18 must-read true crime books like The Ghost: The Murder of Police Chief Greg Adams and the Hunt for His Killer by Maureen Boyle

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The Ghost: The Murder of Police Chief Greg Adams and the Hunt for His Killer

By: Maureen Boyle

4.03

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

How could such a dark secret have been kept for so many years? Police Chief Greg Adams was out …

If you liked the true crime plot in The Ghost: The Murder of Police Chief Greg Adams and the Hunt for His Killer by Maureen Boyle , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. 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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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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2. A Rose for Her Grave and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #1)

By: Ann Rule

3.41

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ann Rule's Crime Files books have delivered the very best in true crime reading since A Rose for He… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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3. You Belong to Me and Other True Crime Cases (Crime Files, # 2)

By: Julie Rubenstein , Ann Rule

3.63

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

In "You Belong to Me, " Rule fixes her unsparing professional gaze on one of Florida's most shockin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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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
  • true crime
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5. Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer?

By: Ann Rule

4.11

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

The author of eight New York Timesbestsellers, Ann Rule first won nationwide acclaim with The Stran… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime

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

By: Ann Rule

4.06

Format: 340 pages,

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7. 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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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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8. 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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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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9. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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10. 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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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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11. Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders

By: John Glatt

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Tangled Vines , bestselling true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigiou… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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12. The Ghost: The Murder of Police Chief Greg Adams and the Hunt for His Killer

By: Maureen Boyle

4.03

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

How could such a dark secret have been kept for so many years? Police Chief Greg Adams was out … read more

Similar categories in Maureen Boyle's The Ghost: The Murder of Police Chief Greg Adams and the Hunt for His Killer book and Maureen Boyle's The Ghost: The Murder of Police Chief Greg Adams and the Hunt for His Killer

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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13. Murder on Elm Street: A True-Life Crime Story

By: Jeremy L Luberts

3.96

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

Little Falls, MinnesotaThanksgiving 2012 When two teenage cousins break into a residence on Elm St… read more

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  • true crime
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14. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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15. The Edge of Innocence: The Trial of Casper Bennett (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice)

By: David Miraldi

4.28

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Rubery Prize-winning author David Miraldi, A Chilling Crime That Shocked Lorain, Ohio, and… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Edge of Malice: The Marie Grossman Story (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice) by David Miraldi

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

By: David Miraldi

4.33

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Marie Grossman seems to have it all: a devoted husband, two wonderful children, and a professional … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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17. Under a Cold Moon: A Chronicle of an Unrequited Killer

By: Tony H. Latham

4.25

Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition

Under a Cold Moon is the extraordinary true story of a man that devasted two worlds. A killer that … read more

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18. 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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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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19. Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom

By: McCracken Poston Jr.

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Like a nonfiction John Grisham thriller with echoes of Rainman, Just Mercy, and a captivating small… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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20. A Murder in Searcy

By: Mike S. Allen

3.82

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

On the morning of September 26, 1974, the body of Fern Cowen Rodgers was discovered on the floor of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Child Last Seen: The Search for Patty Desmond by Maureen Boyle

21. Child Last Seen: The Search for Patty Desmond

By: Maureen Boyle

3.84

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

HER CASE HAD BEEN CLOSED—BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.On an unseasonably warm winter evening in Pennsylvania, … read more

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Ann Rule

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