Books like 'Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects'
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Mister Slaughter by Robert McCammon
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe world of Colonial America comes vibrantly to life in this masterful new historical thriller by Robert McCammon... -
![Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll]()
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAn extraordinary novel inspired by the real-life sorority targeted by America's first celebrity serial killer in his final murderous spree.January 1978. A serial killer has terrorized women across the Pacific Northwest, but his existence couldn’t be further from the minds of the vibrant young women at the top sorority on Florida State University’s campus in Tallahassee... -
![Eye of the Storm: A Hart and Drake Thriller by C.J. Lyons]()
Eye of the Storm: A Hart and Drake Thriller by C.J. Lyons
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Hart and Drake Finale After all that they've been through, no one would deny that Hart and Drake deserve a happily-ever-after life together. But, on the eve of their Christmas wedding, a threat long buried returns to threaten them. Not just their happiness, not only their lives, but everything they hold dear... -
![The Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb]()
The Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsInspired by serial killer Harry Powers, "The Bluebeard of Quiet Dell," who was hung in 1932 for his murders of two widows and three children. This best-selling novel, first published in 1953 to wide acclaim by author Grubb, (who like Powers lived in Clarksburg, West Virginia), served as the basis for Charles Laughton's noir classic... -
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![Keeper of Pleas by Annelie Wendeberg]()
Keeper of Pleas by Annelie Wendeberg
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Dark Victorian Crime NovelThis 2018 edition features three new chapters plus several new scenes, and revisions to scenes that were too graphic for some readers. “…vast imagination, skillful plot twists and remarkably interesting characters.” “Masterful, original and refreshingly well-written... -
![The Gold Digger by Liz Tolsma]()
The Gold Digger by Liz Tolsma
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMen Are Disappearing in LaPorte, IndianaIn 1907, shy but loyal Ingrid Storset travels from Norway to support her grieving sister, Belle Gunness, who owns a farm in LaPorte, Indiana. Well-to-do widow Belle, who has lost two husbands and several children, provides Ingrid with enough money to start a small business... -
![Triflers Need Not Apply by Camilla Bruce]()
Triflers Need Not Apply by Camilla Bruce
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEarly in life Bella Sorensen discovers the world is made only for men. They own everything: jobs, property, wives. But Bella understands what few others do: where women are concerned, men are weak.A woman unhampered by scruples can take from them what she wants. And so Bella sets out to prove to the world that a woman can be just as ruthless, black-hearted and single-minded as any man... -
![The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman]()
The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFact, fiction, and urban legend blend in this haunting story about a young woman mistakenly imprisoned at Willowbrook State School, the real-life institution later shuttered for its horrendous abuses.Sage Winters always knew her sister was a little different even though they were identical twins... -
![Red X by David Demchuk]()
Red X by David Demchuk
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA hunted community. A haunted author. A horror that spans centuries. Men are disappearing from Toronto's gay village. They're the marginalized, the vulnerable. One by one, stalked and vanished, they leave behind small circles of baffled, frightened friends... -
![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... -
![People of Abandoned Character by Clare Whitfield]()
People of Abandoned Character by Clare Whitfield
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhat would you do if you thought your husband was Jack the Ripper? A dark historical crime novel. What if you thought your husband was Jack the Ripper?London, 1888. Susannah rushes into marriage to a young and wealthy surgeon. After a passionate honeymoon, she returns home with her new husband wrapped around her little finger. But then everything changes... -
![She Be Damned: A Heloise Chancey Mystery by M.J. Tjia]()
She Be Damned: A Heloise Chancey Mystery by M.J. Tjia
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLondon, 1863: prostitutes in Waterloo area are turning up dead, their sexual organs mutilated and removed. When another girl goes missing, fears grow that the killer may have claimed their latest victim. The police are at a loss and so it falls to courtesan and professional detective Heloise Chancey to investigate... -
![The Perfect Place to Die by Bryce Moore]()
The Perfect Place to Die by Bryce Moore
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStalking Jack the Ripper meets Devil in the White City. In order to save her sister, Zuretta takes a job at a notorious house of horrors—but she might never escape. Zuretta never thought she’d encounter a monster—one of the world’s most notorious serial killers. She had resigned herself to a quiet life in Utah... -
![All The Blood We Share by Camilla Bruce]()
All The Blood We Share by Camilla Bruce
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA sinister novel based on the real Bloody Benders, a family of serial killers in the old West bound by butchery and obscured by the shadows of American history.The winds shift nervously on the Kansas plain whispering of travelers lost and buried, whispering of witches. Something dark and twisted has taken root at the Bender Inn... -
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![The Secrets of Lizzie Borden by Brandy Purdy]()
The Secrets of Lizzie Borden by Brandy Purdy
