19 Best true crime books like The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided by Sean Patrick Cooper

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The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

By: Sean Patrick Cooper

3.46

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The harrowing true story of a cold-blooded murder and one attorney’s quest to bring justice to a su…

If you liked the true crime plot in The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided by Sean Patrick Cooper , here is a list of 19 books like this:

1. The Children's Blizzard

By: David Laskin

3.50

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

A masterful portrait of a tragic crucible in the settlement of the American heartland - the 'Childr… read more

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2. Uncommon Youth: The Gilded Family, Go-Go Life, and Gut-wrenching Kidnapping of J. Paul Getty III

By: None

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

The glamorous life, gilded family, and tragic times of J. Paul Getty III, whose kidnapping made hea… read more

Similar categories in None's Uncommon Youth: The Gilded Family, Go-Go Life, and Gut-wrenching Kidnapping of J. Paul Getty III book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

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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 Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

Similar categories in Erik Larson's The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

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5. Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi

By: Susan Hendricks

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Former CNN/HLN anchor and veteran broadcast journalist Susan Hendricks takes an investigative deep-… read more

Similar categories in Susan Hendricks's Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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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 Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

By: Beverly Gage

4.37

Format: 864 pages, Hardcover

A major new biography of J. Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a grou… read more

Similar categories in Beverly Gage's G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

By: Laurah Norton

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the ide… read more

Similar categories in Laurah Norton's Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang

By: Tom Clavin

3.67

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

The definitive account of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen bank heist in history, by the multipl… read more

Similar categories in Tom Clavin's The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

Similar categories in Adam Higginbotham's Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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12. The Waltham Murders

By: Susan Zalkind

3.09

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

A crusade to find a killer becomes a gripping, intensely personal investigation into a shocking col… read more

Similar categories in Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. Safe and Sound

By: Laura McHugh

3.78

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Six years after their cousin vanished from their home while they were sleeping, two sisters set out… read more

Similar categories in Laura McHugh's Safe and Sound book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • audiobook
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14. The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice

By: C. Alexander Hortis

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Before the sensational cases of Amanda Knox and Casey Anthony—before even Lizzie Borden—there was P… read more

Similar categories in C. Alexander Hortis's The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

By: David Gibbins

3.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human … read more

Similar categories in David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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16. Perilous Times

By: Thomas D. Lee

3.89

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

An immortal Knight of the Round Table faces his greatest challenge yet—saving the politically polar… read more

Similar categories in Thomas D. Lee's Perilous Times book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • audiobook
"Oi!' says the squirrel. 'Get your filthy hands off me! I'll fucking have you!"

-Thomas D. Lee, Perilous Times

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17. The Serial Killer's Apprentice

By: Katherine Ramsland

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A psychological examination of the blurred line between victim and accomplice―and how a killer can … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Ramsland's The Serial Killer's Apprentice book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko

18. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Fedarko's A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"

-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

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19. Helltown: The Untold Story of Serial Murder on Cape Cod

By: Casey Sherman

3.50

Format: 509 pages, ebook

Before Charles Manson, there was Tony Costa―the serial killer of Cape Cod 1969: The hippie scene… read more

Similar categories in Casey Sherman's Helltown: The Untold Story of Serial Murder on Cape Cod book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight

By: Shawn Cohen

3.69

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A gripping true crime book about a college girl who disappeared in plain sight When Lauren Spierer―… read more

Similar categories in Shawn Cohen's College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Just Add Water: My Swimming Life by Katie Ledecky

21. Just Add Water: My Swimming Life

By: Katie Ledecky

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A candid and inspiring memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and one of the best swim… read more

Similar categories in Katie Ledecky's Just Add Water: My Swimming Life book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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

22. 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 Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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23. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

By: Margalit Fox

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more

Similar categories in Margalit Fox's The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida by Mikita Brottman

24. Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida

By: Mikita Brottman

3.54

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of the “enthralling” ( San Francisco Book Review ) An Unexplai… read more

Similar categories in Mikita Brottman's Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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25. The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

By: Sean Patrick Cooper

3.46

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The harrowing true story of a cold-blooded murder and one attorney’s quest to bring justice to a su… read more

Similar categories in Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable by Sarah Gerard

26. Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable

By: Sarah Gerard

3.44

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed author Sarah Gerard turns her keen observational eye and cutting yet compassionate prose … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Gerard's Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers by Ian O'Connor

27. Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers

By: Ian O'Connor

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Aaron Rodgers is regarded by some as the most talented player to ever hold the most important job i… read more

Similar categories in Ian O'Connor's Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway by N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss

28. Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway

By: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss

4.45

Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition

Hailed as "the single most effective pilot at Midway" (World War II magazine), Dusty Kleiss struck … read more

Similar categories in N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss's Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue by Sonia Purnell

29. Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue

By: Sonia Purnell

4.34

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, a re-exam… read more

Similar categories in Sonia Purnell's Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World by Ben Macintyre

30. The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World

By: Ben Macintyre

4.51

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue att… read more

Similar categories in Ben Macintyre's The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi by Wright Thompson

31. The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi

By: Wright Thompson

4.51

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A shocking and revelatory account of the murder of Emmett Till that lays bare how forces from aroun… read more

Similar categories in Wright Thompson's The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi book and Sean Patrick Cooper's The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook

27 Best audiobook books like The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided by Sean Patrick Cooper

Transform Your Habits

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

Casey Sherman

3.71

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi

Susan Hendricks

3.62

Transform Your Habits

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

Douglas Preston

3.81

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21 must-read audiobook books like Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida by Mikita Brottman

Transform Your Habits

Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

Transform Your Habits

The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Griffin Dunne

4.19

Transform Your Habits

We Burn Daylight

Bret Anthony Johnston

3.95

Transform Your Habits

There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

Anna Akbari

3.66

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