Crime category: 24427 books

So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Escape from Alcatraz tells you what you need to know—before or after you read J. Campbell Bruce’s book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.   This...

Classic chronicles of criminals and capers! Collecting issues #7-#12 of Crime SuspenStories from the immortal artistic talents of Al Feldstein, Johnny Craig, Jack Kamen, Jack Davis, Graham Ingles, and George Roussos. Featuring a foreword by Matt Kindt (MIND MGMT, Suicide Squad: Walled In)! Praise...

"This upsetting account of a Los Angeles serial killer, written with passion by Christine Pelisek, an investigative crime reporter who spent 10 years working the case, blurts out a hard truth that no one wants to acknowledge . . . [She] tries to restore dignity to some of the victims by drawing...

“[A] juicy page turner . . . capturing both the allure and the perils of the dream factory that promised riches and fame.”—New York Times Book Review The gruesome 1947 murder of hopeful starlet Elizabeth Short holds a permanent place in American lore as one of our most inscrutable true-crime...

Violence and crime stain the pages of U.S. history, and sadly, they're all but certain to be part of our future. Still, the criminal mind fascinates us, and you couldn't name or number all the TV shows, movies and novels that all but glamorize true crime. This unique book features the...

In this newly revised and expanded third edition of “Corroborating Evidence,” William Rasmussen, author of three previous true-crime books, continues his investigation into famous, unsolved criminal cases by focusing on two separate, unrelated stories. The first zeroes in on the Cleveland Torso...

Join us in a look at the world’s most notorious unsolved crimes! Crime has always been of interest to people and when it is unable to be solved, it becomes even more interesting. This book will take a look at some of the more famous crimes that have been committed in recent memory and the...

Une banale enquête sur une personne disparue se transforme en chasse à l'homme aux moeurs déviantes et dérangeantes... Ed Brubaker et Sean Phillips s'associent à Michael Lark pour un polar noir et réaliste qui préfigure Criminal. Tentant de reconstruire sa vie brisée, le détective...

The tale of two unlikely partners in crime set in New York City's “Roaring Twenties. PUBLICATION IN 4 VOLUMES - COMPLETED WORK. Nola is a poor white girl who has learned to survive by hook or by crook since being expelled from an orphanage. Slim is a black pimp with an uncertain past, always trying...

The electrifying true crime story of Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, the handsome, Princeton-educated physician convicted of savagely slaying his young pregnant wife and two small children—murders he vehemently denies committing... Bestselling author Joe McGinniss chronicles every aspect of this horrifying...

In the bestselling tradition of Wiseguy and Boss of Bosses -- the inside story of the fall of the "Teflon Don" The team: A handpicked squad of FBI agents -- led by a war hero determined to get the job done. The target: John Gotti, the seemingly invincible head of the richest and most powerful...

From the New York Times bestselling series, Notorious USA PRAISE FOR KEVIN M. SULLIVAN The Bundy Murders "Despite the multitude of books about Bundy, The Bundy Murders offers fresh material     and ideas about Bundy's predatory movements. Well-researched and...

Mother. Caretaker. Murderous monster—by the Edgar Award–winning “Elmore Leonard of true crime” (Tod Goldberg, New York Times–bestselling author). Jerry Heimann, of Everett, Washington, had been diagnosed with terminal cancer when he hired Barbara Marie Opel as a live-in housekeeper...

WELCOME TO HEARTLAND HORRORS, THE NEWEST box set of the New York Times bestselling series of tales of America’s most notorious criminals and the crimes that shaped the places we call home. In this collection you’ll have no better guide through the darkest side of Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas than...