True crime Books

   Sometimes if you get a different view of a situation you can have a better understanding. “This is Why” gives you an inside view of a police officer’s mind in the form of true stories and situations encountered by a police...

This book is the fifth book in the series of eight books. Settlers in America from Norway & Sweden: Eleanor Thompson Asphyxiation & Marie Wick Murder & Gummer Trial. The first book of the series, My Genealogy Techniques May Assist You,...

"From only a few feet away, my attacker fired her large caliber handgun directly at me. Round afterround struck my body as I began praying even more fervently than I already had been. She had broken into my home and laid in wait for Glenn and me to...

"MAFIA QUEEN! The most powerful, feared, and despised underworld Czar since Al Capone. Nickole Colletti is the Mafia Queen! She stops at nothing to avenge her real father's brutal murder and to regain all the power and possessions that his executioners...

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a serial killer, who called himself the ZODIAC, terrorized Northern California with cold-blooded murders and a series of taunting ciphers and letters. His first set of three ciphers, considered at the time to be one,...

Lawrence L. Lynch has authored a gripping book titled "The Last Stroke: A Detective Story". The mystery murder at the core of the tale shocks the sleepy, unassuming neighborhood. Everyone is on edge when a well-known person is the victim of a terrible...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE.Notorious godman Asaram Bapu, aka Asumal Sirumalani Harpalani, serves life imprisonment in the Central Jail Jodhpur. He was convicted for the rape of a minor and also has murder charges against him.Gunning for the Godman...

"Disclosing Fortune Heists: Narratives of Wealth" is an enamoring scholarly excursion that dives profound into the universe of high-stakes heists, where adrenaline-siphoning experiences and old secrets merge. In this thrilling investigation of trying...

Homicide detective John Carver thought he'd seen it all. But when a young woman's body is discovered floating in the rooftop water tank at a skid-row hotel and a local new-age psychic claims to have seen that young woman moments before her death, Carver...

"Learn the traumatic consequences that will lead this officer into the darkest time of his life... A provocative read."-Floy Turner, Best Selling Author of Behind Her Miami Badge Beautiful women, a young detective, and the ultimate betrayal.....

A shocking glimpse into the crazy lives of drug addicted prostitutes. You'll never look at heroin addicts the same way again.In this darkly funny coming-of-age novel based on true events, Oliver, a teenage hacker living in Germany, meets Donna online...

Fraga "... traces America's history ... from the days of Bleeding Kansas to the long tradition of political assassination; exploring the ways that American gun culture has become more radical over time. Related issues of racism; police violence; mental...

Finalist for the 2015 Association for Mormon Letters Award“This just may be my favorite true-life amazing-but-true tale—never has threatening an aircraft been funnier or more thought-provoking.” —Cory Doctorow, author...

Mechele is young, attractive, and looking to cash in on her aesthetic assets when she moves from New Orleans to Alaska in 1994 to earn money for college tuition. Her charms ensnare the affections of three men, and the combined effects of jealously, lust,...

The Canadian legal system is broken, and perhaps no other lawyer epitomizes that more than Ottawa lawyer John Summers.What can be said of a lawyer who takes money from an undisclosed source that exploits a disoriented elderly man with diabetes and...

Les meurtres du Murchison furent une série de trois meurtres, commis par un éleveur itinérant connu sous le nom de Snowy Rowles (né John Thomas Smith), près de la clôture anti-lapins de l'État d'Australie Occidentale au début des années 1930. Rowles...

The London Medicine is the sequel to Funny Little Games in which celebrity composer Michael Maybrick, well-connected in royal and masonic circles, was exposed at the notorious Whitechapel serial killer JACK THE RIPPER, revealed by deciphering his...

Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, a talented writer, mixed with the leading figures of the literary scene in Georgian London;  as an artist he exhibited at the Royal Academy, but he was also a profligate dandy and swindler. For 150 years he has...

