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Bloody Crimes
In Bloody Crimes, James L. Swanson—the Edgar® Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt—brings to life two epic events of the Civil War era: the thrilling chase to apprehend Confederate president Jefferson Davis in the wake of the Lincoln...
The Snake and the Spider
A New York Times–bestselling author and former Los Angeles Times reporter chronicles the murder and abduction of two teens during a dream spring break vacation. Best friends Daryl Barber and James Boucher were responsible, and their parents trusted them to spend...
Inside the Mind of Scott Peterson
The New York Times–bestselling true crime book that was the first to examine the Scott Peterson murder case—and why he did it."Ablow's work stands alone." —Ann RuleThe highly publicized Scott Peterson murder case captivated a public hungry for the answer to one...
Exercise Motivation for People Who Hate Exercise
Most people don’t have a motivation problem. They have a discipline problem. If you’ve ever told yourself: “I’ll start tomorrow.” “I just don’t feel motivated.” “I know what to do… I just don’t do it.” This book was written for you. Because here’s the truth no one...
Exercise Motivation for People Who Hate Exercise
Most people don’t have a motivation problem. They have a discipline problem. If you’ve ever told yourself: “I’ll start tomorrow.” “I just don’t feel motivated.” “I know what to do… I just don’t do it.” This book was written for you. Because here’s the truth no one...
The Most Dangerous Animal of All
In this New York Times–bestselling true crime memoir, a man's search for his biological father leads to a notorious American serial killer.When Gary L. Stewart decided to search for his biological father at the age of thirty-nine, he never imagined his quest would...
Love and Rage
A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER In the face of systemic racism and state-sanctioned violence, how can we metabolize our anger into a force for liberation?White supremacy in the United States has long necessitated that Black rage be suppressed, repressed, or denied,...
Mommy Don’t
An award-winning journalist reveals the story behind the true crime of a mother's murder of her daughter in Canada's Nova Scotia region.On January twenty-nine, 2008, just days after a bitter winter storm, Nova Scotians watched with breaking hearts as a young mother in...
Six Miles to Charleston
The shocking true story of America's first female serial killer, half of a husband and wife team who terrorized Charleston, SC, in the early 19th century. On February 18th, 1820, John and Lavinia Fisher were executed in front of some two thousand South Carolinians. To...
Mommy’s Little Girl
The first in-depth account of the Caylee Anthony case from the renowned true crime author who's been featured on 20/20, Snapped, 48 Hours, and more.When news broke of three-year-old Caylee Anthony's disappearance from her home in Florida in July 2008, there was a huge...
Deadly Seduction
A true crime account of Susan Grund, a woman who married for money and then murdered her wealthy husband in cold blood.Young, glamorous and sexy, she was every man's fantasy . . . and one man's deadly nightmare.Prominent Indiana attorney Jimmy Grund thought he'd found...
The Forbidden Idea
Some ideas are forbidden not because they are false—but because they threaten the foundations of power. In an age of expanding government, managed narratives, and pressure to conform to an evolving moral orthodoxy, the principles that once defined a free society are...
The Forbidden Idea
Some ideas are forbidden not because they are false—but because they threaten the foundations of power. In an age of expanding government, managed narratives, and pressure to conform to an evolving moral orthodoxy, the principles that once defined a free society are...
To the Last Breath
The Edgar Award–winning true crime story of the 1994 murder of a two-year-old Texas girl and her grandmother's pursuit of justice."Carlton Stowers has always been in the top rank of crime journalists. This is his best." —Jack Olsen, author of Hastened to the Grave and...
Hush Little Babies
The true crime story of the Texas mother who murdered her two young sons in 1996.Not since the Susan Smith case have two murders so shocked the nation . . . Hush Little Babies is the appalling true story of Darlie Routier, the neighborhood's most wonderful mom, who,...
Stolen in the Night
The horrific, grisly true crime account of a child abuser, kidnapper, and serial killer from the bestselling author of An Almost Perfect Murder.Joseph Duncan had been convicted of raping and torturing a fourteen-year-old boy in Tacoma, Washington. On the Internet he...
Bringing Adam Home
"[An] account of the decades-long attempt to solve the murder of Adam Walsh . . . as relentlessly suspenseful as anything I've ever read." —Dennis Lehane, author of Small Mercies Before Adam Walsh there were no faces on milk cartons, no Amber Alerts, no federal...
Who Killed My Daughter?
