15 must-read nonfiction books like A Dark and Bloody Ground: A True Story of Lust, Greed, and Murder in the Bluegrass State by Darcy O'Brien

Cover of A Dark and Bloody Ground: A True Story of Lust, Greed, and Murder in the Bluegrass State by Darcy O'Brien

A Dark and Bloody Ground: A True Story of Lust, Greed, and Murder in the Bluegrass State

By: Darcy O'Brien

3.99

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

An Edgar Award–winning author’s true crime account of a grisly string of killings in Kentucky—and t…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in A Dark and Bloody Ground: A True Story of Lust, Greed, and Murder in the Bluegrass State by Darcy O'Brien , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Final Vows

By: Karen Kingsbury

3.83

Format: 417 pages, Paperback

An account of the murder of an ex-con's wife describes how an educated, religious woman met, fell i… read more

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  • mystery
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Safe Harbor: A Murder in Nantucket by Brian McDonald

2. Safe Harbor: A Murder in Nantucket

By: Brian McDonald

3.66

Format: 259 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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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
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • 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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  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

5. The Snake and the Spider

By: Karen Kingsbury

4.26

Format: 112 pages, Mass Market Paperback

It began with a teenager kissing his mother good-bye. It ended with the discovery of human bones in… read more

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6. 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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7. Murder In The Family

By: Burl Barer

3.57

Format: 432 pages,

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8. Seduced by Madness: The True Story of the Susan Polk Murder Case

By: Carol Pogash

0.00

Format: 400 pages,

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9. A Death in White Bear Lake: The True Chronicle of an All-American Town

By: Barry Siegel

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"We want to talk to you about my brother who was murdered twenty-one years ago--can we come in?" Th… read more

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Cover of Twisted: The Secret Desires and Bizarre Double Life of Dr. Richard Sharpe by John Glatt

10. 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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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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11. 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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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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12. 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 Beyond Reason: The True Story of a Shocking Double Murder by Ken Englade

13. 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

14. 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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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Napa Murder of Anita Fagiani: A Cold Case that Caught a Serial Killer (True Crime) by Raymond A. Guadagani

15. The Napa Murder of Anita Fagiani: A Cold Case that Caught a Serial Killer (True Crime)

By: Raymond A. Guadagani

3.92

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1974, the brutal murder of Anita Fagiani Andrews, a fifty-one-year-old former beauty queen and m… read more

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

16. 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

Similar categories in Michael Fleeman's Missing and Presumed Dead book and Darcy O'Brien's A Dark and Bloody Ground: A True Story of Lust, Greed, and Murder in the Bluegrass State

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

17. 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

Similar categories in Caitlin Rother's Death on Ocean Boulevard: Inside the Coronado Mansion Case book and Darcy O'Brien's A Dark and Bloody Ground: A True Story of Lust, Greed, and Murder in the Bluegrass State

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of At Any Cost: A Father's Betrayal, a Wife's Murder, and a Ten-Year War for Justice by Rebecca  Rosenberg

18. At Any Cost: A Father's Betrayal, a Wife's Murder, and a Ten-Year War for Justice

By: Rebecca Rosenberg

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

At Any Cost unravels the twisted story of Rod Covlin, whose unrepentant greed drove him to an unspe… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Rosenberg's At Any Cost: A Father's Betrayal, a Wife's Murder, and a Ten-Year War for Justice book and Darcy O'Brien's A Dark and Bloody Ground: A True Story of Lust, Greed, and Murder in the Bluegrass State

  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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19. 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 A Dark and Bloody Ground: A True Story of Lust, Greed, and Murder in the Bluegrass State by Darcy O'Brien

20. A Dark and Bloody Ground: A True Story of Lust, Greed, and Murder in the Bluegrass State

By: Darcy O'Brien

3.99

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

An Edgar Award–winning author’s true crime account of a grisly string of killings in Kentucky—and t… read more

Similar categories in Darcy O'Brien's A Dark and Bloody Ground: A True Story of Lust, Greed, and Murder in the Bluegrass State book and Darcy O'Brien's A Dark and Bloody Ground: A True Story of Lust, Greed, and Murder in the Bluegrass State

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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21. Breaking Point

By: Suzy Spencer

3.77

Format: 460 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times–bestselling author of The Fortune Hunter, “a classic true-crime tapestry” (… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

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4.17

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