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Barriers to Entry by Ariel Lawhon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn inquisitive woman defies expectations to become the mother of forensic science in this absorbing short story by New York Times bestselling author Ariel Lawhon.You will have ninety minutes to solve the murder. A startling declaration by a new Harvard instructor: sixty-seven-year-old Frances Glessner Lee. It’s 1945... -
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Carolina Skeletons by David Stout
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn 1944, Linus Bragg, a 14-year-old black student, is accused of killing two white girls and condemned to the electric chair. Forty-four years later, Bragg's nephew travels to South Carolina to discover the truth--and finds himself on the Wanted List and fighting for his own freedom! HC: Mysterious Press... -
![Bluebeard by Jim Clemente, Peter McDonnell]()
Bluebeard by Jim Clemente, Peter McDonnell
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA NEW THRILLER BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF LA’S FIRST KNOWN SERIAL KILLERIn 1919, Kathryn Wombacher finds a lonely-hearts ad placed by one Walter Andrew:"Would be pleased to correspond with a refined young lady or widow. Object, matrimony."Kathryn and Walter fall in love and marry within weeks... -
![Sweet Madness by Trisha Leaver, Lindsay Currie]()
Sweet Madness by Trisha Leaver, Lindsay Currie
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho was Lizzie Borden? A confused young woman, or a coldhearted killer? For generations, people all over the world have wondered how Andrew Borden and his second wife, Abby, met their gruesome deaths. Lizzie, Andrew's younger daughter, was charged, but a jury took only 90 minutes to find her not guilty... -
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![Another City, Not My Own by Dominick Dunne]()
Another City, Not My Own by Dominick Dunne
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is the story of the Trial of the Century as only Dominick Dunne can write it. Told from the point of view of one of Dunne's most familiar fictional characters-Gus Bailey-Another City, Not My Own tells how Gus, the movers and shakers of Los Angeles, and the city itself are drawn into the vortex of the O.J. Simpson trial.We have met Gus Bailey in previous novels by Dominick Dunne... -
![Ručně vyřezávané rakvičky by Truman Capote]()
Ručně vyřezávané rakvičky by Truman Capote
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsfrom Selected Writings (1963) and Music for Chameleons... -
![Fred & Edie by Jill Dawson]()
Fred & Edie by Jill Dawson
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the winter of 1922 Edith Thompson and her younger lover, Freddy Bywaters, were found guilty of murdering Percy Thompson, Edith's boorish husband. The two lovers were executed in a whirl of publicity in 1923... -
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Scherzo by Jim Williams
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMEET two unusual detectives. Ludovico - a young man who has had his testicles cut off for the sake of opera. And Monsieur Arouet - a fraudster, or just possibly the philosopher Voltaire.VISIT the setting. Carnival time in mid-18th century Venice, a city of winter mists, and the season of masquerade and decadence.ENCOUNTER a Venetian underworld of pimps, harlots, gamblers, forgers and charlatans... -
![Lizzie by Evan Hunter]()
Lizzie by Evan Hunter
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe fascinating novel of a passionate woman, freed of history and legend but trapped by a shocking secret, and the final uncompromising act of a murderous heart... -
![Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope by Patty Wetterling, Joy Baker]()
Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope by Patty Wetterling, Joy Baker
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWith stunning detail, Patty Wetterling shares the untold story of the 27-year search for her son Jacob—and its astonishing conclusion.On October 22, 1989, in the small town of St. Joseph, Minnesota, eleven-year-old Jacob Wetterling was kidnapped at gunpoint. Twenty-seven years later, on September 2, 2016, Danny Heinrich led authorities to the boy’s remains... -
![Killer Triggers: Murder Comes Down to Sex, Drugs, or Money by Joe Kenda]()
Killer Triggers: Murder Comes Down to Sex, Drugs, or Money by Joe Kenda
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe most common triggers for homicide are fear, rage, revenge, money, lust, and, more rarely, sheer madness. This isn't an exact science, of course. Any given murder can have multiple triggers. Sex and revenge seem to be common partners in crime. Rage, money, and revenge make for a dangerous trifecta of triggers, as well... -
![Strange, Dark & Mysterious: The Graphic Stories by MrBallen, Robert Venditti]()
Strange, Dark & Mysterious: The Graphic Stories by MrBallen, Robert Venditti
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA vivid, frighteningly illustrated graphic novel collection of nine strange, dark, and mysterious stories, based on true events, from the mind behind the YouTube channel and hit MrBallen PodcastJohn Allen, known popularly as “MrBallen,” has been enthralling audiences with his unique brand of storytelling ever since he burst onto the scene, covering strange and mysterious phenomena ranging from... -
![Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America's Deadliest Rock Concert by John Barylick]()
Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America's Deadliest Rock Concert by John Barylick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOn February 20, 2003, the deadliest rock concert in U.S. history took place at a roadhouse called The Station in West Warwick, Rhode Island. That night, in the few minutes it takes to play a hard-rock standard, the fate of many of the unsuspecting nightclub patrons was determined with awful certainty... -
![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... -
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![The Jigsaw Man by Paul Britton]()
The Jigsaw Man by Paul Britton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsForensic psychologist Paul Britton asks himself four questions when he is faced with a crime scene: what happened: who is the victim: how was it done, and why? Only when he has the answers to these questions can he address the fifth: who is responsible?An intensely private and unassuming man, Britton has an almost mythic status in the field of crime deduction because of his ability to 'walk... -
![Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science by William M. Bass, Jon Jefferson]()
Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science by William M. Bass, Jon Jefferson
