True crime Books

Behold the horrendous truths and hidden horrors that will surround you when you enter behind those so called walls of justice. And its overwhelmingly corrupt police, prosecutors, judges, courts, attorneys, and politicians. Who together steal your life,...

Do suicidal tendencies run in families? This and questions, concerning a macabre homicide and arson, form a pivotal pattern in this true account of suicide in an American Family----A story certain to ignite your ?what-ifs? and freeze your worst fears.

A Zodiac killer encrypted message on a locally circulated reward poster for the missing Donna Lass was thought to perhaps give some clue to the location of her body.  For the first time, the decrypted messages are published in this book.

It's raw, profane, offensive, bizarre. It's not politically correct or warm and fuzzy. It's real.How did police officers do their jobs four decades ago during some of the nation's most turbulent and violent times?These aren't one-dimensional Hollywood...

The foundation that diamond values are based on are the Carat, Colour,Clarity and Cut of a diamond. These are the Four C's of diamond gradingand have been the international qualifiers used to define the value ofdiamonds for centuries. The contemporary...

Lynchings: Extralegal Violence in Florida during the 1930sThis study examines the 13 lynchings that occurred in the southern state of Florida during the decade of the 1930s. It provides a lively and detailed narrative account of each lynching and...

When Joe Torchy Torchia, the last of Sacramento s legendary great gamblers, died in a hail of bullets in 1970, an era died with him. In his day, The Torch was many things to many people.

Charles Parrott is proud of his work. Not everyone can be as successful as he is at robbing banks. His job as a bootlegger in 1958 gives him the skills behind the wheel to shake anyone who dares to try to catch him. He studies each robbery, using...

In Victorian London, long before the term serial killer was coined, two series of murders played out that have captured the imagination of the whole world. The Jack the Ripper murders and the Thames Torso murders, so similar to each other, took place...

What is it like to be a cop and why do we need them?As American policing faces its gravest existential crisis in recent memory, former Baltimore Homicide Lt. Stephen Tabeling and investigative reporter Stephen Janis team-up to examine this question...

In 1976, a killer who called himself 'The Son of Sam' shot and killed a half dozen people and wounded as many more in New York City. During his crime spree, the madman left bizarre letters mocking the police and promising more deaths.After months of...

A murderous vigilante group named Black October guns down drug dealers - and a prominent politician. A psychopath stalks the corridors of city hall en route to a near deadly rendezvous with the mayor. A crazed sniper picks off half a dozen city police...

"When it comes to the giants of 20th Century underworld the names you rarely read about are often more interesting than the ones you did. And they wanted it that way! Vincent "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo was there from the beginning, when organized...

The Kennedy assassination is a vital part of our national history, but for those who study it, it becomes something more, something…personal. That personalization of history creates a healthy passion that drives research forward. But it also...

It was a brisk April morning in 1990 when a woman walking her dog stopped cold in her tracks. She reeled back from something strange and disturbing blocking the drainage tile: a human skull. Forensic examination showed that it was the remains of Joan...

On Mother's Day 1949, someone killed a high school girl in a church kitchen. The janitor found her body the next morning…. brutally beaten… strangled… lying in a pool of blood.Baffled police got an anonymous phone tip to go ask her...

As a young man in Glasgow's underworld, Ian 'Blink' MacDonald earned a reputation for fighting and stabbing his enemies. After refusing to work for Arthur "The Godfather" Thompson, he tried to steal £6 million in a high-risk armed bank robbery. While...

It's the summer of 1933, and Oxford don Clive Staples Lewis, better known to his friends as Jack, is on a walking holiday with his brother Warnie and young friend Tom Morris. When Jack's wallet is accidentally destroyed, they visit a bank to replenish...

Rick Wakeman:"There have always been certain 'careers' that have fascinated the public, newspapers, and the media in general. Such include musicians, actors, sportsmen, police, and not surprisingly, the people who give the police their employment: The...

Clyde Griffiths is raised by poor and devoutly religious parents to help in their street missionary work. As a young adult, Clyde must take menial jobs as a soda jerk, then as a bellhop to support his family. At the...

On a lonely highway in the middle of the night, two teenage Aboriginal girls are killed in a crash. Like rag dolls, their bodies are thrown from the Toyota Hilux when it rolls at high speed. One suffers massive internal injuries. The other has her ear...

Do you want to discover what Mafia Boss personally advised Marlon Brando on the set and inspired his iconic and Oscar-winning performance in ''THE GODFATHER''?-Meet Russell Bufalino and his Mafia Crime Family!In the shadows of Northeastern Pennsylvania,...

Revival is a true story that journeys into the psyche of trauma, betrayal, and devastation revealing the dark places of the heart and soul where faith is not easily found. As a former crime scene investigator, Amy Jones Neville investigates the events...

Madams of brothels, houses of gambling, rampant government corruption--all these were found in a late 1800s Mormon community. This is the fascinating, well-researched, true history of Two-Bit Street--a street that became known throughout the world for...

¿Te has preguntado de donde viene la imagen del payaso asesino que se ha usado en incontables películas, series y libros? ¿Sabías que el 23 de diciembre de 1978 fue un día que el vecindario de Summerdale recordará para siempre? ¿cómo te sentirías si uno...

This work is not fiction. Much of the story is taken from a diary I kept over a six-year period. There are several themes running throughout the story simultaneously, but the framework of the story is built around my life leading up to my arrest,...

The author is not a famous author. However, he has a few friends who know his knack for smuggling. They suggested that he should write a book. It has taken many years and notes to accomplish this. This time period is from 1969 to 1972.During this time,...

"... this timely and fascinating book ... is a handbook for those interested in gaining perspective on the appearance of and actual corruption in the American system, and ... can be read cover to cover to great profit ... it will find its way into...

Joanna Elphick was born in East Anglia but grew up in the heart of London, where she obtained an LLB (Hons) in law and a postgraduate diploma in forensic science whilst hobnobbing with members of the Kray gang and joyriding a double-decker bus before...

The manuscript, Hunting Criminals to Hiding Them, My Journey to and with the United States Marshals Service, is the story of my career working with the oldest federal law enforcement agency, the U.S. Marshals Service.I begin with my childhood years in...

An Edgar Award–winning author’s true crime account of a grisly string of killings in Kentucky—and the shocking spectacle of greed that followed.Kentucky never deserved its Indian appellation “A Dark and Bloody Ground” more...

New York Times Bestseller: The “fascinating” true story of John Dale Cavaness, a much-admired Illinois doctor—and the cold-blooded killer of his own son (The Washington Post). Fusing the narrative power of an award-winning novelist...

A riveting saga of deceit, scandal, sex, greed and power…I've traveled all over the world. I've stayed in the best hotels and eaten in the best restaurants. But that isn't me. I'm a simple man. I have simple tastes and I live in a simple house. But...

Public mass killings are becoming more common. Though the chances of being harmed or killed in a mass shooting are slim, each incident affects the public's sense of safety. There are many myths and falsehoods concerning mass murderers. As a result,...

Frank and Jesse James, the infamous brothers from Missouri, rode with marauding Confederate guerrillas during the Civil War. Having learned to kill and raid without compunction, they easily transitioned from rebels to outlaws after the war, robbing...