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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

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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Karen Kilgariff

Georgia Hardstark

Virginia

The Definitive How-To Guide

The highly anticipated first book by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, the voices behind the #1 hit podcast My Favorite Murder! Sharing never-before-heard stories ranging from their struggles with depression, eating disorders, and addiction, Karen and Georgia irreverently recount their biggest mistakes and deepest fears, reflecting on the formative life events that shaped them into two of the most followed voices in the nation. In Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered, Karen and Georgia focus on the importance of self-advocating and valuing personal safety over being ‘nice’ or ‘helpful.’ They delve into their own pasts, true crime stories, and beyond to discuss meaningful cultural and societal issues with fierce empathy and unapologetic frankness. “My Favorite Murder started as a way for Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark to work through their fears. Now it’s a worldwide community.... Even its darkest moments are lightened by Karen and Georgia's effortlessly funny banter and genuine empathy.” —RollingStone.com

Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Florida

Nicholas Pileggi's vivid, unvarnished, journalistic chronicle of the life of Henry Hill--the working-class Brooklyn kid who knew from age twelve that "to be a wiseguy was to own the world," who grew up to live the highs and lows of the mafia gangster's life--has been hailed as "the best book ever written on organized crime" (Cosmopolitan).

This is the true-crime bestseller that was the basis for Martin Scorsese's film masterpiece GoodFellas, which brought to life the violence, the excess, the families, the wives and girlfriends, the drugs, the payoffs, the paybacks, the jail time, and the Feds...with Henry Hill's crackling narration drawn straight out of Wiseguy and overseeing all the unforgettable action.

Read it and experience the secret life inside the mob--from one who's lived it.

Wise Guy

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Adrian Havill

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A True Story of Cannibalism and Serial Murder

Hadden Clark, a homeless forty-year-old man from Bethesda, Maryland, confessed to murdering over one dozen women after his arrest in 1992.

Born Evil

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Ann Rule

This book is a very good thrilling story about the I-5 killer and how everything was happening.

The terrifying true crime story of the I-5 serial killer from Ann Rule, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me. Randall Woodfield had it all. He was an award-winning student and star athlete. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers to play in the NFL, and chosen by Playgirl as a centerfold candidate. Working in the swinging West Coast bar scene, he had his pick of willing sexual prospects. But Randall Woodfield wanted more than just sex. An appetite for unspeakable violent acts led him to cruise the I-5 highway through California, Oregon, and Washington, leaving a trail of victims along the way. As the list of his victims grew to a total of at least 44, the police faced the awesome challenge of catching and convicting a suspect who seemed too handsome and appealing to have committed such ugly crimes--crimes that filled every woman within his striking range with feat and horror....

The I-5 Killer

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Mary Kay McBrayer

Texas

Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster (Mind of a Serial Killer, True Crime, Violence in Society, Criminology)

The Making of a Female Serial KillerFor readers who are fascinated by how serial killers are made. This book is for listeners of true crime podcasts and readers of both fiction and true crime nonfiction. It is for watchers of television shows like Deadly Women and Mindhunter, who are fascinated by how killers are made. It's for self-conscious feminists, Americans trying to bootstrap themselves into success, and anyone who loves a vigilante beatdown, especially one gone off the rails. America's first female serial killer was not always a killer. America's First Female Serial Killer novelizes the true story of first-generation Irish-American nurse Jane Toppan, born as Honora Kelley. Although all the facts are intact, books about her life and her crimes are all facts and no story. Jane Toppan was absolutely a monster, but she did not start out that way. Making of a serial killer. When Jane was a young child, her father abandoned her and her sister to the Boston Female Asylum. From there, Jane was indentured to a wealthy family who changed her name, never adopted her, wrote her out of the will, and essentially taught her how to hate herself. Jilted at the altar, Jane became a nurse and took control of her life, and the lives of her victims. Readers of America's First Female Serial Killer : * Will gain insight into the personal development of a severely damaged person without rationalizing her crimes * Experience the rarely told story of a female serial killer * Understand that even monsters were humans, firstIf you enjoyed books such as In Cold Blood, Perfume, Alias Grace, or Devil in the White City ; you will love reading America's First Female Serial Killer .

