Murder & Mayhem Books


Blood AmbushBlood Ambush
Best Price: $2.00
True crime lovers beware, there's nothing to read here. Details of motions, prison...
Tears of Rage: From Grieving Father to Crusader for Justice : The Untold Story of the Adam Wlash CaseTears of Rage: From Grieving Father to Crusader for Justice : The Untold Story of the Adam Wlash Case
I have been watching Americas Most Wanted almost since it began. I came to know John Walsh that...
Invisible Eden: A Story Of Love and Murder On Cape CodInvisible Eden: A Story Of Love and Murder On Cape Cod
Best Price: $10.95
The book is ok but I was beginning to feel I wouldn't receive the book at all. Shipping was...
Lynchings of Women in the United States: The Recorded Cases, 1851-1946 (Twenty-First Century Works)Lynchings of Women in the United States: The Recorded Cases, 1851-1946 (Twenty-First Century Works)
Best Price: $39.95
Between 1850 and 1950, at least 115 women were lynched by mobs in the United States. The...
The Complete History of Jack the RipperThe Complete History of Jack the Ripper
This book is scarier than any "horror" book I've read in the last ten...


Twisted Triangle: A Famous Crime Writer, a Lesbian Love Affair, and the FBI Husband's Violent RevengeTwisted Triangle: A Famous Crime Writer, a Lesbian Love Affair, and the FBI Husband's Violent Revenge
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Twisted Triangle: A Famous Crime Writer, a Lesbian Love Affair, and the FBI Husband's...
Femicide: The Politics of Woman KillingFemicide: The Politics of Woman Killing
Best Price: $48.39
The Mystery of Beautiful Nell Cropsey: A Nonfiction NovelThe Mystery of Beautiful Nell Cropsey: A Nonfiction Novel
The most interesting mysteries are those of a different generation. After Bland Simpson learned...
The Lives and Times of Bonnie & ClydeThe Lives and Times of Bonnie & Clyde
Best Price: $14.33
Although this book is well written and highly informative,some facts are incorrect.The author...
The Encyclopedia of Serial KillersThe Encyclopedia of Serial Killers
Best Price: $12.64
This is a fascinating read for true crime buffs. The author's stated purpose is to...


ColumbineColumbine
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Ten years have passed since the tragic event that has become synonymous with school shootings. ...
The Killers Among Us: Motives Behind Their MadnessThe Killers Among Us: Motives Behind Their Madness
Best Price: $4.98
Colin Wilso is an author interested in extraordinary human beings. Having read some of his...
The Last Victim: A True-Life Journey into the Mind of the Serial KillerThe Last Victim: A True-Life Journey into the Mind of the Serial Killer
Best Price: $275.34
As he began his freshman year of college, Jason Moss had everything going for him. He was...
Mother's DayMother's Day
Best Price: $54.53
I found the book to be very interesting, however, I feel like the book does not have an end. ...
The CBS Murders (Signet)The CBS Murders (Signet)
Richard Hammer's THE CBS MURDERS actually has almost nothing to do with CBS. The only...

Tacoma Confidential: A True Story of Murder, Suicide, and a Police Chief's Secret Life (48 Hours Mystery)Tacoma Confidential: A True Story of Murder, Suicide, and a Police Chief's Secret Life (48 Hours Mystery)
Best Price: $212.45
Hey everybody, what follows is just a little bit of what you WILL NOT read in Paul Larosa's...
Beyond Murder: The Inside Account of the Gainesville Student MurdersBeyond Murder: The Inside Account of the Gainesville Student Murders
Best Price: $88.17
I've read all three books about the Gainesville Ripper, Danny Rolling - Beyond Murder,...
The Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham LincolnThe Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln
Best Price: $2.03
I admit to having gone on a Civil War binge lately, so I'm probably a bit jaded. Noting...
One Violent CrimeOne Violent CrimeThe Nanny Murder Trial (St. Martin's True Crime Library)The Nanny Murder Trial (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
Best Price: $6.90
The title of this review refers to all the ways a fire can be described in a few pages of a...

Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBIWhoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI
Best Price: $3.66
I have nothing to add to all the other reviews about Ressler's tone (yes, a bit...
Like Mother, Like SonLike Mother, Like Son
Best Price: $5.93
I've read at least 30-40 true crime books and this is easily the worst I have ever come...
Fatal Innocence: The Crime That Shocked the World-The Story of Two British Ten-Year-Old Killers and Their Three-Year-Old VictimFatal Innocence: The Crime That Shocked the World-The Story of Two British Ten-Year-Old Killers and Their Three-Year-Old Victim
Best Price: $91.86
In Australia, this book was tiled "The Sleep Of Reason," and yes, that is what...
Death of a Model (Global Issues Series)Death of a Model (Global Issues Series)
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I'm not sure what the previous reviewer was talking about. Linda did not ask to be killed!...
The Confessions of an American Black Widow : A True Story of Greed, Lust and a Murderous Wife (Confessions of Black Widow)The Confessions of an American Black Widow : A True Story of Greed, Lust and a Murderous Wife (Confessions of Black Widow)
Best Price: $85.00
"Whatever labels affixed to her - Black Widow, ambitious gold digger, insatiable slut - she...

The Railroad Killer: Tracking Down One of the Most Brutal Serial Killers in History (St. Martin's True Crime Library)The Railroad Killer: Tracking Down One of the Most Brutal Serial Killers in History (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
Best Price: $34.99
Wensley Clarkson writes in a plain prose and is far from being a master of the written word. ...
Blood Will Tell: A Shocking True Story of Marriage, Murder, and Fatal Family Secrets (St. Martin's True Crime Library)Blood Will Tell: A Shocking True Story of Marriage, Murder, and Fatal Family Secrets (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
Best Price: $4.06
Parts of this true crime book were terrific. Particularly the parts about the investigation and...
Murder In Hollywood: The Secret Life and Mysterious Death of Bonny Lee Bakley (True Crime (St. Martin's Paperbacks))Murder In Hollywood: The Secret Life and Mysterious Death of Bonny Lee Bakley (True Crime (St. Martin's Paperbacks))
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To tell the truth, I read more information about this case and the now famous BonnyLee in the...
Sexual Murderers: A Comparative Analysis and New PerspectivesSexual Murderers: A Comparative Analysis and New Perspectives
Best Price: $116.22
Little is known about Sexual Murderers ? those who kill in a sexual context. Recent studies...
Sexual Murderers: A Comparative Analysis and New PerspectivesSexual Murderers: A Comparative Analysis and New Perspectives
Best Price: $45.73
Little is known about Sexual Murderers ? those who kill in a sexual context. Recent studies...

Sniper: The True Story of Anti-Abortion Killer James KoppSniper: The True Story of Anti-Abortion Killer James Kopp
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Jon Wells, a journalist at a newspaper in Hamilton, Ontario, writes an engrossing detailed true...
Isadore's Secret: Sin, Murder, and Confession in a Northern Michigan TownIsadore's Secret: Sin, Murder, and Confession in a Northern Michigan Town
Best Price: $12.20
This book is very well researched and written. It is a small piece of Michigan history that...
Violette Nozière: A Story of Murder in 1930s ParisViolette Nozière: A Story of Murder in 1930s Paris
Best Price: $14.95
On an August evening in 1933, in a quiet, working-class neighborhood in Paris, eighteen-year-old...
The Shadow Over Santa Susana: Black Magic, Mind Control and The "Manson Family" MythosThe Shadow Over Santa Susana: Black Magic, Mind Control and The "Manson Family" Mythos
Best Price: $28.95
"You made me who I am" and "I am a product of your society" are some of what...
The Day the Catskills Cried: A True Crime StoryThe Day the Catskills Cried: A True Crime Story
Best Price: $21.74
Former New York State police officer, Wayne Beyea's self-published work of "true...

