True Crime

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by Alexia Jones Helsley (Author)Beaufort's long history of wickedness stretches back to 1562, when Captain Jean Ribaut built the ill-fated French outpost Charlesfort on Parris Island, eventually destroyed by mutiny and starvation. Colonial Beaufortonians were no strangers to thwarting the law, from the murder of Charles Purry to the priestly misbehavior of Reverend William Peaseley. The Revolutionary War brought civil strife to the area in the form of bands of outlaws, and the early Federal y...

The Richard Streicher Jr. Murder: Ypsilanti's Depot Town Mystery - Paperback

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by Gregory Fournier (Author)During the depths of the Great Depression in Ypsilanti, Michigan, a seven-year-old boy is found frozen to death under the Frog Island footbridge in Depot Town after being reported missing the night before by his parents. Upon examination, the Washtenaw County coroner discovers the child is the victim of foul play.After three years of investigation, the Ypsilanti and Michigan state police are no closer to making an arrest than they were when Richard Streicher Jr.'s ...

Scotland Yard: A History of the London Police Force's Most Infamous Murder Cases - Hardcover

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by Simon Read (Author)A riveting true-crime history of London's first modern police force as told through its most notorious murder cases. The idea of "Scotland Yard" is steeped in atmospheric stories of foggy London streets, murder by lamplight, and fiendish killers pursued by gentleman detectives. From its establishment in 1829 through the eve of World War II, Scotland Yard--the world's first modern, professional, and centrally organized police force--set new standards for policing and inve...

Inside the Brotherhood: Explosive Secrets of the Freemasons - Paperback

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by Martin Short (Author)Explosive Secrets of the Freemasons When the House of Commons Affairs Committee recently recommended that police officers, magistrates, judges and crown officers should publicly register their masonic membership, it was vary largely thanks to the ammunition provided by Martin Short's investigative tour de force. His inside the Brotherhood carried on the pioneering work begun by Stephen Knight's explosive of the Brotherhood. Number of Pages: 720 Dimensions: 1.78 x 8 x 5...

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Report copyright infringementby Marshall Terrill (Author), Anthony Dimaria (Author)In the glitz and glamour of 1960s Hollywood, Jay Sebring stood as an icon of innovation and style. A visionary who redefined men's grooming, Sebring wasn't just a hairstylist-he was the architect of a $20-billion-a-year industry. His bold techniques and signature charm drew legends like Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen, and Paul Newman to his chair, making him a trusted confidant to Hollywood's elite.Yet, in a crue...

Sherri Papini Doesn't Exist: The Lie That Defined Me, the Media That Destroyed Me, and the Truth That No One Heard

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Report copyright infringementby Sherri Papini (Author), Stefan Junaeus (Author)"The headlines told you who she was. But they didn't tell you the truth."In November 2016, Sherri Papini vanished from her quiet California neighborhood, igniting a media firestorm that painted her as both victim and villain. But behind the sensationalized headlines lay a darker, far more complicated reality-a brutal captivity, corrosive manipulation, and a life unraveled by abuse hidden in plain sight.Now, for the...

Carlos Lehder: The Rise and Fall of a Smuggler King

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Report copyright infringementby Mafia Library (Author)From a turbulent childhood to becoming one of the most powerful and flamboyant drug traffickers in history, this gripping biography explores the life of Carlos Lehder, co-founder of the infamous Medellín Cartel.Follow his journey from early struggles and a violent upbringing to his transformation inside a U.S. prison, where a fateful alliance with George Jung would launch him into the cocaine trade. As Lehder rises through the criminal und...

The Sound of Guns and Other True Stories: The Truth Is Too Often Stranger Than Fiction!

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Report copyright infringementby Christopher Spencer (Author)TRUE STORIES OF INTRIGUE, ESPIONAGE, FRAUD, CORRUPTION AND CONSPIRACY FROM OVER 50 YEARS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE.Edwards has had a difficult upbringing, but he is, above all, a survivor. He can now move effortlessly from the elite banking parlours of London to the brash heights of Manhattan, from the steamy heat of Panama to the exotic alleyways of Hong Kong. In between, he tackles a secret mission to Dublin, meets an e...

Michigan Literary Luminaries: From Elmore Leonard to Robert Hayden

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Report copyright infringementby Anna Clark (Author)From Ernest Hemingway's rural adventures to the gritty fiction of Joyce Carol Oates, the landscape of the "Third Coast" has inspired generations of the nation's greatest storytellers. Michigan Literary Luminaries shines a spotlight on this rich heritage of the Great Lakes State. Discover how Saginaw greenhouses shaped the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Theodore Roethke. Compare the common traits of Detroit crime writers like Elmore Leo...

