26 Top nonfiction books like Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case by Lou Raguse

Cover of Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case by Lou Raguse

Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

By: Lou Raguse

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The result of hundreds of interviews, Vanished in Vermillion is a cold case story that flips the sc…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case by Lou Raguse , here is a list of 26 books like this:

Cover of Red Zone: The San Francisco Dog Mauling Case by Aphrodite Jones

1. Red Zone: The San Francisco Dog Mauling Case

By: Aphrodite Jones

4.00

Format: 371 pages,

It was the story that shocked the nation and captured headlines for more than a year. In January 20… read more

Similar categories in Aphrodite Jones's Red Zone: The San Francisco Dog Mauling Case book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

2. Richie: A Father, His Son, and the Ultimate American Tragedy

By: Thomas Thompson

4.03

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in Thomas Thompson's Richie: A Father, His Son, and the Ultimate American Tragedy book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

3. Death Sentence: The Inside Story of the John List Murders

By: Joe Sharkey

3.66

Format: None pages,

The true account of the man who murdered his family in their New Jersey mansion--and eluded a natio… read more

Similar categories in Joe Sharkey's Death Sentence: The Inside Story of the John List Murders book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

4. Gitchie Girl: The Survivor's Inside Story of the Mass Murders that Shocked the Heartland

By: Phil Hamman , Sandy Hamman

2.33

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in Phil Hamman's Gitchie Girl: The Survivor's Inside Story of the Mass Murders that Shocked the Heartland book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

Cover of Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope by Patty Wetterling

5. Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope

By: Patty Wetterling

4.60

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

With stunning detail, Patty Wetterling shares the untold story of the 27-year search for her son Ja… read more

Similar categories in Patty Wetterling's Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case by Lou Raguse

6. Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

By: Lou Raguse

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The result of hundreds of interviews, Vanished in Vermillion is a cold case story that flips the sc… read more

Similar categories in Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by Andrea Lankford

7. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Andrea Lankford

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Lankford's Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"

-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

Cover of Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer by Jillian Lauren

8. Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer

By: Jillian Lauren

3.38

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

He was sitting right across the table...and he would have killed her if he could. Jillian Lauren ha… read more

Similar categories in Jillian Lauren's Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi by Susan Hendricks

9. 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 Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

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

10. 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 Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder by Edward Humes

11. The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder

By: Edward Humes

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf arrested a teenage couple's murderer—and exposed a looming bat… read more

Similar categories in Edward Humes's The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Everybody's Best Friend: The True Story of a Marriage That Ended In Murder by Ken Englade

12. Everybody's Best Friend: The True Story of a Marriage That Ended In Murder

By: Ken Englade

3.90

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

The shocking murder that exposed a devoted husband as a cold-hearted killer To Love, Honor-And Mur… read more

Similar categories in Ken Englade's Everybody's Best Friend: The True Story of a Marriage That Ended In Murder book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers by Frank Figliuzzi

13. 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 Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students by J. Reuben Appelman

14. While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students

By: J. Reuben Appelman

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The author of the acclaimed true-crime memoir, The Kill Jar, tells the inside story of the “Univers… read more

Similar categories in J. Reuben Appelman's While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Saving Emma (Boady Sanden, #2) by Allen Eskens

15. Saving Emma (Boady Sanden, #2)

By: Allen Eskens

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A lawyer's race to reveal a wrongful conviction collides with the dark shadow of a murder in his ow… read more

Similar categories in Allen Eskens's Saving Emma (Boady Sanden, #2) book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"There are no miracles, my friend. God's hand is in everything; it's only when we can't explain it that we call it a miracle."

-Allen Eskens, Saving Emma (Boady Sanden, #2)

Cover of Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America by Harry N. MacLean

16. Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America

By: Harry N. MacLean

3.71

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive story of Charles Starkweather, often considered to be the first mass killer in the m… read more

Similar categories in Harry N. MacLean's Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Duct Tape Killer: The True Inside Story of Sexual Sadist & Murderer Robert Leroy Anderson by Phil Hamman

17. Duct Tape Killer: The True Inside Story of Sexual Sadist & Murderer Robert Leroy Anderson

By: Phil Hamman

3.86

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

“MY MOMMY IS GOING TO DIE,” SHAINA SOBBED INTO THE PHONE. When Piper Streyle failed to show up for … read more

Similar categories in Phil Hamman's Duct Tape Killer: The True Inside Story of Sexual Sadist & Murderer Robert Leroy Anderson book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Finding Baby Holly: Lost to a Cult, Surviving My Parents' Murders, and Saved by Prayer by Holly Marie

18. Finding Baby Holly: Lost to a Cult, Surviving My Parents' Murders, and Saved by Prayer

By: Holly Marie

3.41

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Holly Marie was forty-two years old the day she found out she was missing.   At ten months old, H… read more

Similar categories in Holly Marie's Finding Baby Holly: Lost to a Cult, Surviving My Parents' Murders, and Saved by Prayer book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child by Kim Cross

19. In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child

By: Kim Cross

4.30

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Paced like a thriller and full of insider information on the history and science of Crime Scene Inv… read more

Similar categories in Kim Cross's In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of By the Side of the Road: The True Story of the Abduction and Murder of Ann Harrison by Marla Bernard

20. By the Side of the Road: The True Story of the Abduction and Murder of Ann Harrison

By: Marla Bernard

3.57

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

The true crime story of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of a Missouri teen and her family’s journe… read more

Similar categories in Marla Bernard's By the Side of the Road: The True Story of the Abduction and Murder of Ann Harrison book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever by Barbara Rae-Venter

21. I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever

By: Barbara Rae-Venter

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For twelve years the Golden State Killer terrorized California, stalking victims and killing withou… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Rae-Venter's I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The cost in time, personnel, and money for trying to identify the Golden State Killer prior to the use of IGG was significant,"

-Barbara Rae-Venter, I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever

Cover of Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector by Amit Katwala

22. Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

By: Amit Katwala

3.60

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A thrilling account of the creation of the so-called lie detector, exploring shocking murders and d… read more

Similar categories in Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of "My Husband's Trying to Kill Me!": A True Story of Money, Marriage, and Murderous Intent by Jim Schutze

23. "My Husband's Trying to Kill Me!": A True Story of Money, Marriage, and Murderous Intent

By: Jim Schutze

4.05

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

From an award-winning journalist, this “grippingly suspenseful true-crime tale details the foiling … read more

Similar categories in Jim Schutze's "My Husband's Trying to Kill Me!": A True Story of Money, Marriage, and Murderous Intent book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many by Mona Gable

24. Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many

By: Mona Gable

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A gripping and illuminating investigation into the disappearance of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind whe… read more

Similar categories in Mona Gable's Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Phoebe's Heart of Stone by James J. Hill III

25. Phoebe's Heart of Stone

By: James J. Hill III

4.30

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

Phoebe's Heart of Stone In 1919, an unthinkable tragedy struck the blue-collar town of Alliance Oh… read more

Similar categories in James J. Hill III's Phoebe's Heart of Stone book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

Cover of Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night by Lisa Belkin

26. Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night

By: Lisa Belkin

3.77

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The multigenerational tale of three families whose paths collide one summer night in 1960 with the … read more

Similar categories in Lisa Belkin's Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

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

27. 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 Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Don't Look Back: A Memoir of War, Survival, and My Journey from Sudan to America by Achut Deng

28. Don't Look Back: A Memoir of War, Survival, and My Journey from Sudan to America

By: Achut Deng

4.66

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this propulsive memoir from Achut Deng and Keely Hutton, inspired by a harrowing New York Times … read more

Similar categories in Achut Deng's Don't Look Back: A Memoir of War, Survival, and My Journey from Sudan to America book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of By Two and Two: The Scandalous Story of Twin Sisters Accused of a Shocking Crime of Passion by Jim Schutze

29. By Two and Two: The Scandalous Story of Twin Sisters Accused of a Shocking Crime of Passion

By: Jim Schutze

3.96

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

In “a solid account of what appears to be a shocking injustice” an award-winning journalist uncover… read more

Similar categories in Jim Schutze's By Two and Two: The Scandalous Story of Twin Sisters Accused of a Shocking Crime of Passion book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of South Dakota's Mathis Murders: Horror in the Heartland (True Crime) by Noel Hamiel

30. South Dakota's Mathis Murders: Horror in the Heartland (True Crime)

By: Noel Hamiel

3.49

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

South Dakota's Mathis Family Murders brought death and deception to the heartland. It was perhaps t… read more

Similar categories in Noel Hamiel's South Dakota's Mathis Murders: Horror in the Heartland (True Crime) book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Things Aren't Right: The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five by Tony       Wright

31. Things Aren't Right: The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five

By: Tony Wright

4.03

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

Things Aren’t The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five explores the bizarre and tragic 1978 disap… read more

Similar categories in Tony Wright's Things Aren't Right: The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five book and Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

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