Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Ohio

Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family

In The Doomsday Mother, bestselling true crime author John Glatt tells the twisted tale of Lori Vallow, accused of having her two children murdered to start a new life with her new husband, doomsday prepper Chad Daybell. At first, the residents of Kauai Beach Resort took little notice of their new neighbors. The glamorous blonde and her tall husband fit the image of the ritzy gated community. The couple seemed to keep to themselves—until the police knocked on their door with a search warrant. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell had fled to Hawaii in the midst of being investigated for the disappearance of Lori’s children back in Idaho—Tylee and JJ—who hadn’t been seen alive in five months. For years, Lori Vallow had been devoted to her children and her Mormon faith. But when her path crossed with Chad Daybell, a religious zealot who taught his followers how to prepare for the end-times, the tumultuous relationship transformed her into someone unrecognizable. As authorities searched for Lori’s children, they uncovered more suspicious deaths with links to both Lori and Chad, including the death of Lori’s third and fourth husbands, her brother, and Chad’s wife. In June 2020, the gruesome remains of JJ and Tylee were discovered on Chad’s property, and the newlyweds were arrested and charged with murder. And in a shocking development, horrifying statements revealed that the couple’s fanatical beliefs had convinced them the children had become zombies--a belief that may have led to their deaths. Bestselling author and journalist John Glatt takes readers deeper into the devastating crimes of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell in an attempt to unravel the lethal relationship of this doomsday couple.

The Doomsday Mother

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Book has some yellowing of pages but does not interrupt the reading #hardcover #truestory

Missouri

The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession

A full-length narrative account of the author's original article as included in Best American Crime Reporting 2007 describes the lucrative heists of book thief John Charles Gilkey and the cat-and-mouse efforts of book dealer Ken Sanders to bring him to justice.

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much

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Simone St. James

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Pennsylvania

A Most Anticipated Novel by PopSugar * Crime Reads * Goodreads * A true crime blogger gets more than she bargained for while interviewing the woman acquitted of two cold case slayings in this chilling new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Sun Down Motel. In 1977, Claire Lake, Oregon, was shaken by the Lady Killer Murders: Two men, seemingly randomly, were murdered with the same gun, with strange notes left behind. Beth Greer was the perfect suspect--a rich, eccentric twenty-three-year-old woman, seen fleeing one of the crimes. But she was acquitted, and she retreated to the isolation of her mansion. Oregon, 2017. Shea Collins is a receptionist, but by night, she runs a true crime website, the Book of Cold Cases--a passion fueled by the attempted abduction she escaped as a child. When she meets Beth by chance, Shea asks her for an interview. To Shea's surprise, Beth says yes. They meet regularly at Beth's mansion, though Shea is never comfortable there. Items move when she's not looking, and she could swear she's seen a girl outside the window. The allure of learning the truth about the case from the smart, charming Beth is too much to resist, but even as they grow closer, Shea senses something isn't right. Is she making friends with a manipulative murderer, or are there other dangers lurking in the darkness of the Greer house?

The Book of Cold Cases

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#paperback #murder #nonfiction #truecrime 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Rhode Island

A Coast-To-Coast Tour of the Most Notorious Houses of Homicide

American Murder Houses explores the past and present of more than twenty-five renowned homicide scenes. From the house where Lizzie Borden supposedly gave her stepmother forty whacks' to the site of the real Amityville Horror, this is a lurid tour through the real estate of some of the most grisly and fascinating crimes in American history.'

American Murder Houses

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Oregon

Trials of Franz Creffield and George Mitchell

Murdering Holiness explores the story of the "Holy Roller" sect led by Franz Creffield in the early years of the twentieth century. In the opening chapters, the authors introduce us to the community of Corvallis, Oregon, where Creffield, a charismatic, self-styled messiah, taught his followers to forsake their families and worldly possessions and to seek salvation through him. As his teachings became more extreme, the local community reacted: Creffield was tarred and feathered and his followers were incarcerated in the state asylum. Creffield himself was later imprisoned for adultery, but shortly after his release he revived the sect. This proved too much for some of the adherents' families, and in May 1906 George Mitchell, the brother of two women in the sect, pursued Creffield to Seattle and shot him dead.

