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Boy on a Shelf by J.T. Daniels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInspired by a true story, J T Daniels exposes the horrific life of Peter. His family lived a normal life – work, school, church – while he was chained in a room, starving. Peter was their dirty, little secret. They would go to any lengths to keep him hidden from others... -
![A Penny for the Hangman by Tom Savage]()
A Penny for the Hangman by Tom Savage
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUSA TODAY BESTSELLER • In Tom Savage’s chilling novel of suspense, an ambitious reporter is beckoned to an island paradise for the story of a lifetime. But this scoop might just be the death of her. Fifty years ago, on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas, two teenagers born to privilege were convicted of slaughtering their parents in cold blood... -
![Bangkok Burn by Simon Royle]()
Bangkok Burn by Simon Royle
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOrphaned as a child and raised as the only son of a Thai mafia godfather, Chance plans to quit the family business for the woman he loves.Chance’s father is the godfather of Pak Nam and owner of the largest crocodile farm on earth. He didn’t get to where he is without knowing a thing or two about people, including how long it takes for a crocodile to digest one... -
![My James: The Heartrending Story of James Bulger by His Father by Ralph Bulger, Rosie Dunn]()
My James: The Heartrending Story of James Bulger by His Father by Ralph Bulger, Rosie Dunn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA powerful, heartfelt and moving account of his son's murder and his fight for justice by Ralph BulgerJames Bulger was just a few weeks shy of his third birthday when, on 12 February 1993, he wandered away from his mum Denise in a shopping mall in Bootle. Grainy images from a security camera showed him trustingly holding the hand of ten-year-old Jon Venables as they walked away... -
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![Marching Powder: A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America's Strangest Jail by Rusty Young, Thomas McFadden]()
Marching Powder: A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America's Strangest Jail by Rusty Young, Thomas McFadden
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsRusty Young was backpacking in South America when he heard about Thomas McFadden, a convicted English drug trafficker who ran tours inside Bolivia's notorious San Pedro prison. Intrigued, the young Australian journalisted went to La Paz and joined one of Thomas's illegal tours. They formed an instant friendship and then became partners in an attempt to record Thomas's experiences in the jail... -
![Casos de Família by Ilana Casoy]()
Casos de Família by Ilana Casoy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsO assassinato do casal Richthofen e de Isabella Nardoni foram reunidos em um só livro e trazem novos detalhes observados por quem estava nos bastidores... -
![All God's Children by Fox Butterfield]()
All God's Children by Fox Butterfield
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of China: Alive in the Bitter Sea comes the poignant story of how the tradition of white Southern violence and racism has long affected and still haunts one black family. Butterfield follows the Bosket family of Edgefield County, South Carolina, from the days of slavery to the present. Photos... -
![Getting Life: An Innocent Man's 25-Year Journey from Prison to Peace by Michael Morton]()
Getting Life: An Innocent Man's 25-Year Journey from Prison to Peace by Michael Morton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe spent twenty-five years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He lost his wife, his son, and his freedom. This is the story of how Michael Morton finally got justice—and a second chance at life.On August 13, 1986, just one day after his thirty-second birthday, Michael Morton went to work at his usual time... -
![Under the Trestle: The 1980 Disappearance of Gina Renee Hall & Virginia’s First “No Body” Murder Trial. by Ron Peterson Jr.]()
Under the Trestle: The 1980 Disappearance of Gina Renee Hall & Virginia’s First “No Body” Murder Trial. by Ron Peterson Jr.
