True Crime category: 7770 books
The Shadow of Death
The Hunt for the Connecticut River Valley Killer
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
A riveting account of the search for a “latter-day Jack the Ripper” in New England: “Rich with characterization and insight, and a real page-turner” (Jonathan Kellerman).
In the mid-1980s, someone stabbed six women to death in the Connecticut River Valley on the border between New Hampshire...
The Ghosts of Eden Park
The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2019
The epic true crime story of the most successful bootlegger in American history and the murder that shocked the nation, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy
“Gatsby-era noir at its best.”—Erik Larson
In the early...
The CBS Murders
A True Account of Greed and Violence in New York's Diamond District
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Winner of the Edgar Award: The gripping account of a gruesome mass murder in gritty 1980s New York and the relentless hunt for a coldblooded killer.
On a warm spring evening in 1982, thirty-seven-year-old accountant Margaret Barbera left work in New York City and walked to the West Side parking...
Death Sentence
The Inside Story of the John List Murders
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
The true account of the man who murdered his family in their New Jersey mansion—and eluded a nationwide manhunt for eighteen years.
Until 1971, life was good for mild-mannered accountant John List. He was vice president of a Jersey City bank and had moved his mother, wife, and three teenage...
The Snake and the Spider
Abduction and Murder in Daytona Beach
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
A New York Times–bestselling author and former Los Angeles Times reporter chronicles the murder and abduction of two teens during a dream spring break vacation.
Best friends Daryl Barber and James Boucher were responsible, and their parents trusted them to spend Spring Break at Daytona Beach...
Final Vows
Murder, Madness, and Twisted Justice in California
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
A New York Times–bestselling author and former Los Angeles Times reporter chronicles the marriage between a Christian woman and an ex-con that ends in murder.
When Carol Montecalvo began writing to a man in prison through a program at her church, she considered it her Christian duty. But the...
by Darren Galsworthy
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Previously published as Becky, this is the heartbreaking story behind the murder of 16-year-old Bristol schoolgirl Becky Watts, a crime that shocked the nation and tore a family in two. A vulnerable and shy girl, Becky Watts was brutally murdered and dismembered by her own step-brother on 19 February...
Bigwig
The Remarkable Rise and Fall of Tony Mokbel
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Finally the Tony Mokbel story can be told. the inspiration for Channel Nine's FAt tONY & CO, the new crime series from the producers of UNDERBELLY.An epic tale of family, crime and betrayal set against the backdrop of Melbourne's bullet-riddled suburbs. the cradle-to-cage story of how milk-bar...
No, Daddy, Don't
A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
The true story of John Battaglia—the coldhearted father who executed his two young daughters to spite his ex-wife.
Dallas antiques dealer Mary Jean Pearle had a bitter history with her ex-husband, John David Battaglia, a former Marine and successful accountant—but even after the abuse she...
Heroin
A true story of drug addiction, hope and triumph
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Julie grew up in the heart of Dublin’s north inner city, in Sheriff Street. Living in this tough area, she was exposed to crime and drugs. She started using heroin when she was 16. By the time she was 18 she was a chronic addict. This story details how she spent the next four years living on the...
On the Farm
Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver's Missing Women
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2010
Now that the publication bans are lifted, you need Stevie Cameron to get the whole story, which includes accounts of Pickton's notoriety that police never uncovered. You need On the Farm.
Covering the case of one of North America's most prolific serial killer gave Stevie Cameron access not...
Out of Thin Air
A True Story of Impossible Murder in Iceland
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
In 1974, two men vanished without a trace under suspicious circumstances, shocking the people of Iceland, where serious crime is almost nonexistent. More than a year later, there seemed to be a breakthrough when a small-time crook named Erla Bolladottir described a dream to police that they interpreted...
by Kevin Turton
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
Murder and more in the Midlands—true stories of historical crimes in this British city from the 1850s to the 1950s. Includes photos.
Within the pages of this book are some of the most notorious and often baffling cases in Leicestershire’s history—from the appalling double murder at Melton...
Midnight Assassin
A Murder in America's Heartland
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
In 1900, Margaret Hossack, the wife of a prominent Iowa farmer, was arrested for bludgeoning her husband to death with an ax while their children slept upstairs. The community was outraged: How could a woman commit such an act of violence? Firsthand accounts describe the victim, John Hossack, as a...