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In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes, Paula Rabinowitz
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPostwar Los Angeles is a lonely place where the American Dream is showing its seamy underside—and a stranger is preying on young women. The suggestively named Dix Steele, a cynical vet with a chip on his shoulder about the opposite sex, is the LAPD's top suspect...Categorized as:
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![The Alienist by Caleb Carr]()
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsWhen The Alienist was first published in 1994, it was a major phenomenon, spending six months on the New York Times bestseller list, receiving critical acclaim, and selling millions of copies. This modern classic continues to be a touchstone of historical suspense fiction for readers everywhere.The year is 1896. The city is New York... -
![The Bad Seed (P.S.) by William March]()
The Bad Seed (P.S.) by William March
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNow reissued – William March's 1954 classic thriller that's as chilling, intelligent and timely as ever before. This paperback reissue includes a new P.S. section with author interviews, insights, features, suggested reading and more.What happens to ordinary families into whose midst a child serial killer is born? This is the question at the center of William March's classic thriller... -
![Ripper by Michael Slade]()
Ripper by Michael Slade
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of Cutthroat comes a nerve-shattering thriller combining the legend of Jack the Ripper, the terrifying secrets of the Tarot, and a "mystery weekend" on a secluded Canadian island, whereurder becomes all too real... -
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![The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr]()
The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn The Angel of Darkness, Caleb Carr brings back the vivid world of his bestselling The Alienist but with a twist: this story is told by the former street urchin Stevie Taggert, whose rough life has given him wisdom beyond his years. Thus New York City, and the groundbreaking alienist Dr. Kreizler himself, are seen anew. It is June 1897. A year has passed since Dr...Categorized as:
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![The Devil Aspect by Craig Russell]()
The Devil Aspect by Craig Russell
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsPrague, 1935: Viktor Kosárek, a psychiatrist newly trained by Carl Jung, arrives at the infamous Hrad Orlu Asylum for the Criminally Insane. The state-of-the-art facility is located in a medieval mountaintop castle outside of Prague, though the site is infamous for concealing dark secrets going back many generations...Categorized as:
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![A Wicked Snow (Emily Kenyon #3) by Gregg Olsen, Kevin Foley]()
A Wicked Snow (Emily Kenyon #3) by Gregg Olsen, Kevin Foley
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHannah Griffin was a girl when tragedy struck on her family's farm. She still remembers the flames reflected against the newly fallen snow and the bodies the police dug upone of them her mother's. It was the nation's worst murder scene in decades and the killer was never found. Two decades later Hannah is a CSI investigating a case of child abuse when the past comes hurtling back...Categorized as:
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![Ripley Under Water by Patricia Highsmith]()
Ripley Under Water by Patricia Highsmith
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTom Ripley passes his leisured days at his French country estate tending the dahlias, practicing the harpsichord, and enjoying the company of his lovely wife, Heloise. Never mind the bloodstains on the basement floor.But some new neighbors have moved to Villeperce: the Pritchards, just arrived from America. they are a ghastly pair, with vulgar manners and even more vulgar taste... -
![The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes]()
The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA haunting mystery tale that revolves around the Jack the Ripper murders, this novel was the basis for several films, including a 1927 Alfred Hitchcock silent film featuring Ivor Novello in the title role...Categorized as:
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![Ripley achterna by Patricia Highsmith]()
Ripley achterna by Patricia Highsmith
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this quietly terrifying exploration of trust and friendship, a troubled young runaway arrives in Villeperce... -
![American Gothic by Robert Bloch]()
American Gothic by Robert Bloch
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Castle: it looms over the streets of modern Chicago. Its stone walls conceal a maze of secret passageways and hidden rooms, private laboratories and concealed trapdoors. The Castle is home to G. Gordon Gregg, physician-murderer. His victims are young, beautiful women. His methods are swift, scientific and painless, his crime perfect. Until a newspaper reporter becomes suspicious... -
![Psycho II by Robert Bloch]()
Psycho II by Robert Bloch
Rated: 3.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYou remember Norman Bates—the shy motel manager with the fatal mother fixation. Now, years after his bout of butchery that horrified the world, Norman is at large again, breaking free from the psycho ward, cutting a shocking swath of blood all the way to Hollywood—where, so it happens, they are making a movie about Norman's life and crimes... -
![Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People by Tim Reiterman]()
Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People by Tim Reiterman
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe basis for the upcoming HBO miniseries and the "definitive account of the Jonestown massacre" ( Rolling Stone ) -- now available for the first time in paperback.Tim Reiterman’s Raven provides the seminal history of the Rev. Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and the murderous ordeal at Jonestown in 1978... -
![The Only Living Witness: The True Story of Serial Sex Killer Ted Bundy by Stephen G. Michaud, Hugh Aynesworth]()
The Only Living Witness: The True Story of Serial Sex Killer Ted Bundy by Stephen G. Michaud, Hugh Aynesworth
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTed Bundy was America's first celebrity serial killer, and one of the most chilling enigmas in criminal history. Handsome, boyish and well-spoken, a law student with bright political prospects, Bundy was also a predator and sexual deviant who murdered and mutilated at least thirty young women and girls, many of them college coeds but at least two as young as twelve... -
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![I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara, Juliane Köhler]()
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara, Juliane Köhler
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsA masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer—the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California for over a decade—from Michelle McNamara, the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case."You’ll be silent forever, and I’ll be gone in the dark... -
![The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story by Ann Rule]()