Murdering Holiness

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Book club hardcover edition. Ramirez was a violent serial killer and those who may be sensitive to his despicable acts should take heed. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Massachusetts

The Life & Crimes of Richard Ramirez

The Night Stalker Hardcover

My Summers with a Serial Killer

Named Most Anticipated Crime Book of the Year by CrimeReads ​​A chilling true story—part memoir, part crime investigation—reminiscent of Ann Rule’s classic The Stranger Beside Me, about a little girl longing for love and how she found friendship with her charismatic babysitter—who was also a vicious serial killer. Growing up on Cape Cod in the 1960s, Liza Rodman was a lonely little girl. During the summers, while her mother worked days in a local motel and danced most nights in the Provincetown bars, her babysitter—the kind, handsome handyman at the motel where her mother worked—took her and her sister on adventures in his truck. He bought them popsicles and together, they visited his “secret garden” in the Truro woods. To Liza, he was one of the few kind and understanding adults in her life. Everyone thought he was just a “great guy.” But there was one thing she didn’t know; their babysitter was a serial killer. Some of his victims were buried—in pieces—right there, in his garden in the woods. Though Tony Costa’s gruesome case made screaming headlines in 1969 and beyond, Liza never made the connection between her friendly babysitter and the infamous killer of numerous women, including four in Massachusetts, until decades later. Haunted by nightmares and horrified by what she learned, Liza became obsessed with the case. Now, she and cowriter Jennifer Jordan reveal the chilling and unforgettable true story of a charming but brutal psychopath through the eyes of a young girl who once called him her friend.

The Babysitter

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New York

Stories of Death, Debauchery and Disaster from an Amusement Park near You

America's amusement parks have seen it all; deaths, dismemberment, shootings, stabbings, sex crimes, animal attacks and some down right crazy behavior. The amusement park industry claims your trip to an amusement park is one of the safest forms of entertainment in the country. Industry statistics state the odds of being severely injured on an amusement ride are 1 in 24 million; the chances of being killed on one are 1 in 750 million. However, if you are that one, your accident is likely catastrophic and devastating. Amusement Park 9-1-1 reveals the stories the amusement park industry doesn't want you to hear. Stories that may have you thinking twice when you're standing in line ready to board a thrill ride. • Do you know the federal government doesn't regulate the biggest names in the amusement park industry? • Do you know that Universal Studios, Orlando, actually claims their park is in an “Urban High-Crime Area”? • How did a roller coaster rider at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter go blind? Tragically, it had nothing to do with wizardry. • Is SeaWorld a prime target for terrorists? According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the park could be. • What do a church group, a bronze medal winning Olympic athlete, and a group of librarians all have in common? They claimed Six Flags Magic Mountain discriminated against them due to their race. • What NFL prospect took a 35-foot drop from a gondola ride at Busch Gardens and lived to tell about it? • Ever hear the old saying, “Bad things happen in threes”? In one evening, three people died at the largest amusement park in the mid-west. Strap on your seat belt and pull down the lap bar. These stories and many more are featured in Amusement Park 9-1-1, when thrill rides become kill rides.

Amusement Park 9-1-1

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Gregg Olsen

Kansas

A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

An Amazon Charts, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post bestseller. #1 New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen's shocking and empowering true-crime story of three sisters determined to survive their mother's house of horrors. After more than a decade, when sisters Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek hear the word mom, it claws like an eagle's talons, triggering memories that have been their secret since childhood. Until now. For years, behind the closed doors of their farmhouse in Raymond, Washington, their sadistic mother, Shelly, subjected her girls to unimaginable abuse, degradation, torture, and psychic terrors. Through it all, Nikki, Sami, and Tori developed a defiant bond that made them far less vulnerable than Shelly imagined. Even as others were drawn into their mother's dark and perverse web, the sisters found the strength and courage to escape an escalating nightmare that culminated in multiple murders. Harrowing and heartrending, If You Tell is a survivor's story of absolute evil--and the freedom and justice that Nikki, Sami, and Tori risked their lives to fight for. Sisters forever, victims no more, they found a light in the darkness that made them the resilient women they are today--loving, loved, and moving on.

