True Crime category: 7770 books
by Linda Fairstein, Otto Penzler, Thomas H. Cook
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Thieves, liars, killers, and conspirators—it's a criminal world out there, and someone has got to write about it. An eclectic collection of the year's best reportage, The Best American Crime Reporting 2007 brings together the murderers and muscle men, the masterminds, and the mysteries and missteps...
by Maureen Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2004
A true-crime tour of this historical British coal town, with photos and illustrations.
Historically, Newcastle was a town of great wealth because of the abundance of natural resources. Certainly by the eighteenth century, Newcastle and its surrounding towns made up the most important commercial...
Poisoned Love
The True Story of ER Nurse Chaz Higgs, his Ambitious Wife, and a Shocking Murder
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Kathy Augustine was a controversial two-term Nevada State Controller. In 2003, her husband Chuck died of an apparent stroke. Only a month later, she married Chaz Higgs, an ER nurse who, it was later revealed, had attended to her late husband just before his death.
Three years later, fifty-year-old...
by Patrick Greg
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2010
On a cold, damp January night in 1961, 19-year-old Pearl Gamble made the final goodbye to her Mother an set off excitedly with two friends to the local dance. Little did Mrs Gamble know, it was the last time that she would see her daughter alive…The following day, the naked body of Pearl was discovered...
Summary and Analysis of In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences
Based on the Book by Truman Capote
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of In Cold Blood tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Truman Capote’s book.
Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.
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by Vanessa Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
This chilling collection brings together true-life historical murders that shocked not only the city but frequently made headline news throughout the country. Cases featured here include riots in 1791, a bank robbery in 1844, and an arson attack in 1912. Murder most foul also raises its ugly head,...
Woman at the Devil's Door
The Untold True Story of the Hampstead Murderess
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
- Was Jack the Ripper really a woman?
- This is the chilling story of Mary Eleanor Pearcey, a notorious murderer.
- A true crime book, this tale will make all of the readers cringe at her bloody tale.
- A child of a detective, the author began her love for true crime by reading...
American Pain
How a Young Felon and His Ring of Doctors Unleashed America’s Deadliest Drug Epidemic
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
* Finalist for the Edgar® Award in Best Fact Crime
* New York Post**, “The** Post**’s Favorite Books of 2015”**
* Suspense Magazine**’s “Best True Crime Books of 2015”**
* Foreword Reviews**’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year in True Crime**
* Publishers Weekly**, Big Indie Book of Fall 2015**
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Deadly Derbyshire
Tales of Murder & Manslaughter c.1700–1900
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
A collection of historical British true crime stories, with illustrations included.
From the murder of Hannah Hewitt in 1732 to John Cotton’s killing in 1898, Deadly Derbyshire gathers dramatic, atmospheric true tales of murder and manslaughter in this county in England’s East Midlands.
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Outlaws
One Man's Rise Through the Savage World of Renegade Bikers, Hell's Angels and Gl obal Crime
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
The shocking inside story of life in a biker gang, from one of Britain’s top true-crime writers
As a member of the international motorcycle club known as the Pagans, Daniel “Snake Dog” Boone had a ringside seat to some of the most violent biker battles ever fought. When he joined his...
by Paul Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
A collection of true-crime stories that takes you inside some of the most intriguing and violent cases from across the country. Paul Andersons position over the last 12 years as a Herald Sun crime reporter gives him the sources and the information on both sides to make this a truly insiders account....
by John Summit
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
In his 6th book in the True Crime Series, John Summit thoroughly examines the origins of DNA and how advancements in DNA analysis around the world have propelled law enforcement and crime scene investigation into a new era.DNA evidence, a mere 30 years following its initial and hesitant acceptance,...
Inspector Oldfield and the Black Hand Society
America's Original Gangsters and the U.S. Postal Detective Who Brought Them to Justice
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
The “fascinating…great-grandson’s account” (The Wall Street Journal) of the US postal inspector who brought to justice the deadly Black Hand is “unputdownable” (Library Journal, starred review).
Before the emergence of prohibition-era gangsters like Al Capone and Lucky Luciano,...
Shocking and Sensational
The Stories Behind Famous True Crime and Scandal Books
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Already part of a genre known for generating controversy, some true crime and scandal books have wielded a particular power to unsettle readers, provoke authorities and renew interest in a case. The reactions to such literature have been as contentious as the books themselves, clouding the “truth”...