The Carpool Detectives: A True Story of Four Moms, Two Bodies, and One Mysterious Cold Case

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Report copyright infringementby Chuck Hogan (Author)The incredible true story of a group of moms who, united by a search for new purpose, attempt to solve a fifteen-year-old double murder. "A true crime mystery that reads like a novel . . . It can be easy to forget that the underlying case is based on real, not fictional, murder."--Los Angeles TimesA lot of us like to think we could solve a mystery. Can these four moms actually do it? In 2020, Marissa, Jeannie, Samira, and Nicole find themsel...

I Am a Mob Boss: The Last Confession of a Criminal Kingpin

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Report copyright infringementby Anonymous (Author)I could've died a thousand times. People were out to get me, as they always are when you run the show. It's kind of silly that it's cancer that's going to get me, but now I know the end's not going to come from a sudden bullet to the skull one night, at least I have enough time to tell my story. It's a story that would have had me locked up long ago, if anyone knew I was at the top. It all started innocently enough, with a few smash-and-grabs ...

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Report copyright infringementby Ellis Georges (Author), Blessing Wells (Author)In a world where the color of your skin can seal your fate, one man's resilience faces the ultimate test. Meet Ellis Georges, a promising Haitian with hope for a better future and the American dream, whose life is shattered when he's wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In an instance, he confronts the darkest corners of humanity-racism, violence, and betrayal-while wrestling with despair and the hau...

Whitey: The Life of America's Most Notorious Mob Boss

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Report copyright infringementby Dick Lehr (Author), Gerard O'Neill (Author)From the bestselling authors of Black Mass comes the definitive biography of Whitey Bulger, the most brutal and sadistic crime boss since Al Capone. Drawing on a trove of sealed files and previously classified material, Whitey digs deep into the mind of James J. "Whitey" Bulger, the crime boss and killer who brought the FBI to its knees. He was an American original --a psychopath who fostered a following with a frighte...

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Report copyright infringementby Nan Britton (Author)"The President's Daughter" recounts a scandalous chapter in American history, detailing Nan Britton's explosive claim of an affair with President Warren G. Harding and the subsequent birth of their daughter. This controversial tell-all ignited a firestorm in the 1920s, exposing the hidden side of power and politics in the United States. Britton's account offers a rare and intimate glimpse into a relationship shrouded in secrecy and its far-r...

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

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Report copyright infringementby Michelle McNamara (Author), Gillian Flynn (Introduction by), Patton Oswalt (Afterword by)#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 Kirkus Reviews Library Journal Bustle Mother Jones Real Simple Crime Reads Book Riot Bookish Amazon Barnes and Noble Hudson Booksellers New York Public Library Chicag...

The Sleep Room: A Sadistic Psychiatrist and the Women Who Survived Him

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Report copyright infringementby Jon Stock (Author)The shocking account of the women tortured by a legendary psychiatrist in his infamous "sleep room," and the survivors fighting for change in the system The Sleep Room is thriller novelist Jon Stock's investigation into one of the most revered figures in British postwar medicine, the private world of the Sleep Room in Ward 5, and the science of the psychology that produced it. Building on the testimony of eight survivors, Stock looks at the pr...

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Report copyright infringementby Malkia Walker (Author) Number of Pages: 288 Dimensions: 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 08, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Marshall Terrill (Author), Anthony Dimaria (Author) Number of Pages: 576 Dimensions: 1.25 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 25, 2025

Prison: The Inside Story: Transforming Lives as an Officer and Educator

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Report copyright infringementby Jack Myette (Author)Author Jack Myette reveals a world that only a small segment of the population will ever see. Prison: The Inside Story brings to light the perspectives of prison officers, teachers, and, most importantly, inmates.The irate, 275-pound prisoner grabbed an officer's plexiglass shield and swung it so hard that it knocked Jack Myette's helmet clean off his head. Welcome to work as a corrections medical aide in a psychiatric prison, where Myette h...

GenX What's Your Damage? A Medical Mystery Within a Broken System

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Report copyright infringementby Autumn Mist (Author) Number of Pages: 592 Dimensions: 1.2 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: July 28, 2025

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Whitey on Trial: Secrets, Corruption, and the Search for Truth

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Report copyright infringementby Margaret McLean (Author), Jon Leiberman (Author)A criminal prosecutor and award-winning investigative reporter offer their insider account of the 2013 trial and conviction of James "Whitey" Bulger, Jr., the infamous mob boss behind the Winter Hill Gang. The Whitey Bulger trial: nineteen gruesome murders, a dead witness, government secrets, FBI corruption, an unbelievable love triangle. This nonfiction thriller features courtroom drama and behind-the-scenes exc...

