26 Best true crime books like Murder for the Love of Money by Gregg Wendorf

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Murder for the Love of Money

By: Gregg Wendorf

3.70

Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of the 2015 capital murder of 96-year-old WW II vet Marty Knell in Texas’s semi-tropical …

If you liked the true crime plot in Murder for the Love of Money by Gregg Wendorf , here is a list of 26 books like this:

Cover of Preacher's Girl: The Life and Crimes of Blanche Taylor Moore by Jim Schutze

1. Preacher's Girl: The Life and Crimes of Blanche Taylor Moore

By: Jim Schutze

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The true story of a preacher's daughter who became a serial killer chronicles the transformation of… read more

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Cover of You Belong to Me and Other True Crime Cases (Crime Files, # 2) by Julie Rubenstein, Ann Rule

2. You Belong to Me and Other True Crime Cases (Crime Files, # 2)

By: Julie Rubenstein , Ann Rule

3.63

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

In "You Belong to Me, " Rule fixes her unsparing professional gaze on one of Florida's most shockin… read more

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Cover of To Love and To Kill by M. William Phelps

3. To Love and To Kill

By: M. William Phelps

3.60

Format: 404 pages,

The missing-persons case of Heather Strong, a young, beautiful suburban mother, baffled Florida det… read more

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4. If You Really Loved Me

By: Ann Rule

3.91

Format: None pages,

There was only one way to please her father: Murder his wife.... David Brown was the consummate ent… read more

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5. Written in Blood

By: Diane Fanning

4.10

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

An army brat-turned-marine, he saw combat in Vietnam, and returned a decorated soldier. An avid rea… read more

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6. Obsessed

By: M. William Phelps

4.03

Format: 166 pages,

Sheila Davalloo was young, attractive and successful. When she started a new job at a cutting-edge … read more

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7. You'll Never Find My Body

By: Don Lasseter , Ronald E. Bowers

3.33

Format: 140 pages,

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8. Dancing with Death: The True Story of a Glamorous Showgirl, her Wealthy Husband, and a Horrifying Murder

By: Shanna Hogan

3.67

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

Phoenix, Arizona, 2004. Former stripper turned suburban housewife Marjorie Orbin filed a missing pe… read more

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9. A Taste For Murder

By: Burl Barer , Frank Girardot

3.87

Format: 252 pages,

Frank Rodriguez, a much-loved counselor of troubled teens, lies dead on the bedroom floor. His wife… read more

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10. Everything She Ever Wanted

By: Ann Rule

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

WAS SHE A SWEET SOUTHERN CHARMER? OR A COLD-BLOODED KILLER? For their wedding portrait, petite Pat … read more

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11. A Fever in the Heart and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #3)

By: Ann Rule

4.06

Format: 340 pages,

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12. 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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13. An Almost Perfect Murder

By: Gary C. King

3.59

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

A critical care nurse marries his patient’s widow only to later poison her in this true crime story… read more

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Cover of Bone Deep: Untangling the Betsy Faria Murder Case by Charles Bosworth Jr.

14. Bone Deep: Untangling the Betsy Faria Murder Case

By: Charles Bosworth Jr.

4.30

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

The explosive, first-ever insider’s account of the case that’s captivated millions--the murder of B… read more

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Cover of Extreme Punishment: The Chilling True Story of Acclaimed Law Professor Dan Markel’s Murder by Steven B. Epstein

15. Extreme Punishment: The Chilling True Story of Acclaimed Law Professor Dan Markel’s Murder

By: Steven B. Epstein

4.18

Format: 608 pages, Kindle Edition

At just 41 years of age, Florida State law professor Dan Markel was among the most well-known and a… read more

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Cover of American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World by Gregg Olsen

16. American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World

By: Gregg Olsen

3.55

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 bestselling author comes the shocking true-crime story of a mother and wife, her distur… read more

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Cover of Deadly Goals: The True Story of an All-American Football Hero Who Stalked and Murdered by Wilt Browning

17. Deadly Goals: The True Story of an All-American Football Hero Who Stalked and Murdered

By: Wilt Browning

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping true story of a small town football hero and the murder he almost got away with. A st… read more

