True Crime

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by Xiaping Jiang (Author), Henry C. Lee (Consultant), Anthony Roberts (Translator)Due to differences of political convictions, religious beliefs, and cultural traditions, the Republic of Yugoslavia broke up in 1991, as Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia fought for autonomy and independence. Under Milosevic's rule, Serbian military and paramilitary forces carried out a carefully planned "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia and Kosovo that claimed at least two ...

The Many Faces of Christopher Watts: The Truth and Theories - Paperback

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by Cheryln Cadle (Author)This crime is not only shocking but it riveted the world. Christopher Watts killed his pregnant wife and two little girls because of an affair he was having. His mistress literally disappeared after the murders. Through much investigating, Cheryln has found some shocking news about Christopher's mistress and some of the things she hid from law enforcement. She also covers updates about Christopher Watts after five years in prison. What is he up to these days? Who does...

Grim Paradise: The Cold Case Search for the Mackinac Island Killer - Hardcover

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by Rod Sadler (Author)When widow Frances Lacey was murdered in July 1960 on Mackinac Island, only a few meager clues were found by police, and the case soon turned cold. But more than seventy years later, will those same clues finally solve the mystery? On July 24, 1960, the quaint charm and serenity of Mackinac, nestled between Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas, was shattered by Lacey's brutal death. Despite a massive manhunt and thousands of pages of police reports, her killer was neve...

Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many - Paperback

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by Mona Gable (Author)A gripping and illuminating investigation "that is far overdue" (Rachel Louise Snyder, author of No Visible Bruises) into the disappearance of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind when she was eight months pregnant, highlighting the shocking epidemic of violence against Native American women in America and the societal ramifications of government inaction. In the summer of 2017, twenty-two-year-old Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind vanished. A week after she disappeared, police arreste...

Murder in Manchuria: The True Story of a Jewish Virtuoso, Russian Fascists, a French Diplomat, and a Japanese Spy in Occupied China - Hardcover

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by Scott D. Seligman (Author)2023 Best Book Awards Winner in History sponsored by American Book Fest In Murder in Manchuria, Scott D. Seligman explores an unsolved murder set amid the chaos that reigned in China in the run-up to World War II. The story unfolds against the backdrop of a three-country struggle for control of Manchuria--an area some called China's "Wild East"--and an explosive mixture of nationalities, religions, and ideologies. Semyon Kaspé, a young Jewish musician, is kidnapp...

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by Raphael Rowe (Author)Raphael Rowe was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for a crime he did not commit. He spent twelve years fighting to prove his innocence Eventually his conviction was quashed and he became a free man. Number of Pages: 248 Dimensions: 0.52 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: December 16, 2020

The Unabomber Manifesto (New Edition 2023): Industrial Society and Its Future - Paperback

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by Theodore John Kaczynski (Author), Joe Andersen (Foreword by)Ted Kaczynski: The Unabomber Manifesto - Industrial Society and Its Future New edition 2023 Unleashing chaos through a series of relentless bombing spree, the Unabomber sent shockwaves through society. In his notorious Manifesto he unveiled a chilling philosophy, vehemently decrying the dehumanizing grip of modern technology and industrialization. From 1978 to 1995, he targeted universities, airlines, and individuals involved in t...

The JFK Assassination Chokeholds - Paperback

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by James DiEugenio (Author), Paul Bleau (Author), Matt Crumpton (Author)In JFK Assassination Chokeholds, readers will find up to date evidence that would have compelled any jury to conclude that Oswald was not guilty beyond reasonable doubt, and that there is clear and convincing evidence of both a conspiracy and obstruction of justice to cover it up. The approach taken by the contributors in this anthology, three of whom are attorneys complemented by two of the leading authorities in the fi...

Wrecking Crew: Demolishing The Case Against Steven Avery - Hardcover

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by John Ferak (Author)Updated 5th Anniversary Edition Including Exclusive Interview with Steve Avery In 2016-17, while working for the USA TODAY NETWORK's Wisconsin Investigative Team, author John Ferak wrote dozens of articles examining the murder case against Steven Avery, who had already beaten one wrongful conviction only to be charged again with the murder of Teresa Halbach in 2005. This case captured global attention through the Netflix documentary "Making A Murderer." In this anniversa...

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by Ann Rule (Author)From New York Times bestselling author of the true crime classic The Stranger Beside Me, "a truly staggering case" (The Washington Post) of murder, family, and a daughter's love. David Brown was an entrepreneurial computer whiz, making his first million before age thirty-two. His life seemed perfect. But tragedy struck when his beautiful young wife was shot to death as she slept. Worse, David's teenaged daughter, Cinnamon, confessed to killing her stepmother. The young gir...

Closure Can Be A Myth: The True Story of a Family Tragedy in the Las Vegas Desert - Hardcover

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by Doug Eastwood (Author)Newlyweds, Gaynard and Norma Widick, planned a dinner date for Friday evening. Upon returning home from work that Friday afternoon, Norma was shocked by what she discovered in their home in Alhambra, California. The house had been burglarized. The police suspected that the burglary had not been random. Yielding to an addiction that he hid from family and friends, Gaynard set a tragic series of events in motion. Missing for over a week, his abandoned truck was finally ...