A young Mixtec Indian from Guatemala follows the trail of tears through Mexico to a migrant camp in the strawberry fields of California. There, instead of refuge, he finds himself accused of murder. Is he the killer or a patsy set up to distract...

A person who works exclusively in staff jobs throughout a career is less likely to develop important leadership competencies than a person who works exclusively in line jobs. This report shows why and offers several specific ways to increase the...

In 1893, two years after the last Ripper murder, Detective Inspector William Race met with two journalists working for The Sun and told them that he knew the identity of Jack the Ripper.Two years earlier, Race had arrested 25-year-old Thomas Hayne...

Willis Newton and his outlaw gang robbed trains and over seventy banks-more than Jessie James, the Daltons, and Bonnie & Clyde combined. Their biggest haul occurred in 1924 when they robbed a train outside of Rondout, Illinois-getting away with...

"There are many topics and issues around gun violence that must be addressed. There are few individuals with the depth and understanding, coupled with first-hand experience, who can do so. Rev. Sky Starr, in her second book series, Therapeutic...

Analysts and analysts alone create intelligence. Although technological marvels assist analysts by cataloging and presenting data, information and evidence in new ways, they do not do analysis. To...

Welcome to the family! It's time get out your colored pencils and officially become a Made Man or Woman.This unique adult coloring book features some of the most notorious mafia bosses from the 20th century who ran the streets of major cities in the...

It is time that "We the People" act and return our country to its righteous path. Unjust is just one example of how injustice goes unchecked. Ultimately, there will be very few winners and an entire nation that loses. Unjust starts with a...

Operation Mural chronicles a brave 1961 Mossad mission, based on the recently declassified minutes. A spellbound and often chilling account of what it took to smuggle 530 Moroccan Jewish children to Israel via a holiday-camp in Switzerland, re-counted by...

2011 Reprint of 1923 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The author seeks to expose every conceivable type of human fad and fraud. The subject matter is divided into five chapters: one...

The horrific true story of serial kidnapper, rapist, and killer Robert Hansen’s reign of terrorAs oil-boom money poured into Anchorage, Alaska the city quickly became a prime destination for the seedier elements of society: prostitutes, pimps, con...

This book contains actual 911 emergency and non-emergency calls that came into the San Diego Police Department Communications Division during my 19 years as a Police 911 Dispatcher. This book represents the calls received as accurately as possible. I did...

A wrenching true tale of horrific loss, Surviving Heartbreak Valley is the story of a woman whose four young children were murdered on the day she graduated college. She somehow finds the strength and courage to go on with life. She became an outspoken...

Step into the uncertain night....with some of the people who know it best. Ladies of the Evening inhabit every city in America. Some are old, some are young. They come in all shapes and sizes and their reasons for doing what they do are as varied as the...

This antiquarian book contains Alexandre Dumas's historical work, "The Marquise de Brinvilliers". It was first published as part of his "Celebrated Crimes" series, and tells the fascinating story of the trial and execution and Madame de Brinvilliers, one...

This antiquarian book contains Alexandre Dumas's work "Karl-Ludwig Sand". It was first published as part of his eight-volume series "Celebrated Crimes" (1839-40), and recounts the story of a German nationalist who was involved in a famous assassination...

This antiquarian book contains ALexandre Dumas's work "Joan of Naples". It was first published as part of his eight-volume series "Celebrated Crimes" (1839-40) and recounts the murder of Joanna of Naples's first husband, Prince Andrew. A fantastically...

This antiquarian book contains Alexandre Dumas's historical work "Murat". Joachim-Napoléon Murat was the brother-in-law of Napoleon Boneparte, and held many titles in his life including Marshal of France, Grand Admiral of France, Grand Duke of Berg, and...

This antiquarian book contains Alexandre Dumas's work "Martin Guerre". It was first published as part of his eight-volume series "Celebrated Crimes" (1839-40), and recounts the unbelievable story of a famous case of imposture in sixteenth-century France...