7 must-read true crime books like First Degree: From Med School to Murder The Story Behind the Shocking Will Sandeson Trial by Kayla Hounsell

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First Degree: From Med School to Murder The Story Behind the Shocking Will Sandeson Trial

By: Kayla Hounsell

3.91

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A murder, a missing body, and a sensational trial that shocked the community.Will Sandeson seemed l…

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Cover of Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill

1. Lullabies for Little Criminals

By: Heather O'Neill

4.03

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

A gritty, heart-wrenching novel about bruised innocence on the city's feral streets—the remarkable … read more

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  • canada
  • audiobook
"Whenever things were going well, I started to feel vain."

-Heather O'Neill, Lullabies for Little Criminals

"The smallest a family can be is two members, and that was Jules and me."

-Heather O'Neill, Lullabies for Little Criminals

"Women aren't mean the way that men are. They're full of life and they're like God in that way."

-Heather O'Neill, Lullabies for Little Criminals

"Childhood is the most valuable thing that's taken away from you in life, if you think about it."

-Heather O'Neill, Lullabies for Little Criminals

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2. Fall on Your Knees

By: Ann-Marie MacDonald

3.97

Format: 672 pages, Mass Market Paperback

They are the Pipers of Cape Breton Island — a family steeped in lies and unspoken truths that reach… read more

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"She is why purgatory was invented."

-Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fall on Your Knees

"To believe and yet to have no hope is to thirst beside a fountain."

-Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fall on Your Knees

"Sat - sex is good for the voice. Why don't they teach you that in school?"

-Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fall on Your Knees

"My first advantage: I have everything. My second advantage: this is just another island. My third advantage: I am bigger than it all."

-Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fall on Your Knees

Cover of Do or Die (Inspector Green Mystery, #1) by Barbara Fradkin

3. Do or Die (Inspector Green Mystery, #1)

By: Barbara Fradkin

3.56

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Ottawa Homicide Inspector Michael Green is absolutely obsessed with his job, a condition which has … read more

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  • crime
  • canada
  • audiobook
Cover of 3,096 Days by Natascha Kampusch, None

4. 3,096 Days

By: Natascha Kampusch , None

3.75

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

On 2 March 1998 ten-year-old Natascha Kampusch was snatched off the street by a stranger and bundle… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

5. The Fever

By: Megan Abbott

3.82

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

The panic unleashed by a mysterious contagion threatens the bonds of family and community in a seem… read more

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6. Galore

By: Michael Crummey

3.71

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

Sprawling and intimate, stark and fantastical, Galore is a novel about the power of stories to shap… read more

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7. Mona Parsons: From Privilege to Prison, from Nova Scotia to Nazi Europe

By: None

3.88

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

Mona Parsons was the only female Canadian civilian to be imprisoned by the Nazis in Occupied Hollan… read more

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8. The Manor House

By: Gilly Macmillan

3.71

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

The terrifying story of what can happen after all your dreams come true Be careful what you wish… read more

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  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory

By: Sarah Polley

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, and actor Sarah Polley's Run Towards the Danger explores me… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
"His love was all around the edges, but sometimes it was hard for both of us to see, I think."

-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory

"The past was affecting how I moved through the world, while present life was affecting how the past moved through me."

-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory

"The past and present, I have come to realize, are in constant dialogue, acting upon one another in a kind of reciprocal pressure dance."

-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory

"It can seem perplexing from the outside, this pull that many women experience to make things better for those who have hurt us. The impulse to smooth things over the keep ourselves safe..."

-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory

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10. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

By: James Patterson

3.92

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Different books speak to us at different times."

-James Patterson, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

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11. The Search Party

By: Hannah Richell

3.71

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

A spellbinding locked-room mystery about a glamping trip gone horribly wrong when a powerful storm … read more

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  • audiobook
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12. The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . .

By: Rick Mercer

4.45

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Rick Mercer is back—again!—with the eagerly awaited sequel to his bestselling memoir At the end … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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13. The Brothers of Auschwitz

By: Malka Adler

4.10

Format: 433 pages, Paperback

An extraordinary novel of hope and heartbreak, this is a story about a family separated by the Holo… read more

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  • audiobook
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14. Fayne: A Novel

By: Ann-Marie MacDonald

4.26

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

A beloved writer returns with a tale of science, magyk, love and identity. In the late nineteent… read more

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  • audiobook
"Byrn speaks and I understand him without effort, his words as clear as spring water. / Ask a favour of the plover, he says. Borrow her eyes. / Then I am flying through the air, and the flying is his …"

-Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fayne: A Novel

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15. Recipe for a Good Life

By: Lesley Crewe

4.34

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Globe & Mail bestselling Lesley Crewe's new novel follows a mystery author with writer's block from… read more

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"Become an editor,' they said. 'You love books.' they said. I do love books; I just hate the people who write them."