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThere is no scientist in the world like Dr. Bill Bass. A pioneer in forensic anthropology, Bass created the world's first laboratory dedicated to the study of human decomposition—three acres of land on a hillside in Tennessee where human bodies are left to the elements. His research at "the Body Farm" has revolutionized forensic science, helping police crack cold cases and pinpoint time of death... -
![Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein by Bradley J. Edwards]()
Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein by Bradley J. Edwards
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is the definitive story of the case against Jeffrey Epstein and the corrupt system that supported him, told in thrilling detail by the lawyer who has represented Epstein’s victims for more than a decade. In June 2008, Florida-based victims’ rights attorney Bradley J. Edwards was thirty-two years old and had just started his own law firm when a young woman named Courtney Wild came to see him... -
![A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them by Neil Bradbury]()
A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them by Neil Bradbury
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratings* Duration: 07:20:13 *This program includes an epilogue and acknowledgements read by the authorA brilliant blend of science and crime, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons affect the body - through the murders in which they were used... -
![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... -
![The Killer Across the Table by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker]()
The Killer Across the Table by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the hit Netflix show Mindhunter delves deep into the lives and crimes of four of the most disturbing and complex predatory killers, offering never-before-revealed details about his profiling process, and divulging the strategies used to crack some of America’s most challenging cases... -
![Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes, Robin Gaby Fisher]()
Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes, Robin Gaby Fisher
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom the detective who found The Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America’s toughest cold cases and the rewards--and toll--of a life solving crime. I order another bourbon, neat. This is the drink that will flip the switch. I don’t even know how I got here, to this place, to this point. Something is happening to me lately. I’m drinking too much... -
![By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners by Margaret A. Burnham]()
By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners by Margaret A. Burnham
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA paradigm-shifting investigation of Jim Crow–era violence, the legal apparatus that sustained it, and its enduring legacy, from a renowned legal scholar.If the law cannot protect a person from a lynching, then isn’t lynching the law?In By Hands Now Known, Margaret A... -
![A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy by Kathy Kleiner Rubin, Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, PhD]()
A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy by Kathy Kleiner Rubin, Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, PhD
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn January 1978, I slept in my bed at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University as Ted Bundy stalked nearby.He grabbed an oak log from a stack of firewood, slipped through a back door with a broken padlock, and headed upstairs. He began twisting doorknobs. Room 9 was open, and he quietly and quickly killed one of my sleeping sorority sisters... -
![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... -
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![One of Your Own: The Life and Death of Myra Hindley by Carol Ann Lee]()
One of Your Own: The Life and Death of Myra Hindley by Carol Ann Lee
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOn 15 November 2002, Myra Hindley died in prison, one of the few women in the UK whose crimes were deemed so indefensible that 'life' really did mean 'life'. Without a doubt Britain's most notorious murderess, her death has done nothing to diminish the shadow she casts across our collective consciousness. This book presents a study of Hindley... -
![American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power by Andrea Bernstein]()
American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power by Andrea Bernstein
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA multigenerational saga of two families, who rose from immigrant roots to the pinnacle of wealth and power, that tracks the unraveling of American democracy. In American Oligarchs, award-winning investigative journalist Andrea Bernstein tells the story of the Trump and Kushner families like never before... -
![I Catch Killers: The Life and Many Deaths of a Homicide Detective by Gary Jubelin, Dan Box]()
I Catch Killers: The Life and Many Deaths of a Homicide Detective by Gary Jubelin, Dan Box
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSerial killings, child abductions, organised crime hits and domestic murders. This is the memoir of a homicide detective.Here I am: tall and broad, shaved head, had my nose broken three times fighting. Black suit, white shirt, the big city homicide detective. I've led investigations into serial killings, child abductions, organised crime hits and domestic murders...Categorized as:
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![In the Name of Love by Ann Rule]()
In the Name of Love by Ann Rule
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the Name of Love is the true story behind the strange disappearance of Jerry Harris, his wife’s unwavering search for the truth, and the chilling truth behind an evil killer. Jerry Harris was a self-made millionaire with many thriving businesses, a happy marriage and lots of friends. There was no way to know that taking on a new business endeavor would ultimately lead to his demise... -
![A Rose For Her Grave: And Other True Cases by Ann Rule]()
A Rose For Her Grave: And Other True Cases by Ann Rule
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe first volume of Ann Rule's Crime Files anthologies - a benchmark in true crime writing... -
![You Belong to Me by Ann Rule]()
You Belong to Me by Ann Rule
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLorraine Hendricks’ body was found buried in the trees alongside 1-95 in northern Indian River County. As leads were running cold, police turned their investigation to the one person who could help them solve the crime -- the state trooper who patrolled the area the day her vehicle was found abandoned, claiming not to have seen anything...
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