The Would-Be Commoner: A Tale of Deception, Murder, and Justice in Seventeenth-Century FranceThe Would-Be Commoner: A Tale of Deception, Murder, and Justice in Seventeenth-Century France
Best Price: $1.52
Mystery lovers will be delighted; history lovers will be entranced; lovers of fine writing will...
The Wild Child: The Unsolved Mystery of Kaspar Hauser (Free Press Paperbacks)The Wild Child: The Unsolved Mystery of Kaspar Hauser (Free Press Paperbacks)
Best Price: $5.88
"The Wild Child: The Unsolved Mystery of Kaspar Hauser" by Geoffrey Mousaieff Masson...
Assassin!: The Bloody History of Political MurderAssassin!: The Bloody History of Political Murder
Best Price: $100.98
I enjoyed the mob stories the best. Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky and Bugsy...
Property of Folsom WolfProperty of Folsom Wolf
Best Price: $39.98
I PERSONALLY KNEW THIS MAN, GREG MARLOW IN 1977 BEFORE THESE KILLINGS OCCURRED. I WAS THE...
The Murder of Princess DianaThe Murder of Princess Diana
Best Price: $4.13
I was very sceptical of the quality of this book when I first heard of it, my reading of it has...

OverkillOverkill
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I had seen the film "The Stalking of Laurie Show" an original USA picture first. After...
Head ShotHead Shot
Best Price: $8.80
I thought Barer's MURDER IN THE FAMILY was one of the best true crime books I ever read, but...
Hometown KillerHometown Killer
Best Price: $37.82
I highly recommend "Hometown Killer" by Carol J. Rothgeb; a true life multiple...
Murder in the HeartlandMurder in the Heartland
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Right at first, I admit, I was a little disappointed with this book. When I first read the...
Kiss and KillKiss and Kill
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Rick Pulley had a wonderful, devoted Christian wife who was a talented musician. Both were...

StranglerStrangler
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I am a big fan of Corey Mitchell's writing. I have read everything he has ever written...
Kill for Me (Pinnacle True Crime)Kill for Me (Pinnacle True Crime)
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Sandee Rozzo had spent two days being held hostage, beaten, and brutally raped. And she knew...
Murdered InnocentsMurdered Innocents
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THERE WAS NOIT ENOUGH DETAILS, TOO MUCH ABOUT THE LIVES OF THE VICTIMS LESS MURDER DETAILS. I...
A Warrant to Kill: A True Story of Obsession, Lies and a Killer CopA Warrant to Kill: A True Story of Obsession, Lies and a Killer Cop
Best Price: $4.28
Kathryn Casey tells a tale of obsession, desperation, and a cop who exacted his revenge on a...
Serial KillersSerial Killers
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The thing that puzzles me about this book is that no-one else seems to have picked up on its...

The Stranger Beside Me: The Twentieth Anniversary EditionThe Stranger Beside Me: The Twentieth Anniversary Edition
Best Price: $18.60
And i would say this book is also one of the greatest insights into the life of a Serial Killer,...
Serial Killers: Death and Life in America's Wound CultureSerial Killers: Death and Life in America's Wound Culture
Best Price: $18.00
Mark Seltzer's fascinating book is not for the faithhearted. It is not an easy read, but it...
Zodiac Unmasked: The Identity of America's Most Elusive Serial Killer RevealedZodiac Unmasked: The Identity of America's Most Elusive Serial Killer Revealed
Best Price: $13.00
Robert Graysmith was a political reporter in the late '60s when the Zodiac killer terrorized...
Hunting Eric RudolphHunting Eric Rudolph
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The title of the book, Hunting Eric Rudolph: An Insider's Account of the Five-Year Search...
A Bitter Brew: Faith, Power, and Poison in a Small New England Town (Berkley True Crime)A Bitter Brew: Faith, Power, and Poison in a Small New England Town (Berkley True Crime)
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Gustaf Adolph Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Sweden, Maine, was having the same sort of...

