True Crime Fiction

Ride along with the New Orleans police department as the officers work together to solve unusual happenings in this unique, historic city. You’ll meet Zack Nelson, a former police officer, now living in a retirement center because of his daughter-in-law’s illness. While he’s not keen to move, he does so temporarily to help his son, Tom, and Patty cope with the medical issues.

Beginning in June, 1962, the Boston area was terrorized for 18 months by an elusive serial killer who sexually assaulted and then strangled a succession of women. Boasting that he was the killer and that he had raped an additional 2,000 victims, Albert DeSalvo's horrific story became the subject of a best-selling book and a major Hollywood movie. But it was all a monstrous hoax: DeSalvo was not the Boston Strangler.

Welcome back to Unsolved: Serial Killers, the fourth volume with 10 more frightening cases of serial killers you’ve never heard of and the victims whose names have long been forgotten. Featuring some of the most shocking and notorious killers that are still possibly out there, prepare to take a journey from continent to continent with terrible crimes that will make your stomach turn, committed with such ferocity and utter disregard for the sanctity of life that it will make you hold on tight to your loved ones.

A Chicago, la giovane Esther Vaughan scompare senza lasciare traccia dall'appartamento che condivide con un'altra ragazza, Quinn Collins. Quando tra i suoi effetti personali viene ritrovata una lettera che inizia con le parole "Mia adorata", la coinquilina inizia a chiedersi dove sia finita e se sia davvero la persona che lei credeva. Contemporaneamente, in una piccola cittadina portuale alle porte di Chicago, una donna si presenta nella caffetteria in cui Alex Gallo lavora come lavapiatti. L'attrazione tra i due è istantanea, ma quella che inizia come una cotta innocente presto si sviluppa in qualcosa di molto più torbido.

Mutig, clever & hautnah an der Realität: Im Rechtsmedizin-Thriller "Mit kalter Präzision" von Bestseller-Autor Michael Tsokos ermittelt erstmals Dr. Sabine Yao aus Berlin. Der erste Teil von Michael Tsokos‘ neuer True-Crime-Thriller-Reihe. "Mit kalter Präzision" ist der Start der neuen rechtsmedizinischen Reihe von Michael Tsokos. Hauptfigur ist Dr. Sabine Yao, die wir bereits als Rechtsmedizinerin im Sektionssaal an der Seite von Dr. Fred Abel aus der berühmten Fred Abel-Thriller-Reihe von Michael Tsokos kennen.

In book one of Nick Denmon's groundbreaking An Upstate New York Mafia Tale series, undercover cop Alex Vaughn goes deeper than ever into the organized crime family of Buffalo, NY. Motivated by justice and revenge, he seeks out the assassin that laid his friend Jack low. Professional killer Rafael Rontego traverses the deadly politics of Buffalo’s mafia underbelly. In a city whose winter can be just as deadly as those wielding power, Rontego tries to stay ahead of the game.

Trügerische Erinnerung, tödliche Familienbande. Kalifornien, Sommer 1975: Die Kleinstadt Ojai wird von einem grausamen Doppelmord erschüttert: Die 14-jährige Poppy und der 17-jährige Danny werden erstochen in ihrem Elternhaus aufgefunden. Ein ungeheuerlicher Verdacht macht die Runde: Wurden die beiden von ihrem eigenen Bruder getötet? Kalifornien, 2024: Ghostwriterin Olivia Dumont erhält einen Auftrag, den sie am liebsten ablehnen würde. Sie soll ein Buch für ihren Vater schreiben, den gefeierten Schriftsteller Vincent Taylor.

Vigilantes occupy a curious space in our collective psyche. On one hand, they are seen as almost modern knights, seeking truth and justice where the law has failed, while on the other they are no better than the criminals they seek, operating outside of normal societal conventions. In this audiobook, Vigilantes and the Media: 8 Horrific True Crime Stories of Vigilantes, we examine the lives of real vigilantes who often had their own agendas.

She has dealt with her fair share of issues, having raised four children. Drug addiction, school suspensions, suicide scares, childhood disease, and her oldest daughter being gang raped, which led to a teen pregnancy. Finally, they were all young adults, and it seemed as if the worst was behind them until the oldest daughter came home one day and told them something that made their world stop. For months, it was like someone had pushed the slow-motion button on the remote of their lives as they tried to comprehend what their daughter must have gone through without them knowing anything.

Ein brutaler Serienmörder hinterlässt rätselhafte Hieroglyphen. Das Land steht Kopf. Als eine populäre True-Crime-Podcasterin in den Fall verwickelt wird, geraten die Ermittler unter unerbittlichen Druck. In Malmö wird eine Leiche mit einem Krokodilkopf gefunden. Der frisch verwitwete Kommissar Jon Nordh und seine strafversetzte Kollegin Svea Karhuu stehen vor einem Rätsel.

