16 must-read true crime books like Shallow Graves: The Hunt for the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer by Maureen Boyle

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Shallow Graves: The Hunt for the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer

By: Maureen Boyle

3.70

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Eleven women went missing over the spring and summer of 1988 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, an old …

If you liked the true crime plot in Shallow Graves: The Hunt for the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer by Maureen Boyle , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Every Breath You Take: A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder

By: Ann Rule

4.00

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

AMERICA'S #1 TRUE-CRIME WRITER FULFILLS A MURDER VICTIM'S DESPERATE PLEA -- WITH THIS SHATTERING NE… read more

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  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer

By: Skip Hollandsworth

4.33

Format: 481 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping narrative history of a terrifying serial killer--America's first--who stalked Austin, Te… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

3. There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America

By: Alex Kotlowitz

4.00

Format: None pages,

This is the moving and powerful account of two remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's H… read more

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4. To Have and To Kill

By: John Glatt

3.87

Format: 252 pages,

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5. The Ultimate Evil: The Truth about the Cult Murders: Son of Sam and Beyond

By: Maury Terry

3.75

Format: None pages,

On August 10, 1977, the NYPD arrested David Berkowitz for the "Son of Sam" murders that had terrori… read more

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6. Closing Time: The True Story of the "Goodbar" Murder

By: None

4.70

Format: None pages,

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7. A Killing in Amish Country: Sex, Betrayal, and a Cold-Blooded Murder

By: Gregg Olsen , Linda Castillo , Rebecca Morris

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Hardcover

At just 30 years old, with dark-blonde hair and freckles, Barbara Weaver was as pretty as the women… read more

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8. Pretty Little Killers: The Truth Behind the Savage Murder of Skylar Neese

By: Daleen Berry , Geoffrey C. Fuller

4.32

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

In Pretty Little Killers, journalist Daleen Berry and investigator Geoffrey Fuller expand upon thei… read more

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9. Kiss Me, Kill Me and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #9)

By: Ann Rule

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

The dark side of love is no fairy tale.... And while we may like to believe that crimes of the hear… read more

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10. Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City

By: Kate Winkler Dawson

3.87

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

A real-life thriller in the vein of The Devil in the White City, Kate Winkler Dawson's debut Death … read more

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11. I Call Upon Thee: A Novella

By: Ania Ahlborn

2.57

Format: None pages, ebook

A terrifying e-novella from the bestselling author of The Devil Crept In, Brother, andWithin These … read more

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12. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Andrea Lankford

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more

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  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"

-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

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13. A Tangled Web

By: Leslie Rule

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of her acclaimed mother, Ann Rule, author of The Stranger Beside Me, bestselling a… read more

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  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty by Mandy Matney

14. Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty

By: Mandy Matney

3.78

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Years before the name Alex Murdaugh was splashed across every major media outlet in America, local … read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper by Daniel Stashower

15. American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper

By: Daniel Stashower

3.50

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower returns with American Dem… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. Through A Mother’s Tears

By: Cathy Broomfield

4.16

Format: 100 pages, Kindle Edition

When Cathy Broomfield’s youngest daughter Kirsty disappeared, Cathy hoped she had gone to stay with… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Killer's Shadow:  The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer by John E. Douglas

17. The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer

By: John E. Douglas

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

The legendary FBI criminal profiler and international bestselling author of Mindhunter and The Kill… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The journey to reckon with our nation's searing history of racial hatred, intolerance, and discrimination is ongoing, and there are no neutrals in that struggle. The shadow cast by Joseph Paul Frankl…"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer

"With today's technology, conversations that used to be limited to basements and meeting halls, the kinds of words and places that first helped radicalize Franklin, now have tens of thousands of parti…"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer

"Due to the remarkable advances in communications technologies, we find ourselves living at a time when it is far easier to radicalize and inspire hate than ever before. The internet and social media …"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer

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18. Silent Sisters

By: Joanne Lee

4.13

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

A deadly secret. A horrifying discovery. For over 20 years, Joanne Lee's mother kept the rema… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers. by Sy Montgomery

19. Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.