Thrill Killers: A True Story of Innocence and Murder Without ConscienceThrill Killers: A True Story of Innocence and Murder Without Conscience
Best Price: $19.44
Okay, this book was satisfactory and told by the law enforcement point of view who investigated...
A Season of Darkness (Berkley True Crime)A Season of Darkness (Berkley True Crime)
Best Price: $4.38
This is, without a doubt, one of the most riveting true crime novels I have ever read. Part of...
The Encyclopedia of the Fbi's Ten Most Wanted List: 1950 To PresentThe Encyclopedia of the Fbi's Ten Most Wanted List: 1950 To Present
Best Price: $58.47
In 1950 J. Edgar Hoover created the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List, a national hit parade of the...
Death at Cross Plains: An Alabama Reconstruction TragedyDeath at Cross Plains: An Alabama Reconstruction Tragedy
Best Price: $19.99
Forever and Five DaysForever and Five Days
Best Price: $4.99
A chilling account of the Alpine Manor nursing home murders traces the bizarre relationship...

A Tale of Two Murders: Passion and Power in Seventeenth-Century FranceA Tale of Two Murders: Passion and Power in Seventeenth-Century France
Best Price: $4.95
As scandalous as any modern-day celebrity murder trial, the ?Giroux affair? was a maelstrom of...
Trial of the Century: Obstruction of Justice: Viewpoint of a Trial WatcherTrial of the Century: Obstruction of Justice: Viewpoint of a Trial Watcher
Best Price: $41.08
What is the most famous trial of the 20th century? Scopes Monkey? Brown versus the Board of...
The Loss of InnocentsThe Loss of Innocents
Best Price: $2.99
Despite the enormous literature on child abuse, there is little information on situations in...
She Said Yes The Unlikely Martyrdom Of Cassie BernallShe Said Yes The Unlikely Martyrdom Of Cassie Bernall
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In She Said Yes , the mother of slain Littleton, Colorado student, Cassie Bernall?whose last...
Dr. Sam Sheppard on Trial: The Prosecutors and the Marilyn Sheppard MurderDr. Sam Sheppard on Trial: The Prosecutors and the Marilyn Sheppard Murder
Best Price: $12.00
The Marilyn Sheppard murder mystery refuses to die. It's a good guess that if her ghost were...

Insured for MurderInsured for Murder
Best Price: $41.23
I first heard about the John-Hawkins, Melvin-Hanson case from the movie, "If Looks Could...
Death in a Fishpond: A PerfectDeath in a Fishpond: A Perfect
Best Price: $3.00
DEATH IN A FISH POND begins late one night in a pleasant neighborhood in Salt Lake City, with a...
A Deadly Affair (St. Martin's True Crime Library)A Deadly Affair (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
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This book details the story of a young lawyer, Michael (Mick) Fletcher, and his wife, Leann. She...
Blood Justice (St. Martin's True Crime Library)Blood Justice (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
Best Price: $1.50
After dissipating my youth and innocence by reading almost all of the Ann Rule true crime books...
Written in BloodWritten in Blood
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I became interested in this case after watching the documentary on the Sundance channel this...

Cold Blooded (St. Martin's True Crime Library)Cold Blooded (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
Best Price: $18.51
At the risk of being callous--since this book recounts a true story that brought death &...
The Fortune Hunter (St. Martin's True Crime Library)The Fortune Hunter (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
Best Price: $2.88
I am fortunate to know Suzy Spencer from a perspective of her humanity in relation to the...
The Myth of Medea and the Murder of Children (Contributions to the Study of World Literature)The Myth of Medea and the Murder of Children (Contributions to the Study of World Literature)
Best Price: $126.95
Corti focuses on the meaning and importance of the act of child murder in literary treatments of...
Forensic Detective: How I Cracked the World's Toughest CasesForensic Detective: How I Cracked the World's Toughest Cases
Best Price: $7.99
I started reading this book yesterday and have not been able to put it down. I am half way...
A Criminal Injustice: A True Crime, a False Confession, and the Fight to Free Marty TankleffA Criminal Injustice: A True Crime, a False Confession, and the Fight to Free Marty Tankleff
Best Price: $10.16
I just finished reading this book over the weekend and thought it was well-written and answered...

