12 best-selling crime books like Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop by Gus Garcia-Roberts

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Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

By: Gus Garcia-Roberts

3.87

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

An incredible four-decade account of murder, power, and corruption in one of the country’s largest …

If you liked the crime plot in Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop by Gus Garcia-Roberts , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by None

1. Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery

By: None

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Award-winning investigative reporter Robert Kolker delivers a humanizing account of the true-life s… read more

Similar categories in None's Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

2. The Jersey Brothers: A Missing Naval Officer in the Pacific and His Family's Quest to Bring Him Home

By: None

3.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary, real-life adventure of three brothers at the center of the most dramatic turning… read more

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3. 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

Similar categories in Casey Sherman's A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
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4. Riding with Evil: Taking Down the Notorious Pagan Motorcycle Gang

By: Ken Croke

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sons of Anarchy meets The Departed in this fast-paced, high-wire act memoir from former ATF agent K… read more

Similar categories in Ken Croke's Riding with Evil: Taking Down the Notorious Pagan Motorcycle Gang book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

  • biography
  • true crime
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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5. Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America

By: Brendan Ballou

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The authoritative exposé of private what it is, how it kills businesses and jobs, how the governme… read more

Similar categories in Brendan Ballou's Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

  • nonfiction
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6. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

By: Douglas Preston

3.81

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Preston's The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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7. 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

Similar categories in Frank Figliuzzi's Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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8. 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

Similar categories in Harry N. MacLean's Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child by Kim Cross

9. In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child

By: Kim Cross

4.30

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Paced like a thriller and full of insider information on the history and science of Crime Scene Inv… read more

Similar categories in Kim Cross's In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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10. The Ghosts That Haunt Me: Memories of a Homicide Detective

By: Steve Ryan

4.22

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

After years working in homicide, retired Toronto detective Steve Ryan reflects on six cases he will… read more

Similar categories in Steve Ryan's The Ghosts That Haunt Me: Memories of a Homicide Detective book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

  • biography
  • true crime
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf

11. Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio

By: Derf Backderf

4.47

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

From Derf Backderf, the bestselling author of My Friend Dahmer, comes the Eisner and ALA/YALSA Alex… read more

Similar categories in Derf Backderf's Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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12. Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk

By: Billy Walters

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “An insightful read…Walters is a larger-than-life character.” — Sports … read more

Similar categories in Billy Walters's Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of Lost at Sea: Eddie Rickenbacker's Twenty-Four Days Adrift on the Pacific--A World War II Tale of Courage and Faith by John Wukovits

13. Lost at Sea: Eddie Rickenbacker's Twenty-Four Days Adrift on the Pacific--A World War II Tale of Courage and Faith

By: John Wukovits

4.17

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The forgotten story of American war hero Eddie Rickenbacker's crash landing in the Pacific during W… read more

Similar categories in John Wukovits's Lost at Sea: Eddie Rickenbacker's Twenty-Four Days Adrift on the Pacific--A World War II Tale of Courage and Faith book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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14. The Darkest White: A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him

By: Eric Blehm

4.26

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From Eric Blehm, the bestselling author of  The Last Season and Fearless , comes an extraordinary n… read more

Similar categories in Eric Blehm's The Darkest White: A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"You go up into the mountains empty, even with no lunch, you come home full."

-Eric Blehm, The Darkest White: A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him

"It's braver and more honorable to turn back than to forge forward into uncertain terrain. Snowboarding is about living, not about dying."

-Eric Blehm, The Darkest White: A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him

"I'm honestly not that concerned with what's modern, or what's up-to-date, or what's cool, stylish... The smile after a good run, to me, is all I need to know about snowboarding. -Craig Kelly"

-Eric Blehm, The Darkest White: A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him

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15. Kismet

By: Becky Chalsen

3.42

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

"A wedding, a birthday, a holiday weekend. What could really go wrong? Kismet dishes up everything … read more

Similar categories in Becky Chalsen's Kismet book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

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16. Life Sentence: The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore’s Deadliest Gang Leader

By: Mark Bowden

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

In this unprecedented deep dive into inner-city gang life, Mark Bowden takes readers inside a Balti… read more

Similar categories in Mark Bowden's Life Sentence: The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore’s Deadliest Gang Leader book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

  • biography
  • true crime
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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17. Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

By: Gus Garcia-Roberts

3.87

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

An incredible four-decade account of murder, power, and corruption in one of the country’s largest … read more

Similar categories in Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

  • new york
  • biography
  • true crime
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever by Kim Mager

18. A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever

By: Kim Mager

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this fascinating & profoundly chilling account, Detective Kim Mager , a real-life version of Cla… read more

Similar categories in Kim Mager's A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of I Don't Want to Go Home: The Oral History of the Stone Pony by Nick Corasaniti

19. I Don't Want to Go Home: The Oral History of the Stone Pony

By: Nick Corasaniti

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A captivating oral history of the iconic music venue the Stone Pony and of the rise, fall, and rebi… read more

Similar categories in Nick Corasaniti's I Don't Want to Go Home: The Oral History of the Stone Pony book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

  • nonfiction
Cover of The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite

20. The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

By: Jessica Waite

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A widow’s life is turned upside when she uncovers the truth about her late husband in this lyrical,… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Reap the Whirlwind: Violence, Race, Justice, and the Story of Sagon Penn by Peter Houlahan

21. Reap the Whirlwind: Violence, Race, Justice, and the Story of Sagon Penn

By: Peter Houlahan

4.57

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Norco ’80 returns with a riveting story of mid-1980s San Diego that place… read more

Similar categories in Peter Houlahan's Reap the Whirlwind: Violence, Race, Justice, and the Story of Sagon Penn book and Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

19 must-read nonfiction books like Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop by Gus Garcia-Roberts

Transform Your Habits

Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery

None

4.00

Transform Your Habits

A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime

Casey Sherman

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Riding with Evil: Taking Down the Notorious Pagan Motorcycle Gang

Ken Croke

4.24

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Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America

Brendan Ballou

4.08

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5 Best adult books like The Ghosts That Haunt Me: Memories of a Homicide Detective by Steve Ryan

Transform Your Habits

Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

Laurah Norton

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Ghosts That Haunt Me: Memories of a Homicide Detective

Steve Ryan

4.22

Transform Your Habits

To Kill and Kill Again: The Terrifying True Story of Montana's Baby-Faced Serial Sex Murderer

John Coston

3.93

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