14 Best true crime books like Gone: The Disappearance of Claudia Lawrence and Her Father's Desperate Search for the Truth by Neil Root

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Gone: The Disappearance of Claudia Lawrence and Her Father's Desperate Search for the Truth

By: Neil Root

3.72

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

The last time that anyone heard from 35-year-old Claudia Lawrence, a chef at the University of York…

If you liked the true crime plot in Gone: The Disappearance of Claudia Lawrence and Her Father's Desperate Search for the Truth by Neil Root , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Finding Peggy: A Glasgow Childhood

By: Meg Henderson

4.40

Format: 172 pages,

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  • nonfiction
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2. Goodbye, Dearest Holly: Ten Years On

By: Kevin Wells

4.12

Format: 29 pages,

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

3. Saving Danny

By: Cathy Glass

3.80

Format: 8 pages, Paperback

The fifteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass. Danny was petrified and clung to me in desperation a… read more

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4. Rose West: The Making of a Monster

By: Jane Carter Woodrow

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Hard to believe it looking at her now, but Rose West was an exceptionally beautiful little girl, wi… read more

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5. Shamed: The Honour Killing That Shocked Britain - by the Sister Who Fought for Justice

By: Sarbjit Kaur Athwal

4.30

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

The courageous, inspiring story of Sarbjit Kaur Athwal, who bravely fought for justice, risking her… read more

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6. No More Tomorrows: The Compelling True Story of an Innocent Woman Sentenced to Twenty Years in a Hellhole Bali Prison

By: Kathryn Bonella , Schapelle Corby

3.84

Format: None pages, Paperback

It was meant to be a two-week vacation to celebrate her sister's birthday, but for Schapelle Corby … read more

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7. LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal

By: Aphrodite Jones

4.32

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

LEVI’S EYES delves into the unspeakable murders of Christina and Levi Karlsen, as told by the kille… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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8. The Guilty Couple

By: C.L. Taylor

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Five years ago, Olivia Sutherland was wrongfully convicted of plotting to murder her husband. No… read more

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  • crime
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9. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

By: Hallie Rubenhold

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never m… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
"As social commentators marvelled, charity was 'frequently derived from the lowest orders"

-Hallie Rubenhold, The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

"The victims of Jack the Ripper were never 'just prostitutes'; they were daughters, wives, mothers, sisters, and lovers. They were women. They were human beings, and surely that in itself is enough."

-Hallie Rubenhold, The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

"At its very core, the story of Jack the Ripper is a narrative of a killer's deep, abiding hatred of women, and our culture's obsession with the mythology serves only to normalize its particular brand…"

-Hallie Rubenhold, The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

"My intention in writing this book is not to hunt and name the killer. I wish instead to retrace the footsteps of five women, to consider their experiences within the context of their era, and to foll…"

-Hallie Rubenhold, The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

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10. Shallow Graves: My life as a Forensic Scientist on Britain's Biggest Cases

By: Ray Fysh

4.34

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

Shortlisted for the True Crime Awards 2023 Best New True Crime Author The murder of Sarah Payne, Ad… read more

Similar categories in Ray Fysh's Shallow Graves: My life as a Forensic Scientist on Britain's Biggest Cases book and Neil Root's Gone: The Disappearance of Claudia Lawrence and Her Father's Desperate Search for the Truth

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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11. Finding Suzy: The Hunt for Missing Estate Agent Suzy Lamplugh and 'Mr Kipper'

By: David Videcette

4.37

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

How can someone just disappear?Step inside a real-life, missing person investigation in this compel… read more

Similar categories in David Videcette's Finding Suzy: The Hunt for Missing Estate Agent Suzy Lamplugh and 'Mr Kipper' book and Neil Root's Gone: The Disappearance of Claudia Lawrence and Her Father's Desperate Search for the Truth

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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12. The Perfect Wife

By: J.P. Delaney

3.67

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

The perfect life. The perfect love. Abbie awakens in a daze with no memory of who she is or how … read more

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13. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief

By: Katriona O'Sullivan

4.61

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan mak… read more

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  • nonfiction
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14. The Asylum

By: Carol Minto

4.46

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

For 46 years, Carol Minto has quietly gone about her life, carrying with her the most extraordin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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15. A Family Torn Apart: Three sisters and a dark secret that threatens to separate them for ever

By: Cathy Glass

4.30

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Angie, 6, and her sister, Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive at Cathy’s house, havin… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. Don't Smile: A Gripping True Story of Surviving Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control