American TragedyAmerican Tragedy
Best Price: $7.82
I was amused by one reviewer who considered Schiller an appalling human being for capitalizing...
A Call for Justice: A New England Town's Fight To Keep A Stone Cold Killer In JailA Call for Justice: A New England Town's Fight To Keep A Stone Cold Killer In Jail
Best Price: $61.58
I was very surprised to see this book in a local book store. To my knowledge it is the first,...
The Devil in the White CityThe Devil in the White City
Best Price: $71.00
The Chicago World's Fair of 1893 was one of the most spectacular exhibitions the world has...
Serial Killers (Contemporary Issues Companion)Serial Killers (Contemporary Issues Companion)For Laci (Random House Large Print)For Laci (Random House Large Print)
Best Price: $1,975.08
Laci Rocha Peterson, 8 months pregnant, was last seen by her sister, Amy, in the late afternoon...

Shattered : Reclaiming a Life Torn Apart by ViolenceShattered : Reclaiming a Life Torn Apart by Violence
Best Price: $17.99
Ms. Sharp has done an extraordinary thing in writing this book chronicling her horrific...
Love & Death: The Murder of Kurt CobainLove & Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain
Best Price: $2.95
How many times am I going to hear the same exact things about Cobain's death before people...
Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and BetrayalToo Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal
Best Price: $7.93
As usual Ann Rule keeps you glued to the book and unable to put it down. I am an avid reader of...
Crimes of Passion (True Crime)Crimes of Passion (True Crime)
Best Price: $4.44
Blind Eye: How the Medical Establishment Let a Doctor Get Away With MurderBlind Eye: How the Medical Establishment Let a Doctor Get Away With Murder
Best Price: $190.45
I was given "Blind Eye" when I first began working at a physician monitoring program...

The Encyclopedia of the Fbi's Ten Most Wanted List: 1950 To PresentThe Encyclopedia of the Fbi's Ten Most Wanted List: 1950 To Present
Best Price: $58.47
In 1950 J. Edgar Hoover created the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List, a national hit parade of the...
Death at Cross Plains: An Alabama Reconstruction TragedyDeath at Cross Plains: An Alabama Reconstruction Tragedy
Best Price: $19.99
Forever and Five DaysForever and Five Days
Best Price: $4.99
A chilling account of the Alpine Manor nursing home murders traces the bizarre relationship...
A Tale of Two Murders: Passion and Power in Seventeenth-Century FranceA Tale of Two Murders: Passion and Power in Seventeenth-Century France
Best Price: $4.95
As scandalous as any modern-day celebrity murder trial, the ?Giroux affair? was a maelstrom of...
Trial of the Century: Obstruction of Justice: Viewpoint of a Trial WatcherTrial of the Century: Obstruction of Justice: Viewpoint of a Trial Watcher
Best Price: $41.08
What is the most famous trial of the 20th century? Scopes Monkey? Brown versus the Board of...

The Loss of InnocentsThe Loss of Innocents
Best Price: $2.99
Despite the enormous literature on child abuse, there is little information on situations in...
She Said Yes The Unlikely Martyrdom Of Cassie BernallShe Said Yes The Unlikely Martyrdom Of Cassie Bernall
Best Price: $0.59
In She Said Yes , the mother of slain Littleton, Colorado student, Cassie Bernall?whose last...
Dr. Sam Sheppard on Trial: The Prosecutors and the Marilyn Sheppard MurderDr. Sam Sheppard on Trial: The Prosecutors and the Marilyn Sheppard Murder
Best Price: $12.00
The Marilyn Sheppard murder mystery refuses to die. It's a good guess that if her ghost were...
Insured for MurderInsured for Murder
Best Price: $41.23
I first heard about the John-Hawkins, Melvin-Hanson case from the movie, "If Looks Could...
Death in a Fishpond: A PerfectDeath in a Fishpond: A Perfect
Best Price: $3.00
DEATH IN A FISH POND begins late one night in a pleasant neighborhood in Salt Lake City, with a...
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