True Crime category: 7770 books
The Rescue Artist
A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
In the predawn hours of a gloomy February day in 1994, two thieves entered the National Gallery in Oslo and made off with one of the world's most famous paintings, Edvard Munch's Scream. It was a brazen crime committed while the whole world was watching the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics...
Dirty Little Dog: A Horrifying True Story of Child Abuse, and the Little Girl Who Couldn't Tell a Soul
Skylark Child Abuse True Stories
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
A shocking true tale of childhood abuse at the hands of a stranger.
Sophie Jenkins is living a happy life in the idyllic Dorset countryside when she meets Martin Brett, the man who will go on to abuse her and haunt her dreams for years to come. A momentary act of neglect leads to a horrible...
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...
My Stolen Son
The Nick Markowitz Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
The true story of the shocking crime behind the hit movie Alpha Dog
One week after fifteen-year-old Nick Markowitz vanished, his mother received the news: Nick's body had been found in a shallow grave. Now she tells her own gripping story-the unbelievable motive for the murder, the shocking identity of the accused, and her own nine-year battle to bring her son's killers to justice.
Paddy Whacked
The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Here is the shocking true saga of the Irish American mob. In Paddy Whacked, bestselling author and organized crime expert T. J. English brings to life nearly two centuries of Irish American gangsterism, which spawned such unforgettable characters as Mike "King Mike" McDonald, Chicago's subterranean...
People Who Eat Darkness
The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo--and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Lucie Blackman—tall, blond, twenty-one years old—stepped out into the vastness of Tokyo in the summer of 2000, and disappeared forever. The following winter, her dismembered remains were found buried in a seaside cave.
Richard Lloyd Parry, an award-winning foreign correspondent, covered...
Summary and Analysis of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story
Based on the Book by John Berendt
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil tells you what you need to know—before or after you read John Berendt’s 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...
by Douglas Preston
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2008
In the nonfiction tradition of John Berendt and Erik Larson, the author of the #1 NYT bestseller, The Lost City of The Monkey King, presents a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence, Italy as he seeks to uncover one of the most infamous figures in Italian history.
In...
The Cases That Haunt Us
From Jack the Ripper to Jon Benet Ramsey, The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Sheds New Light on the Mysteries That Won't Go Away
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2001
America's foremost expert on criminal profiling provides his uniquely gripping analysis of seven of the most notorious murder cases in the history of crime -- from the Whitechapel murders to JonBenet Ramsey -- often contradicting conventional wisdom and legal decisions.
Jack the Ripper. Lizzie Borden....
Ghettoside
A True Story of Murder in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, USA TODAY, AND CHICAGO TRIBUNE • A masterly work of literary journalism about a senseless murder, a relentless detective, and the great plague of homicide in America
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS...
A Criminal Injustice
A True Crime, a False Confession, and the Fight to Free Marty Tankleff
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2008
When he went to bed on the night of September 6, 1988, seventeen-year-old Marty Tankleff was a typical kid in the upscale Long Island community of Belle Terre. He was looking forward to starting his senior year at Earl L. Vandermeulen High School the next day. But instead, Marty woke in the morning...
Devil's Knot
The True Story of the West Memphis Three
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2002
*SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING REESE WITHERSPOON AND COLIN FIRTH *
The West Memphis Three. Accused, convicted…and set free. Do you know their story?
In 2011, one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in American legal history was set right when Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin,...
Murder in the Bayou
Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8?
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
New York Times Bestseller
A Southern Living Book of the Year
“Part murder case, part corruption exposé, and part Louisiana noir” (New York magazine), Murder in the Bayou chronicles the twists and turns of a high-stakes investigation into the murders of eight women in a troubled Louisiana...
by John Brassard Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
The infamous criminal history of Iowa’s oldest county takes center stage in this true crime account of murder, robbery, and mayhem.
Scott County, Iowa has a rich and venerable history. It is where the Blackhawk Treaty was signed. It’s where the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi...