9 must-read true crime books like Head Shot by Burl Barer

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Head Shot

By: Burl Barer

3.62

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

In the mid-to-late 1980's, a quiet neighborhood near Tacoma, Washington was terrorized by the viole…

If you liked the true crime plot in Head Shot by Burl Barer , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Last Star (The 5th Wave, #3) by Rick Yancey

1. The Last Star (The 5th Wave, #3)

By: Rick Yancey

4.14

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The enemy is Other. The enemy is us. They're down here, they're up there, they're nowhere. They wan… read more

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Cover of Unanswered Cries: A True Story Of Friends, Neighbors, And Murder In A Small Town by Thomas   French

2. Unanswered Cries: A True Story Of Friends, Neighbors, And Murder In A Small Town

By: Thomas French

3.62

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

The fatal night On a warm Florida evening, Karen Gregory saw a familiar face at her door. What the … read more

Similar categories in Thomas French's Unanswered Cries: A True Story Of Friends, Neighbors, And Murder In A Small Town book and Burl Barer's Head Shot

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Dearly Devoted Dexter (Dexter, #2) by Jeff Lindsay

3. Dearly Devoted Dexter (Dexter, #2)

By: Jeff Lindsay

3.72

Format: 395 pages, Paperback

See alternate cover edition:  He's a charming monster... A macabre hero... A serial killler who on… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Lindsay's Dearly Devoted Dexter (Dexter, #2) book and Burl Barer's Head Shot

  • crime
Cover of Head Shot by Burl Barer

4. Head Shot

By: Burl Barer

3.62

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

In the mid-to-late 1980's, a quiet neighborhood near Tacoma, Washington was terrorized by the viole… read more

Similar categories in Burl Barer's Head Shot book and Burl Barer's Head Shot

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • mental health
Cover of The Amish Wife by Gregg Olsen

5. 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 Burl Barer's Head Shot

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of American Black Widow by Gregg Olsen

6. American Black Widow

By: Gregg Olsen

3.75

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell comes the chilling, unputdownable stor… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Magician by Colm Tóibín

7. The Magician

By: Colm Tóibín

4.02

Format: 498 pages, Hardcover

Colm Tóibín’s new novel opens in a provincial German city at the turn of the twentieth century, whe… read more

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"...it is a grubby business writing novels. Composers can think about God and the ineffable. We have to imagine the buttons on a coat. [Thomas Mann, to Alma Mahler Werfel]"

-Colm Tóibín, The Magician

"The Nazis, he realized, were not like the poets of the Munich Revolution. They were street fighters who had taken power without losing their sway over the streets. They managed to be both government …"

-Colm Tóibín, The Magician

"He [Thomas Mann] remembered this Beethoven quartet [his op. 132] as being sad, sometimes mournful. What was surprising now was that, while the undertone was melancholy, the way the instruments stoppe…"

-Colm Tóibín, The Magician

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8. 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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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Till Murder Do Us Part (ID True Crime, 6) by James  Patterson

9. Till Murder Do Us Part (ID True Crime, 6)

By: James Patterson

3.90

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

From the world's #1 bestselling author comes a collection of Discovery ID true crime stories where … read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's Till Murder Do Us Part (ID True Crime, 6) book and Burl Barer's Head Shot

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

10. 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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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of She Kills Me: The True Stories of History's Deadliest Women by Jennifer   Wright

11. She Kills Me: The True Stories of History's Deadliest Women

By: Jennifer Wright

3.61

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A powerful collection of stories about women who murdered—for revenge, for love, and even for pleas… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The 'Peyton Place' Murder: The True Crime Story Behind The Novel That Shocked The Nation by Renee Mallett

12. The 'Peyton Place' Murder: The True Crime Story Behind The Novel That Shocked The Nation

By: Renee Mallett

3.61

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

Grace Metalious, born and raised in Manchester, New Hampshire, came from humble beginnings. A forme… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

9 Top nonfiction books like Head Shot by Burl Barer

Transform Your Habits

Unanswered Cries: A True Story Of Friends, Neighbors, And Murder In A Small Town

Thomas French

3.62

Transform Your Habits

Head Shot

Burl Barer

3.62

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The Amish Wife

Gregg Olsen

3.49

Transform Your Habits

American Black Widow

Gregg Olsen

3.75

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24 best-selling audiobook books like She Kills Me: The True Stories of History's Deadliest Women by Jennifer Wright

Transform Your Habits

The Killing Season

Alex French

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Murdered

Paul Alexander

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Necrovet. Metody leczenia drakonidów (Necrovet, #2)

Joanna W. Gajzler

3.78

Transform Your Habits

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Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak

4.44

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