8 must-read biography books like Where Monsters Hide: Sex, Murder, and Madness in the Midwest by M. William Phelps

Cover of Where Monsters Hide: Sex, Murder, and Madness in the Midwest by M. William Phelps

Where Monsters Hide: Sex, Murder, and Madness in the Midwest

By: M. William Phelps

3.93

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A tragic missing person case spirals into an unrelenting murder mystery. Intrigue, deception, and s…

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Cover of My Sweet Angel: The True Story of Lacey Spears, the Seemingly Perfect Mother Who Murdered Her Son in Cold Blood by John Glatt

1. My Sweet Angel: The True Story of Lacey Spears, the Seemingly Perfect Mother Who Murdered Her Son in Cold Blood

By: John Glatt

3.96

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Lacey Spears made international headlines in January 2015 when she was charged with the “depraved m… read more

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  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of In the Name of Love and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #4) by Ann Rule

2. In the Name of Love and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #4)

By: Ann Rule

4.17

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Inside a circle of trusted friends...one was a killer. Jerry Harris was a self-made California mil… read more

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  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of If You Really Loved Me by Ann Rule

3. If You Really Loved Me

By: Ann Rule

3.91

Format: None pages,

There was only one way to please her father: Murder his wife.... David Brown was the consummate ent… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Before He Wakes: A True Story of Money, Marriage, Sex and Murder by Jerry Bledsoe

4. Before He Wakes: A True Story of Money, Marriage, Sex and Murder

By: Jerry Bledsoe

3.54

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Barbara Stager appeared to be a devoted mother, loving wife, and dedicated church leader in her Nor… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime

5. Shattered

By: Kathryn Casey

3.45

Format: 105 pages, Paperback

"Kathryn Casey is one of the best true crime writers today." --Ann Rule With true crime classics li… read more

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6. Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder

By: Jerry Bledsoe

3.37

Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this powerful and riveting tale of three families connected by marriage and murder, of obsessive… read more

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7. Such Good Boys: The True Story of a Mother, Two Sons and a Horrifying Murder

By: Tina Dirmann

4.18

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

AN ABUSIVE MOTHER Raised in the suburb of Riverside, California, twenty-year-old college student Ja… read more

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8. To Have and To Kill

By: John Glatt

3.87

Format: 252 pages,

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9. Love Her to Death: The True Story of a Millionaire Businessman, His Gorgeous Wife, and the Divorce That Ended in Murder

By: John Glatt

3.96

Format: 289 pages, Paperback

A MARRIAGE: DESTROYED They were a picture-perfect family--until a bitter divorce drove Darren Mack … read more

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10. Blind Rage: A True Story of Sin, Sex, and Murder in a Small Arkansas Town

By: Anita Paddock

4.07

Format: 71 pages,

A true story of sin, sex, and murder in a small Arkansas town. When Ruie Ann Park--a pillar of the … read more

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11. Pretty Little Killers: The Truth Behind the Savage Murder of Skylar Neese

By: Daleen Berry , Geoffrey C. Fuller

4.32

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

In Pretty Little Killers, journalist Daleen Berry and investigator Geoffrey Fuller expand upon thei… read more

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12. A Fever in the Heart and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #3)

By: Ann Rule

4.06

Format: 340 pages,

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Cover of The Day Eva Dugan Died: A Shocking True Crime Story by Rod Kackley

13. The Day Eva Dugan Died: A Shocking True Crime Story

By: Rod Kackley

3.66

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you ready for a gripping true crime story that will keep you on the edge of your seat? Then loo… read more

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Cover of American Black Widow by Gregg Olsen

14. 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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  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal by Aphrodite Jones

15. LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal

By: Aphrodite Jones

4.32

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

LEVI’S EYES delves into the unspeakable murders of Christina and Levi Karlsen, as told by the kille… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Twisted: The Secret Desires and Bizarre Double Life of Dr. Richard Sharpe by John Glatt

16. Twisted: The Secret Desires and Bizarre Double Life of Dr. Richard Sharpe

By: John Glatt

3.94

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

He Had A Successful Career, A Selfless Wife, And Three Loving Children. When high school sweetheart… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Murder of Kelsey Berreth: A Shocking True Crime Story by Rod Kackley

17. The Murder of Kelsey Berreth: A Shocking True Crime Story

By: Rod Kackley

3.79

Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition

A successful young mother, Kelsey Berreth, vanishes on Thanksgiving Day 2018. The FBI is afraid the… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Tangled Web by Leslie Rule

18. A Tangled Web

By: Leslie Rule

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of her acclaimed mother, Ann Rule, author of The Stranger Beside Me, bestselling a… read more

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  • biography
  • 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

19. 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 M. William Phelps's Where Monsters Hide: Sex, Murder, and Madness in the Midwest

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Where Monsters Hide: Sex, Murder, and Madness in the Midwest by M. William Phelps

