True Crime

The first comprehensive book about Michael Stewart, the young Black artist and model who died after an altercation with the police in 1983, from Elon Green, the Edgar Award-winning author of Last Call. At twenty-five years old, Michael Stewart was a young Black aspiring...

Charles Deville Wells has two loves in his life: a beautiful French mistress, Jeannette, and his sumptuous yacht, the Palais Royal. At the risk of losing them both, Wells stakes everything he owns at the roulette tables in Monte Carlo's world-famous Casino--and in the...

The Milwaukee Journal reporter who broke the Dahmer story spans the entire case, describing the dramatic scene when police first entered Dahmer's apartment; the fascinating science of forensics and how it was used to identify 16 victims; Dahmer's childhood; the personal stories of the...

Captain Alfred Lowenstein was known as many things during his glamorous and gaudy life. Companion of the Bath, friend of kings, an aviator and sportsman, a maker and loser of fortunes, and most favorably, a multi-millionaire. That is, until his mysterious death.On a July...

*BASED ON ACCOUNTS FEATURED IN THE TOP 10 NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL*John McAfee: internet pioneer, presidential candidate, and probable madman.After parting ways with the eponymous McAfee Antivirus software company in 1994, McAfee embarked on innumerable business, political, and criminal enterprises. From investing...

*BASED ON ACCOUNTS FEATURED IN THE #1 NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY FILM RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL*A 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist for Best True CrimeJohn McAfee: internet pioneer, presidential candidate, and probable madman.After parting ways with the eponymous McAfee Antivirus software company in 1994,...

In the tradition of The Orchid Thief, a compelling narrative set within the strange and genteel world of rare-book collecting: the true story of an infamous book thief, his victims, and the man determined to catch him. Rare-book theft is even more widespread than...

A one-time murderer and many-time thief, Richard Lee McNair is the only person ever to break out of jail, state penitentiary and federal penitentiary. Three escapes. McNair, a former US Air Force Sergeant, was 47 when he shipped himself out of a Louisiana prison...

"A fascinating 'creative nonfiction' account of the greatest unsolved mystery in Swedish history." --Wall Street Journal"It's more than just a thrilling book...There's a lot of evidence that points to an international conspiracy." --CBS This Morning SaturdayThe author of the Millennium novels laid out the...

"A fascinating 'creative nonfiction' account of the greatest unsolved mystery in Swedish history." --Wall Street Journal"It's more than just a thrilling book...There's a lot of evidence that points to an international conspiracy." --CBS This Morning SaturdayThe author of the Millennium novels laid out the...

A poignant graphic novel that explores the life and death of American hero Chris Kyle. Discover the story of Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL sniper who earned several awards for his service, for the first time in graphic novel form. He published his autobiography...

In 1893, two years after the last Ripper murder, Detective Inspector William Race met with two journalists working for The Sun and told them that he knew the identity of Jack the Ripper. Two years earlier, Race had arrested 25-year-old Thomas Hayne Cutbush for...

The story of one of the vilest murders in Canadian history. One glorious autumn day in 1894, a drifter attacked thirteen-year-old Jessie Keith so violently that people thought Jack the Ripper must be loose in rural Ontario. To solve the crime, the government called...

The night David Hilligiest didn't come home was both like and unlike other nights when other Houston boys disappeared between the years 1971 and 1973. At three in the morning the police were called, but they just said that boys were running away from...

"Morbidly fascinating and wickedly entertaining." -- The Plain DealerThe second volume in Bellamy's popular series includes 13 more incredible true stories of Cleveland crime and disaster, including ... Martha Wise, Medina's not-so-merry widow, who poisoned a dozen relatives with arsenic--including her own husband, mother,...

Charles Manson and other members of his so-called family were convicted of killing actress Sharon Tate and six other people during a bloody rampage in the Los Angeles area during two August nights in 1969. Since that night "Charles Manson" has become a household...

Charles Manson and other members of his so-called family were convicted of killing actress Sharon Tate and six other people during a bloody rampage in the Los Angeles area during two August nights in 1969. Since that night "Charles Manson" has become a household...

Three gruesome, blood-spattered crime scenes in the Hollywood Hills. Ten innocent people slaughtered by drug-crazed hippies during the tumultuousWoodstock Era. A psychopath who convinced a cult of runaways and dropouts that they could start the Apocalypse and rule the world. A spellbinding trial and...

Charles Manson: Pure evil? Mentally ill? Or just plain misunderstood? Step into the darkness and mythos surrounding Manson in this thrilling new compilation of letters from the charismatic cult leader himself, and you be the judge.Dive into a faithful transcription of years of correspondence...

The Manson Women and Me In the summer of 1969, Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel carried out horrific acts of butchery on the orders of the charismatic cult leader Charles Manson. But to anyone who knew them growing up, they were bright, promising...