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RedHanded

Based on the hit podcast, this book looks past sensational headlines to get to the truth of every murder, cult and serial…

A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City
A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City

The story of a murder in a crumbling Louisville mansion and the decades of secrets and corruption that live within the…

Boys Enter the House
Boys Enter the House

A moving and meticulously researched account of the lives of the victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

She Kills Me
She Kills Me

Wright pinpoints 40 women across history and from around the globe who had the means, opportunity and motive to take out…

Hollywood Horrors
Hollywood Horrors

An entertaining look at crimes and scandals that coincided with the rise of Hollywood from the silent-film era through…

The Betrayal of Anne Frank
The Betrayal of Anne Frank

An extraordinary tale of modern science and old-fashioned gumshoe work applied to a world-renowned crime 80 years later…

Deliberate Evil
Deliberate Evil

Renehan details the 1830 murder of Captain Joseph White in Salem, MA.

Walking the Bowl
Walking the Bowl

A breathtaking story of four street children in contemporary Zambia whose lives are drawn together and forever altered by…

Riding with Evil
Riding with Evil

The story of an agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who went undercover to bust a…

Jimmy the King
Jimmy the King

Provides a searing look at the rise and fall of James Burke, whose tenure as Suffolk County police chief ended in scandal…

A Spy in Plain Sight

An exhaustively researched book on Robert Hanssen, the agent who, for more than 20 years, sold American secrets to Russia…

Who Killed Jane Stanford?
Who Killed Jane Stanford?

White penetrates the fog of corruption and cover-up surrounding the murder of a Stanford University founder to establish…

Little Brother
Little Brother

A journalist seeks to tease out the truth behind the murder of a young Black man.

When the Moon Turns to Blood
When the Moon Turns to Blood

Examines the culture of end times paranoia and a trail of mysterious deaths surrounding Lori Vallow and her husband.

The Missing Cryptoqueen
The Missing Cryptoqueen

OneCoin, created by Dr. Ruja Ignatova, combined cryptocurrency with a multilevel-marketing platform and launched one of…

Art & Crime
Art & Crime

The art world is one of the most secretive of global businesses, and the list of its crimes runs long and deep.

Roll Red Roll
Roll Red Roll

This powerful and compelling narrative covers the 2012 rape of a teenage girl by members of the Steubenville, OH,…

Deer Creek Drive
Deer Creek Drive

Lowry delves into the murder of society matron Idella Thompson, the sensational trial and the Mississippi Delta in this…

With the Devil's Help
With the Devil's Help

Told from two perspectives, this story alternates between Neal's life and his grandfather's, culminating in a shocking…

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