Murder by the Book: The Crime That Shocked Dickens's London
By: Claire Harman
3.21
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed biographer--the fascinating, little-known story of a Victorian-era murder that r…
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1. Mystery on the Isles of Shoals
By: J. Dennis Robinson
3.94
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The cold-blooded ax murders of two innocent Norwegian immigrant women in a botched burglary of thei… read more
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2. Dead Man's Chest (Phryne Fisher, #18)
By: Kerry Greenwood
3.41
Format: 94 pages, Hardcover
Dot unfolded the note. "He says that his married couple will look after the divine Miss Fisher...I'… read more
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3. A Very Expensive Poison: The Definitive Story of the Murder of Litvinenko and Russia's War with the West
By: Luke Harding
4.31
Format: 110 pages,
1 November 2006. Alexander Litvinenko is brazenly poisoned in central London. Twenty two days later… read more
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4. The King's Grave: The Discovery of Richard III’s Lost Burial Place and the Clues It Holds
By: None , Philippa Langley
4.36
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The first full-length book about the discover of Richard III's remains by the person who led the ar… read more
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5. 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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6. Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France
By: Leonie Frieda
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Poisoner, despot, necromancer -- the dark legend of Catherine de Medici is centuries old. In this c… read more
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7. Urn Burial (Phryne Fisher, #8)
By: Kerry Greenwood
4.40
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The redoubtable Phryne Fisher is holidaying at Cave House, a Gothic mansion in the heart of Austral… read more
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8. The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer
By: Kate Summerscale
4.67
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
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9. The Castlemaine Murders (Phryne Fisher, #13)
By: Kerry Greenwood
3.41
Format: None pages, Paperback
The fabulous Phryne Fisher, her sister Beth and her faithful maid, Dot, decide that Luna Park is th… read more
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10. Murder in the Dark (Phryne Fisher, #16)
By: Kerry Greenwood
4.50
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
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11. A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime
By: Casey Sherman
3.71
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The dark story behind the bright lights of Tinseltown From the outside, Hollywood starlet Lana Turn… read more
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12. The Trial of Lizzie Borden
By: Cara Robertson
3.40
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
When Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August o… read more
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13. Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America
By: Harry N. MacLean
3.71
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive story of Charles Starkweather, often considered to be the first mass killer in the m… read more
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14. Hell's Half-Acre : The Untold Story of the Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family
By: Susan Jonusas
3.45
Format: 345 pages, Hardcover
A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial … read more
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15. The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
By: Dean Jobb
3.62
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
“When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals,” Sherlock Holmes observed during one of … read more
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16. Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
By: Marion Gibson
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating, vivid global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told t… read more
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"James looks like he's waiting to mug old ladies, which of course is one way of looking at a witch trial."-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
"Witch trials were not just misogynist festivals of torture and hatred; they also directly facilitated the building of empire."-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
"As with later witch trials, like the ones in Salem, flexing normal court processes in response to a powerful authority can lead to mass injustice..."-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
17. Square Haunting: Five Writers in London Between the Wars
By: Francesca Wade
4.16
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An engrossing group portrait of five women writers, including Virginia Woolf, who moved to London's… read more
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18. Murder by the Book: The Crime That Shocked Dickens's London
By: Claire Harman
3.21
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed biographer--the fascinating, little-known story of a Victorian-era murder that r… read more
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19. Pretty Young Rebel: The Life of Flora Macdonald
By: Flora Fraser
3.67
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
A SPECTATOR AND SCOTSMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 'So well researched, pacily written and sympathetic to… read more
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20. The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family
By: Olivia Williams
3.61
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
THE STORY OF THE SAVOY HOTEL'S FOUNDERS, THROUGH A CENTURY OF LUXURY."For The Gondoliers-themed bir… read more
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21. Noncompliant: A Lone Whistleblower Exposes the Giants of Wall Street
By: Carmen Segarra
3.51
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A first-hand account of the oversight of the big banks in the wake of the financial crisis, from th… read more
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