21 Top true crime books like Killer Triggers: Murder Comes Down to Sex, Drugs, or Money by Joe Kenda

Cover of Killer Triggers: Murder Comes Down to Sex, Drugs, or Money by Joe Kenda

Killer Triggers: Murder Comes Down to Sex, Drugs, or Money

By: Joe Kenda

4.45

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

The most common triggers for homicide are fear, rage, revenge, money, lust, and, more rarely, sheer…

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Cover of Cellar of Horror: The Story of Gary Heidnik by Ken Englade

1. Cellar of Horror: The Story of Gary Heidnik

By: Ken Englade

3.77

Format: 277 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Serial killer Gary Heidnik's name will live on in infamy, and his home, 3520 North Marshall Street … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Daughter's Deadly Deception: The Jennifer Pan Story by Jeremy Grimaldi

2. A Daughter's Deadly Deception: The Jennifer Pan Story

By: Jeremy Grimaldi

3.45

Format: 336 pages, ebook

2017 Arthur Ellis Award, Best Nonfiction Book — WinnerA sinister plot by a young woman left her mot… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of G.I. Joe & Lillie: Remembering a Life of Love and Loyalty by Joseph S. Bonsall

3. G.I. Joe & Lillie: Remembering a Life of Love and Loyalty

By: Joseph S. Bonsall

4.20

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

True account of life, love, war, and finally, peace Includes details and accounts of D-Day Author s… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of The Want-Ad Killer by Ann Rule

4. The Want-Ad Killer

By: Ann Rule

3.59

Format: 378 pages,

After his first grisly crime, Harvey Louis Carignan beat a death sentence and continued to manipula… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Church of Lies by Flora Jessop, None, Paul T.  Brown

5. Church of Lies

By: Flora Jessop , None , Paul T. Brown

4.04

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the Preface: "My name is Flora Jessop. I've been called apostate, vigilante, and crazy bitch, … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
Cover of Harold Shipman: The True Story of Britain's Most Notorious Serial Killer by Ryan  Green

6. Harold Shipman: The True Story of Britain's Most Notorious Serial Killer

By: Ryan Green

4.09

Format: 129 pages,

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Angel of Darkness: The True Story of Randy Kraft and the Most Heinous Murder Spree by Dennis McDougal

7. Angel of Darkness: The True Story of Randy Kraft and the Most Heinous Murder Spree

By: Dennis McDougal

3.64

Format: None pages,

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Law & Disorder: The Legendary FBI Profiler's Relentless Pursuit of Justice by None, Mark Olshaker

8. Law & Disorder: The Legendary FBI Profiler's Relentless Pursuit of Justice

By: None , Mark Olshaker

4.48

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

From law enforcement legend John Douglas, the FBI's pioneer of criminal profiling and the model for… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cases That Haunt Us (Lisa Drew Books) by None, Mark Olshaker

9. The Cases That Haunt Us (Lisa Drew Books)

By: None , Mark Olshaker

4.00

Format: 256 pages,

America's foremost expert on criminal profiling provides his uniquely gripping analysis of seven of… read more

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

10. No, Daddy, Don't!: A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge

By: Irene Pence

3.69

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

The horrifying true story of an abusive husband who committed the ultimate act of violence and betr… read more

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  • true crime
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The I-5 Killer by Ann Rule

11. The I-5 Killer

By: Ann Rule

4.11

Format: 98 pages,

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Search for the Green River Killer by Carlton Smith, Tomás Guillén

12. The Search for the Green River Killer

By: Carlton Smith , Tomás Guillén

3.50

Format: 296 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The true story of America's most notorious serial killer case ever. read more

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

13. Deliver Us From Evil: Taken From the Files of Ed and Lorraine Warren

By: Ed Warren , Lorraine Warren , J.F. Sawyer , None

3.67

Format: 499 pages,

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14. A Season of Darkness

By: Doug Jones , Phyllis Gobbell

3.84

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

When nine-year-old Marcia Trimble was murdered n 1975, her parents believed justice would be served… read more

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15. Obeying Evil: The Mockingbird Hill Massacre Through the Eyes of a Killer

By: Ryan Green

4.00

Format: 208 pages,

Obeying Evilpresents the shocking true story of Ronald Gene Simmons and the most disturbing family … read more

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16. 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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17. Don't Look Behind You and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #15)

By: Ann Rule

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

I'll be watching you. Walking home on a dark night, you hear footsteps coming up behind you. As the… read more

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Cover of We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder by M. William Phelps

18. We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder

By: M. William Phelps

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author, television personality, and host of the #1 podcast "Paper Ghosts… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Don't Scream 2: 30 More Tales to Terrify by Blair Daniels

19. Don't Scream 2: 30 More Tales to Terrify

By: Blair Daniels

4.20

Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition

Every night, I hear a woman crying in my backyard.Now I hear her in my closet.Have you ever played … read more

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Cover of Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers by Frank Figliuzzi

20. Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

By: Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students by J. Reuben Appelman

21. While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students

By: J. Reuben Appelman

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The author of the acclaimed true-crime memoir, The Kill Jar, tells the inside story of the “Univers… read more

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  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Delphi Murders: The Quest To Find ‘The Man On The Bridge’ by Nic  Edwards

22. The Delphi Murders: The Quest To Find ‘The Man On The Bridge’

By: Nic Edwards

3.75

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

On February 13, 2017 , two Indiana teenagers, Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14, went fo… read more

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

23. 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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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • 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

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

24. 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
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Shunned: How I Lost My Religion and Found Myself by Linda A. Curtis

25. Shunned: How I Lost My Religion and Found Myself

By: Linda A. Curtis

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Linda Curtis was raised as a Jehovah's Witness and is an unquestioning true believer who has knocke… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes

26. Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

By: Paul Holes

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the detective who found The Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America’s toughest … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adult
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Lovely Girl: The Tragedy of Olga Duncan and the Trial of One of California's Most Notorious Killers by Deborah Holt Larkin

27. A Lovely Girl: The Tragedy of Olga Duncan and the Trial of One of California's Most Notorious Killers

By: Deborah Holt Larkin

4.07

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The incredible story of a 1958 murder that ended with the last woman to ever be executed in Califor… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adult
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Killer Triggers: Murder Comes Down to Sex, Drugs, or Money by Joe Kenda

28. Killer Triggers: Murder Comes Down to Sex, Drugs, or Money

By: Joe Kenda

4.45

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

The most common triggers for homicide are fear, rage, revenge, money, lust, and, more rarely, sheer… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adult
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Brian  Cox

29. Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland

By: Brian Cox

3.45

Format: 1 pages, Audible Audio

Our Bedtime Stories are designed to let you drift off with no nagging feeling that you need to list… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Lost Colony Murder on the Outer Banks: Seeking Justice for Brenda Joyce Holland by John Railey

30. The Lost Colony Murder on the Outer Banks: Seeking Justice for Brenda Joyce Holland

By: John Railey

3.87

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 1967, nineteen-year-old Brenda Joyce Holland disappeared. She was a mountain girl … read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Stage Fright (Bewitching Midlife Crisis Mysteries, #1) by Dakota Cassidy

31. Stage Fright (Bewitching Midlife Crisis Mysteries, #1)

By: Dakota Cassidy

4.17

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition of ASIN B0BK8FBRMS If you want to know who unalived you, I'm your girl. … read more

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  • mystery
  • audiobook

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Jeremy Grimaldi

3.45

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Ann Rule

3.59

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We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder

M. William Phelps

4.10

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Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

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3.75

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John Glatt

3.94

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