True Crime category: 7770 books
Gang Wars on the Costa
The True Story of the Bloody Conflict Raging in Paradise
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
For more than a decade, an intense gang war has been raging between British and foreign criminals in Spain's sunny costal regions. The warring factions have left more than a hundred people dead and scores injured, making headlines around the world. These vicious conflicts for control of drugs turf,...
Pizza Bomber
The Untold Story of America's Most Shocking Bank Robbery
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
The bizarre, true story of a robbery gone wrong and the explosive murder that shocked the nation—as seen on Netflix’s docuseries Evil Genius.
For the first time, two of the people who followed the story from the beginning—Jerry Clark, the lead FBI Special Agent who cracked what became...
Gitchie Girl
The Survivor's Inside Story of the Mass Murders the Shocked the Heartland
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
A terrified voice cried out in the night."Who are you? What do you want?The sound of snapping twigs closed in on the five teenagers enjoying an evening around a glowing campfire at Gitchie Manitou State Park. The night of music and laughter had taken a dark turn. Evil loomed just beyond the tree...
A Death in Canaan
A Classic Case of Good and Evil in a Small New England Town
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
A “riveting” true crime classic: The trial of Connecticut teen Peter Reilly, accused of killing his mother, and the community that defended him (People).
In the sleepy hamlet of Canaan, Connecticut, Barbara Gibbons stood out. She and her eighteen-year-old son, Peter Reilly, lived in a drab...
Big Stick-Up at Brink's!
The Inside Story of the Gang Who Pulled Off Boston's Greatest Robbery
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
A riveting and frequently hilarious insider account of one of the twentieth century’s most outrageous capers.
On the evening of January 17, 1950, armed robbers wearing Captain Marvel masks entered the Brink’s Armored Car building in Boston, Massachusetts. They walked out less than an hour...
Big Rigs, Posh Digs, Fast Cars, Dark Bars!
The Greed-Driven, Sex-Enhanced Ride That Cost Arrow Trucking Company $90 Million and Its Life!
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
This is the true story of crime and "road rage" in the executive suite of one of America's leading trucking companies. The story begins when the highly regarded founder and owner of the Arrow Trucking Company is killed in a hunting accident. His widow then appoints their only son, Douglas, to be the...
by Martin Baggoley
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2010
“A detailed account of crime and capital punishment . . . from the days of the 1700s when felons were publically hanged outside the walls of Lancaster Castle.” —Friends of Real Lancashire
This account of executions in Lancashire spans two centuries and begins in the era of the Bloody Code....
by Patrick Denney
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
Historical tales of crime and punishment from this ancient British town—includes photos and illustrations.
Colchester historian Patrick Denney takes the reader on a sinister journey from the religious persecutions of Queen Mary’s time to the twentieth century, meeting villains, cutthroats,...
by Simon Worrall
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2009
This true crime story about an art heist on the French Riviera and the sting operation mounted by the legendary head of the FBI's Art Crime Unit, Robert Wittman, gives the reader a rare glimpse inside the world of art theft as the story jumps from France to Florida to Barcelona.
You couldn't make it up.
Wannabe in my Gang?
From the Krays to the Essex Boys
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
Kray gang boss Tony Lambrianou, who served a life sentence for the brutal murder of Jack 'the Hat' McVitie, has threatened to kill Bernard O'Mahoney 'by smashing a hammer through his head'. 'Dodgy' Dave Courtney, who claims to have murdered two gangland rivals, tried 'to put him out of his misery'...
by Lisa Pulitzer
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2003
On January 15, 2000, the bruised body of thirty-four-year-old Lois McMillan, a Connecticut artist vacationing in the British Virgin Islands, was discovered draped across the rocks of an inlet where she had apparently drowned in the Caribbean waves. Local authorities on the little paradise of Tortola...
The Witness
Unfolding the Anatomy of a Killer
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
A professional behavioral witness to more than a hundred capital trials explores the making of a murderer.
CSI shows us where a crime is committed. Forensic detectives show us how. But what really goes on in the mind of killer? What is it in each potential victim that sparks in them the urge...
The Color of Night
A Young Mother, a Missing Child, and a Cold-Blooded Killer
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
The Color of Night is a skillfully woven true crime account of a horrendous crime, a family's quest for answers, and the landmark case that tested the Federal Death Penalty Act. Nineteen-year-old Rachel Timmerman, who was about to testify against the man who had raped her, disappeared with her toddler...
Dangerous Odds
My Secret Life Inside an Illegal Billion Dollar Sports Betting Operation
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
Soon to be a WARNER BROS. movie starring MARGOT ROBBIE (Wolf of Wall Street, Focus), produced by Film 360 (Game of Thrones). DANGEROUS ODDS - a True Crime Thriller Memoire - is the explosive, never been told, behind the scenes look into the world of illegal sports betting, revealed by an...