21 Top true crime books like Grim Paradise: The Cold Case Search for the Mackinac Island Killer by Rod Sadler

Cover of Grim Paradise: The Cold Case Search for the Mackinac Island Killer by Rod Sadler

Grim Paradise: The Cold Case Search for the Mackinac Island Killer

By: Rod Sadler

3.68

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

When widow Frances Lacey was murdered in July 1960 on Mackinac Island, only a few meager clues were…

If you liked the true crime plot in Grim Paradise: The Cold Case Search for the Mackinac Island Killer by Rod Sadler , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of A Murder in Music City: Corruption, Scandal, and the Framing of an Innocent Man by None, Richard Walter, Michael  Lawson  Bishop

1. A Murder in Music City: Corruption, Scandal, and the Framing of an Innocent Man

By: None , Richard Walter , Michael Lawson Bishop

4.08

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

Nashville 1964. Eighteen-year-old babysitter Paula Herring is murdered in her home while her six-ye… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier by Scott Zesch

2. The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier

By: Scott Zesch

3.73

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

On New Year's Day in 1870, ten-year-old Adolph Korn was kidnapped by an Apache raiding party. Trade… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Michigan Murders by Edward Keyes

3. The Michigan Murders

By: Edward Keyes

4.50

Format: 168 pages,

Between July 1967 and July 1969, seven sexual murders were committed in Michigan with horrifying fu… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer? by Ann Rule

4. Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer?

By: Ann Rule

4.11

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

The author of eight New York Timesbestsellers, Ann Rule first won nationwide acclaim with The Stran… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime

5. Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder

By: Jerry Bledsoe

3.37

Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this powerful and riveting tale of three families connected by marriage and murder, of obsessive… read more

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6. No Regrets and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #11)

By: Ann Rule

3.86

Format: 144 pages,

A ship's pilot legendary for guiding mammoth freighters through the narrows of Puget Sound, Rolf Ne… read more

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7. Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers

By: Ann Rule

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

THEY KILL WITHOUT CONSCIENCE. ANN RULE PORTRAYS THEIR SHATTERING CRIMES WITHOUT PITY. In eight stun… read more

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Cover of American Black Widow by Gregg Olsen

8. American Black Widow

By: Gregg Olsen

3.75

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell comes the chilling, unputdownable stor… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal by Aphrodite Jones

9. LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal

By: Aphrodite Jones

4.32

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

LEVI’S EYES delves into the unspeakable murders of Christina and Levi Karlsen, as told by the kille… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau by Susan J. Eischeid

10. Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

By: Susan J. Eischeid

4.21

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The first-ever biography of SS Overseer Maria Mandl, the highest-ranked woman in the Nazi killing m… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Twisted: The Secret Desires and Bizarre Double Life of Dr. Richard Sharpe by John Glatt

11. Twisted: The Secret Desires and Bizarre Double Life of Dr. Richard Sharpe

By: John Glatt

3.94

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

He Had A Successful Career, A Selfless Wife, And Three Loving Children. When high school sweetheart… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence by James Renner

12. Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence

By: James Renner

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Ann Rule and Gregg Olsen, a riveting new true crime book from the acclaimed author o… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Good Wife: The Shocking Betrayal and Brutal Murder of a Godly Woman in Texas by Clint Richmond

13. The Good Wife: The Shocking Betrayal and Brutal Murder of a Godly Woman in Texas

By: Clint Richmond

3.95

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Roger and Penny Scaggs seemed a poster couple for family values. Evangelical Christians living in b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park by John Leake

14. The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park

By: John Leake

3.99

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

Sandra Bridewell was a beautiful socialite in the affluent Dallas suburb of Highland Park in 1978-8… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Murder in the Family: Inside story of the Jersey murders by Jeremy Josephs

15. Murder in the Family: Inside story of the Jersey murders

By: Jeremy Josephs

3.93

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

As this true crime tale of murder shows, even the most successful families can hide terrible secret… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Daughter of the White River:: Depression-Era Treachery and Vengeance in the Arkansas Delta (True Crime) by Denise White Parkinson

16. Daughter of the White River:: Depression-Era Treachery and Vengeance in the Arkansas Delta (True Crime)

By: Denise White Parkinson

4.05

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Join author Denise Parkinson for an intimate look at a Depression-era tragedy. The once-thriving ho… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2) by John E. Douglas

