True Crime

The Incredible True Story of the Most Hunted Man in Pacific Coast History--and the Woman He Loved Before the 1920s found their roar, a charismatic gambling addict named Roy Gardner dominated news headlines with daring train robberies and escapes from incarceration. Nicknamed "the Smiling...

ALCATRAZ - the name alone said it all... It was meant to send a shudder down the spines of the nation's most incorrigible criminals. It stripped Al Capone of his power. It tamed "Machine Gun" Kelly into a model of decorum. It took the...

When Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin boldly escaped from Alcatraz prison on June 11, 1962, it is widely believed that they succumbed to the waters of San Francisco Bay, though no trace of the men has ever been found, only their...

Would you kill for love? True-crime master Ron Franscell tells the grisly story of Alice and Gerald Uden, a loving couple who murdered at least four people, and live happily ever after--while cops try for decades to piece together a petrifying tale of murder...

Alice + Freda Forever is a gut-wrenching story of love, death, and the dangers of intolerance.--Bustle In 1892, America was obsessed with a teenage murderess, but it wasn't her crime that shocked the nation--it was her motivation. Nineteen-year-old Alice Mitchell had planned to pass...

The five-book series All In is about the life of a little girl in South Dakota. The stories that you will read are both shocking and graphic. Even though all the writings are true, the author changed the time, places, and names of many...

Acclaimed crime historian, podcaster, and author of American Sherlock Kate Winkler Dawson tells the thrilling story of Edward Rulloff--a serial murderer who was called "too intelligent to be killed"--and the array of 19th century investigators who were convinced his brain held the key to...

Book of the Year, Saltire Literary Awards A CrimeReads Best True Crime Book of the Month For fans of Caitlin Doughty, Mary Roach, Kathy Reichs, and CSI shows, a renowned forensic scientist on death and mortality. Dame Sue Black is an internationally renowned forensic...

From Harvard Yard to the Andes, a story of discovery, love, and loss."In 1985, three Harvard archaeology graduate students travel to Peru for a backpacking trip to seek adventure, culture, and historic sites. While exploring undiscovered Incan ruins on the remote, eastern frontier of...

The accusations. The suspicions. The devastating impact. This is the true story of the Devils of the Bassa Modenese--the most notorious Satanic Panic investigation in the history of Italy.In 1997 a six-year-old boy questioned by authorities relayed disturbing stories of abuse. The more he...

On May 1, 1969, 19-year-old Bob Brodnik's life changed forever. His father, Joe Brodnik-a devoted San Francisco police officer and his personal hero-was killed in the line of duty. Decades later, Bob makes the same pilgrimage every year to his father's grave, revisiting not...

Discover the shocking #1 New York Times bestseller: the true story of a young NFL player's first-degree murder conviction and untimely death -- and his journey from the Patriots to prison.Aaron Hernandez was a college All-American who became the youngest player in the NFL...

Discover the shocking #1 New York Times bestseller: the true story of a young NFL player's first-degree murder conviction and untimely death -- and his journey from the Patriots to prison.Aaron Hernandez was a college All-American who became the youngest player in the NFL...

Discover the shocking #1 New York Times bestseller: the true story of a young NFL player's first-degree murder conviction and untimely death -- and his journey from the Patriots to prison.Aaron Hernandez was a college All-American who became the youngest player in the NFL...

From award-winning journalist David Kushner, a regular contributor to Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair, Alligator Candy is "a raw story about courage, survival, and most certainly about love" (Tampa Bay TimesAuthor: David KushnerPublisher: Simon & SchusterPublished: 03/21/2017Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize:...

No matter how she swayed her hips or batted her made-up eyelashes, she was nothing but pure evil. Ally put her husband and her kids through hell, and they followed gladly. Ally had the help of her cousin Sally. What they did not realize...

"A criminal defense attorney specializing in appeals, Brien introduces us to nine defendants convicted of various crimes and explores the circumstances that informed their sentences, including inherent racial bias, socioeconomic disparity, the "War on Drugs," and a criminal code replete with inconsistent arrest, prosecutorial,...

On July 2, 1970, tourists in Australia spotted a smashed car, teetering precariously on a cliff edge, overlooking the raging ocean below. It seemed the car would fall into the water at any moment, but the car lingered ... as did a mystery, revealed...

A raw, gritty memoir - part true-life cop thriller, part unputdownable history of a storied time and place - that will grip you by the throat until the explosive end Codella describes Alphabet City] so vividly, with such hardboiled language that you feel like...

From their home base in Minnesota, the Karpis-Barker Gang cut a swath of crime and terror across the Midwest in the early 1930s. They kidnapped two important businessmen and held them for exorbitant ransoms. They stole payrolls and robbed banks as the bullets flew....