Category: True Crime

Author James Fielder Description Never Trust a Chained Captive.That was one of the rules David Parker Ray posted on the isolated property where he and his girlfriend Cynthia Hendy lived near New Mexico’s Elephant Butte Lake. They called their windowless trailer The Toybox. Over the years they lured countless young women into its chamber of […]

Author Steve Jackson Description “Welcome To My Mortuary!”Those were the words of William Lee “Cody” Neal, 43, to Angela Fite on July 5, 1998, after luring the pretty 28-year-old to the Denver, Colorado townhouse he’d turned into a den of torture and slaughter. With twisted pleasure, he showed her two dead female bodies on the […]

Author John Berendt Description Shots rang out in Savannah’s grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981.  Was it murder or self-defense?  For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares.  John Berendt’s sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly […]

Author Stephen Breen Description The No 1 Bestseller!’A triumph’ Nicola Tallant, Sunday World Crime World podcast’An incredible catalogue of mayhem … amazing’ Pat Kenny, Newstalk’Riveting’ Irish TimesMeet the Wilsons – the deadliest family in crimeBrothers Eric, Keith and John Wilson, their cousin Alan, and nephew Luke shared a trade – assassination. Working for Ireland’s criminal […]

Author Robert K. Ressler Description LEARN THE TRUE STORY OF ONE OF THE FBI PROFILERS WHO COINED THE PHRASE “SERIAL KILLER”Face-to-face with some of America’s most terrifying killers, FBI veteran Robert K. Ressler learned how to identify the unknown monsters who walk among us — and put them behind bars. In Whoever Fights Monsters, Ressler—the […]

Author Stephen Breen Description The No 1 Bestseller’A fascinating read’ Seán O’Rourke, RTÉ Radio One’Fat’ Freddie Thompson first appeared in court in 1997. He was sixteen and already aspiring to be a major crime boss. Over the next twenty years his criminal career would be marked by mayhem, brutality and murder.In 2000 a row over […]

Author Ronan Farrow Description Now an HBO documentary series streaming on HBO Max. One of the Best Books of the Year  Time * NPR * Washington Post * Bloomberg News * Chicago Tribune * Chicago Public Library * Fortune * Los Angeles Times * E! News * The Telegraph * Apple * Library Journal  In this […]

Author John E. Douglas Description Now a Netflix original series Discover the classic, behind-the-scenes chronicle of John E. Douglas’ twenty-five-year career in the FBI Investigative Support Unit, where he used psychological profiling to delve into the minds of the country’s most notorious serial killers and criminals.In chilling detail, the legendary Mindhunter takes us behind the […]

Author Clifford Stoll Description Before the Internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive U.S. citizen recognized its ominous potential. Armed with clear evidence of computer espionage, he began a highly personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatened national security. But would the authorities back him up? […]

Author John Dickie Description The Italian-American mafia has its roots in a mysterious and powerful criminal network in Sicily. While the mythology of the mafia has been widely celebrated in American culture, the true origins of its rituals, laws, and methods have never actually been revealed. John Dickie uses startling new research to expose the […]