
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...
by Alison Weir
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Alison Weir's Mary Boleyn.
Handsome, accomplished, and charming, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, staked his claim to the English throne by marrying Mary Stuart, who herself claimed to be the Queen of England. It was not long before Mary discovered that...
Royal Murders
Hatred, Revenge and the Seizing of Power
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
The motives, means, and consequences of the murders among members of Europe’s ruling families are examined in fascinating detail. Plucking true stories due to their historical significance and sheer intrigue, this book relates violent deaths amid royal splendor and the overthrow of tyrants by oppressed...
Unnecessary Roughness
Inside the Trial and Final Days of Aaron Hernandez
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The revelatory inside story of the trial and final days of New England Patriots superstar Aaron Hernandez, by his attorney and New York Times bestselling author Jose Baez.
When renowned defense attorney Jose Baez received a request for representation from Aaron...
by Charles Nuetzel
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
A book that reveals some of the most starkly startling stories beyond the headlines about the mysterious deaths of Hollywood stars during the early development of the film industry. Read about:
Part One: The Fatty Arbuckle Rape Case
Part Two: The William Desmond Taylor Murder Case
Part...
The Beautiful Cigar Girl
Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2007
On July 28, 1841, the body of Mary Rogers, a twenty-year-old cigar girl, was found floating in the Hudson-and New York's unregulated police force proved incapable of solving the crime. One year later, a struggling writer named Edgar Allan Poe decided to take on the case-and sent his fictional detective,...
The Inventor and the Tycoon
A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
From the National Book Award-winning author of Slaves in the Family, a riveting true life/true crime narrative of the partnership between the murderer who invented the movies and the robber baron who built the railroads.
One hundred and thirty years ago Eadweard Muybridge invented stop-motion photography,...
For Laci
A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Justice
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2006
Laci Rocha Peterson, 8 months pregnant, was last seen by her sister, Amy, in the late afternoon of December 23, 2002. She spoke to her mother, Sharon Rocha, at 8:30 p.m. that night. This would be the last time anyone from her immediate family ever spoke to her.
A search began which lasted an...
The Poison Tree
A True Story of Family Terror
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Edgar Award Finalist: The shocking account of a Wyoming father who terrorized his family for years—until his children plotted a deadly solution.
One cold November night, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, fifteen-year-old Richard Jahnke Jr., ROTC leader and former Boy Scout, waited for his parents to...
Tangled Vines
Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
On October 12, 2005, a massive fire broke out in the Wines Central wine warehouse in Vallejo, California. Within hours, the flames had destroyed 4.5 million bottles of California's finest wine worth more than $250 million, making it the largest destruction of wine in history. The fire had been deliberately...