America's First Female Serial Killer

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Jaycee Dugard

Pennsylvania

A Memoir

The woman abducted at age 11 by a man and woman who subsequently held her hostage and sexually abused her for 18 years discusses her life. Reprint.

A Stolen Life

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#paperback #truecrime #truestory #nonfiction 

Tennessee

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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Vincent Ralph

Accidentally bought two and threw out the receipt. 

Utah

Ten years ago, Jess's mother was murdered by suspected serial killer, the Magpie Man. She was the first of his victims but not the last.Jess is the star of a YouTube reality series and she's using her platform to catch the killer once and for all. She knows that thirteen people have been killed at the hand of the Magpie Man, and it's only a matter of time before he claims his next victim. Jess is convinced that someone, somewhere knows something. And she's going to leverage her show to shine a fresh light on a cold case.The whole world is watching her every move. And so is the Magpie Man.

14 Ways To Die

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Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

In this instant New York Times bestselling account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow exposes serial abusers and a cabal of powerful interests hell-bent on covering up the truth, at any cost. In 2017, a routine network television investigation led Ronan Farrow to a story only whispered about: one of Hollywood's most powerful producers was a predator, protected by fear, wealth, and a conspiracy of silence. As Farrow drew closer to the truth, shadowy operatives, from high-priced lawyers to elite war-hardened spies, mounted a secret campaign of intimidation, threatening his career, following his every move, and weaponizing an account of abuse in his own family. All the while, Farrow and his producer faced a degree of resistance they could not explain -- until now. And a trail of clues revealed corruption and cover-ups from Hollywood to Washington and beyond. This is the untold story of the exotic tactics of surveillance and intimidation deployed by wealthy and connected men to threaten journalists, evade accountability, and silence victims of abuse. And it's the story of the women who risked everything to expose the truth and spark a global movement. Both a spy thriller and a meticulous work of investigative journalism, Catch and Kill breaks devastating new stories about the rampant abuse of power and sheds far-reaching light on investigations that shook our culture. INDIE BOUND #1 BESTSELLERUSA TODAY BESTSELLERWALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER

Catch and Kill

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This is one if ny favorite wrters, his books are hard to put down. This book is in great condition.

The Partner 

Paul Holes

Robin Gaby Fisher

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

From the detective who found the Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America's toughest cold cases and the rewards-and toll-of a life solving crime.

I order another bourbon, neat. This is the drink that will flip the switch. I don't even know how I got here, to this place, to this point. Something is happening to me lately. I'm drinking too much. My sheets are soaking wet when I wake up from nightmares of decaying corpses. I order another drink and swig it, trying to forget about the latest case I can't shake.

Crime solving for me is more complex than the challenge of the hunt, or the process of piecing together a scientific puzzle. The thought of good people suffering drives me, for better or worse, to the point of obsession. People always ask how I am able to detach from the horrors of my work. Part of it is an innate capacity to compartmentalize; the rest is experience and exposure, and I've had plenty of both. But I have always taken pride in the fact that I can keep my feelings locked up to get the job done. It's only been recently that it feels like all that suppressed darkness is beginning to seep out.

When I look back at my long career, there is a lot I am proud of. I have caught some of the most notorious killers of the twenty-first century and brought justice and closure for their victims and families. I want to tell you about a lifetime solving these cold cases, from Laci Peterson to Jaycee Dugard to the Pittsburg homicides to, yes, my twenty-year-long hunt for the Golden State Killer.

But a deeper question eats at me as I ask myself, at what cost? I have sacrificed relationships, joy--even fatherhood--because the pursuit of evil always came first. Did I make the right choice? It's something I grapple with every day. Yet as I stand in the spot where a young girl took her last breath, as I look into the eyes of her family, I know that, for me, there has never been a choice. "I don't know if I can solve your case," I whisper. "But I promise I will do my best."