20. Where Monsters Hide: Sex, Murder, and Madness in the Midwest

By: M. William Phelps

3.93

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A tragic missing person case spirals into an unrelenting murder mystery. Intrigue, deception, and s… read more

Similar categories in M. William Phelps's Where Monsters Hide: Sex, Murder, and Madness in the Midwest book and M. William Phelps's Where Monsters Hide: Sex, Murder, and Madness in the Midwest

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • drama
Cover of Extreme Punishment: The Chilling True Story of Acclaimed Law Professor Dan Markel’s Murder by Steven B. Epstein

21. Extreme Punishment: The Chilling True Story of Acclaimed Law Professor Dan Markel’s Murder

By: Steven B. Epstein

4.18

Format: 608 pages, Kindle Edition

At just 41 years of age, Florida State law professor Dan Markel was among the most well-known and a… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World by Gregg Olsen

22. American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World

By: Gregg Olsen

3.55

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 bestselling author comes the shocking true-crime story of a mother and wife, her distur… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Deadly Goals: The True Story of an All-American Football Hero Who Stalked and Murdered by Wilt Browning

23. Deadly Goals: The True Story of an All-American Football Hero Who Stalked and Murdered

By: Wilt Browning

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping true story of a small town football hero and the murder he almost got away with. A st… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park by John Leake

24. The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park

By: John Leake

3.99

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

Sandra Bridewell was a beautiful socialite in the affluent Dallas suburb of Highland Park in 1978-8… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Murder in the Family: Inside story of the Jersey murders by Jeremy Josephs

25. Murder in the Family: Inside story of the Jersey murders

By: Jeremy Josephs

3.93

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

As this true crime tale of murder shows, even the most successful families can hide terrible secret… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs by Amanda Lamb

26. Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs

By: Amanda Lamb

4.01

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

A perfect life. A perfect lie. When Nancy Cooper moved from Canada to Cary, North Carolina with he… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lamb's Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs book and M. William Phelps's Where Monsters Hide: Sex, Murder, and Madness in the Midwest

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • drama
Cover of Beyond Reason: The True Story of a Shocking Double Murder by Ken Englade

27. Beyond Reason: The True Story of a Shocking Double Murder

By: Ken Englade

4.09

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

The She was a beautiful, gifted descendant of Lady Astor. But Elizabeth Haysom was also a spoiled,… read more

Similar categories in Ken Englade's Beyond Reason: The True Story of a Shocking Double Murder book and M. William Phelps's Where Monsters Hide: Sex, Murder, and Madness in the Midwest

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Blood Games by Jerry Bledsoe

28. Blood Games

By: Jerry Bledsoe

4.03

Format: 607 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling author of Bitter Blood comes the story of a greed so powerful i… read more

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  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Prince of Paradise: The True Story of a Hotel Heir, His Seductive Wife, and a Ruthless Murder by John Glatt

29. The Prince of Paradise: The True Story of a Hotel Heir, His Seductive Wife, and a Ruthless Murder

By: John Glatt

4.01

Format: 447 pages, Kindle Edition

Ben Novack, Jr. was born into a life of luxury and opulence. Heir to the legendary Fontainebleau ho… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder on Birchleaf Drive: The True Story of the Michelle Young Murder Case by Steven B. Epstein

30. Murder on Birchleaf Drive: The True Story of the Michelle Young Murder Case

By: Steven B. Epstein

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Was Jason the monster who bludgeoned his beautiful wife to death, leaving his toddler alone for hou… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Wilder Intentions: Love, Lies and Murder in North Dakota by C.J. Wynn

31. Wilder Intentions: Love, Lies and Murder in North Dakota

By: C.J. Wynn

4.23

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

ANGILA WAS STABBED 44 TIMES. THIS WAS PERSONAL. On a November morning in 2015, Christopher Jack… read more

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  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

14 Top audiobook books like Where Monsters Hide: Sex, Murder, and Madness in the Midwest by M. William Phelps

Transform Your Habits

My Sweet Angel: The True Story of Lacey Spears, the Seemingly Perfect Mother Who Murdered Her Son in Cold Blood

John Glatt

3.96

Transform Your Habits

In the Name of Love and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #4)

Ann Rule

4.17

Transform Your Habits

If You Really Loved Me

Ann Rule

3.91

Transform Your Habits

American Black Widow

Gregg Olsen

3.75

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6 Best audiobook books like American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World by Gregg Olsen

Transform Your Habits

The Evil Within: Murdered by her stepbrother – the crime that shocked a nation. The heartbreaking story of Becky Watts by her father

Darren Galsworthy

4.27

Transform Your Habits

In the Name of Love and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #4)

Ann Rule

4.17

Transform Your Habits

American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World

Gregg Olsen

3.55

Transform Your Habits

The Edge of Malice: The Marie Grossman Story (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice)

David Miraldi

4.33

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