General Nonfiction Books – All Free and 99 Cents Only!

The Millionaire's WifeCathy Scott The beloved son of Holocaust survivors, forty-nine-year-old George Kogan grew up in Puerto Rico before making his way to New York City, where he enjoyed great success as an antiques and art dealer. Until one morning in 1990, when...

An in-depth look at one of the most shocking and controversial crimes to capture the nation's attention from the New York Times–bestselling author.Praying for a happy ending, friends and family stood by Laci Peterson's grieving husband Scott. Four months later, Laci's...

In this true crime exposé, a single mother is accused of torturing and murdering her own daughters—and involving their siblings in the coverup.Raising her five kids alone in a rundown section of Sacramento, Theresa Cross Knorr seemed like the ultimate survivor. But...

This "irresistibly absorbing" true crime investigation uncovers the brutal murder of two Dartmouth professors by a pair of students in 2001 (Publishers Weekly).On a cold night in January 2001, the idyllic community of Dartmouth College was shattered by the discovery...

A true crime account of the unsolved murder of a female American tourist on a Caribbean island—and the criminal trial of the four male suspects.On January 15, 2000, the bruised body of thirty-four-year-old Lois McMillan, a Connecticut artist vacationing in the British...

In 1900, Margaret Hossack, the wife of a prominent Iowa farmer, was arrested for bludgeoning her husband to death with an ax while their children slept upstairs. The community was outraged: How could a woman commit such an act of violence? Firsthand accounts describe...

A New York Times bestseller and the basis for the Netflix film 22 July: "A chilling descent into the mind of mass murderer Anders Breivik." —Kirkus ReviewsOne of The New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of 2015On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik detonated...

Atrue crime account of a woman who conspired with her teenage lover and his two friends to brutally murder her husband.They met while working together at a Taco Bell in Augusta, Georgia: seventeen-year-old Larry Kelley and thirty-one-year-old wife and mother Gina...

A San Antonio woman's baffling disappearance leads police to suspect her husband of murder in this dramatic true crime exposé.Susan McFarland was a vivacious, successful mother of three young sons. On November 25, 2002, she disappeared. Three days later, her car was...

In this memoir of true crime and survival, a woman recounts the remarkable story of her father's murderous rampage and how she was left for dead.On April 14, 1989, in California's idyllic Sonoma Valley, Mexican immigrant Ramón Salcido went on a rampage, killing his...

A family tragedy propels this gripping true crime debut as a mother searches for answers in the shocking murder of her husband—and conviction of her son.In the early morning of October 18, 1986, Cherie Wier’s life collapses when her teenage son takes the life of her...

From a New York Times–bestselling author—a true crime story of a Texas teen's 2008 plot to murder her parents for not approving of her boyfriend."Readers will be haunted by Greenberg's . . . eminently readable true crime tale."—Publishers WeeklyAlba, Texas. In 2008,...

The true story of an Aspen socialite, full of life . . . until she was found beaten to death. From the New York Times–bestselling author and his wife.Nancy Pfister, heir to Buttermilk Mountain, the world-renowned site of the Winter X Games, was Aspen royalty, its...

A fascinating true-crime account of the cold-blooded murder of a Texas socialite by the New York Times–bestselling author and prize-winning crime reporter.Robert and Doris Angleton seemed to have the perfect life. Until she was coldly murdered in her own home, shot...

This "delightfully creepy" New York Times bestseller from the award-winning horror-comedy podcast team takes deep dives into nine infamous serial killers (Booklist). Since its first show in 2010, The Last Podcast on the Left has barreled headlong into all things...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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,...

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...

"[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...

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...

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...