Under the Yoga Mat: The Dark History of Yogi Bhajan's Kundalini Yoga - Paperback

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by Els Coenen (Author), Gurunischan (Author)Let's face and share the pain.Els Coenen's groundbreaking exposé, Under the Yoga Mat, lifts the veil on the underexposed dark side of the history of Yogi Bhajan's Kundalini Yoga and his revered 3HO Healthy, Happy, Holy community. This is the first book presenting the multifaceted character and extent of the wrongdoings and the tactics used by 3HO leadership to keep the horrific abuse hidden for five decades. This meticulously researched non-fiction ...

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by Harry R. Illman (Author)The true story of how Detroit's Purple-Licavoli Gang took over Toledo and its aftermath. Prohibition and Toledo's proximity to rum-running routes made it an ideal target of organized crime and the author details how the takeover was implemented and how corruption eased the process. Number of Pages: 374 Dimensions: 0.83 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 27, 2023

The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits' Improbable Crusade to Save the World from Cybercrime - Paperback

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by Renee Dudley (Author), Daniel Golden (Author)A real-life technological thriller about a band of eccentric misfits taking on the biggest cybersecurity threats of our time. "What Michael Lewis did for baseball in Moneyball, Renee Dudley and Daniel Golden do brilliantly for the world of ransomware and hackers. Cinematic, big in scope, and meticulously reported, this book is impossible to put down." --Doug Stanton, New York Times bestselling author of In Harm's Way and Horse Soldiers Scattered...

Close to Home: Sexual Abusers and Serial Killers, Memoir and Murder - Paperback

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by Janine O'Neill (Author)On January 9, 2002, twelve-year-old Ashley Pond left her family's apartment in Oregon City, Oregon, to catch her bus to school. She vanished. Ashley loved her single-parent mother, but she hated her drinking, and the father figures in her life had come and gone. So she had learned to rely on her friends.Recently, however, things had become complicated: when she disappeared, many people believed she'd simply run away.But Janine O'Neill had prosecuted crimes against ch...

In Good Hands: Investigating Death, Mystery, and the Lessons of Broken Trust in One Family Day Care - Paperback

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by David Hechler (Author)When In Good Hands won The American Society of Journalists and Authors book award for general nonfiction, the judges called it "riveting reading!" It's a medical and psychological mystery story with important lessons for parents. Here's what Nicholas Pileggi, a master of true crime (including the books and screenplays he wrote for the films Goodfellas and Casino) said about it: "In Good Hands is the true story of two four-month-old infants who died in a South Caroli...

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by Emerson Murray (Author) Over 25 people murdered in just over two and a half years. What was happening in the small coastal town of Santa Cruz between October 1970 and February 1973? John Linley Frazier's home invasion murders of the Ohta Family and Dorothy Cadwallader in 1970 and the serial murder sprees of Herbert Mullin and Edmund Kemper left an impact on Santa Cruz that can still be felt today. Local law enforcement, victim's families and friends, classmates and acquaintances of the kil...

El Chapo: The Untold Story of the World's Most Infamous Drug Lord - Paperback

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by Noah Hurowitz (Author)A stunning investigation of the life and legend of Mexican kingpin Joaqu? Archivaldo "El Chapo" Guzm疣 Loera, building on Noah Hurowitz's revelatory coverage for Rolling Stone of El Chapo's federal drug-trafficking trial. This is the true story of how El Chapo built the world's wealthiest and most powerful drug-trafficking operation, based on months' worth of trial testimony and dozens of interviews with cartel gunmen, Mexican journalists and political figures, Chapo's...

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by Sneha Babu (Author)His world. Her world. My world. Your world. It's all the same, yet entirely different. It's nothing but another one of God's oxymorons laughing at us. Some people spend their entire life waiting for an epiphany. While some live. Sneha Babu's debut novel Magic in Errors unravels a story showing how the Universe works in beautiful and heart-breaking ways-beginning with a neon-colored hair tie. Over the course of a few days, this seemingly insignificant accessory passes thr...

Hidden Demons: Evil Visits A Small New England Town - Paperback

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by Margery B. Metzger (Author)On January 7, 1994, residents of Berkshire Hills woke up to a typical snowy winter day in the majestic woods of Western Massachusetts. The quaint New England towns, the idyllic scenery and the people who lived there could have stepped out of a Norman Rockwell painting. That day, a trial began for college student, Wayne Lo, who celebrated his 18th birthday by purchasing an assault rifle and opening fire on campus-killing two and wounding four others. Elsewhere, tw...

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by Toranj Irani (Author)A mother's triumphant journey from darkness to light after suffering a traumatic loss. Behind the Face "is a heart-wrenching story that will inspire you as Toranj Irani embarks on her path toward healing. Toranj allows the reader insight into her journey from wondering why her life included so much suffering and why she was being punished-to the realization that not everything is happening to you and into the knowing that things are always happening for you.With this n...

