10 Top history books like The Forest City Killer: A Serial Murderer, a Cold-Case Sleuth, and a Search for Justice by Vanessa Brown

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The Forest City Killer: A Serial Murderer, a Cold-Case Sleuth, and a Search for Justice

By: Vanessa Brown

3.63

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Fifty years ago, a serial killer prowled the quiet city of London, Ontario, marking it as his hunti…

If you liked the history plot in The Forest City Killer: A Serial Murderer, a Cold-Case Sleuth, and a Search for Justice by Vanessa Brown , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Practice to Deceive

By: Ann Rule

4.27

Format: 637 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Timesbestselling author and Queen of True Crime Ann Rule delivers another gripping true… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. Still Me

By: Christopher Reeve

4.32

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

With a New Afterword for this Edition. When the first 'Superman' movie came out I was frequently as… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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3. Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #16)

By: Ann Rule

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

#1 New York Timesbestselling author and queen of true crime Ann Rule's sixteenth volume in her True… read more

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  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

4. Lying in Wait and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #17)

By: Ann Rule

4.02

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

Ann Rule presents another collection of fascinating and disturbing true-crime stories--drawn from h… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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5. Murder City: The Untold Story of Canada's Serial Killer Capital, 1959-1984

By: Michael Arntfield

4.23

Format: 128 pages,

Like the mythic cities of Gotham or Gomorrah, London, Ontario was for many years an unrivalled bree… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • canada
  • nonfiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
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6. The I-5 Killer

By: Ann Rule

4.11

Format: 98 pages,

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

7. A New Kind of Monster: The Secret Life and Chilling Crimes of Colonel Russell Williams

By: Timothy Appleby

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Ripped from the headlines, the horrific and astonishing true story of the double life of Russell Wi… read more

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8. Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--America's Deadliest Serial Murderer

By: Ann Rule

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

In her most personal and provocative book to date, the #1 bestselling master of true crime presents… read more

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9. Lust Killer

By: Ann Rule

4.34

Format: 640 pages,

When young women begin mysteriously disappearing in Oregon, Police Lieutenant James Stovall leads a… read more

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10. Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Issues in Canada (The Debwe Series)

By: Chelsea Vowel

4.04

Format: 538 pages, Paperback

Delgamuukw. Sixties Scoop. Bill C-31. Blood quantum. Appropriation. Two-spirit. Tsilhqot'in. Status… read more

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11. American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

By: Maureen Callahan

4.09

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I've got lots more stories to tell."

-Maureen Callahan, American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

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12. Stolen Things

By: Rachael Herron (RH Herron)

3.71

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sensational crime, a missing teen, and a mother and daughter with no one to trust but themselves … read more

Similar categories in Rachael Herron (RH Herron)'s Stolen Things book and Vanessa Brown's The Forest City Killer: A Serial Murderer, a Cold-Case Sleuth, and a Search for Justice

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman

13. 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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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin Siblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue

By: John Glatt

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling true crime author John Glatt comes the devastating story of the Tur… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada

By: Michelle Good

4.44

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

Abold, provocative collection of essays exploring the historical and contemporary Indigenous experi… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Good's Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada book and Vanessa Brown's The Forest City Killer: A Serial Murderer, a Cold-Case Sleuth, and a Search for Justice

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • canada
  • audiobook
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16. Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession

By: Sarah Weinman

3.59

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A brilliant anthology of modern true-crime writing that illustrates the appeal of this powerful and… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Finding Murph: From First Overall to Living Homeless in the Bush - The Tragic True Story of Joe Murphy by Rick Westhead

17. Finding Murph: From First Overall to Living Homeless in the Bush - The Tragic True Story of Joe Murphy

By: Rick Westhead

4.01

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Joe Murphy had it all. In 1986, he became the first college-educated hockey player ever selected fi… read more

Similar categories in Rick Westhead's Finding Murph: From First Overall to Living Homeless in the Bush - The Tragic True Story of Joe Murphy book and Vanessa Brown's The Forest City Killer: A Serial Murderer, a Cold-Case Sleuth, and a Search for Justice

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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18. The Forest City Killer: A Serial Murderer, a Cold-Case Sleuth, and a Search for Justice

By: Vanessa Brown

3.63

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Fifty years ago, a serial killer prowled the quiet city of London, Ontario, marking it as his hunti… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Brown's The Forest City Killer: A Serial Murderer, a Cold-Case Sleuth, and a Search for Justice book and Vanessa Brown's The Forest City Killer: A Serial Murderer, a Cold-Case Sleuth, and a Search for Justice

  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • canada
  • nonfiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. Murder on the Inside: The True Story of the Deadly Riot at Kingston Penitentiary

By: Catherine Fogarty

4.15

Format: None pages, ebook

"You have taken our civil rights--we want our human rights." On April 14, 1971, a handful of pri… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • canada
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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20. Blood in the Water: A True Story of Revenge in the Maritimes

By: Silver Donald Cameron

3.67

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

WINNER of the 2021 Atlantic Book Awards' Robbie Robertson Dartmouth Book Award Shortlisted for t… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • canada
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. Talking to Strangers (Elise King, #2)

By: Fiona Barton

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Detective Elise King’s investigation into a woman’s murder is getting derailed by a reporter who in… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

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Ann Rule

4.27

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Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #16)

Ann Rule

3.51

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The I-5 Killer

Ann Rule

4.11

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American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

Maureen Callahan

4.09

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By Any Other Name

Jodi Picoult

4.19

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Liane Moriarty

4.15

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Someone in the Attic

Andrea Mara

3.96

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Karin Slaughter

4.42

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