Best True Crime Books

The gripping true story of a murder on an Indian reservation, and the unforgettable Arikara woman who becomes obsessed with solving itan urgent work of literary journalism.

A reallife thriller in the vein of The Devil in the White City, Kate Winkler Dawson's debut Death in the Air is a gripping, historical narrative of a serial killer, an environmental disaster, and an iconic city struggling to regain its footing.

"The tragedies keep coming. As we reel from the latest horror . . . " So begins a new epilogue, illustrating how Columbine became the template for nearly two decades of "spectacle murders." It is a false script, seized upon by a generation of new killers.

THE BASIS FOR THE MAJOR 6PART HBO DOCUMENTARY SERIES#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Washington Post | Maureen Corrigan, NPR | Paste | Seattle Times | Entertainment Weekly | Esquire | Slate | Buzzfeed | Jezebel | Philadelphia Inquirer | Publishers Weekly |…

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, USA TODAY, AND CHICAGO TRIBUNE ?

Sono passati 25 anni da quando Pablo Escobar, il criminale più potente e pericoloso dell'ultimo mezzo secolo, fu ucciso in un quartiere di Medellin, ma la sua storia di "nemico pubblico numero uno" è vìva e attuale.

Deborah Blum, writing with the high style and skill for suspense that is characteristic of the very best mystery fiction, shares the untold story of how poison rocked Jazz Age New York City.

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIMEA "terrific, harrowing, truecrime account of an elusive serial killer who preyed upon gay men in the 1990s." The New York Times (Editor's Pick)"In this astonishing and powerful work of nonfiction, Green meticulously reports on a…

The gruesome true story of a murderous modernday Medea In June of 1985, Theresa Cross Knorr, with the help of her teenage sons, dumped the body of her daughter Sheila in California's desolate High Sierra.

"Astonishing . . . original, daring, brilliant." Philadelphia InquirerIn 1958 Jean Ellroy was murdered, her body dumped on a roadway in a seedy L.A. suburb. Her killer was never found, and the police dismissed her as a casualty of a cheap Saturday night.

A tautly paced investigation of one the 20th century's most audacious art frauds, which generated hundreds of forgeriesmany of them still hanging in prominent museums and private collections today.Provenance is the extraordinary narrative of one of the most farreaching and…

In 2006, Christine Pelisek broke the story of a terrifying serial killer who went unchecked in Los Angeles for decades, killing the most vulnerable women in one South Central neighborhood. Two years later, in her cover article for L.A.

Winner of the Gold Dagger AwardA fascinating true crime story that details the rise of modern forensics and the development of modern criminal investigation.

"True crime devotees won't want to miss this one!"Publishers Weekly "Very engrossing . . . in the finest you can't put it down tradition." Hartford Courant "This factual account of each murder, through the conviction of the killer, has all the excitement of a firstrate work of…

Starting in the 1950s, Americans eagerly built the planet's largest public work: the 42,795mile National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. Before the concrete was dry on the new roads, however, a specter began haunting themthe highway killer.

Lucie Blackman tall, blond, twentyone years old stepped out into the vastness of Tokyo in the summer of 2000, and disappeared forever. The following winter, her dismembered remains were found buried in a seaside cave.

After his December 2003 arrest, registered nurse Charlie Cullen was quickly dubbed "The Angel of Death" by the media. But Cullen was no mercy killer, nor was he a simple monster. He was a favorite son, husband, beloved father, best friend, and celebrated caregiver.

John Grisham's first work of nonfiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet.In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson.

This true crime book makes you the detective, investigating some of the most infamous unsolved cases of the 20th and 21st centuries.MURDERS THAT DEFY DETECTION.Discover the stories behind some of the most infamous unsolved murders of the last century, including the Black Dahlia,…

On June 25, 1989, the naked corpse of schoolteacher Susan Reinert was found wedged into her hatchback car in a hotel parking lot near Philadelphia's "Main Line." Her two children had vanished. The Main Line Murder Case burst upon the headlinesand wasn't resolved for seven years.

The inside account of the life and trial of one of the world's most infamous criminals, by his closest confidante and biggest traitor his sister.Best known for his involvement in the 1983 kidnapping of the CEO and Chairman of Heineken brewing company, Willem Holleeder is one of…

The inspiration for The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, the second season of FX's Emmywinning FX seriesTwo months before Gianni Versace was murdered on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion by Andrew Cunanan, awardwinning journalist Maureen Orth was…

?A gripping narrative and a stunning piece of investigative journalism? [that] gives us the human side to the story of two young men who must be understood as more than monsters?

A deeplyreported, riveting account of a cold case murder in Los Angeles, unsolved until DNA evidence implicated a shocking suspect a female detective within the LAPD's own ranks.On February 24, 1986, 29yearold newlywed Sherri Rasmussen was murdered in the home she shared with…

In June of 1860 threeyearold Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat slit. The suspicion that fell upon the grieving family and their servants horrified the public; the thought of what might go on behind the closed doors of respectable…

The remarkable new account of an essential piece of American mythologythe trial of Lizzie Bordenbased on twenty years of research and recently unearthed evidence.The Trial of Lizzie Borden tells the true story of one of the most sensational murder trials in American history.