The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story by Ann Rule
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsUtterly unique in its astonishing intimacy, as jarringly frightening as when it first appeared, Ann Rule's The Stranger Beside Me defies our expectation that we would surely know if a monster lived among us, worked alongside of us, appeared as one of us... -
![Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker]()
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsHe has hunted some of the most notorious and sadistic criminals of our time: The Trailside Killer in San Francisco, the Atlanta Child murderer. He has confronted, interviewed and researched dozens of serial killers and assassins, including Charles Manson, Richard Speck, John Wayne Gacy, and James Earl Ray - for a landmark study to understand their motives. To get inside their minds...Categorized as:
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![Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry]()
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe case that shocked a nation the incredible book that tells what really happened.It began August 9 and 10, 1969, when seven people were shot, stabbed, and bludgeoned to death in Los Angeles. It ended when a nation watched in fascinated horror as the killers were tried and convicted. But the real questions went unanswered...Categorized as:
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![The Search for the Green River Killer by Carlton Smith, Tomás Guillén]()
The Search for the Green River Killer by Carlton Smith, Tomás Guillén
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe true story of America's most notorious serial killer case ever...Categorized as:
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![Every Breath You Take: A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder by Ann Rule, Blair Brown]()
Every Breath You Take: A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder by Ann Rule, Blair Brown
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAmerica’s #1 true-crime writer fulfills a murder victim’s desperate plea with this shattering New York Times bestseller.“If anything ever happens to me…find Ann Rule and ask her to write my story... -
![Son by Jack Olsen]()
Son by Jack Olsen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA classic from “the dean of true crime” (The Washington Post)—now with a new foreword—this 1983 masterpiece tells the incredible story of a Spokane, Washington serial rapist who was exposed as the handsome, privileged son of one of the city’s most elite families... -
![The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers by Harold Schechter, David Everitt]()
The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers by Harold Schechter, David Everitt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSerial killers have never enjoyed a firmer grip on the nation's imagination. A steady stream of horrific crimes have made serial murder a subject of both tabloid attention and serious study. With hundreds of entries spanning the entire spectrum of serial murder, this comprehensive resource examines these shocking crimes, and their infamous practicioners, from every angle... -
![Invisible Darkness by Stephen Williams]()
Invisible Darkness by Stephen Williams
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA definitive true-crime account unravels the facade behind the unsettling case of Paul and Karla Bernardo and the couple's seemingly storybook marriage, which involved kidnapping, imprisonment, and the murder of high-school girls to satisfy their sexual cravings... -
![The Case of Mary Bell: A Portrait of a Child Who Murdered by Gitta Sereny]()
The Case of Mary Bell: A Portrait of a Child Who Murdered by Gitta Sereny
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn December 1968 two girls who lived next door to each other - Mary, aged eleven, and Norma, thirteen - stood before a criminal court in Newcastle, accused of strangling two little boys; Martin Brown, four years old, and Brian Howe, three. Norma was acquitted. Mary Bell, the younger but infinitely more sophisticated and cooler of the two, was found guilty of manslaughter... -
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![True Crime Case Histories, Volume 2: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories by Jason Neal]()
True Crime Case Histories, Volume 2: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories by Jason Neal
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratings12 True Crime Stories of Murder & Mayhem Second Book of the True Crime Case Histories Series (2019) As with volume one, a quick word of warning. The stories you are about to read are brutally gruesome. They represent humanity at its worst... -
![The Family by Ed Sanders]()
The Family by Ed Sanders
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn August of 1969, during two bloody evenings of paranoid, psychedelic savagery, Charles Manson and his dystopic communal family helped to wreck the dreams of the Love Generation. At least nine people were murdered, among them Sharon Tate, the young, beautiful, pregnant, actress and wife of Roman Polanski... -
![Cries Unheard: Why Children Kill: The Story of Mary Bell by Gitta Sereny]()
Cries Unheard: Why Children Kill: The Story of Mary Bell by Gitta Sereny
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn 1968, at the age of eleven, Mary Bell was tried, and convicted, of manslaughter after the death of two small boys in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Her friend, and neighbour, thirteen-year-old, Norma Bell, no relation, was acquitted. Gitta Sereny attended the trial, and spent the next two years researching, and writing, what has become a classic study, The Case of Mary Bell... -
![My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf]()
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsYou only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer — the most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper — seared himself into the American consciousness. To the public, Dahmer was a monster who committed unthinkable atrocities. To Derf Backderf, “Jeff” was a much more complex figure: a high school friend with whom he had shared classrooms, hallways, and car rides... -
![Zodiac by Robert Graysmith]()
Zodiac by Robert Graysmith
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsRobert Graysmith was on staff at the San Francisco Chronicle in 1969 when Zodiac first struck, triggering in the resolute reporter an unrelenting obsession with seeing the hooded killer brought to justice. In this gripping account of Zodiac’s eleven-month reign of terror, Graysmith reveals hundreds of facts previously unreleased, including the complete text of the killer’s letters... -
![Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson by Jeff Guinn]()
Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson by Jeff Guinn
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBased on new interviews with previously undiscovered relatives and filled with revelations and unpublished photographs, this is the most authoritative account of the life of Charles Manson. The most authoritative account ever written of how an ordinary juvenile delinquent named Charles Manson became the notorious murderer whose crimes still shock and horrify us today...
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