True crime Books

In this book, Gregoriou explores the portrayal of the serial killer identity and its related ideology across a range of contemporary crime narratives, including detective fiction, the true crime genre and media journalism. How exactly is the serial...

Today's high-flying, high-rolling conglomarateurs and corporate raiders are a tame lot compared to their immediate predecessors. The most notorious of these is Robert Vesco, the Kingfish himself, who in 1973 fled the United States accused of looting $250...

Take a look at our nation's illusive, imaginary borders, and the terrifying Murder investigation that identified this, long before 911 and Timothy McVeigh. Through the eyes of the criminal investigators, see a thrilling murder/suicide investigation on an...

On December 28, 1992, two days before her tenth birthday, Katie Beers disappeared. She had left for an outing with a close family friend, John Esposito, and her whereabouts remained mysterious as the year drew to a close and her family grew frantic,...

Emotionally evocative, Reflections From The Shield is an exciting portrayal of the author's career in a family known as the New York State Police. A 25 year labor of love and personal sacrifice.

""The Rail-Road Forger and the Detectives"" is a true crime book written by Allan Pinkerton, a famous detective and founder of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. The book tells the story of a notorious forger named Robert Pinkerton, who was able to...

This book offers a short and accessible introduction to criminology. Written in a clear and direct style, criminological theories are made more accessible for undergraduates, and the workings of the criminal justice system are explained. Students will...

   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...

The Whitechapel district of London was terrorized in the late 1800s by a serial killer known as “Jack the Ripper.” Although his identity was never proven, some historical scholars claim a cotton broker by the name of James Maybrick was responsible...

In this gripping memoir, Jimmy "Slim" Rumsey tells the extraordinary story of his life. His inspiring perspective arose out of his struggles as a teenager and young adult after confronting his most difficult challenges of seeking redemption for his past,...

How far do you have to run to escape your past? Frank Sedrick needed to find out. Sailing single-handed from Newport to the Caribbean in his custom sloop, he thought he was free to pursue new desires, only to find Ensign Tom Nichols of the U.S. Coast...

Have you ever felt alone in the world, unhinged, or even a prisoner in your own mind? This story follows four women; Nicole, Jasmine, Veronica, and Erika. Each of these women is tethered to pain, injustice, and prejudices in their lives. At the center of...

Letters From A Caged Heart are heartfelt letters written from an inmate Lance who was locked up for ten years for a crime he did not commit. Taken away from his family and friends at an early age and locked away. Trying to get through his sentence he...

From the warped mind of JM Davis comes a rock and roll fable based on true tales...the first of a tri-generational trilogy of 'pond-hoppers.'   During the Global Pandemic of 2021, two women meet for an interview in a London hotel room...

The Guiteau Trial: The Closing Speech to the Jury of John K. Porter of New York in the Case of Charles J. Guiteau, the Assassin of President Garfield is a historical account of the trial of Charles J. Guiteau, who assassinated President James A. Garfield...

The Cradle of the Colombos is a book written by Hugh Flattery. It is a historical novel that tells the story of the Colombo family and their rise to power in the Italian city of Genoa during the 14th century. The book is set in a time when the city was...

Vandalism and Anti-Social Behaviour forwards a new typology of vandalism. The authors argue that in order to fully understand vandalism and anti-social behaviour, a culturally criminological perspective should be fostered, which accounts for the...

A History of the Board of Directors of La Cosa NostraAndy Petepiece The Mafia Commission is a well researched book on the nearly 100 year history of the Mafia's Board of Directors. It begins with the era before the formation of the Commission in...

Discover the chilling true stories of killers who stalked their victims undetected and remain free to this day...When you hear the word "monsters", you probably conjure visions of gruesome and otherworldly creatures -- vampires, spirits, demons, and more...

In April 1956, Portland Oregonian investigative reporters Wallace Turner and William Lambert exposed organized crime rackets and rampant corruption within Portland’s law enforcement institutions. The biggest scandal involved Teamsters officials and...

This book offers a radically new and definitive reappraisal of Allied responses to Nazi human experiments and the origins of informed consent. It places the victims and Allied Medical Intelligence officers at centre stage, while providing a full...

Male rape is a feminist issue - but perhaps not in the way that you might think. This work is an experiment in Foucauldian thought that attempts to satisfy Foucault's imperative to 'think differently'. From this positioning, feminist constructions of...

Women who kill rupture the assumptions about what a woman is. This book explores different socio-cultural understandings of women who commit, or are accused, of murder. It discusses a wide range of cases in order to highlight the ways in which such women...

An exploration of the political constraints and imperatives that motivate debates about genocide in the academic world and, to a lesser extent, policy choices in the political arena, this book is an analysis of the ways that political interests shape...