By: Sy Montgomery

4.07

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award finalist for The Soul of an Octopus and  New York Times  bestseller Sy Montgome… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Never give up on a turtle. Because turtles never give up."

-Sy Montgomery, Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.

Cover of Last Seen Alive (Ellery Hathaway, #5) by Joanna Schaffhausen

20. Last Seen Alive (Ellery Hathaway, #5)

By: Joanna Schaffhausen

4.19

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

The fifth book in Joanna Schaffhausen's heartpounding Ellery Hathaway mystery series. Boston det… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Shallow Graves: The Hunt for the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer by Maureen   Boyle

21. Shallow Graves: The Hunt for the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer

By: Maureen Boyle

3.70

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Eleven women went missing over the spring and summer of 1988 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, an old … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Poisoned Blood: A True Story of Murder, Passion, and an Astonishing Hoax by Philip E. Ginsburg

22. Poisoned Blood: A True Story of Murder, Passion, and an Astonishing Hoax

By: Philip E. Ginsburg

3.93

Format: 555 pages, Kindle Edition

Pretty, smart, and pampered, Audrey Marie Hilley grew up in a small Alabama town believing she was … read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Last One to Leave by Benjamin   Stevenson

23. Last One to Leave

By: Benjamin Stevenson

3.40

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Seven strangers are invited to compete to win a clifftop mansion. The rules are simple: each contes… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Helltown: The Untold Story of Serial Murder on Cape Cod by Casey Sherman

24. Helltown: The Untold Story of Serial Murder on Cape Cod

By: Casey Sherman

3.50

Format: 509 pages, ebook

Before Charles Manson, there was Tony Costa―the serial killer of Cape Cod 1969: The hippie scene… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night by Lisa Belkin

25. Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night

By: Lisa Belkin

3.77

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The multigenerational tale of three families whose paths collide one summer night in 1960 with the … read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America by Gigi Georges

26. Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America

By: Gigi Georges

3.58

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this captivating and empathetic book, Gigi Georges follows five girls as they come of age in one… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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27. Dear Mothman

By: Robin Gow

4.25

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

Poet and author Robin Gow’s moving middle-grade novel in verse Dear Mothman is about a young trans … read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of In My DNA: My Career Investigating Your Worst Nightmares by Lindsey Wade

28. In My DNA: My Career Investigating Your Worst Nightmares

By: Lindsey Wade

4.16

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

Dogged determination and DNA leads Detective Lindsey Wade and her team to the truth behind a thirty… read more

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  • mystery
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Killers Amidst Killers: Hunting Serial Killers Operating Under the Cloak of America's Opioid Epidemic by Billy Jensen

29. Killers Amidst Killers: Hunting Serial Killers Operating Under the Cloak of America's Opioid Epidemic

By: Billy Jensen

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author, co-host of the hit podcast and Discovery + docuseries  Long Island Serial Kill… read more

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  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida by Mikita Brottman

30. Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida

By: Mikita Brottman

3.54

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of the “enthralling” ( San Francisco Book Review ) An Unexplai… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of All the Way Gone (Detective Annalisa Vega, #4) by Joanna Schaffhausen

31. All the Way Gone (Detective Annalisa Vega, #4)

By: Joanna Schaffhausen

4.08

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

The fourth installment in the beloved Detective Annalisa Vega series Is there such a thing as a go… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

16 must-read mystery books like Shallow Graves: The Hunt for the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer by Maureen Boyle

Transform Your Habits

Every Breath You Take: A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder

Ann Rule

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer

Skip Hollandsworth

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

Andrea Lankford

3.76

Transform Your Habits

A Tangled Web

Leslie Rule

4.01

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21 must-read audiobook books like Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida by Mikita Brottman

Transform Your Habits

Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

Transform Your Habits

The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Griffin Dunne

4.19

Transform Your Habits

We Burn Daylight

Bret Anthony Johnston

3.95

Transform Your Habits

There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

Anna Akbari

3.66

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