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Cover of The Good Wife: The Shocking Betrayal and Brutal Murder of a Godly Woman in Texas by Clint Richmond

18. The Good Wife: The Shocking Betrayal and Brutal Murder of a Godly Woman in Texas

By: Clint Richmond

3.95

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Roger and Penny Scaggs seemed a poster couple for family values. Evangelical Christians living in b… read more

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Cover of Murder in the Family: Inside story of the Jersey murders by Jeremy Josephs

19. Murder in the Family: Inside story of the Jersey murders

By: Jeremy Josephs

3.93

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

As this true crime tale of murder shows, even the most successful families can hide terrible secret… read more

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Cover of Into the Water: An Astonishing True Story of Abduction, Murder, and the Nice Guy Next Door (St. Martin's True Crime Library) by Diane Fanning

20. Into the Water: An Astonishing True Story of Abduction, Murder, and the Nice Guy Next Door (St. Martin's True Crime Library)

By: Diane Fanning

3.85

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

To authorities she spilled the shocking details of a night of horror. It was the lead they'd been d… read more

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Cover of Four Shots in Oskie: Murder and Innocence in Middle America by Justin Wingerter

21. Four Shots in Oskie: Murder and Innocence in Middle America

By: Justin Wingerter

4.24

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

Four Shots in Oskie tells the story of a gross miscarriage of justice with sharp precision and comp… read more

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22. The Ghost: The Murder of Police Chief Greg Adams and the Hunt for His Killer

By: Maureen Boyle

4.03

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

How could such a dark secret have been kept for so many years? Police Chief Greg Adams was out … read more

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Cover of Fatal Prescription: A Doctor without Remorse by John Griffiths

23. Fatal Prescription: A Doctor without Remorse

By: John Griffiths

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

What reviewers said after reading Fatal Prescription: • Extraordinary ... a remarkable story—Leeza… read more

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Cover of Beautifully Cruel by M. William Phelps

24. Beautifully Cruel

By: M. William Phelps

4.11

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

The New York Times bestselling true crime author investigates a shocking case of a wife, mother, an… read more

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Cover of The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family by John Glatt

25. The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family

By: John Glatt

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In The Doomsday Mother , bestselling true crime author John Glatt tells the twisted tale of Lori Va… read more

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Cover of If Looks Could Kill by M. William Phelps

26. If Looks Could Kill

By: M. William Phelps

4.00

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

On a day like any other in Akron, Ohio, in a parking lot like so many across America, a black-clad … read more

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27. And I Cried, Too: Confronting Evil in a Small Town, a memoir

By: Mike Hartnett

4.24

Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition

Mike and his wife, Barbara, moved to Lincoln, Illinois, in 1972. The town of 17,000 was charming, f… read more

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Cover of An Unfinished Canvas: A True Story of Love, Family, and Murder in Nashville by Michael Glasgow

28. An Unfinished Canvas: A True Story of Love, Family, and Murder in Nashville

By: Michael Glasgow

4.11

Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition

This true crime saga reveals the case of a missing Nashville woman, a husband on the run, and a rar… read more

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Cover of A Murder in Searcy by Mike S. Allen

29. A Murder in Searcy

By: Mike S. Allen

3.82

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

On the morning of September 26, 1974, the body of Fern Cowen Rodgers was discovered on the floor of… read more

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Cover of The Iowa Murders: A Shocking True Crime Story by Rod Kackley

30. The Iowa Murders: A Shocking True Crime Story

By: Rod Kackley

3.42

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

Someone you know or even love is the person who will kill you. Usually, that’s true.But that is not… read more

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Cover of Murder for the Love of Money by Gregg Wendorf

31. Murder for the Love of Money

By: Gregg Wendorf

3.70

Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of the 2015 capital murder of 96-year-old WW II vet Marty Knell in Texas’s semi-tropical … read more

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5 must-read adult books like Written in Blood by Diane Fanning

Transform Your Habits

Written in Blood

Diane Fanning

4.10

Transform Your Habits

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

M. William Phelps

4.10

Transform Your Habits

An Almost Perfect Murder

Gary C. King

3.59

Transform Your Habits

Bone Deep: Untangling the Betsy Faria Murder Case

Charles Bosworth Jr.

4.30

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