It is a promise I know I can keep.

Unmasked

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The woman abducted at age 11 by a man and woman who subsequently held her hostage and sexually abused her for 18 years discusses her life.

John Mattingly

Ohio

A Police Officer's Firsthand Account of the Breonna Taylor Raid

You might think you know what happened in the tragic shooting of Breonna Taylor, but no one knows that better than the lead officer on the scene, Sergeant John Mattingly.

 

However, with the full support of the mainstream media, Black Lives Matter activists and other leftist groups immediately pounced on the tragedy, exploiting Breonna's death and twisting the story--in some cases, telling outright lies--to bolster a shameful "All Cops Are Bastards" narrative and radical "Defund the Police" agenda.

 

In 12 Seconds in the Dark: A Police Officer's Firsthand Account of the Breonna Taylor Raid, Sgt. Mattingly tells what really happened that horrible night. A twenty-year police veteran with an impeccable record, Mattingly takes readers inside the Louisville Metro Police Department's response to suspected criminal activity that night, debunking lie after lie about what happened, including:

 

 * The officers followed standard forced-entry protocol--and even gave the suspect more time than usual to respond before entering.

 * Taylor's boyfriend inside the apartment most certainly knew it was the police who were at his door, despite falsely claiming the police did not announce or identify themselves.

 * Breonna should not have died that night, but her death did not happen the way the media told you.

 



In this gritty and suspenseful true story, Mattingly sets the record straight on this shocking story that gripped the nation.




12 Seconds in the Dark

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Massachusetts

Turns out that reading nothing but true crime isn't exactly conducive to modern dating--and one woman is going to have to learn how to give love a chance when she's used to suspecting the worst.
 
PhD candidate Phoebe Walsh has always been obsessed with true crime. She's even analyzing the genre in her dissertation--if she can manage to finish writing it. It's hard to find the time while she spends the summer in Florida, cleaning out her childhood home, dealing with her obnoxiously good-natured younger brother, and grappling with the complicated feelings of mourning a father she hadn't had a relationship with for years.
 
It doesn't help that she's low-key convinced that her new neighbor, Sam Dennings, is a serial killer (he may dress business casual by day, but at night he's clearly up to something). It's not long before Phoebe realizes that Sam might be something much scarier--a genuinely nice guy who can pierce her armor to reach her vulnerable heart.

Love in the Time of Serial Killers

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#hardcover #nonfiction #botm #truecrime #americanfire #bookofthemonth 

Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land

Documents the trial of a man charged with dozens of counts of arson in a rural Virginia county, sharing insight into his struggles with addiction, his relationship with his accomplice girlfriend, and the impact of the fires on their community.

American Fire

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Beverly Lowry

Some sticker residue on the cover and some warping on the back dust jacket. Otherwise, perfect.

North Dakota

The Twenty-Five-Year History of Austin's Yogurt Shop Murders

"On December 6, 1991, the naked, bound-and-gagged bodies of ... four girls--each one shot in the head--were found in an I Can't Believe It's Yogurt! shop in Austin, Texas. Grief, shock, and horror spread out from their families and friends to overtake the city itself. Though all branches of law enforcement were brought to bear, the investigation was often misdirected and after eight years only two men (then teenagers) were tried; moreover, their subsequent convictions were eventually overturned, and Austin PD detectives are still working on what is now a very cold case"--]cProvided by publisher.

Who Killed These Girls?

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#paperback #fiction #suspensethrillers #youngadult #youngadultfiction #thriller #fiction #truecrime 
Brand new and no faults just accidentally purchased twice

Minnesota

Are You Watching?