By: Charlotte Robertson

4.14

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

A riveting memoir that describes one woman's journey through shocking levels of domestic abuse and … read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Robertson's Don't Smile: A Gripping True Story of Surviving Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control book and Neil Root's Gone: The Disappearance of Claudia Lawrence and Her Father's Desperate Search for the Truth

  • nonfiction
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17. Sorry For Your Loss: What Working with the Dead Taught Me About Life

By: Kate Marshall

3.94

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Following Kate Marshall’s first year in the mortuary at a north of England NHS hospital, with each … read more

Similar categories in Kate Marshall's Sorry For Your Loss: What Working with the Dead Taught Me About Life book and Neil Root's Gone: The Disappearance of Claudia Lawrence and Her Father's Desperate Search for the Truth

  • nonfiction
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18. Please, Let Me Go: The Horrific True Story of a Girl's Life In The Hands of Sex Traffickers

By: Caitlin Spencer

4.17

Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition

‘I was trapped.I’d been raped so many times, abused by hundreds, if not thousands. They could have … read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Spencer's Please, Let Me Go: The Horrific True Story of a Girl's Life In The Hands of Sex Traffickers book and Neil Root's Gone: The Disappearance of Claudia Lawrence and Her Father's Desperate Search for the Truth

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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19. Last Stop Auschwitz: My Story of Survival from within the Camp

By: Eddy de Wind

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Written in Auschwitz itself and translated for the first time ever into English, this one-of-a-kind… read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. Girl in the Tunnel: My Story of Love and Loss as a Survivor of the Magdalene Laundries

By: Maureen Sullivan

4.56

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

When Maureen Sullivan was just twelve years old, she confided in her teacher that she was being phy… read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. The Killer in the Snow (DI James Walker, #2)

By: Alex Pine

4.05

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

The first fall of snow can be fatal… A year has passed since DI James Walker cracked his biggest… read more

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  • crime
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22. Sleeping with a Psychopath

By: Carolyn Woods

3.60

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER A Divorced Woman. A Dangerous Man. A Devastating Affair.… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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23. Pure Evil - How Tracie Andrews murdered my son, decieved the nation and sentenced me to a life of pain and misery

By: Maureen Harvey

3.95

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

On December 1st, 1996, Lee Harvey was stabbed 42 times in a frenzied knife attack. His girlfriend, … read more

Similar categories in Maureen Harvey's Pure Evil - How Tracie Andrews murdered my son, decieved the nation and sentenced me to a life of pain and misery book and Neil Root's Gone: The Disappearance of Claudia Lawrence and Her Father's Desperate Search for the Truth

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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24. The Lady in the Bay Window: A true story of a haunted Sheffield home

By: William C. Grave

4.42

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the world of paranormal activity in a residential home. In 'The Lady in the Bay Window,'… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. Gone: The Disappearance of Claudia Lawrence and Her Father's Desperate Search for the Truth

By: Neil Root

3.72

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

The last time that anyone heard from 35-year-old Claudia Lawrence, a chef at the University of York… read more

Similar categories in Neil Root's Gone: The Disappearance of Claudia Lawrence and Her Father's Desperate Search for the Truth book and Neil Root's Gone: The Disappearance of Claudia Lawrence and Her Father's Desperate Search for the Truth

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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26. Surviving a Psychopath: Book 1 of a 2-Part Series

By: Kathryn Holland

3.86

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

Part 1 of a 2-Part SeriesHaving just left a dead-end relationship, Kat thought she had found the ma… read more

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27. Claudia Lawrence: True Crime Mysteries - Missing 2

By: Netta Newbound

3.96

Format: 68 pages, Kindle Edition

What happened to Claudia Lawrence? The disappearance of thirty-five-year-old Claudia Lawrence on… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of To Hunt a Killer: How I Brought Melanie Road’s Murderer to Justice by Julie Mackay

28. To Hunt a Killer: How I Brought Melanie Road’s Murderer to Justice

By: Julie Mackay

4.26

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping true story of how Detective Superintendent Julie Mackay brought Melanie Road’s murdere… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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29. A Killer's Confession: And a mother's fight to bring her daughter, Becky Godden-Edwards', murderer to trial

By: Karen Edwards

4.38

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A mother's story behind one of the most dramatic true crime cases in recent history. 'I have lived … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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30. Stolen Girl

By: Katie Taylor

4.01

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

Stolen Girl tells the story of a schoolgirl, Katie Taylor, who was systematically groomed and raped… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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31. Sins of the Father: My story of survival

By: Shaneda Daly

4.44

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

'One of Ireland's most powerful campaigners' The Kavanagh SistersI look back now and see that I nev… read more

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Sophie Hayes

3.93

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