16 must-read nonfiction books like Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders by Michael Benson

Cover of Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders by Michael Benson

Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders

By: Michael Benson

3.67

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1971, there began in Rochester, N.Y., a series of hideous murders, cases that offered the starke…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders by Michael Benson , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of The Want-Ad Killer by Ann Rule

1. The Want-Ad Killer

By: Ann Rule

3.59

Format: 378 pages,

After his first grisly crime, Harvey Louis Carignan beat a death sentence and continued to manipula… read more

Similar categories in Ann Rule's The Want-Ad Killer book and Michael Benson's Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders

  • nonfiction
  • true crime

2. The Vampire Next Door: True Story of the Vampire Rapist and Serial Killer

By: None

4.67

Format: 127 pages,

John Crutchley seemed to be living the American Dream. Good-looking and blessed with a genius level… read more

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3. 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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4. The Fate of Mercy Alban

By: Wendy Webb

3.59

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

From award-winning novelist Wendy Webb comes a spine-tingling mystery about family secrets set in a… read more

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5. Don't Look Behind You and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #15)

By: Ann Rule

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

I'll be watching you. Walking home on a dark night, you hear footsteps coming up behind you. As the… read more

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6. The Amish Wife

By: Gregg Olsen

3.49

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

The #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg Olsen solves a murder among the Am… read more

Similar categories in Gregg Olsen's The Amish Wife book and Michael Benson's Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Murder of Thora Chamberlain: A Shocking True Crime Story by Rod Kackley

7. The Murder of Thora Chamberlain: A Shocking True Crime Story

By: Rod Kackley

3.87

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

November 2, 1945: On her way to a high school football game with friends, a fourteen-year-old girl … read more

Similar categories in Rod Kackley's The Murder of Thora Chamberlain: A Shocking True Crime Story book and Michael Benson's Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders

  • true crime
Cover of Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence by James Renner

8. Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence

By: James Renner

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Ann Rule and Gregg Olsen, a riveting new true crime book from the acclaimed author o… read more

Similar categories in James Renner's Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence book and Michael Benson's Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer by Harold Schechter

9. Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer

By: Harold Schechter

3.76

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

Harold Schechter, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Hell’s Princess, unearths a nearly forgotten … read more

Similar categories in Harold Schechter's Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer book and Michael Benson's Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders

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

10. 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

Similar categories in Clint Richmond's The Good Wife: The Shocking Betrayal and Brutal Murder of a Godly Woman in Texas book and Michael Benson's Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Pathological: The Murderous Rage Of Dr. Anthony Garcia by Henry J. Cordes

11. Pathological: The Murderous Rage Of Dr. Anthony Garcia

By: Henry J. Cordes

3.94

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

A Brutal Serial Killer Was Stalking Omaha. But Who Could Kill With Such Precision? Detective Der… read more

Similar categories in Henry J. Cordes's Pathological: The Murderous Rage Of Dr. Anthony Garcia book and Michael Benson's Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Delphi Murders: The Quest To Find ‘The Man On The Bridge’ by Nic  Edwards

12. The Delphi Murders: The Quest To Find ‘The Man On The Bridge’

By: Nic Edwards

3.75

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

On February 13, 2017 , two Indiana teenagers, Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14, went fo… read more

Similar categories in Nic Edwards's The Delphi Murders: The Quest To Find ‘The Man On The Bridge’ book and Michael Benson's Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2) by John E. Douglas

13. When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2)

By: John E. Douglas

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town From John Douglas—th… read more

Similar categories in John E. Douglas's When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2) book and Michael Benson's Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation by Rosemary Sullivan

14. The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

By: Rosemary Sullivan

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept... Using new technology, recently discovered doc… read more

Similar categories in Rosemary Sullivan's The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation book and Michael Benson's Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
"The fact that Otto survived the horror of the concentration camps demonstrated his profound will to live."

-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

"Fascism counts on people's credulity, on their craving to believe, on their fear that there is nothing to believe."

-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

"While someone with the first person knowledge is still alive, while records are still available, while relatives of witnesses can come forward, the stories must be told."

-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

"The Netherlands in 1940 was like a petri dish in which one can examine how people brought up in freedom react to catastrophe when it is brought to their door: It is a questions still worth asking tod…"

-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

Cover of Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes

15. Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

By: Paul Holes

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the detective who found The Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America’s toughest … read more

Similar categories in Paul Holes's Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases book and Michael Benson's Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Congratulations, the Best is Over! by R. Eric Thomas

16. Congratulations, the Best is Over!

By: R. Eric Thomas

4.07

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved bestselling author of Here for It presents a collection of heartening, thoughtful, and … read more

Similar categories in R. Eric Thomas's Congratulations, the Best is Over! book and Michael Benson's Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders

  • nonfiction
"If I'm not heading toward a place where I can feel joy, then hope in the present has nothing to hold on to."

-R. Eric Thomas, Congratulations, the Best is Over!

Cover of A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind by Ann Wolbert Burgess

17. A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind

By: Ann Wolbert Burgess

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A vivid behind-the-scenes look into the creation of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit and the evolu… read more

Similar categories in Ann Wolbert Burgess's A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind book and Michael Benson's Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight by Shawn Cohen

18. 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 Michael Benson's Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders by Michael Benson

19. Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders

By: Michael Benson

3.67

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1971, there began in Rochester, N.Y., a series of hideous murders, cases that offered the starke… read more

Similar categories in Michael Benson's Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders book and Michael Benson's Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir by Kelly  Bishop

20. The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir

By: Kelly Bishop

4.52

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“Come for the Gilmore Girls anecdotes, stay for the revealing truths about what it takes to build a… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Bishop's The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir book and Michael Benson's Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders

  • nonfiction
Cover of Burned: Pyromania, Murder, and A Daughter's Nightmare by Frank C. Girardot Jr.

21. Burned: Pyromania, Murder, and A Daughter's Nightmare

By: Frank C. Girardot Jr.

3.74

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

For years Lori Orr believed her Los Angeles firefighter dad was a selfless hero. When Lori’s dad wa… read more

Similar categories in Frank C. Girardot Jr.'s Burned: Pyromania, Murder, and A Daughter's Nightmare book and Michael Benson's Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders

  • nonfiction
  • true crime

15 Best true crime books like Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders by Michael Benson

Transform Your Habits

The Want-Ad Killer

Ann Rule

3.59

Transform Your Habits

The Amish Wife

Gregg Olsen

3.49

Transform Your Habits

The Murder of Thora Chamberlain: A Shocking True Crime Story

Rod Kackley

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence

James Renner

3.74

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Transform Your Habits

The Most Dangerous Animal of All

Gary L. Stewart , Susan D. Mustafa

3.62

Transform Your Habits

The Want-Ad Killer

Ann Rule

3.59

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The Amish Wife

Gregg Olsen

3.49

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Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence

James Renner

3.74

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