If You Tell

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This went on a deployment so it’s not in brand new shape. There are some creases since it was stuffed in a bag for 6 months. Otherwise good condition. Spine isn’t cracked and it’s clean. #truecrime #nonfiction ##paperback #crime #cults 

North Dakota

The Truth Behind the World's Most Shocking Cults

The strange and sinister world of cults is a source of endless fascination. Their secrets, rituals and shadowy hierarchies make for some of the most disturbing and shocking revelations in history. Most chilling of all is the fact that many of their followers forfeit allindependence in order to carry out the often sadistic bidding of a mysterious master manipulator - and continue to defend their leader to this day. From Charles Manson, who instructed his followers to murder seven people, including a heavily pregnant Sharon Tate, to Aum Shinrikyo, the Japanese doomsday cult that carried out deadly terror attacks, and the People's Temple, these cults and their leaders transfix us with their extreme ability to commit savage acts of cruelty and depravity in the name of a self-appointed higher power. 50 shocking and international cults are brought to life, including: - The Manson Family - People's Temple - Colonia Dignidad - Thuggees - Aum Shinrikyo - Skopsty - Raëlism - Heaven's Gate

Cults

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#PaperBack #Macabre #Death #TrueCrime #Crime #CriminalForensics #History #Kidnapping #Murder #Dark #TedBundy #JackTheRipper #Dahmer #JeffreyDahmer #LizzieBorden

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Infamous Villains and Their Crimes, from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day

The lure of authentic true crime stories is irresistible-the more gruesome, brutal, or bizarre the better! Here, delivered in hard-hitting tabloid style, are hundreds of them, dating from the beginning of the 19th century to the present day, complete with contemporary illustrations. The list of perps includes the most notorious criminals of modern history, right up to Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned and raped his daughter for 24 years, and Armin Meiwes, the cannibal who found a willing victim.
Their true tales are told:
Lizzie Borden o Jack the Ripper o Al Capone o Charles Manson o Jeffrey Dahmer
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True Crime

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#hardcover #nonfiction #truecrime #serialkillers #hostory #crime #visualencyclopedia #largebook

Florida

This A-Z guide delves into the mind of the serial killer, with profiles of the most infamous multiple murderers from around the globe. Featuring some of the most cold-blooded serial killers of all time - including Charles Manson and the deceptively charming Ted Bundy.

The Visual Encyclopedia of Serial Killers

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Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales

A leading forensic anthropologist traces his sometimes grisly work at his Tennessee "body farm" lab and cites his contributions to the investigations of several murder cases as well as his theories about such famous cases as the Lindbergh kidnapping and the mystery of the headless corpse. Reprint.

Death's Acre

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Cheyna Roth

Virginia

Unidentified Serial Killers, Unsolved Kidnappings, and Mysterious Murders (Including the Zodiac Killer, Natalee Holloway's Disappearance, the Golden State Killer and More)

From mystifying heists to shocking murders, Cold Cases: A True Crime Collection features case file facts, fascinating details, and chilling testimonies of the world s most famous cold cases. Written for true crime junkies who love to speculate on the facts and theories surrounding their favourite cases, this book reads like you re having a conversation with a friend or listening to your favourite crime podcast. Each chapter delves deep into the facts, while also illuminating the many theories surrounding these mysteriously fascinating cases.