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn her enthralling, richly imagined new novel, Brandy Purdy, author of The Ripper’s Wife, creates a compelling portrait of the real, complex woman behind an unthinkable crime. Lizzie Borden should be one of the most fortunate young women in Fall River, Massachusetts. Her wealthy father could easily afford to provide his daughters with fashionable clothes, travel, and a rich, cultured life... -
![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... -
![Inspector Zhang Gets His Wish by Stephen Leather]()
Inspector Zhang Gets His Wish by Stephen Leather
Rated: 3.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsInspector Zhang loves mysteries, but as a Detective Inspector with the Singapore Police Force he knows that mysteries are few and far between. There are relatively few crimes in the city state and those that are committed are usually solved quickly. But that all changes when Inspector Zhang is called to a top Singapore hotel where a guest has been found murdered in a locked room... -
![I, Ripper: A Novel by Stephen Hunter]()
I, Ripper: A Novel by Stephen Hunter
Rated: 3.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe electrifying new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Stephen Hunter takes you deep inside the mind of the most notorious serial killer of all time: Jack the Ripper. In the fall of 1888, Jack the Ripper slaughtered five prostitutes in London’s seamy Whitechapel District... -
![Don't Go to Sleep by Bryce Moore]()
Don't Go to Sleep by Bryce Moore
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA seventeen-year old girl goes up against the notorious axeman murderer in 1918 in this suspenseful historical fiction story from the author of The Perfect Place to Die. Gianna is the average seventeen-year-old girl living in 1918 New Orleans. She worries about her family's store, the great war, and a mysterious illness that's about to take hold of the city she loves... -
![Quiet Dell by Jayne Anne Phillips]()
Quiet Dell by Jayne Anne Phillips
Rated: 3.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom one of America’s most accomplished and acclaimed fiction writers, a chilling, spectacularly riveting novel based on a real life multiple murder by a con man who preyed on widows—a story that has haunted Jayne Anne Phillips for more than four decades... -
![The Pleasures of Men by Kate Williams]()
The Pleasures of Men by Kate Williams
Rated: 2.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKate Williams' first novel, The Pleasures of Men , is a gothic thriller with a splash of brutal murder. Spitalfields, 1840. A murderer nicknamed The Man of Crows. A heroine with a mysterious past and a vivid imagination. Catherine Sorgeiul lives with her Uncle in a rambling house in London's East End... -
![Monster: Perfect Edition, Vol. 1 by Naoki Urasawa]()
Monster: Perfect Edition, Vol. 1 by Naoki Urasawa
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEveryone faces uncertainty at some point in their lives. Even a brilliant surgeon like Kenzo Tenma is no exception. But there's no way for him to know that his decision to stop chasing professional success and instead concentrate on his oath to save peoples' lives will result in the birth of an abomination. The questions of good and evil now take on a terrifyingly real dimension... -
![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... -
![Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? by Eric Powell, Harold Schechter]()
Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? by Eric Powell, Harold Schechter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne of the greats in the field of true-crime literature, Harold Schechter (Deviant, The Serial Killer Files, Hell's Princess), teams with five-time Eisner Award-winning graphic novelist Eric Powell (The Goon, Big Man Plans, Hillbilly) to bring you the tale of one of the most notoriously deranged murderers in American history, Ed Gein... -
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![Small Sacrifices: A True Story of Passion and Murder by Ann Rule]()
Small Sacrifices: A True Story of Passion and Murder by Ann Rule
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSomebody just shot my kids!' Diane Downs brought her car to a halt in front of a Springfield, Oregon, hospital, her three gravely wounded children beside her. Thus begins the shocking tale of a truly unthinkable crime that shattered the tranquility of a tight-knit community... -
![The Last Book On The Left: Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History's Most Notorious Serial Killers by Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks]()
The Last Book On The Left: Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History's Most Notorious Serial Killers by Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn equal parts haunting and hilarious deep-dive review of history’s most notorious and cold-blooded serial killers, from the creators of the award-winning Last Podcast on the LeftSince its first show in 2010, The Last Podcast on the Left has barreled headlong into all things horror, as hosts Henry Zebrowski, Ben Kissel, and Marcus Parks cover subjects spanning Jeffrey... -
![Devil's Knot by Mara Leveritt]()
Devil's Knot by Mara Leveritt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBased on a true story, this edition of Devil's Knot will tie-in to a major motion picture starring Academy Award winners Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth. This riveting portrait of a small Arkansas town recounts the all-too-true story of a brutal triple murder and the eighteen-year imprisonment of three innocent teenagers... -
![Wicked Beyond Belief: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper by Michael Bilton]()
Wicked Beyond Belief: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper by Michael Bilton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe police handling of the Yorkshire Ripper case, which spanned over 14 years, is investigated in this book. For the first time, the files have been opened, the detectives are talking and the victims are reliving the nightmare. For over 20 years, the dark secrets of the biggest criminal manhunt in British history have remained a closed book... -
![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... -
![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...
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