True Crime

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Ride the Devil's Herd: Wyatt Earp's Epic Battle Against the West's Biggest Outlaw Gang - Paperback

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by John Boessenecker (Author)Winner of the Best Book Award by the Wild West History AssociationA ripsnortin' ramble across the bloodstained Arizona desert with Wyatt Earp and company... A pleasure for thoughtful fans of Old West history, revisionist without being iconoclastic. --Kirkus ReviewsWyatt Earp is regarded as the most famous lawman of the Old West, best known for his role in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. But the story of his two-year war with a band of outlaw...

Jake's Mountain Road: The Murder of Jeni Gray, the Kidnapping of Leigh Cooper and the Trial of Daniel Brian Lee - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Wayne Clawson (Author)A heinous crime. A genuine heroine. A quest for justice. The defendant, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, led his victim down that old Jake's Mountain Road and into the valley of the shadow of death. Then he came out alone; he left her there. And now, your path is clear. It is the time to be strong. The State is obliged to ask you to cast out from the living this Daniel Brian Lee, for it was he who dared to pluck the very flower of humanit...

Surviving Bethel: a true story of surviving torture and abuse - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Allen Knoll (Author)A true story about a boy who attended the abusive and corrupt Bethel Boys Academy! The story is captivating and heart breaking. At times it will make you laugh and at times you will cry! Many Magazines and TV programs have reported on this school including BARBARA WALTERS in 20/20. Author Allen Knoll tells his captivating story of surviving an incredibly abusive school that hid behind religion. He walks you through his experience and it's as...

Codename Intrepid: The Spymaster Who Changed World War II - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Ethan Quinn (Author)In Manitoba, Winnipeg, a bronze statue of Sir William Stephenson proudly stands as a testament to this hero's legacy. He was a dedicated soldier, a gifted inventor, an extraordinary businessman and a spy. From his humble Canadian beginnings, William Stephenson enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps and rapidly moved through the ranks of the armed forces. Eventually earning himself the codename Intrepid for his immense bravery and dedication, Ste...

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Report copyright infringementby Hilary R. Sessions (Author)While out exercising the afternoon of February 9, 1989, college student Tiffany Sessions disappeared. Her mother, Hilary, frantically tried to find her, but after twenty years, Tiffany is still missing. Where's My Tiffany? is a heartrending glimpse into one mother's struggles to deal with the emotions, hardships, and grief over the loss of her daughter. With intimate detail, Sessions reveals how the case unraveled, from the first mome...

Cults: A True Crime Collection: The Shocking True Stories of Heaven's Gate, the Manson Family, Jim Jones, the Branch Davidians, and More Deathly Cases - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar (Author)Discover the truth of what happens when true believers go too far with the shocking stories of the world's most known and horrific cults like The Order of the Solar Temple and the NXIVM Cult. Cults have been around for centuries, and many have been dubbed as satanic and murderous due to their heinous crimes. In Cults: A True Crime Collection, you will get to study the most notorious ones and what they did to achieve that notoriet...

The Pirate King: The Strange Adventures of Henry Avery and the Birth of the Golden Age of Piracy - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Sean Kingsley (Author), Rex Cowan (Author)The incredible story of the "Robin Hood of the Seas," who absconded with millions during the Golden Age of Piracy and who harbored an even greater secret. Henry Avery of Devon pillaged a fortune from a Mughal ship off the coast of India and then vanished into thin air--and into legend. More ballads, plays, biographies and books were written about Avery's adventures than any other pirate. His contemporaries crowned him "...

Veil: The Secret Wars of the Cia, 1981-1987 - Paperback

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by Bob Woodward (Author)From Bob Woodward, legendary investigative reporter, Veil is the story of the covert wars that were waged by the CIA across Central America, Iran and Libya in a secretive atmosphere and became the centerpieces and eventual time bombs of American foreign policy in the 1980s. With unprecedented access to the government's highest-level operators, Woodward recounts one of the most clandestine operations in our nation's history.Author BiographyBob Woodward is an associate e...

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by Brian T. Seifrit (Author), Alison Townsend (Author)The story is a fictionalized description based on the actual Townsend murders that occurred in the outskirts of Fruitvale, British Columbia in 1959. Number of Pages: 180 Dimensions: 0.38 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: November 28, 2020

The Big Book of 1980s Serial Killers: A Collection of the Most Infamous Killers of the '80s, Including Jeffrey Dahmer, the Golden State Killer, the Bt - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Michelle Kaminsky (Author)Take a deep dive into the rise and fall of some of the most notorious serial killers of the '80s, including Jeffrey Dahmer, Joseph James DeAngelo, Dennis Lynn Rader, and the Night Stalker. Neon leg warmers, big hair, rock band T-shirts, and mix tapes -- 1980s' nostalgia at its finest. But just below that saccharine facade lurked a seedy underbelly of inconceivable human monsters like no decade before had ever seen. The Golden Age of th...