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUnder The Trestle is the true story of the most compelling murder case in Virginia history. In 1980, beautiful Gina Renee Hall, a Radford University freshman, went to a Virginia Tech nightclub on a Saturday night. She was never seen again. Her abandoned car was found parked beneath a railroad trestle bridging the New River, with blood in the trunk... -
![Book of Poisons: A Guide for Writers by Serita Stevens, Anne Louise Bannon]()
Book of Poisons: A Guide for Writers by Serita Stevens, Anne Louise Bannon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDiscover Deadly Doses to Kill Off CharactersThe readers of your crime and mystery stories should be trying to figure out "whodunit"not wondering why your facts don't make sense. If you want to kill off characters with something poisonous, you need to know how a villain would gain access to such a poison, how it would be administered, and what the effects on the victim would be... -
![Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis]()
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 37 ratings#1 New York Times Bestseller — With a new AfterwordIn Michael Lewis's game-changing bestseller, a small group of Wall Street iconoclasts realize that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders. They band together—some of them walking away from seven-figure salaries—to investigate, expose, and reform the insidious new ways that Wall Street generates profits... -
![Picking Up The Pieces by Paul Britton]()
Picking Up The Pieces by Paul Britton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe extraordinary and fascinating new book by the author of the award-winning bestseller The Jigsaw ManForensic psychologist Paul Britton can 'walk through the minds' of those who murder, rape, torture, extort and kidnap. He can see the world through their eyes and know what they're thinking... -
![هربت ولن تعود - مافيا إخفاء الأموال المنهوبة by Nicholas Shaxson, فاطمة نصر]()
هربت ولن تعود - مافيا إخفاء الأموال المنهوبة by Nicholas Shaxson, فاطمة نصر
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMost people regard tax havens as being relevant only to celebrities, crooks and spivs, and mistakenly believe that the main offshore problems are money laundering and terrorist financing. These are only small parts of the whole picture. The offshore system has been (discreetly) responsible for the greatest-ever shift of wealth from poor to rich... -
![Flash Crash: A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt, and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History by Liam Vaughan]()
Flash Crash: A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt, and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History by Liam Vaughan
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe riveting story of a trading prodigy who amassed $70 million from his childhood bedroom--until the government accused him of helping trigger an unprecedented market collapse *Soon to be a feature film starring Dev Patel*On May 6, 2010, financial markets around the world tumbled simultaneously and without warning. In the span of five minutes, a trillion dollars of valuation was lost... -
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![Den of Thieves by James B. Stewart]()
Den of Thieves by James B. Stewart
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA #1 bestseller from coast to coast, Den of Thieves tells the full story of the insider-trading scandal that nearly destroyed Wall Street, the men who pulled it off, and the chase that finally brought them to justice.Pulitzer Prize–winner James B... -
![Finding Sharon by Matt Birkbeck]()
Finding Sharon by Matt Birkbeck
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn his international bestseller A Beautiful Child, award winning investigative journalist Matt Birkbeck told the heartbreaking story of a brilliant and beautiful young woman known as Sharon Marshall.Caught in the murderous web of the monster she called her father, Sharon wasn’t her real name... -
![Police Procedure & Investigation: A Guide for Writers by Lee Lofland]()
Police Procedure & Investigation: A Guide for Writers by Lee Lofland
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNot everything you see on your favorite crime show is accurate. In fact, a lot of it is flat out wrong. Police Procedure & Investigation helps you get your facts straight about the inner workings of law enforcement... -
![Gardez l'oeil ouvert, Tome 3: 20 histoires criminelles déconcertantes by Victoria Charlton]()
Gardez l'oeil ouvert, Tome 3: 20 histoires criminelles déconcertantes by Victoria Charlton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDe retour sur les lieux du crime avec Victoria Charlton!La célèbre youtubeuse braque les projecteurs sur 20 nouveaux dossiers qui demeurent, encore aujourd'hui, des énigmes uniques dans les annales du crime... -
![Ik zal leven - Het moedige verhaal van een vrouw die geen slachtoffer wilde zijn by Marianne Thamm]()
Ik zal leven - Het moedige verhaal van een vrouw die geen slachtoffer wilde zijn by Marianne Thamm
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this inspiring tale, Alison, the victim of a brutal rape and attempted murder, shares the courage and philosophy that allowed her to turn her tragic experiences into something life-affirming and strong... -
![Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud by David Dayen]()
Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud by David Dayen