-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

"I met the Homeville Women's Institute, a whole gaggle of rural women who have monthly meetings to make their community better. They realized that by joining together they had a stronger voice, and th…"

-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

"Life is like a recipe. What do you want in your life cake? What ingredients do you need to make it rise and taste wonderful? Sometimes the simplest recipe is the best, because the more you add to the…"

-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

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16. Beach Cute

By: Beth Reekles

3.37

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From the author of the hit Kissing Booth series comes another sizzling story following three very d… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Billionaire Murders: The Mysterious Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman by Kevin Donovan

17. The Billionaire Murders: The Mysterious Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman

By: Kevin Donovan

3.49

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A top journalist crosses the yellow tape to investigate a shocking high-society crime. Billionai… read more

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  • canada
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. The Woman in the Attic

By: Emily Hepditch

3.85

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

On the coast of rural Newfoundland, Hannah Fitzgerald's mother has lived her life in near total iso… read more

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19. The Spoon Stealer

By: Lesley Crewe

4.40

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Born into a basket of clean sheets—ruining a perfectly good load of laundry—Emmeline never quite fi… read more

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"So much of our lives depend on just one move, one way or the other. If I'd turned left instead of right that day..."

-Lesley Crewe, The Spoon Stealer

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20. The Whispers

By: Ashley Audrain

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A pageturner about four suburban families whose lives are changed when the unthinkable happens--and… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Beholden by Lesley Crewe

21. Beholden

By: Lesley Crewe

4.25

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

The story begins with Nell, the “spinster on the hill” near St. Peter’s, Cape Breton. Scarred by he… read more

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  • canada
  • audiobook
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22. How to Age Disgracefully

By: Clare Pooley

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy f… read more

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  • crime
  • audiobook
"Mature? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

"Mature'? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

Cover of 22 Murders: Investigating the Massacres, Cover-up and Obstacles to Justice in Nova Scotia by Paul Palango

23. 22 Murders: Investigating the Massacres, Cover-up and Obstacles to Justice in Nova Scotia

By: Paul Palango

3.58

Format: 587 pages, Paperback

A shocking exposé of the deadliest killing spree in Canadian history, and how police tragically fai… read more

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  • canada
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Mommy Don’t From Mother to Murderer: The True Story of Penny and Karissa Boudreau  by Sherri Aikenhead

24. Mommy Don’t From Mother to Murderer: The True Story of Penny and Karissa Boudreau 

By: Sherri Aikenhead

4.23

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

On January 29, 2008, just days after a bitter winter storm, Nova Scotians watched with breaking hea… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • canada
Cover of Blood on the Coal: The True Story of the Great Springhill Mine Disaster by Ken Cuthbertson

25. Blood on the Coal: The True Story of the Great Springhill Mine Disaster

By: Ken Cuthbertson

4.16

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Blood on the Coal has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher. read more

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Cover of Blood in the Water: A True Story of Revenge in the Maritimes by Silver Donald Cameron

26. 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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  • canada
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of First Degree: From Med School to Murder The Story Behind the Shocking Will Sandeson Trial by Kayla Hounsell

27. First Degree: From Med School to Murder The Story Behind the Shocking Will Sandeson Trial

By: Kayla Hounsell

3.91

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A murder, a missing body, and a sensational trial that shocked the community.Will Sandeson seemed l… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of What Have You Done? by Shari Lapena

28. What Have You Done?

By: Shari Lapena

3.84

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

The new binge-worthy novel from the “queen of the one-sit read,” and New York Times bestselling aut… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Life Sentence: How My Father Defended Two Murderers and Lost Himself by Amy  Bell

29. Life Sentence: How My Father Defended Two Murderers and Lost Himself

By: Amy Bell

3.92

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

On December 15, 1974, when Amy Bell was one year old, the city of Moncton, New Brunswick, was consu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Mass Murder, Police Mayhem: The Mass Casualty Commission: The Facts, The Findings, and What Must Be Done by Dean Beeby

30. Mass Murder, Police Mayhem: The Mass Casualty Commission: The Facts, The Findings, and What Must Be Done

By: Dean Beeby

4.36

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In this book Dean Beeby distills the extensive research of the Mass Casualty Commission into a read… read more

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31. The Sixty Second Story

By: Janice Landry

4.42

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The Sixty Second Story is a gripping and emotional tribute to Canada’s first responders – the profe… read more

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18 Top audiobook books like First Degree: From Med School to Murder The Story Behind the Shocking Will Sandeson Trial by Kayla Hounsell

Transform Your Habits

Lullabies for Little Criminals

Heather O'Neill

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Do or Die (Inspector Green Mystery, #1)

Barbara Fradkin

3.56

Transform Your Habits

The Manor House

Gilly Macmillan

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory

Sarah Polley

4.32

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My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2)

Chris Hadfield

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Shut Up You're Pretty

Téa Mutonji

3.57

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