True Crime category: 7770 books
by Tere Tereba
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Go deep into the L.A. underworld with the true story of one obsessive gangster’s unparalleled quest for privilege, power, and paydays
This biography of celebrity gangster Mickey Cohen digs past the sensational headlines to deliver a remarkable story of a man who captivated, corrupted, and...
Murder at McDonald's
The Killers Next Door
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
The true story of the Sydney River McDonald’s massacre, a botched robbery that would become the most sensational murder case in Canadian history.
It started with a broken conveyor belt. When the mechanical malfunction brought eighteen-year-old McDonald’s employee Derek Wood into the restaurant’s...
Blood in the Soil
A True Tale of Racism, Sex, and Murder in the South
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
The first book about the investigation into the attempted murder of Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt—and the serial killer who shot him.
In Gwinnett County, Georgia, in 1978, Larry Flynt and his attorney were shot and injured on their way back to court during an obscenity trial.
This...
The Unicorn's Secret
Murder in the Age of Aquarius
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
The true story of Ira Einhorn, the Philadelphia antiwar crusader, environmental activist, and New Age guru with a murderous dark side.
During the cultural shockwaves of the 1960s and ’70s, Ira Einhorn—nicknamed the “Unicorn”—was the leading radical voice for the antiwar movement at...
by Gregg Olsen, Ron Franscell, Rebecca Morris
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2015
New York Times Bestselling Series!
Evil lurks from the scorched earth of West Texas to the suffocating bayous of Mississippi … where darkness is deadly and screams go unheard. “Southern Fried Crime” comprises harrowing crime tales from Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, all from the files...
Above Suspicion
An Undercover FBI Agent, an Illicit Affair, and a Murder of Passion
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
The “expertly told” true story of an FBI agent’s affair that leads to murder in Kentucky coal country—soon to be a major motion picture starring Emilia Clarke (Publishers Weekly).
When rookie FBI agent Mark Putnam received his first assignment in 1987, it was the culmination of a lifelong...
The Crime of the Century
Richard Speck and the Murders That Shocked a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
The story behind the attack that shocked a nation and opened a new chapter in the history of American crime.
On July 14th, 1966, Richard Franklin Speck swept through several student nurses’ townhouse like a summer tornado and changed the landscape of American crime. He broke in as his helpless...
A Death in California
A True Account of Love and Murder Among the Very Rich
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
A troubled Los Angeles socialite is both terrorized and tempted by a killer in this “brilliantly written” true story by the author of A Death in Canaan (Ann Rule).
Hope Masters lived in one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in Beverly Hills—but was entitled to food stamps. Pretty, petite,...
Love Lies
A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
A suburban housewife’s picture-perfect life is shattered in this riveting true crime book from the author of Evil Next Door.
When Nancy Cooper moved from Canada to Cary, North Carolina, with her new husband Brad, their future was bright. Living in one of the most picturesque towns in the...
Summary and Analysis of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Based on the Book by Erik Larson
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Devil in the White City tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Erik Larsons book.
Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.
This...
This House of Grief
The Story of a Murder Trial
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Winner, Ned Kelly Awards, Best True Crime, 2015
A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year, 2014
On the evening of 4 September 2005, Father’s Day, Robert Farquharson, a separated husband, was driving his three sons home to their mother, Cindy, when his car left the road and plunged into...
by Christopher Berry-Dee, Anthony Gordon Brown
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
From the cells of Death Row come the chilling, true-life accounts of the most heinous, cruel and depraved killers of modern times. Meet grisly killers such as Bill Joe Benefiel, the 'Superglue Monster', who glued his victims eyes and noses shut, causing them to suffocate. Or Willie Crain, the deviant...
The King of Sting
The Amazing True Story of a Modern American Outlaw
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2008
He started out as a crook—and ended up busting them—in this true “high-flying, adrenaline-filled story with the feel of the movie The Sting” (Booklist).
Craig Glazer’s unlikely story begins back when he was in college and tried to score some weed, only to get ripped off. But instead...
by Cameron Addicott
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
The inspiration for a major new BBC TV series, The Interceptor is Cam Addicott's true story of life undercover.
Fighting on the frontline of the war against crime, Cam Addicott was one of the very few hard-boiled and highly-experienced surveillance operatives to get called up to the secretive...