True crime Books

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...

What started as a patrol to combat commercial plundering of Somali fish stocks has now grown into a highly organised and lucrative business. In a war-torn country, the pirates have brought hope and entire villages depend on the wealth that they bring in...

Duncan MacLaughlin was an elite officer at London's New Scotland Yard. The best of the best.In this explosive book, he breaks the code of silence among senior detectives and undercover agents to reveal the brutal, stark truth of life on the front-line of...

This is the second book in the Bloody Yorkshire true-crime series, which is a terrifying compilation of some of the vilest crimes in Yorkshire's history which stunned and gripped the nation. Book two contains thirteen true stories from across the...

Fraud is the fastest growing crime in the world. It is a crime that reaches across international borders; no country is immune. Whatever your age, if you have a bank account, a computer and a smartphone, you are a potential victim. This is the story of...

This is the true story of Charles Lucky Luciano, the man who organized crime. An immigrant Italian child, growing up on the filth-ridden, poor and deadly streets of New York city's infamous Lower East Side, in Manhattan. Through brutality, street smarts,...

* The spine-chilling second edition of the Amazon bestselling serial killer coloring book! *The Bloody Alphabet collection is back with 20+ brand-new illustrations of infamous serial killers.Inside this brilliant collection, you'll uncover 24 fascinating...

Mother. Nurse. Gold-digger. Cause célèbre. When Daisy de Melker stood trial in 1932, accused of poisoning her son and two husbands, the public couldn't get enough of her. Crowds gathered outside court baying for blood, and she waved to them like a...

The Bruno-Scarfo crime family reigned over Philadelphia for over a century before a series of internal and external events led to their downfall.This book will teach you all you need to know about what the crime family was up to during their time in...

It has been said that every man's life contains sufficient material for a book. Some stories are more compelling than others and few can match the outrageous tales provided by the central character in Nobody's Boy, the notorious Ralph Harris.For some,...

The growth of a wine industry begins with simple farmers producing quality wines. As the industry grows, others move in for personal gain and greed. Sometimes lives are lost in the battle. Such was the fate of many in the Texas wine industry. Every...

A quiet town on the southern Oregon coast becomes the location of a murder-suicide. Or is it? The bodies are mummified and found with no identification. The result-- a forensic puzzle. Detectives Patty O'Toole and Rick Starker are...

Burn Boston Burn-The Largest Arson Case in the History of the Country is an astounding true crime narration. A conspiracy of 9 men, including 3 Boston cops and a Boston firefighter, burned Boston and surrounding communities in the early 1980s due to...

The River Front: Introduces Alex as Cincinnati's first Black female detective.The Girl on the Grill: The murder of a young woman by a local drug distributor.Missing: Alex solves a fifteen year old abduction cold caseMaggot: Alex has a Mexican Drug cartel...

"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against...

On August 3, 2019 a gunman entered a popular El Paso Walmart and opened fire. In this very personal account, Al Hernandez writes a story of devastating loss and confusion post the worst domestic terrorist attack on the Latino community in the history of...

An heir to an established land-owning aristocratic family in Barbados, Major Stede Bonnet enjoyed luxuries equal to those of the finest houses in London. "A Gentleman of good Reputation" and a "Master of a plentiful Fortune," he was given "the Advantage...

Byron Smith moved back to his family home in Little Falls, Minnesota, to care for his elderly mother and enjoy a quiet retirement from the US State Department. On Thanksgiving Day 2012, Byron shot and killed two teens who broke into his home by breaking...

On June 20, 1947, one of the most notorious gangsters of the twentieth century, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, was murdered in the Beverly Hills mansion of his mistress, Virginia Hill.  While there have been numerous theories in regard to who...

On June 20, 1947, one of the most notorious gangsters of the twentieth century, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, was murdered in the Beverly Hills mansion of his mistress, Virginia Hill.  While there have been numerous theories in regard to who...

Read the story that inspired the classic movie!It seemed that the entire justice system was deaf to his pleas and all too willing to ignore the evidence his defenders had worked so hard to unearth. In the end it was only a slip by the real perpetrator...

Read the crime that inspired the movie!They wanted to create the Perfect Crime--to kidnap and murder a 14-year-old boy for the thrill of getting away with murder.The crime was so horrifying that even legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock took notice, and...

The Birds was different from most of Hitchcock's work. For admirers of Hitchcock, The Birds also raises disturbing questions about the director as a person. He was a complex and confusing character in many ways, and perhaps it's not surprising that...

Murder. Chaos. Outrage.This was the mode in Texas' capital city, Austin from 1884 to 1885. The city had been haunted by a string of bloody murders. Women were not just killed--they were dragged alive from their beds, taken outside where they were often...