This landmark book details all the events of the biggest political scandal in the history of this nationWatergate. Woodward and Bernstein kept the headlines coming, delivering revelation after amazing revelation to a shocked public. Blackandwhite photograph section.

Gary Gilmore, the infamous murderer immortalized by Norman Mailer in The Executioner's Song, campaigned for his own death and was executed by firing squad in 1977. Writer Mikal Gilmore is his younger brother.

Somebody 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 tightknit community.

One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter.One moment that changes both of their lives forever.If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met.

The bloody story of the rise of paramilitaries in Colombia, told through three characters a fearless activist, a dogged journalist, and a relentless investigator whose lives intersected in the midst of unspeakable terror.

The reallife investigation behind the forthcoming NETFLIX series: two Pulitzer Prizewinning journalists uncover the story of Marie, an eighteenyearold girl who was branded a liar after reporting her brutal rape, and the detectives who followed a twisting path to arrive at the…

They were two of the most notorious and controversial murder trials of the last twentyfive years, splitting American public opinion in half.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An Amazon "Best Book of 2019"A Washington Post "10 Books To Read in July" A Los Angeles Times "Seven Highly Anticipated Books for Summer Reading" A USA Today "20 of the Season's Hottest New Books" A New York Post "25 Best Beach Reads of 2019 You…

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR and THE WASHINGTON POST "Compelling, insightful and important, Beneath a Ruthless Sun exposes the corruption of racial bigotry and animus that shadows a community, a state and a nation.

The definitive account of Bill Cosby's transition from revered father figure to convicted criminal, told by a veteran crime reporter and former senior writer for People magazineBill Cosby's decadeslong career as a sweaterwearing, wholesome TV dad came to a swift and stunning end…

In 2011, one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in American legal history was set right when Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley were released after eighteen years in prison.

Edgar Award Finalist: The "sensational" true story of two desperate housewives and the killing that shocked a Texas community (Los Angeles Times Book Review).

Fatal Vision is the electrifying true story of Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, the handsome, Princetoneducated physician convicted of savagely slaying his young pregnant wife and two small children, murders he vehemently denies committing.

He has hunted some of the most notorious and sadistic criminals of our time: The Trailside Killer in San Francisco, the Atlanta Child murderer.

Murder Was Never So Much Fun! When Disco Bloodbath was first published, it created a storm of controversy for its startlingly vivid, strikingly fresh, and outrageously funny depiction of the hedonistic world of the New York City club kids, for whom nothing was too outré…

Sharing neverbeforeheard stories ranging from their struggles with depression, eating disorders, and addiction, Karen and Georgia irreverently recount their biggest mistakes and deepest fears, reflecting on the formative life events that shaped them into two of the most followed…

Philip Carlo's The Ice Man spent over six weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. Top Mob Hitman. Devoted Family Man. Doting Father.

This is the frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robbers whose separate destinies fatally cross one March night in a bizarre execution in a deserted Los Angeles field.

One day in March 1969, twentythree yearold Jane Mixer was on her way home to tell her parents she was getting married. She had arranged for a ride through the campus bulletin board at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where she was one of a handful of pioneering women…

The Inside Story of Serial Killer Ted Bundy Ann Rule was a writer working on the biggest story of her life, tracking down a brutal massmurderer. Little did she know that the young man who was her close friend was the savage slayer she was hunting . . .

Story of an infamous Texas murder that took place in society's realm of River Oaks, Houston; a search for the killer, and the subsequent trial

Like James Ellroy's, My Dark Places, DOWN CITY is a gripping narrative built of memory and reportage, and Leah Carroll's portrait of Rhode Island is sure to take a place next Mary Karr's portrayal of her childhood in East Texas and David Simon's gritty Baltimore.

Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the twentieth century: the coldblooded TateLaBianca murders carried out by Charles Manson and four of his followers.

In Secrets of a Marine's Wife, awardwinning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Shanna Hogan tells the true story of a young Marine wife whose illicit affair ended in tragedy.In June 2014, 19yearold Erin Corwin was living a quiet life in Twentynine Palms,…

On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twentyyearold American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History.

Painstakingly researched over three years, based on nearly one hundred hours of exclusive interviews with Richard Ramirez on California's Death Row, "The Night Stalker" is the definitive account of America's most feared serial murderer.

In an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of sixties idealism, airplane hijackings were astonishingly routine.

BingedMaking a Murderer Try . . . [this] riveting portrait of a tragic, preventable crime. Entertainment Weekly A Pulitzer Prize winning reporter s gripping account of one young man s path to murder and a wakeup call formental health care in America On a summer night in 2009,…