Tori Telfer

Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion

"Why do we love stories about scammers so much? Journalist Tori Telfer dives into the stories of historical female con women and explains why we are so enamored by their scams"--

Confident Women

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Jack Rosewood

This is a great TRUE crime anthology- Vol. #7. It contains 12 shocking true crime murder cases. Jack Rosewood is a great detailed writer. Even if you've heard about certain crimes, I'm sure you'll learn new details that were not published before. Enjoy 

12 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases

Open the pages of this true crime anthology to learn about twelve more true crime stories that shocked communities and grabbed headlines around the world. You will learn about tragic cases of family annihilation and relationships gone horribly wrong. Among the most shocking of these cases is the murder of the Westerhuis family in South Dakota, who on the outside appeared to by an all-American family, but inside they harbored a felonious secret. A trio of politically motivated murder stories will also keep you intrigued and glued to the pages of this book. Two of the cases involve hate crimes committed in the United States, while the other was the first major act of Islamic terrorism in the U.S. The three cases were also examples of organized crime, much like the murder of Australian biker Wayne Rodney Schneider. You may be shocked when you learn that the criminal investigation of Schneider's murder has uncovered suspects from two different continents and that the actual crime took place on a third continent. Unfortunately, many of the cases profiled in this book involve innocent victims, such as nine-year-old Amber Lucius who was murdered by her own mother. Now that you have been warned, open the pages of this book and learn about twelve more high-profile true crime murder cases. You may be distributed at times, but if you enjoy learning about forensic science and criminal investigation procedures, then this is the book for you!

True Crime Stories Volume 7

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Rebecca Lo

This is a great TRUE crime anthology- Vol. #2. It contains 12 shocking true crime murder cases. Jack Rosewood is a great detailed writer. Even if you've heard about certain crimes, I'm sure you'll learn new details that were not published before. Enjoy 

A little girl gets snatched while playing in the snow and her tiny body is found days later. This is a 43-year old murder mystery that was finally solved, but was it really? There are many people who don't think so. There's also the story of a transgender woman who died in terribly suspicious circumstances, a case that would come to be the focus of change amongst the local police force due to the interactions she had with officers on the night of her death, as well as cause an outcry amongst the community. And who really killed the Al-Hilli family in the French Alps, leaving two little girls without parents, and why? Was there a link to a Middle Eastern dictator? And what secrets did Mrs. Al-Hilli keep from her family? These are just a few of the cases discussed in this true crime anthology. From the victim or victims, the crime scene, and the criminal investigations that ensued, we follow twelve true crime stories, some of which are solved, and some that are still a mystery. We also take a look at cases where wrongful convictions have occurred, and why. These true murder stories will take you on a journey across the globe, and even back in time in some cases. Family massacres, individual true crime murder cases, and situations where murder goes unseen in a suicide case, plus many more, will all keep you enthralled, from chapter to chapter.

True Crime Stories Volume 2

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This is a great TRUE crime anthology- Vol. #1. It contains 12 shocking true crime murder cases. Jack Rosewood is a great detailed writer. Even if you've heard about certain crimes, I'm sure you'll learn new details that were not published before. Enjoy 

The world can be a very strange place in general and when you open the pages of this true crime anthology you will quickly learn that the criminal world specifically can be as bizarre as it is dangerous. In the following book, you will be captivated by mysterious missing person cases that defy all logic and a couple cases of murderous mistaken identity. Follow along as detectives conduct criminal investigations in order to solve cases that were once believed to be unsolvable. Every one of the crime cases chronicled in the pages of this book are as strange and disturbing as the next. The twelve true crime stories in this book will keep you riveted as you turn the pages, but they will probably also leave you with more questions than answers. For instance, you will be left pondering how two brothers from the same family could disappear with no trace in similar circumstances over ten years apart. You will also wonder how two women with the same first and last names, but with no personal connections, could be murdered within the same week in the same city. The examination of a number of true crime murder cases that went cold, but were later solved through scientific advances, will also keep you intrigued and reading. Open the pages of this book, if you dare, to read some of the most bizarre cases of disappearances, mistaken identity, and true murder. Some of the cases will disturb and anger you, but make no mistake, you will want to keep reading!

