True Crime

Helltown: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod (Hardcover)

By Casey Sherman

$26.99

ISBN: 9781728245959

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Published: Sourcebooks - July 12th, 2022

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Fans of true crime: you won't want to miss this one! The case of the Cape Cod serial killer from the late 60's, Tony Costa, went largely forgotten due to the Manson murders that happened a few months later, stealing the spotlight of national news. Costa brutally killed at least 4 young women in the vibrant hippie town of Provincetown, MA. This case also haunted up-and-coming local writers/rivals Kurt Vonnegut and Normal Mailer, who took a keen interest in launging their own investigations of the murders (Vonnegut's daughter was an acquaintance of Costa's). Superbly researched, Helltown is shocking, disturbing and compelling, reading like horror novel. Who knew idyllic Cape Cod could have such a dark chapter?

Babbie

The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer (Paperback)

By Dean Jobb

$17.99

ISBN: 9781643752501

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Published: Algonquin Books - July 5th, 2022

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Only a few years after Jack the Ripper terrorized London, another murderer roamed the streets, leaving poisoned victims in his wake, as he already had across North America.

John

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Paperback)

By David Grann

$17.00

ISBN: 9780307742483

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Published: Vintage - April 3rd, 2018

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Killers of the Flower Moon will intrigue, terrify, and infuriate. Gramm details a conspiracy that spans D.C. to the Oklahoman plains, telling the true story of a rash of murders targeting members of the Osage Indian Nation, after the Nation's land turned up incredibly oil-rich. Woven with the story of J. Edgar Hoover's pet project that became the FBI, and the larger-than-life characters who investigated the crimes during the roaring '20s, this immersive true crime mystery reveals the true villainy of the American West, even a century later.

Kate M

We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence (Hardcover)

By Becky Cooper

$29.00

ISBN: 9781538746837

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Published: Grand Central Publishing - November 10th, 2020

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More than a true crime book, more than a memoir, Becky Cooper weaves a compelling and vivid portrait of an unsolved murder at Harvard and pulls together threads of misogyny, issues with academic culture, silencing at elite institutions, and the ways that we rewrite the stories of female victims. A striking portrait for fans of I'll Be Gone in the Dark. 

April

American Animals: A True Crime Memoir (Paperback)

By Eric Borsuk

$19.99

ISBN: 9781684424504

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Published: Turner - March 31st, 2020

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You ever go into a museum and ask yourself what would stop you from just taking something and walking right out the front door? Maybe, but you sure don't act on it (I hope). The kids in this true story did. Find out what happens when four college students carry out an art heist in this utterly fascinating true crime comedy of errors. And if you haven't seen the movie, do it. If you have, this pairs with it perfectly, offering a fresh new point of view.

Caleb

The Truffle Underground: A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and Manipulation in the Shadowy Market of the World's Most Expensive Fungus (Paperback)

By Ryan Jacobs

$16.00

ISBN: 9780451495693

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Published: Clarkson Potter - June 4th, 2019

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Sabotage, intrigue, murder. Over a mushroom? The Truffle Underground is one of the most unbelievable stories I have ever read about the criminal underworld stealing, faking, and even killing over truffles. This astonishing book will shock you, horrify you, but, be careful. These delicacies have a way of luring people under their spell and not letting go.

Matthew

Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts (Paperback)

By Julian Rubinstein

$17.99

ISBN: 9780316010733

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Published: Back Bay Books - September 13th, 2005

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The incredible (and hilarious) true story of Hungary's most famous bank robber/hockey player.

John

Jack the Ripper and the Case for Scotland Yard's Prime Suspect (Paperback)

By Robert House, Roy Hazelwood (Foreword by)

$21.95

ISBN: 9780470938997

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Published: Wiley - May 1st, 2011

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From the Duke of Clarence to artist Walter Sickert, there have been dozens of Jack the Ripper suspects.  Well-known Ripperologist Robert House, methodically combines historical research and contemporary methods to solve this enduring mystery, which has fascinated the world since the first gruesome murder in 1888.  

Nathan

Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of Violence (Paperback)

By Bill James

$20.99

ISBN: 9781416552741

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Published: Scribner - May 8th, 2012

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Lizzie Borden?  The Boston Strangler?  Sid Vicious & Nancy Spungen?  A glom of the table of contents reveals just how many actual murders are in the popular consciousness, and Bill James (yes - he of the Baseball Abstract) has been contemplating causes, solutions and meanings for years.  Fans of true crime books (or regular mysteries for that matter) will find these articles enlightening, provocative and as grotesquely fascinating as their subjects.

Gary