True crime

The chilling true story of a serial killer who preyed on men, women, and children desperate to escape Nazi-occupied Paris.

The New York Times-bestselling account of the serial killer's rampage and the ensuing manhunt.

Winner of the Edgar Award: The gripping account of a gruesome mass murder in gritty 1980s New York and the relentless hunt for a coldblooded killer.

Winner of the Edgar Award: The riveting account of an audacious fraud scheme that stretched from a Mafia hangout on the Lower East Side to the Vatican.

The chilling true story of a beautiful violin prodigy, her devoted boyfriend, and the devastating family secrets that led to a brutal murder.

This book unearths the buried legacies of modern legal thought, exposing femicide's entanglements with colonialism, Black Atlantic slavery, and their enduring afterlives, while forging countercolonial pathways to justice.

A grisly tour of hangings, electrocutions, beheadings-and other state-sanctioned deaths that are part of the long history of the death penalty.

Thirty real-life accounts of passion gone lethally wrongCelebrated mystery writer Howard Engel traces the history of the crime of passion through France, England, Canada, and the United States in his first nonfiction book.

This classic study profiles serial killers, gentleman murderers, and every stripe of madman in betweenBenjamin Pitezel should never have trusted H.

This "e;expertly written"e; true story of an honest New York cop who loses his head and his heart while undercover reads like "e;a high-caliber TV miniseries"e; (Publishers Weekly).

A troubled Los Angeles socialite is both terrorized and tempted by a killer in this "e;brilliantly written"e; true story by the author of A Death in Canaan (Ann Rule).

A "e;riveting"e; true crime classic: The trial of Connecticut teen Peter Reilly, accused of killing his mother, and the community that defended him (People).

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's groundbreaking account of the crime that shocked New York City-and the worldIn the early hours of March 13, 1964, twenty-eight-year-old Catherine "e;Kitty"e; Genovese was stabbed to death in the middle-class neighborhood of Kew Gardens, Queens.

The true story of Theresa Knorr, the twisted child abuser who murdered her daughters-with the help of her sons-told by a former New York Times reporter.

The true story of Theresa Knorr, the twisted child abuser who murdered her daughters-with the help of her sons-told by a former New York Times reporter.

A Michigan couple's affair leads to two grisly murders by heroin injection in this true crime account from the acclaimed author of Lobster Boy.

The author of the true crime "e;masterpiece"e; Lobster Boy traces a brutal killer's history across two decades of slipping past the legal system (The Guardian).

The shocking expose of a carny's murder arranged by his wife-and the daughter who threatened the author to keep the truth from getting out.

The shocking true story of Mary Thompson, a Eugene, Oregon, anti-gang activist who secretly ran her own murderous mob of teenagers-including her own son.

The acclaimed true crime author of Lobster Boy chronicles the brutal acts and eventual capture of two cannibalistic killers on Florida's Gulf Coast.

Baptist deacon, family man, pillar of his Florida community .

The inside story of an upstate New York serial killer who abducted, raped, and murdered women and hid their bodies in his home.

The shocking expose of a carny's murder arranged by his wife-and the daughter who threatened the author to keep the truth from getting out.

The shocking true story of Mary Thompson, a Eugene, Oregon, anti-gang activist who secretly ran her own murderous mob of teenagers-including her own son.

The acclaimed true crime author of Lobster Boy chronicles the brutal acts and eventual capture of two cannibalistic killers on Florida's Gulf Coast.

Baptist deacon, family man, pillar of his Florida community .

The inside story of an upstate New York serial killer who abducted, raped, and murdered women and hid their bodies in his home.

Two brothers turn from Jehovah's Witnesses in Allentown, PA, to neo-Nazi murderers in this true crime investigation from the author of Lobster Boy.

Nine of the most controversial violent crimes in America's history are reexamined in these compelling stories of true crime Dr.

Edgar Award Finalist: The true story of a serial killer who terrorized a midwestern town in the era of free love-by the coauthor of The French Connection.

A shocking true story of corruption and crime in the ranks of the NYPD in the worst police scandal since the revelations of Fred SerpicoIn the 1970s, New York City's 77th Precinct was known as "e;the Alamo.

The spellbinding saga of Teamster boss Jackie Presser's rise and fallIn his rise from car thief to president of America's largest labor union, Jackie Presser used every ounce of his street smarts and rough-edged charisma to get ahead.

Edgar Award Finalist: The extensively researched true story of the five-year hunt for Ronnie Shelton, Cleveland's West Side Rapist, and the victims who united for justice.

New York Times Bestseller: The "e;compelling"e; story of Frances Schreuder, who persuaded her son to kill her multimillionaire father, Franklin Bradshaw (The Washington Post Book World).

The riveting true account of the 2001 murder of Bonny Lee Bakley, starring Robert Blake-the Hollywood icon accused of killing his wife in cold bloodIn May 2001 Bonny Lee Bakley was shot to death in a car parked on a dark Hollywood side street.

The intrigue began with a triple homicide in a luxury apartment building just steps from the Champs-Elysees, in March 1887.

This book reads like a novel about kidnapping in Southern Philippines, but it is not a novel .

This is a 1939 true story about a seventy-three-year-old Navina, Oklahoma, widowed farmer who was missing when his married daughter and her husband came to his house to fix Sunday dinner, as had been arranged the day before.

Churches of all types around the country are struggling.

Providing context to today's public health practices and broad coverage of topics, this book demonstrates how cross-disciplinary studies are critical to addressing current health issues.

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A rollicking true-crime adventure about a rogue who trades in rare birds and their eggsand the wildlife detective determined to stop him.

An ';entertaining' (Booklist) account of the mysterious, hair-raising, and heartbreaking cases handled by the coroner of Marin County, California throughout his four decades on the jobfrom high-profile deaths and serial killers to inmate murders and Golden Gate Bridge suicides.

Winner of Simon & Schuster’s memoir contest in conjunction with AARP and the Huffington Post, the memoir of a man’s coming-of-age as a civilian cook in a maximum-security prison.

This is the inspiring and ';page-turning' (Booklist) true story of a man who discovered that he had been kidnapped as a babyand how his quest to find out who he really is upturned the genealogy industry, his own family, and set in motion the second longest cold case in US history.

In our business, we are taught early in the game to be as specific as possible and explain our conclusions as clearly as possible.

The apostolic mission from Israel to "e;the nations"e; forms the explicit framework for Ephesians and Colossians.

A chilling look at the British armed forces members who committed heinous crimes-including murder, rape, and treachery-during World War II.

The definitive portrait of the powerful, corruption-ridden Teamsters union and its legendary president, Jimmy Hoffa-organizer, gangster, convict, and conspirator-with a new afterword by the authorJames Riddle "e;Jimmy"e; Hoffa was one of the most fascinating and controversial figures in twentieth-century America.

The searing account of a war crime and one soldier's heroic efforts to bring the perpetrators to justiceFirst published in the New Yorker in 1969 and later adapted into an acclaimed film starring Michael J.