17. When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2)

By: John E. Douglas

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town From John Douglas—th… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Murder on Elm Street: A True-Life Crime Story by Jeremy L Luberts

18. Murder on Elm Street: A True-Life Crime Story

By: Jeremy L Luberts

3.96

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

Little Falls, MinnesotaThanksgiving 2012 When two teenage cousins break into a residence on Elm St… read more

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  • true crime
Cover of Beyond Reason: The True Story of a Shocking Double Murder by Ken Englade

19. Beyond Reason: The True Story of a Shocking Double Murder

By: Ken Englade

4.09

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

The She was a beautiful, gifted descendant of Lady Astor. But Elizabeth Haysom was also a spoiled,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Edge of Innocence: The Trial of Casper Bennett (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice) by David Miraldi

20. The Edge of Innocence: The Trial of Casper Bennett (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice)

By: David Miraldi

4.28

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Rubery Prize-winning author David Miraldi, A Chilling Crime That Shocked Lorain, Ohio, and… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Edge of Malice: The Marie Grossman Story (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice) by David Miraldi

21. The Edge of Malice: The Marie Grossman Story (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice)

By: David Miraldi

4.33

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Marie Grossman seems to have it all: a devoted husband, two wonderful children, and a professional … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Grim Paradise: The Cold Case Search for the Mackinac Island Killer by Rod Sadler

22. Grim Paradise: The Cold Case Search for the Mackinac Island Killer

By: Rod Sadler

3.68

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

When widow Frances Lacey was murdered in July 1960 on Mackinac Island, only a few meager clues were… read more

Similar categories in Rod Sadler's Grim Paradise: The Cold Case Search for the Mackinac Island Killer book and Rod Sadler's Grim Paradise: The Cold Case Search for the Mackinac Island Killer

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Missing and Presumed Dead by Michael Fleeman

23. Missing and Presumed Dead

By: Michael Fleeman

3.85

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

On a cold Southern night in 2013 under a full moon, 20-year-old Heather Elvis parked her car at a b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Death on Ocean Boulevard: Inside the Coronado Mansion Case by Caitlin Rother

24. Death on Ocean Boulevard: Inside the Coronado Mansion Case

By: Caitlin Rother

3.67

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

Bestselling author Caitlin Rother explores the mysterious death of 32-year-old Rebecca Zahau, who w… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Strákar sem meiða by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

25. Strákar sem meiða

By: Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

4.09

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

Maður finnst myrtur í sumarbústað í Skorradal. Á veggnum fyrir ofan hann hafa verið skilin eftir bl… read more

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Cover of Heart of Steel by Kevin D.  Miller

26. Heart of Steel

By: Kevin D. Miller

4.12

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

In the early morning hours of September 13, 1920, a tragic murder takes place at the Pulchalski far… read more

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Cover of San Francisco's Hottest Cold Case: How I Exposed a Police Cover-Up and Solved My Father's Murder by Jon Kinyon

27. San Francisco's Hottest Cold Case: How I Exposed a Police Cover-Up and Solved My Father's Murder

By: Jon Kinyon

4.27

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

"Something clearly stinks in how police handled this case." - Tony Serra, famed Civil Rights Attorn… read more

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Cover of When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion by Julie Satow

28. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion

By: Julie Satow

4.06

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visio… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Noir by Necessity: How My Father's Unsolved Murder Took Me to Dark Places by Mike Gatto

29. Noir by Necessity: How My Father's Unsolved Murder Took Me to Dark Places

By: Mike Gatto

4.29

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

“The murder of Joseph Gatto captivated Los Angeles. Many veteran journalists still wonder how and w… read more

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Cover of First Degree Rage: The True Story of 'The Assassin,' An Obsession, and Murder (The "Rage" True Crime Series) by Paula May

30. First Degree Rage: The True Story of 'The Assassin,' An Obsession, and Murder (The "Rage" True Crime Series)

By: Paula May

3.86

Format: 544 pages, Kindle Edition

A North Carolina Sheriff’s Detective recounts a shocking case of domestic deception and brutal murd… read more

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Cover of Dead In The Water by Penny   Farmer

31. Dead In The Water

By: Penny Farmer

4.05

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

True Crime: The book behind the major NEW Amazon Prime three-part TV documentary. It contains the s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime

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3.73

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