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by Brian B. Defoe (Author)Set in the heady days following the legalization of recreational cannabis in Washington state, Herbvana tells the tale of the ill-fated partnership between a sleazy strip-mall lawyer and a marijuana entrepreneur. Add a corrupt Liquor and Cannabis Board inspector, organized crime, lingerie-clad baristas, ravenous crustaceans and a teenage boy hungry for Internet fame into the mix, and the quiet environs of Kitsap County Washington will never be the same. Number of Pa...

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by Troy Taylor (Author)BLOOD, BULLETS AND BOOZEGHOSTS AND GANGSTERS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOISWhen we think of the Roaring 20's - that decade of gangsters, jazz, Prohibition, and flappers - most of us think of Chicago, Al Capone, and the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. The Windy City has become famous for its one-way-rides and violent shootouts, but author Troy Taylor presents another part of Prohibition-era Illinois that not only outgunned and outdrank Chicago but has just as many ghost stories left...

Fatal Exam: Solving Lubbock's Greatest Murder Mystery - Paperback

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by Alan Burton (Author), Chuck Lanehart (Author)On Monday, December 4, 1967, a body was discovered in the Science Building of the largest university in West Texas. The next day, citizens of Lubbock gathered for the Carol of Lights, an event typically the centerpiece of the holidays for the quiet college town. But in 1967, the normal festive excitement and anticipation were swiftly shattered by the harrowing events that had occurred just twenty-four hours earlier.For the first time, the accoun...

Monsters on the Loose: The True Story of Three Unsolved Murders in Prohibition Era San Diego - Hardcover

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by Richard L. Carrico (Author)In 1931, San Diego's idyllic image as a beach town with peaceful suburbs concealed a harrowing reality: a series of unsolved crimes targeting women, fueling fear and vulnerability. MONSTERS ON THE LOOSE tells the tragic and true stories of three women murdered early that year: Virginia Brooks, Louise Teuber, and Hazel Bradshaw. Local law enforcement, out-of-town criminologists, and investigators from what would become the FBI pursued hundreds of leads. Statewide,...

From the Furnace, with Love: The Multigenerational Tapestry of Shirley Cavanaugh. - Paperback

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by Jason M. Kirin (Author), Dana R. Kaufman (Editor)"From the Furnace, with Love" is an exploration into the multi-generational influence of Shirley Cavanaugh, a 28-year-old sex worker whose testimonies against corrupt Pittsburgh police brought about the total dismantling and collapse of the revered 1950s Vice and Narcotics Squad. But Shirley Cavanaugh's life was far more complex and nuanced than the newspaper headlines of the 1950s would have suggested. Shirley was the mother of four childre...

A Peek Under the Hood: Heroin, Hope, and Operation Tune-Up - Paperback

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by Michael Pevarnik (Author)First Place Winner, True Crime, 2023 Firebird Book AwardA Peek Under the Hood is a true crime exposé of the case that freed an entire inner-city neighborhood from the perils and decay wrought by heroin trafficking. In 1994, DEA Special Agent Michael Pevarnik opened an investigation with his informant, a Vietnamese refugee who infiltrated a string of drug-dealing auto repair shops in Worcester, Massachusetts. His yearlong case, Operation Tune-Up, solved murders in N...

Mafia Bag Man: The Life and Times of a DC Mobster - Paperback

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by Angelo Parisi (Author)Gambling, prostitution, bootlegging and their peripheral crimes and consequences have been part of the fabric of life in the city of Washington since its inception. Gambling was always an ever-present diversion in the federal city and surrounding area. In the 19th century prostitution flourished during the Civil W ar when Union troops were stationed in the Capitol city as protection from Confederate incursions. By the early 20th century bootlegging made its way to Was...

Stop. State Police.: A Road Dog's Perspective - Paperback

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by Chris Bomber Bommarito (Author)I had just gotten out of the Army when my mother showed me a newspaper article stating, "Michigan needs Troopers". What the hell, I started the rigorous application process and was offered an academy position on the 1st attempt. Many others try multiple times getting accepted, some never! Being a Young Trooper in the mid 90's was a blast. We were trained by the Best and told to go out on the road to kick ass and take names. Not so much at the end of my 23-yea...

Charlie Lucky: The Broadway Gangster - Paperback

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by N. J. Morgan (Author)This is the true story of Charles Lucky Luciano, the man who organized crime. An immigrant Italian child, growing up on the filth-ridden, poor and deadly streets of New York city's infamous Lower East Side, in Manhattan. Through brutality, street smarts, manipulation, treachery, and murder, he became the leader of the American underworld and the most powerful crime boss of all time. The back drop to his rise to power was the glitz, glamour, fun and frivolity, and the r...

A Twisted Faith: A Minister's Obsession and the Murder That Destroyed a Church - Paperback

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by Gregg Olsen (Author)New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen investigates the sensational story of a minister who seduced four of his female congregants, and hatched a cold-blooded plot to murder his wife. On December 26, 1997, near the affluent community of Bainbridge Island off the coast of Seattle, a house went up in flames. In it was the shy, beloved minister's wife Dawn Hacheney. When the fire was extinguished, investigators found only her charred remains. Her husband Nick was v...

The Many Faces of Christopher Watts: The Truth and Theories - Hardcover

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