True Crime Stories

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Brenda Brown

True Crime Seven

Ryan Becker

This is Volume #2 from Ryan Beckers "MURDERERS Everywhere" series. The unforgettable true stories of Compulsive Serial Killers on the West Coast.

Murder is very practical, really. It doesn't take too much time or effort once you're used to it. You don't have to wait for the paycheck; you take it. You don't have to look for pleasure; you take it. The people who populate these pages have found all the shadows in the sun-drenched state of California. They have leaped from nameless victim to nameless victim. Each killer's only challenge was finding a spot to hide the leftover bones. Grisly, browned bones sometimes covered with muscles that looked like meat jerky occasionally turned up in backyards, discarded moldy rugs, or grime-smudged garbage bins. But as long as their victims had wallets and IDs, killers could make a living if they chose to. Of course, if one had a cause to fight for, more planning might be involved... not too elaborate... not too memorable... just efficient. This book covers famous and not-so-famous murderers, but the deaths they dealt to their victims were just as deadly, gruesome, and fatal. It didn't matter to these soulless murderers whether death came to their anguished victims by knife, gun, bayonet, or bare hands. What Amazon readers are saying: ★★★★★ "Get the book, you'll love it!" ★★★★★ "Though the book is short, you will get your chills as you read each chapter." ★★★★★ "The cases are told in a way that states facts without putting you to sleep. I rather enjoyed it!" ★★★★★ "The chapters were surprisingly in-depth for the length they were." Read on and discover the stories behind the lingering silent sounds of those who no longer walk above ground in California--a state meant for its beauty, beaches, and bright sun.

Murderers in California: the Unforgettable True Stories of Compulsive Serial Killers on the West Coast

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Volume 1 in a series by Ryan Becker. After reading this, youll want to add the other volumes. 
" Sometimes the truth is more appalling than any fiction..."

What goes on in the mind of a murderous killer? What is it about some people that lead them to commit murder? Is there something that is different or is it simply a switch that gets turned? Murderous Minds: Stories of Real Life Murderers that Escaped the Headlines offers a look into the lives of individuals who become didn't just become killers, but who managed to avoid the media storm that usually accompanies them. Inside, you will read about people like: Sante Kimes, a sixty-five-year-old mother who was driven by greed and who committed multiple murders with her son Robert James Acremant, the MBA graduate who murdered three people in order to continue getting lap dances from a stripper that he became infatuated with Larry Gene Ashbrook, who became deluded into thinking that strangers were accusing him of murder. When he could not take in anymore, he carried out a massacre at the Wedgwood Baptist Church Each story harbors its own distinct narrative and reasoning for the perpetrators of these heinous crimes, along with the background to the case, their lives and the aftermath of their actions. Sometimes the truth is more appalling than anything fiction can provide, and Murderous Minds proves it once again! Get your copy now and get inside the minds of murderers like never before!

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Erika Krouse

Tell Me Everything

Karen Kilgariff; Georgia Hardstark

Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered

Nicholas Pileggi

Wise Guy

Adrian Havill

Born Evil

Ann Rule

The I-5 Killer

Mary Kay McBrayer

America's First Female Serial Killer

Jaycee Dugard

A Stolen Life

Gregg Olsen

If You Tell

Vincent Ralph

14 Ways To Die

Ronan Farrow

Catch and Kill

Jihn Grisham

The Partner

Paul Holes; Robin Gaby Fisher

Unmasked

Jaycee Dugard

A Stolen Life

John Mattingly

12 Seconds in the Dark

Alicia Thompson

Love in the Time of Serial Killers

Monica Hesse

American Fire

Beverly Lowry

Who Killed These Girls?

Vincent Ralph

Are You Watching?

Tori Telfer

Confident Women

Jack Rosewood

True Crime Stories Volume 7

Jack Rosewood; Rebecca Lo

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Jack Rosewood

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Murderers in California: the Unforgettable True Stories of Compulsive Serial Killers on the West Coast

Ryan Becker

Murderous Minds: Stories of Real Life Murderers That Escaped the Headlines