True Crime

In this riveting true crime story, delve into the secrets of a small town as Catherine Rathe details the chilling cold case of her great aunt Ruby Stapleton's murder. Whispers and speculation were on the tip of every tongue and at the top of...

Author: Jonathan LittmanPublisher: Little Brown and CompanyPublished: 03/31/1997Pages: 304Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.42lbsSize: 9.26h x 6.42w x 1.14dISBN: 9780316528573Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 01/27/1997 pg. 88Kirkus Reviews 01/15/1997 pg. 122New York Times 03/30/1997 pg. 17Booklist 02/15/1997 pg. 980Library Journal 02/15/1997 pg. 148Library Journal 02/01/1997

Who killed Captain Littleton Condiff? The wife who slept by his side? A robber seeking the small fortune under his mattress? A son desperate to escape the drudgery of his father's life as an oysterman? His apparently harmless mother-in-law? Perhaps a conspiracy of his...

"We are dealing with a woman maniac," the mayor declared, urging parents to keep a tight watch over their young ones until the deranged killer could be captured and brought to justice. It was the summer of 1961, and the city of Buffalo, New...

Now in paperback, here's the first nonfiction work from Joe Pistone since his New York Times #1 bestseller and hit movie, Donnie Brasco. Perhaps no man alive knows the lifestyle of wiseguys better than Pistone does, having spent six years infiltrating the Mafia as...

The Wayward Girls of Samarcand is the true story of the sensational 1931 Arson Trial in North Carolina. Sixteen poor white teenage girls faced the death penalty for burning down two dormitories at the State Reform School for Girls. Crusading journalist, socialite, and attorney...

In The West of Billy the Kid, renowned authority Frederick Nolan has assembled a comprehensive photo gallery of the life and times of Billy the Kid. In text and in more than 250 images-many of them published here for the first time-Nolan recreates the...

From T. J. English, the New York Times bestselling author of The Corporation: An Epic Story of the Cuban American Underworld, The Westies: Inside New York's Irish Mob is the true account of the vicious gang that ruled Hell's Kitchen from the 1960s through...

On a warm night in September 1985, teenagers Kimberly Dowell and Ethan Dixon were brutally murdered in Westside Park in Muncie, Indiana. Their killer has never been charged. Early on, police focused on a family member of one of the teens as a primary...

The Whiffle Ball KillerBy: Karen RobertsThe Whiffle Ball Killer is an account through the eyes of a young woman from a different culture living in the area of the Green River Killings. She details her turbulent life with her husband and her suspicions about...

SOON TO BE A FIVE-PART HBO SERIES, STARRING WOODY HARRELSON AND JUSTIN THEROUXThe true story of The White House Plumbers, a secret unit inside Nixon's White House, and their ill-conceived plans stop the leaking of the Pentagon Papers, and how they led to Watergate...

Winner of the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime Book From the internationally bestselling author, a deeply researched and atmospheric murder mystery of late Victorian-era London In the summer of 1895, Robert Coombes (age 13) and his brother Nattie (age 12) were seen...

There was a time when New York City was dying a fast death. The slums were warzones, the government bankrupt and sputtering. Mobsters disassembled one another nightly and dropped hefty bags off the Canarsie pier. Drug use was rampant, supplied by the most efficient...

What Fred and Rose West did for decades before getting caught in their house of 25 Cromwell street, nicknamed the house of horrors, goes beyond anything anyone could ever imagine... As a society, we are fascinated by murder. It is a constant theme throughout...

A Thorough, Comprehensive Guide to Serial Killers for True-Crime Fans Equal parts fascinating and horrifying, the stories of serial killers like Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer have taken on a new cultural prominence with the rise of the true-crime genre. Now, The Wikipedia Encyclopedia...

"A captivating tale of depravity in the Athens of America." --Mitchell Zuckoff, author of the New York Times bestsellers Lost in Shangri-La and Frozen in TimeIn late nineteenth-century Boston, home to Herman Melville and Oliver Wendell Holmes, a serial killer preying on children is...

A lively collection of wilder-than-fiction poaching stories from across Canada and the US, including insights from investigating officers involved in real poaching situations. Get ready to read some of the wildest true crime imaginable. Showcasing fish and wildlife poaching stories from every province and...

The Winning Ticket is an inside look at one of the most complicated yet seat-of-your-pants financial investigations and prosecutions in recent history. Rob Sand, the youngest attorney in his office, was assigned a new case by his boss, who was days away from retirement....

Now, in his inimitable style, Henry Hill tells some spicy stories of his life in the Mob and shows you how to whip up his favorite dishes, Sicilian style--even when you're cooking on the run. Learn delicious recipes that make even the toughest tough...

Detroit was full of stark contrasts in 1931. Political scandals, rumrunners and mobs lurked in the shadows of the city's soaring architecture and industrious population. As the Great Depression began to take hold, tensions grew, spilling over into the investigation of a mysterious murder...