The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
By: Simon Baatz
3.45
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery
By: Bill James , Rachel McCarthy James
3.46
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Using unprecedented, dramatically compelling sleuthing techniques, legendary statistician and baseb… read more
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"He was who he was; it was how he thought about himself. He was the man with the secret that nobody could ever get to. You guys look at me and you see nothing- this is how he thought; you see a small …"-Bill James, The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery
2. The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer
By: Kate Summerscale
4.67
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
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3. King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led The World To War
By: Catrine Clay
3.82
Format: 4 pages, Paperback
During the last days of July 1914 telegrams flew between the King, the Kaiser and the Tsar. George … read more
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4. 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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5. Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer
By: Jillian Lauren
3.38
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
He was sitting right across the table...and he would have killed her if he could. Jillian Lauren ha… read more
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6. The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt
By: Audrey Clare Farley
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
At the turn of the twentieth century, American women began to reject Victorian propriety in favor o… read more
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7. Under the Bridge
By: Rebecca Godfrey
3.86
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
*Now a Hulu limited series starring Lily Gladstone, Riley Keough, and Archie Panjabi!* “A swift,… read more
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8. Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime
By: Joe Pompeo
3.58
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Vanity Fair's Joe Pompeo investigates the notorious 1922 double murder of a high-society minister a… read more
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9. Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless
By: Laurah Norton
3.87
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the ide… read more
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10. All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind
By: Kate Winkler Dawson
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Kate Winkler Dawson tells the story of Edward Rulloff--a serial murderer who was called "too intell… read more
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11. The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World
By: Sarah Weinman
3.42
Format: 8 pages, Audiobook
7 Hours and 26 Minutes Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels… read more
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12. Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
By: Laurence Leamer
3.83
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scan… read more
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13. Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century
By: Roseanne Montillo
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Exploring the darkly intertwined fates of infamous socialite Ann Woodward and literary icon Truman … read more
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14. Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men
By: Harold Schechter
3.46
Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition
In the pantheon of serial killers, Belle Gunness stands alone. She was the rarest of female psychop… read more
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15. When the Moon Turns to Blood: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and a Story of Murder, Wild Faith, and End Times
By: Leah Sottile
3.77
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
WHEN THE MOON TURNS TO BLOOD examines the culture of end times paranoia and a trail of mysterious d… read more
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16. Surviving Autocracy
By: Masha Gessen
4.16
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A bestselling, National Book Award-winning journalist's essential guide to understanding, resisting… read more
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"As Trump marches on to the rhythm of near-daily twitter rants, daily outrages, and weekly embarrassments, it remains unimaginable—even if it is observable. To think that a madman could be running the…"-Masha Gessen, Surviving Autocracy
17. The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
By: Simon Baatz
3.45
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
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- true crime
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18. The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos
By: Mark Chiusano
3.83
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the dogged Long Island reporter who has been on his trail since 2019, the bizarre, page-turnin… read more
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19. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss
By: Margalit Fox
3.48
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more
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20. 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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21. The Devil Behind the Badge: The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer
By: Rick Jervis
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The shocking true-crime story of a Texas border patrol agent turned serial killer, the four sex wor… read more
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