Discover a serial killer you'll never forget!Between 1918 to 1919 a serial killer ran rampant throughout New Orleans. His weapon of choice? The axe.He didn't spare women. Or children. Or even men. There was only one kind of person who could be sparred...

A tropic paradise...ideal for murder.The Galapagos Islands are a scientist's haven. Home to rare creatures, it was made famous by Charles Darwin and is the ideal spot for study, relaxation...and murder?In September 1929 two settlers arrived on the...

The truth is stranger than fiction!For movie buffs, Alfred Hitchcock will always be associated with a long list of Hollywood classics. Between 1921 and 1976 the English director known as the Master of Suspense released 52 feature films, many of which are...

The truth is stranger than fiction!In October 1962 it looked to millions of people like the politicians of the United States and Russia were determined to push the other across the fatal line of launching a nuclear strike. The fate of the world hung on...

<b>Who would murder one of the most respected priests of South America?</b><br><br><i>Óscar Romero, a respected Catholic priest, called on soldiers, as Christians, to put down their arms and stop carrying out the governments...

Applicants to the Central Intelligence Agency often asked Edward Mickolus what they might expect in a career there. Mickolus, a former CIA intelligence officer whose duties also included recruiting and public affairs, never had a simple answer. If...

It would be a horrific world to live in if we were harshly judged by a single wrong decision made under immense economic pressure. But it is not those moments that define you. It is how you respond to them that makes you who you are. You will...

A Collection Of Reports Of Celebrated Trials V1: Civil And Criminal is a book written by William Otter Woodall and published in 1873. The book contains a compilation of reports on various famous trials that have taken place in the past. These trials...

In the fall of 1931, Charles "Lucky" Luciano calls the most powerful gangsters to a hotel in Chicago for a meeting that will soon change the way that organized crime is run in America. He creates the Five Families just like they did back...

The true story of how famed K2 mountain climber Paul Petzoldt killed his friend and mentor, Dr. Julian P. Johnson at a spiritual ashram in India. Explores the controversy surrounding what happened on that fateful night on January 25, 1939, and the...

Il Foro Criminale V6 ����� un libro scritto da Raffaele Ala nel 1826. Questo volume fa parte di una serie di sei volumi che esaminano il diritto penale italiano del XVIII e XIX secolo. Il tema principale del libro ����� il Foro Criminale, ovvero il...

""El Crimen de Caraballeda: Rapto, Violaci������n y Homicidio Causa C�����lebre (1899)"" es un libro escrito por Ram������n Mar������a Rodr������guez que relata el caso de un crimen que conmocion������ a Venezuela en el siglo XIX. El libro detalla los...

Das Buch ""Beschreibung des Brandes zu Neckarbischofsheim in der Nacht vom 2. auf den 3. November 1859"" wurde vom Pfisterer Verlag im Jahr 1860 ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um eine detaillierte Beschreibung des verheerenden Brandes, der in der...

""Actenmassige Notizen: �����ber eine Anzahl Gauner und Vagabonden des Nordlichen Deutschlands"" ist ein Buch von G.L. Giese aus dem Jahr 1828. Es handelt sich um eine Sammlung von Gerichtsdokumenten und polizeilichen Aufzeichnungen �����ber Kriminelle...

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I Lie Not is based on truth passed down from the literal beginning of time. Who are the key people and how it affects you directly. The Messenger whose name we don't know, shows the worlds secrets of both the Occult and the Christian laws. These facts...

Personas is the first in a series of four. Ian Trahan is a science prodigy with a genius streak like no other. Growing up in New Orleans Louisiana, under the strict guidance of a deacon with a dark side, the reader will soon understand why he chose the...

Ronald Fino, one of the FBI's foremost undercover operatives, does not scare easily.That is why he's not afraid to name names in this undercover exposé. For years, Fino wanted to write about his experiences, but each time the FBI managed to stop him...

Howard Watson is an FBI agent who deals with problems that hit America's shores: illicit diamonds, illegal logging, tobacco smuggling, human trafficking, and illegal drugs. These are problems that most Americans are not concerned with until or unless...

No-Body Homicides: The Evolution of Investigation and Prosecution examines how police and prosecutors have become more successful in obtaining convictions for homicide when the remains of the victim are unavailable as evidence. Based on an examination of...

On June 14, 2018, when almost at the halfway mark of the 4,208-mile Trans Am Bike Race from Oregon to Virginia, Minnesotan cyclist John Egbers was struck from behind, in broad daylight, by a car driven by Mr Angel Labra. The weather that day was clear,...