Books like Prescription for murder by Angus McLaren

A gripping true‑crime account of Andrei Chikatilo’s brutal killings (1978–1986) near Rostov‑on‑Don, Russia, and the relentless pursuit by Soviet investigator Colonel Viktor Burakov that ended in his capture and execution.

In the newest novel in the "USA Today"--Bestselling series, Fletcher must diagnose a killer with a taste for bad medicine when a doctor with a checkered past and a powerful drug discovery dies in a supposed freak accident.

"When her latest book tour brings bestselling author Jessica Fletcher to Tampa, Florida, she's thrilled to learn that her travel plans overlap with those of her good friend, Cabot Cove's own Dr. Seth Hazlitt. Seth is in town visiting Alvaro Vasquez, a renowned physician he befriended while participating in a research program in Havana. Vasquez, who has defected from Cuba to Tampa, is developing a potentially groundbreaking cure for Alzheimer's disease. If he's successful, his American backers stand to make millions. But there is a growing fear that the drug may fall into the hands of a powerful pharmaceutical company. Jessica attends a party at Vasquez's lavish home, but the celebration ends abruptly when guests witness Vasquez seemingly struck by lightning. Jessica and Seth do some digging into the physician's checkered past and learn that his death was no accident. As they work together to find a cure for the common killer, they become enmeshed in international intrigue involving the local police, the FBI, the CIA--and begin to wonder if they'll ever see Cabot Cove again."--Dust jacket flap.

Charles Hatcher, a serial killer who murdered at least 16 people, is profiled in this true‑crime account, detailing his manipulation of the justice system and the tragic imprisonment of an innocent man.

A newspaper misprint involves Dr. Hugh Westlake in a series of homicides of the "mercy-killing" type and sets him off on his own perilous private investigation of the crimes. A fast-moving, fascinating novel of a puzzling murder frame.

Mikhail Krivich’s biography provides an authoritative account of Andrei Chikatilo, the Russian serial killer behind 52 murder–sex crimes over a 12‑year spree, culminating in his 1990 conviction.

A true‑crime account in which a convicted killer of five Gainesville college students explains his motives, actions, and the psychological struggle that led him to murder.

A detailed biography of Hawley Harvey Crippen, the early 20th‑century London doctor convicted of murdering his wife, examining the case through original research and biographical context.

Peter Haining explores the possibility that the infamous barber Sweeney Todd was a real 18th‑century London criminal, shaped and victimized by the era’s poverty and underworld crime.

A factual, in‑depth biography of serial killer Randy Kraft, who murdered 67 victims in California.

A gripping biography that examines the lives of European serial murderers, the brutal violence they inflicted on prostitutes, and the trials and journalistic investigations that followed.

An investigative biography of Dr. Michael Swango, a physician alleged to be America's most prolific serial killer, following his career from Ohio to Zimbabwe and exposing systemic failures in the U.S. medical establishment.