This Is Not My Life: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Suspicion and Starting Over

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Report copyright infringementby Laura Burkett (Author)Raw, unflinching, and darkly humorous This Is Not My Life: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Suspicion, and Starting Over confronts the questions we never want to face: What happens when tragedy strikes twice in the same house? How do we find truth when answers remain deliberately buried? Who do we become when life as we knew it vanishes overnight?This powerful memoir explores the space between grief and suspicion, where love persists and justice...

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Report copyright infringementby Ralph Sinsheimer (Author)From Scarsdale to Wall Street, CBGBs to Studio 54, and from the bunks of a storied summer camp to the boardrooms of high finance, Hits and Near Misses is the poignant, sharply observed memoir of Ralph Sinsheimer - a man whose career has encompassed positions in the music industry, book publishing, and senior roles in the investment management business. With wit, grace, and unflinching honesty Sinsheimer reflects on a journey marked by d...

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Report copyright infringementby James Ellroy (Author)The New York Times bestselling crime writer and author of The Black Dahlia and L.A. Confidential gives us a searing, candid memoir about his obsession with women, his related search for atonement, and his remarkable literary career. - "Forceful and unsparing in its revelations.... Marvelous fury, passion and energy." --San Francisco Chronicle The year was 1958. Jean Hilliker had divorced her hustler husband and resurrected her maiden name....

Armed and Dangerous: The Hunt for One of America's Most Wanted Criminals

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Report copyright infringementby William Queen (Author), Douglas Century (Author)As an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, William Queen must tackle a number of challenging cases. In the winter of 1985, he faces his toughest mission to date: He must apprehend Mark Stephens, a notorious narcotics trafficker who has been terrorizing the communities around Los Angeles with frequent rampages involving machine guns and hand grenades. A recluse living in the treacherous backwoods...

Reap the Whirlwind: Violence, Race, Justice, and the Story of Sagon Penn

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Houlahan (Author)The bestselling author of Norco '80 returns with a riveting story of mid-1980s San Diego that placed one young Black man at the center of a whirlwind of crime and punishment that profoundly altered Southern California March 31, 1985. Two white patrol officers in search of a gang member followed a pickup truck carrying seven young Black men up a dirt driveway in the Encanto neighborhood of Southeastern San Diego. Minutes later, gunshots ra...

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Report copyright infringementby Soorya Townley (Author)A mother's love knows no bounds. Even beyond death.As seen on Dateline, 48 Hours, The Discovery Channel, and Dick Wolf's Blood and Money (The Business of Divorce).Soorya Townley was at the top of her game-one of Los Angeles' most sought-after massage therapists, trusted by Hollywood's elite, including Sting, Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin. But her world shattered the day her daughter, Charla, was murdered.The killer? Charla's own husband, Da...

A Physician's Memoir: My Days with 'Dr. Death, ' Michael Swango, and the FBI

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Report copyright infringementby Jianjun Chen M. D. Ph. D. (Author)A promising doctor. A charming colleague. A chilling deception.When Dr. JianJun Chen first met Dr. Michael Swango, he appeared to be a talented and ambitious physician. But beneath his charm lurked a darkness that would unravel lives-including Dr. Chen's own understanding of trust and deception.A Physician's Memoir: My Days with "Dr. Death," Michael Swango, and the FBI is a gripping firsthand account of trust betrayed, lives lo...

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Report copyright infringementby Billy Bean (Author)True story about the destruction of our family's lives due to harassment and the deliberate failure of our local police force to protect our family from that harassment. It is an example of how anyone can become a victim of crime and police misconduct without reason. It highlights how harassment can spread into the neighborhood and wider community and how the police will never change their course and move heaven and earth to protect their own...

From Convicted to Cop: How a Convicted Drug Dealer Became a Police Officer

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Report copyright infringementby Tony Stewart (Author)Every word of my autobiography is accurate. Heavenly angels and demons from Hell fought over my life. Most battles were hidden. It was years before I realized they existed at all. Intercessory rescues came that can only be described as "miracles." The devil's most notable victory is to make people believe that he does not exist at all. This story proves otherwise and helps you spot and avoid losses before their damage becomes final. Horribl...

People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo--And the Evil That Swallowed Her Up

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Lloyd Parry (Author)New York Times Bestseller, Named a Best Book of the Year by Esquire, The Guardian, New York and more Lucie Blackman--tall, blond, twenty-one 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. Richard Lloyd Parry, an award-winning foreign correspondent, covered Lucie's disappearance and followed the massive...