The King of Diamonds: The Search for the Elusive Texas Jewel Thief - Hardcover

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by Rena Pederson (Author)The thrilling story of a brazen, uncatchable jewel thief who roamed the homes of Dallas high society--and a window into the dark secrets lurking beneath the surface of the Swinging Sixties. As a string of high profile jewel thefts went unsolved during the Swinging Sixties, the press dubbed the elusive thief "the King of Diamonds" because he eluded police and the FBI for more than a decade. Like Cary Grant in "To Catch a Thief," the King was so bold that he tip-toed in...

The Anatomy of a Murder Trilogy: A Classic Trial, Book, and Film - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Frank J. Parker (Author)In the early morning of July 31, 1952, a murder occurred in a dingy bar in a small resort town in the uppermost part of northern Michigan. The trial that followed, in which young army lieutenant Coleman Peterson was tried for murdering the bar owner, inspired a number-one bestselling novel and an Academy Award-nominated film. Showcasing the far-reaching power of a single crime, The Anatomy of a Murder Trilogy: A Classic Trial, Book, and ...

Couple Found Slain: After a Family Murder - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Mikita Brottman (Author)"Mikita Brottman is one of today's finest practitioners of nonfiction."--The New York Times Book ReviewCritically acclaimed author and psychoanalyst Mikita Brottman offers literary true crime writing at its best, taking us into the life of a murderer after his conviction--when most stories end but the defendant's life goes on. On February 21, 1992, 22-year-old Brian Bechtold walked into a police station in Port St. Joe, Florida and confe...

The Other Lindbergh Kidnapping Trial: Charles Lindberh vs. John Hughes Curtis in the Flemington Courthouse in 1932 - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby James Davidson (Author)In 1932, Charles Lindbergh sat in the Flemington New Jersey courtroom in the First Lindbergh Kidnapping trial. Most people are familiar with Charles Lindbergh vs. Bruno Richard Hauptmann in the famous 1935 "Trial of the Century." But very few people know that there was another trial that preceded the Hauptmann trial. In the summer of 1932, John Hughes Curtis, a well-known pillar of society in Norfolk, Virginia was approached and asked to ...

Historic Criminal Trials and Errors - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Don Weber (Author)Don Weber brings his fifty-plus years of experience in writing and the criminal law to the reader. This book is a must-read for true-crime enthusiasts, Ripperologists, and anyone interested in increasing their knowledge of crime and criminal trials. The bestselling author gives the reader the details of forensic science and the criminal law in simple, easily understood language.The author has tried hundreds of criminal jury cases, both as a pr...

Black Clover: Murder in a Small Pennsylvania Town and a Family's Fight for Justice - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby C. Lee Ryder (Author)Carl Wade Ryder-brother, son, and all-around good person-was murdered on August 5, 2006.Blood was found at his home in Franklin County, PA.All evidence pointed to one suspect: Scott North, a former employee of Carl's, a regular attendee of Franklin County courts, and the son of a Chambersburg, PA cop. After burglarizing a tavern, a judge granted him work release, and then another dismissed a recent gun charge. Days later, he ran from his un...

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by Dina Cahaney (Author) Number of Pages: 92 Dimensions: 0.22 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: December 20, 2024

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by Dina Cahaney (Author)Jack's life is unraveling. He believes he is married to Laura; the woman he's shared his life with for years. But when strange inconsistencies start to surface-disconnected memories, puzzled reactions from those around him, and a haunting sense of something missing-Jack is forced to confront the unsettling truth: Laura might never have existed.As Jack delves deeper into his past, he uncovers a web of deception, guilt, and buried secrets. The more he searches for answer...

In My DNA: My Career Investigating Your Worst Nightmares - Paperback

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by Lindsey Wade (Author)Dogged determination and DNA leads Detective Lindsey Wade and her team to the truth behind a thirty-two-year old cold case. In 1986, a young girl in Tacoma, Washington, Jennifer Bastian, went out for a bike ride in a local park and never came home. Later her body was found, mutilated and lifeless, but the case went cold, and Jennifer's killer was free.The senseless killing of an innocent girl left an indelible black cloud over Tacoma for three decades and was seared in...

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession - Hardcover

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by Michael Finkel (Author)One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the world's most prolific art thief, Stéphane Breitwieser. - "The Art Thief, like its title character, has confidence, élan, and a great sense of timing."--The New Yorker "Enthralling." --The Wall Street Journal In this spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, the best-selling author of The Stranger in the Woods brings us into Breitwieser's strange world--unlike m...

Portrait of John Scalish: The Mafia Boss no one knew - Paperback

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by Frank Monastra (Author)In "Portrait of John Scalish" we will review a never-before view of his personal life inside and outside his criminal empire. Which led to the premise of how, "John Scalish, became the mafia boss no one knew." In the begging, John was viewed to be a man of peace, who was apprehensive about becoming the crime boss of the third-largest Mafia-controlled city in America. You will learn never released information about John's two brothers Tom and Sam. Their life and how t...

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Report copyright infringementby David Farland (Author), Diann Thornley Read (Author), Curtis Green (Author)This is the incredible true story as told in Wired, Vogue, Forbes, and USA Today.In development to be a major Motion Picture!In 2011, the Silk Road website was set up on the Dark Web in the hopes of becoming the Amazon.com of the drug world. A charismatic young entrepreneur known only as the Dread Pirate Roberts quickly built a client base of more than a million customers and created a b...