On July 16, 1989, Kaitlyn Arquette was shot to death in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The police gave up, but her mother would not . . . In this tragic memoir and investigation, Lois Duncan searches for clues to the murder of her youngest child, eighteen-year-old Kaitlyn...
Through the Window
Diane Fanning's Through The Window is more than an investigation into a crime spree that stunned a nation. It's an utterly terrifying plunge into the unfathomable dark mind of a serial killer, and the heart-wrenching story of the brave child who finally brought him to...
Dark Dreams
The Evil That Men Do introduced readers to the lifework and the techniques of FBI profiler Roy Hazelwood. Now, in Dark Dreams , Hazelwood-- writing with bestselling author Stephen G. Michaud-- will take then deep into the minds of his prey, the world's most dangerous...
House of Evil
***Please note: This ebook edition does not contain the photos found in the print edition.*** In the heart of Indianapolis in the mid 1960's, through a twist of fate and fortune, a pretty young girl came to live with a thirty-seven-year-old mother and her seven...
The Edge of Innocence
From the Rubery Prize-winning author David Miraldi: A Chilling Crime That Shocked Lorain, Ohio, and a Defiant Attorney Determined to Unearth the Truth. 1960s Lorain, Ohio: Casper Bennett is accused of the unimaginable—drowning his wife in a scalding bath. Rumors...
Dying for Love
Dr. John Yelenic was a successful dentist in a small Pennsylvania town. When he met Michele Kamler, he thought he'd finally found the woman of his dreams. She was beautiful, intelligent, and seemed to want all the same things out of life as he did. Michele married...
Killer Bodies
A look behind the 2005 Las Vegas murder that ended a love triangle between a bodybuilding couple and their personal assistant. He was the "bad boy" of bodybuilding . . . Craig Titus once earned the championship title of Mr. USA, but that was before his illegal drug...
Evidence of Love
The "fascinating" true story behind the HBO Max and Hulu series about Texas housewife Candy Montgomery and the bizarre murder that shocked a community ( Los Angeles Times Book Review ). Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore had a lot in common: They sang together in the...
Wealthy Men Only
The shocking true crime account of a gold-digging woman's diabolical and deadly seduction from the award-winning author of The Dating Game Killer . Nanette Johnston's personal ad made it clear: "I know how to take care of my man if he knows how to take care of me."...
A Need to Kill
***Please note: This ebook edition does not contain the photos found in the print edition.*** Alec Krieder knew his best friend's family never locked their doors—making Kevin Haines and his family the perfect targets for a crime. One night, he waited until they were...
A Poisoned Passion
By the age of twenty-four, Air Force Staff Sergeant Mike Severance had already survived a series of missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. But his life back at home, in Texas, would prove a lot more dangerous… In the winter of 2005, Mike's wife, a veterinarian named Wendi...
Out of Control
***This ebook edition does not contain the photo insert that appears in the print edition.*** Clara and David Harris were married on Valentine's Day. Young and in love, they developed a thriving dental business, built a half-million-dollar mansion, and raised the...
Poisoned Love
Kathy Augustine was a controversial two-term Nevada State Controller. In 2003, her husband Chuck died of an apparent stroke. Only a month later, she married Chaz Higgs, an ER nurse who, it was later revealed, had attended to her late husband just before his death....
“If I Die…”
He'd been shot in the head, decapitated, and set on fire. Who could have turned on the real-estate ace with such bloodthirsty fury? Even before the remains were found, circumstantial evidence was building against Rudin's 52-year-old wife, Margaret, who stood to...
Final Vows
A New York Times –bestselling author and former Los Angeles Times reporter chronicles the marriage between a Christian woman and an ex-con that ends in murder. When Carol Montecalvo began writing to a man in prison through a program at her church, she considered it...
An Unfinished Canvas
This true crime saga reveals the case of a missing Nashville woman, a husband on the run, and a rare cold case murder conviction. Janet March had it all: a corporate lawyer husband, two beautiful children, a promising career as an artist, and a dream house she...
The Stranger She Loved
In 2007, Dr. Martin MacNeill—a doctor, lawyer, and Mormon bishop—discovered his wife of 30 years dead in the bathtub of their Pleasant Grove, Utah home, her face bearing the scars of a facelift he persuaded her to undergo just a week prior. At first the death of...
By Two and Two
In "a solid account of what appears to be a shocking injustice" an award-winning journalist uncovers the bias that led to a woman's conviction for murder ( The New York Times ). When a prominent Alabama doctor is brutally killed, his wife and her twin sister are...