Cold Cases: a True Crime Collection

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Excellent, like new condition! Just a little mark on the top :) #paperback #truecrime #nonfiction #jamesrenner #truecrimeaddict #mauramurray #crimejunkie #mystery 

Michigan

How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray

In 2011, James began researching the strange disappearance of Maura Murray, a UMass student who went missing after wrecking her car in rural New Hampshire in 2004. Over the course of his investigation, he uncovers numerous important and shocking new clues about what may have happened to Maura, but also finds himself in increasingly dangerous situations with little regard for his own well-being. As his quest to find Maura deepens, the case starts taking a toll on his personal life, which begins to spiral out of control. - For fans of Serial and David Fincher's Zodiac

True Crime Addict

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Terry Sullivan

Peter T. Maiken

The John Wayne Gacy Murders

The state prosecutor at the Gacy trial recounts the police investigation that led to Gacy's arrest and details the course of Gacy's trial for the murder of 33 young men and boys. Reissue.

Killer Clown

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#paperback #sayyoulovesatan #outofprint #truecrime #horror #massmarketpaperback

The author draws on months of research and exclusive interviews to provide an account of the involvement of three Long Island teenagers with a deadly Satanic cult and the brutal torture-murder of one of the boys

Say You Love Satan

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Erika Krouse

California

The Story of a Private Investigation

Part memoir and part literary true crime, the mesmerizing story of a landmark sexual assault investigation and the female private investigator who helped crack it open. Erika Krouse has one of those faces. “I don’t know why I’m telling you this,” people say, spilling confessions. In fall 2002, Erika accepts a new contract job investigating lawsuits as a private investigator. The role seems perfect for her, but she quickly realizes she has no idea what she’s doing. Then a lawyer named Grayson assigns her to investigate a sexual assault, a college student who was attacked by football players and recruits at a party a year earlier. Erika knows she should turn the assignment down. Her own history with sexual violence makes it all too personal. But she takes the job anyway, inspired by Grayson’s conviction that he could help change things forever. And maybe she could, too. Over the next five years, Erika learns everything she can about P. I. technique, tracking down witnesses and investigating a culture of sexual assault and harassment ingrained in the university’s football program. But as the investigation grows into a national scandal and a historic civil rights case, Erika finds herself increasingly consumed. When the case and her life both implode at the same time, Erika must figure out how to help win the case without losing herself.

Tell Me Everything

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Sarah Weinman

New Hampshire

A Lost Girl, an Unthinkable Crime, and a Scandalous Masterpiece

“The Real Lolita is a tour de force of literary detective work. Not only does it shed new light on the terrifying true saga that influenced Nabokov’s masterpiece, it restores the forgotten victim to our consciousness.” —David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower Moon Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time. And yet, very few of its readers know that the subject of the novel was inspired by a real-life case: the 1948 abduction of eleven-year-old Sally Horner. Weaving together suspenseful crime narrative, cultural and social history, and literary investigation, The Real Lolita tells Sally Horner’s full story for the very first time. Drawing upon extensive investigations, legal documents, public records, and interviews with remaining relatives, Sarah Weinman uncovers how much Nabokov knew of the Sally Horner case and the efforts he took to disguise that knowledge during the process of writing and publishing Lolita. Sally Horner’s story echoes the stories of countless girls and women who never had the chance to speak for themselves. By diving deeper in the publication history of Lolita and restoring Sally to her rightful place in the lore of the novel’s creation, The Real Lolita casts a new light on the dark inspiration for a modern classic.

The Real Lolita

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#nonfiction #truecrime #crime #hardcover #McConnell #Periodpiece        Intrigue, deception, bribery, poison, murder—all play a central role in the story of Minnie Walkup, a young woman from New Orleans who began her life of crime when she was only sixteen years old.

Born in 1869 to Elizabeth and James Wallace, Minnie was a natural beauty and attended convent school where she learned social graces and how to play the piano. After the divorce of her parents, she was raised in multiple boardinghouses owned by her mother, and at one of them, met her first husband, James Reeves Walkup. At sixteen, she married Walkup, a forty-nine-year-old successful businessman and acting mayor of Emporia, Kansas. One month later, Walkup died from arsenic poisoning and his young wife was accused of murdering him. Her trial became one of the most sensational cases in Kansas history and was covered by reporters across the nation.