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by Emmanuel Carr?re (Author)One of The New York Times' twelve books to read in NovemberA moving, hard-hitting account of the Paris attacks trial by France's leading nonfiction writer. Nearly every day for ten months, from September 2021 to June 2022, life on the ?le de la Cit? in central Paris came to a standstill. The most expensive and complex trial in French history--featuring twenty men accused of involvement in the 2015 attacks on the Bataclan and other sites across Paris--was underway. ...

Whispers in the Cradle: Uncovering the Dark Side of English Nursery Rhymes - Hardcover

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by Brittany Weinberger (Author)I grew up singing them. You did too. Cheerful nursery rhymes that seemed so harmless-innocent songs passed down through generations, filling our childhoods with laughter and melody. But what if I told you those playful verses were hiding something much darker? Something far more sinister?In Whispers in the Cradle, I set out to unravel the chilling truths buried beneath these seemingly sweet songs. What I discovered was a haunting web of history-tales of plague a...

Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors: Ann Rule's Crime Files Volume 16 - Paperback

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by Ann Rule (Author)The New York Times bestselling True Crime Files series continues with this haunting collection of the dangers lurking among those we trust the most--from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me. Doomed relationships and deadly betrayals are at the heart of this unputdownable collection of true cases from the personal files of Ann Rule, "America's best true-crime writer" (Kirkus Reviews). First is one of the most tragic unsolved crimes of the last...

Death by Cannibal: Minds with an Appetite for Murder - Paperback

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by Peter Davidson (Author)"With all-new material on New York's notorious 'Cannibal Cop'"--Cover.Author BiographyPeter Davidson is a veteran crime journalist. He is the author of Bones on the Beach: Mafia, Murder and the True Story of an Undercover Cop Who Went Under the Covers with a Wiseguy, Homicide Miami: The Millionaire Killers, and Murder at Holy Cross: The True Story of a Killer Monk, an Innocent Nun, and a Hellish Crime. Number of Pages: 352 Dimensions: 1 x 8.6 x 5.8 IN Publication Dat...

Roosevelt's Secret War: FDR and World War II Espionage - Paperback

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by Joseph E. Persico (Author)Despite all that has already been written on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Joseph Persico has uncovered a hitherto overlooked dimension of FDR's wartime leadership: his involvement in intelligence and espionage operations. Roosevelt's Secret War is crowded with remarkable revelations: -FDR wanted to bomb Tokyo before Pearl Harbor-A defector from Hitler's inner circle reported directly to the Oval Office-Roosevelt knew before any other world leader of Hitler's plan to...

Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service - Paperback

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by Michael Bar-Zohar (Author), Nissim Mishal (Author)"This book tells what should have been known and isn't--that Israel's hidden force is as formidable as its recognized physical strength."-- Israeli President Shimon Peres For decades, Israel's renowned security arm, the Mossad, has been widely recognized as the best intelligence service in the world. In Mossad, authors Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal take us behind the closed curtain with riveting, eye-opening, boots-on-the-ground accou...

Wedge: From Pearl Harbor to 9/11: How the Secret War Between the FBI and CIA Has Endangered National Security - Paperback

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by Mark Riebling (Author)Prophetic when first published, even more relevant now, Wedge is the classic, definitive story of the secret war America has waged against itself. Based on scores of interviews with former spies and thousands of declassified documents, Wedge reveals and re-creates -- battle by battle, bungle by bungle -- the epic clash that has made America uniquely vulnerable to its enemies. For more than six decades, the opposed and overlapping missions of the FBI and CIA -- and th...

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by Benjamin Holmes (Author)"The Mob" has been alive and well in Youngstown, Ohio since the 1950s. Youngstown was the halfway point for mobsters traveling between New York and Chicago. Often called Mobtown, Crimetown, and Boomtown, Youngstown still has many mobsters and corrupt officials. If you have a skill they can use, you will be "recruited."Benjamin Holmes is an engineer who built customized mufflers to quiet professional racing cars enough to participate in the very profitable street rac...

Columbine: A True Crime Story - Paperback

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by Jeff Kass (Author), Douglas Brinkley (Foreword by)Ten years after Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed twelve classmates and a teacher, Columbine remains the world's most iconic school shooting. Columbine: A True Crime Story, a victim, the killers and the nation's search for answers is the first book of investigative journalism to tell the complete story of that day, the far-reaching consequences, and the common denominators among school shooters across the country. Jeff Kass was one of th...

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by Barry Bowe (Author)An outlaw biker. Car thief, meth dealer, rapist, and killer. Gets a last chance to be a good guy.Philadelphia suburbs, 1971. Bobby Nauss is a quiet, parochial school student. After high school, he becomes a gun-toting member of one of the most feared motorcycle gangs in America. And once his life changes, he can never go back. Liz Lande is young, blonde, and beautiful. But she has a knack for picking the wrong men. And when she falls in love with Bobby Nauss, the mistake...