Gosnell: The Untold Story of America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer

Small Sacrifices: A True Story Of Passion And Murder

Ann Rule · 494 pages

the mesmerizing story of Diane Downs, a beautiful, brillient, sociopath, who commits the ultimate evil when she shoots her three children to gain the love of a married man. Anne Rule's insight into the personality of Downs is as horrifying as it is disturbing. She never confesses to shooting her children, but her conduct at the trial is sickening. She taps her foot and smiles while listening to "H

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective

Kate Summerscale · 384 pages

In June of 1860 three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat slit. The crime horrified all England and led to a national obsession with detection, ironically destroying, in the process, the career of perhaps the greatest detective in the land, Jonathan Whicher of Scotland Yard. Whicher quickly believed the unbelievable--that someone within the family was

Under the Bridge: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk

Rebecca Godfrey · 346 pages

Newtown: An American Tragedy

Matthew Lysiak · 264 pages

"In the vein of Dave Cullen's Columbine, the first comprehensive account of the Sandy Hook tragedy--with exclusive new reporting that chronicles the horrific events of December 14, 2012, including new insight into the dark mind of gunman Adam Lanza. Twenty-six people dead; twenty of them schoolchildren between the ages of six and seven. The world mourned the devastating shooting at Sandy Hook elem

Columbine

Dave Cullen · 417 pages

On April 20, 1999, two boys left an indelible stamp on the American psyche. Their goal was simple: to blow up their school, Oklahoma-City style, and to leave "a lasting impression on the world." Their bombs failed, but the ensuing shooting defined a new era of school violence-irrevocably branding every subsequent shooting "another Columbine." When we think of Columbine, we think of the Trench Coat

Beyond Belief: The Moors Murderers. The Story of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.

Emlyn Williams · 354 pages

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: The Uncensored Story of the JonBenet Murder and the Grand Jury's Search for the Truth

Lawrence Schiller · 621 pages

In Perfect Murder, Perfect Town, Lawrence Schiller thoroughly recreates every aspect of the complex case of the death of JonBenet Ramsey. A brilliant portrait of an inscrutable family thrust under the spotlight of public suspicion and an affluent, tranquil city torn apart by a crime it couldn't handle, Perfect Murder, Perfect Town uncovers the mysteries that have bewildered the nation.Why were the

Robert Black: The True Story of a Child Rapist and Serial Killer from the United Kingdom

C.L. Swinney · 138 pages

Journey Into Darkness

John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker · 384 pages

Lethal Marriage: The Unspeakable Crimes of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka

Nick Pron · 512 pages

Lost Girls

Caitlin Rother · 372 pages

Chelsea King was a popular high school senior, an outstanding achiever determined to make a difference. Fourteen-year-old Amber Dubois loved books and poured her heart into the animals she cared for. Treasured by their families and friends, both girls disappeared in San Diego County, just eight miles and one year apart. The community's desperate search led authorities to John Albert Gardner, a bru

Black Dahlia Avenger

Steve Hodel · 481 pages

The author, a former Los Angeles police officer, recounts how he concluded that his late father, Dr. George Hodel, was the Black Dahlia Avenger, the serial killer responsible for the death of Elizabeth Short in 1947 and other murders. More than fifty years after what has been called the most notorious unsolved murder of the 20th century, the case has finally been solved. On January 15, 1947, the b

The Spider and the Fly: A Reporter, a Serial Killer, and the Meaning of Murder

Claudia Rowe · 288 pages

On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver's Missing Women

Stevie Cameron

People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman

Richard Lloyd Parry · 400 pages

An incisive and compelling account of the case of 21-year-old Lucie Blackman, who 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. The seven months in between had seen a massive search for the missing girl, involving Japanese policemen; British private detectives; Australian d

The Evil That Men Do: FBI Profiler Roy Hazelwood's Journey into the Minds of Serial Killers

Stephen G. Michaud · 307 pages

Profiler Roy Hazelwood is the world's leading expert on the strangest, most dangerous of all aberrant offenders - the sexual criminal. In a career spent investigating and studying these macabre outlaws, Hazelwood has encountered every type, from sexual sadists to serial rapists. His cases have ranged from autoerotic deaths to staged suicides, and have included famous investigations from Toronto's

The Man With The Candy: The Story of The Houston Mass Murders

Jack Olsen · 256 pages

The mass murder of almost thirty young boys in Houston may well have been the most heinous crime of the century. How could such a series of murders go undetected for almost three years before being exposed? *The Man with the Candy* is a brilliant investigative journalist's story of the crime and the answer to that question.

The Ultimate Evil : The Truth about the Cult Murders: Son of Sam and Beyond

Maury Terry · 526 pages

On August 10, 1977, the NYPD arrested David Berkowitz for the "Son of Sam" murders that had terrorized New York City for more than thirteen months. Berkowitz eagerly confessed to being a lone marauder—one who had carried out eight senseless shootings with a .44 caliber Bulldog revolver. The case was officially closed. Journalist Maury Terry was suspicious of Berkowitz's confession. He has spent t

A Death in Belmont

Sebastian Junger · 288 pages

In the spring of 1963, the quiet suburb of Belmont, Massachusetts, is rocked by a shocking sex murder that exactly fits the pattern of the Boston Strangler. Sensing a break in the case that has paralyzed the city of Boston, the police track down a black man, Roy Smith, who cleaned the victim's house that day and left a receipt with his name on the kitchen counter. Smith is hastily convicted of the

The Daughters of Juárez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border

Teresa Rodriguez, Diana Montane, Lisa Pulitzer · 316 pages

For more than twelve years the Mexican border city of Juárez has been the center of an epidemic of horrific crimes against women and girls: kidnappings, rape, mutilation, and murder, with most of the victims conforming to a specific profile--young, slender, and poor. Speculation that the killer or killers are American citizens has led the U.S. government to send in criminal profilers from the FBI

Portrait of a Monster: Joran van der Sloot, a Murder in Peru, and the Natalee Holloway Mystery

Lisa Pulitzer, Cole Thompson · 277 pages

In May 2005, Natalee Holloway disappeared from a high school trip to Aruba. Five years to the day later, 21 year old Stephany Flores Ramirez was reported missing in Lima, Peru. Implicated in both crimes was one young man, Joran van der Sloot. A 22 year old Dutchman, van der Sloot has become the subject of intense scrutiny by the media and the public in the years since 2005. He was arrested and det

The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder

Charles Graeber · 320 pages

From the Author's Note... Every effort has been made to present this story accurately, through a relaying of the facts collected through police investigation reports, witness statements, transcripts, recorded wiretaps, surveillance tapes, court documents and legal depositions, and personal interviews. Some transcripts have been edited slightly for space and clarity, and some dialogue has been b

Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers

Caroline Fraser · 480 pages

The Bell Tower: The Case of Jack the Ripper Finally Solved... in San Francisco

Robert Graysmith · 552 pages