The Adventuress details Minnie Walkup’s remarkable life and criminal activities. Using newspaper articles, census and probate records, and descendants’ reports, true crime writer Virginia A. McConnell depicts a captivating story that is full of scandal, gossip, theft, and murder and that includes events taking place across the South and Midwest. McConnell reveals a fascinating cast of characters revolving around Minnie Walkup, including a former Louisiana governor and senator, a prominent Ohio banking family, the partner of a famous railway tycoon, and a sleazy district court judge from New Orleans. The Adventuress offers a Gilded Age soap opera that seems too far-fetched to be what it is—true.

A substantial contribution to crime history, The Adventuress is a welcome addition to any true crime reader’s collection.

New Jersey

murder, blackmail, and confidence games in the Gilded Age

The adventuress

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True crime novel about the Turpin family and the abuse the endured for years.

The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin Siblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue

From New York Times bestselling true crime author John Glatt comes the heartbreaking story of the Turpins: a seemingly normal family whose dark secrets would shock and captivate the world. On January 14, 2018, a seventeen-year-old girl climbed out of the window of her Perris, California home and dialed 911 with shaking fingers. Struggling to stay calm, she told the operator that she and her 12 siblings—ranging in age from 2 to 29—were being abused by their parents. When the dispatcher asked for her address, the girl hesitated. “I’ve never been out,” she stammered. To their family, neighbors, and online friends, Louise and David Turpin presented a picture of domestic bliss: dressing their thirteen children in matching outfits and buying them expensive gifts. But what police discovered when they entered the Turpin family home would eclipse the most shocking child abuse cases in history. For years, David and Louise had kept their children in increasing isolation, trapping them in a sinister world of torture, abuse, and near starvation. In the first major account of the case, investigative journalist and author John Glatt delves into the disturbing details and recounts the bravery of the thirteen siblings in the face of unimaginable horror.

The Family Next Door

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District of Columbia

The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World

Book club hardcover edition. Book is good with a jacket with edge wear and corner bumps. No writing. Not a ex lib. Nice hardcover for your collection until a first edition comes around. 

The Ted Bundy story as told by Ann Rule who worked with him at a crisis call center. Yikes!

Ted Bundy

The Stranger Beside Me Hardcover

#annrule #truecrime #suspense #mystery #paperback #nonfiction #massmarket Pages yellowed due to age. 

Ann Rule's Crime Files #14

THE MOST FATAL MISTAKE? Trust. It's the foundation of any enduring relationship between friends, lovers, spouses, and families. But when trust is placed in those who are not what they seem, the results can be deadly. Ann Rule, who famously chronicled her own shocking experience of unknowingly befriending a sociopath in The Stranger Beside Me, offers a riveting, all-new collection from her true-crime files, with the lethally shattered bonds of trust at the core of each bloodsoaked account. Whether driven to extreme violence by greed or jealousy, passion or rage, these calculating sociopaths targeted those closest to them -- unwitting victims whose last disbelieving words could well have been "but I trusted you...." Headlining this page-turning anthology is the case of middle-school counselor Chuck Leonard, found shot to death outside his Washington State home on an icy February morning. A complicated mix of family man and wild man, Chuck played hard and loved many...but who crossed the line by murdering him in cold blood? And why? The revelation is as stunning as the shattering crime itself, powerfully illuminating how those we think we know can ingeniously hide their destructive and homicidal designs. Along with other shattering cases, immaculately detailed and sharply analyzed by America's #1 true-crime writer, this fourteenth Crime Files volume is essential reading for getting inside the mind of the hidden killers among us.

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Murdering Holiness

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Say You Love Satan

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Tell Me Everything

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