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the depths of the Great Recession, a cancer nurse, a car dealership worker, and an insurance fraud specialist helped uncover the largest consumer crime in American history—a scandal that implicated dozens of major executives on Wall Street... -
![Dancing with Death: The True Story of a Glamorous Showgirl, her Wealthy Husband, and a Horrifying Murder by Shanna Hogan]()
Dancing with Death: The True Story of a Glamorous Showgirl, her Wealthy Husband, and a Horrifying Murder by Shanna Hogan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPhoenix, Arizona, 2004. Former stripper turned suburban housewife Marjorie Orbin filed a missing person’s report on her husband. She claimed that Jay, a successful art dealer, had left town on business after celebrating their son’s birthday more than a month before. Jay loved his family more than life itself—and no one believed he would ever abandon them... -
![The Medical Detectives by Berton Roueché]()
The Medical Detectives by Berton Roueché
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis is a classic collection of 25 true narratives of medical investigative reporting by award-winning journalist Berton Roueché. Readers of "The New Yorker" may be familiar with the author's suspenseful tales of strange illnesses, rare diseases, poisons and parasites... -
![I Will Find You: A Reporter Investigates the Life of the Man Who Raped Her by Joanna Connors]()
I Will Find You: A Reporter Investigates the Life of the Man Who Raped Her by Joanna Connors
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Joanna Connors was thirty years old on assignment for the Cleveland Plain Dealer to review a play at a college theater, she was held at knife point and raped by a stranger who had grown up five miles away from her. Once her assailant was caught and sentenced, Joanna never spoke of the trauma again, until 21 years later when her daughter was about to go to college... -
![Silent Sisters by Joanne Lee]()
Silent Sisters by Joanne Lee
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA deadly secret.A horrifying discovery.For over 20 years, Joanne Lee's mother kept the remains of not one, but three newborn babies hidden in a bin in her wardrobe.She had buried a fourth baby in newspaper and rags in St Helens Cemetery... -
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![Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders by Billy Jensen, Karen Kilgariff]()
Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders by Billy Jensen, Karen Kilgariff
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHave you ever wanted to solve a murder? Gather the clues the police overlooked? Put together the pieces? Identify the suspect?Journalist Billy Jensen spent fifteen years investigating unsolved murders, fighting for the families of victims. Every story he wrote had one thing in common―they didn't have an ending. The killer was still out there... -
![Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World by Tom Wright, Bradley Hope]()
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World by Tom Wright, Bradley Hope
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNamed a Best Book of 2018 by the Financial Times and Fortune, this “thrilling” (Bill Gates) New York Times bestseller exposes how a “modern Gatsby” swindled over $5 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs in “the heist of the century” (Axios)... -
![A Question of Intent: A Great American Battle with a Deadly Industry by David A. Kessler]()
A Question of Intent: A Great American Battle with a Deadly Industry by David A. Kessler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is the David-and-Goliath story of how an American bureaucrat took on the tobacco industry -- and helped topple it... -
![Saltwater by Cathy McLennan]()
Saltwater by Cathy McLennan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings‘Everyone knows that some of those kids are innocent … your dilemma is not whether the kids are innocent, but which of the kids are innocent.’When Cathy McLennan first steps into Townsville’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service as a young graduate she isn’t expecting a major murder case to land on her desk... -
![The Death of Innocents: A True Story of Murder, Medicine, and High-Stake Science by Richard Firstman, Jamie Talan]()
The Death of Innocents: A True Story of Murder, Medicine, and High-Stake Science by Richard Firstman, Jamie Talan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUnraveling a twenty-five-year tale of multiple murder and medical deception, The Death of Innocents is a work of first-rate journalism told with the compelling narrative drive of a mystery novel. More than just a true-crime story, it is the stunning expose of spurious science that sent medical researchers in the wrong direction--and nearly allowed a murderer to go unpunished... -
![The Heart and Other Monsters by Rose Andersen]()
The Heart and Other Monsters by Rose Andersen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA riveting, deeply personal exploration of the opioid crisis-an empathic memoir infused with hints of true crime.In November 2013, Rose Andersen's younger sister Sarah died of an overdose in the bathroom of her boyfriend's home in a small town with one of the highest rates of opioid use in the state. Like too many of her generation, she had become addicted to heroin. Sarah was 24 years old...
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