Первое официально задокументированное дело российского серийного убийцы относится к началу XX века. В Петербурге была найдена мертвая девушка-проститутка, убитая особо изощренным способом. Судя по всему, убийство ритуальное, и следующая жертва тому подтверждение. Константин Маршал, помощник начальника столичного сыска, ищет преступника, но тот мастерски путает следы. А между тем убийца совсем рядом, и жизнь любимой женщины сыщика висит на волоске. Роман основан на реальных событиях.

Spannung garantiert: Ein toter Journalist und ein dunkles Geheimnis. Der packende und szenische Krimi Eisfeld – Dunkle Enthüllungen ist der 2. Fall für Mara Eisfeld, der neuen starken Frau beim LKA Berlin. Kriminalhauptkommissarin Mara Eisfeld muss sich gleich mit zwei Unannehmlichkeiten auseinandersetzen: Neben den Mediationsgesprächen beim Jugendamt, auf die ihr Noch-Ehemann Matti besteht, um ihrem gemeinsamen Sohn die Trennung so leicht wie möglich zu machen, taucht auch noch ihr Vater unangekündigt in der Stadt auf.

Society has created many great men; yet before they were great, they were persecuted. During their plights, they stood up for what they believed in; even when others were afraid to stand. They were galvanized by truths, which created followers. It was then that trends emerged. The trends contradicted the norm and uprooted communities, which created fear. Society rejects what it does not understand. The unknown makes them tremble. The thought makes them cower.

John Douglas war der erste Profiler des FBI und ist Vorbild für den FBI-Agenten Holden Ford in der Netflix-Serie "Mindhunter". In seinem Buch, auf dem die Erfolgsserie basiert, erzählt Douglas nicht nur, wie er die Praxis des Profilings erfand, etablierte und perfektionierte, sondern auch von seinen Begegnungen mit den gefährlichsten Killern der USA, darunter Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Ed Kemper und Ed Gein, dem Thomas Harris als Buffalo Bill in "Das Schweigen der Lämmer" ein literarisches Denkmal setzte.

Mass Murder in the Sky: The Bombing of Flight 629 is a 7,063 word historical true crime piece about mass killer, Jack Gilbert Graham. It tells the shocking story of hatred, revenge, mass murder, terrorism, and a bizarre dynamite bomb Christmas gift that brought a plane down in the Colorado sky more than half a century ago, killing all forty-four passengers and crew, and the intense investigation that resulted in bringing the killer to justice and paying the ultimate price for his brutal crimes.

Heiress Stella Burke is plagued by insincere suitors and nonstop headaches. Exhausting all other medical aides for her migraines, Stella reads Fasting for the Cure of Disease by Linda Hazzard and determines to go to the spa the author runs. Stella’s chauffer and long-time friend, Henry Clayton, is reluctant to leave her at the spa. Something doesn’t feel right to him, still Stella submits herself into Linda Hazzard’s care. Stella soon learns the spa has a dark side and Linda a mean streak. But when Stella has had enough, all ways to leave are suddenly blocked.

Wanna know who murdered Diana? Volume 4 of the Who Murdered? book series is one of the most extensively researched and most unique books on Princess Diana’s death ever published. This investigative masterpiece was created at the expense of 3981 hours of research, investigation, and production labor. For the first time, a one of a kind, “tell-all” book uses new evidence to delve deep into the power players, their agenda, and the identities of the people who planned her murder.

Pageturner-Garantie: der 22. Thriller mit dem Kult-Ermittler Aloysius Pendergast! Im fesselnden Abenteuer-Thriller Poison – Schwestern der Vergeltung lassen die Bestseller-Autoren Preston & Child ihre Helden auf ein explosives Finale mit dem wahnsinnigen Serienkiller Enoch Leng zusteuern. Ein verzweifelter Deal wird gebrochen. Constance Greene stellt sich Enoch Leng, Manhattans gefährlichstem Serienmörder, und will dadurch das Leben ihrer Schwester erkaufen – doch sie wird verraten und mit leeren Händen abgewiesen.

Die Ermittlungsbehörden haben ihre Arbeit getan, aus Beschuldigten sind Angeklagte geworden: In den zehn Fällen dieses Buches sind sie des Mordes oder des versuchten Mordes angeklagt, des Totschlags, der Brandstiftung, des Menschenhandels, des Betruges, der Cyberkriminalität ... Sie haben das Recht auf ein faires Verfahren und einen Strafverteidiger an der Seite. Bernd Hesse, als Strafverteidiger tätig, erzählt über "Fälle vor Gericht", authentische Fälle aus seiner Berufspraxis.

Shattered Justice, bearing the title chosen by Paul Smith (Sheriff of Mayes County, OK, from 1981 to 1985), describes Smith’s squelched efforts to get justice for three little Girl Scouts murdered deep in the woods just outside Locust Grove, OK, on June 13, 1977. Lori Farmer, 8, Doris “Denise” Milner, 10, and Michelle Gusé, 9, were bludgeoned and strangled while sharing a tent during their first night of summer camp.