Books like Cold Storage (Pinnacle True Crime) by Don Lasseter

A chilling, factual account of the 1959 shotgun murders of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, where four members were killed with no clear motive or clues.

After a May 1981 shooting in Savannah, John Berendt chronicles the city’s eccentric society, a murder trial, and the undercurrents of Southern culture in a nonfiction narrative that reads like a taut novel.

A true‑crime chronicle that follows editor Michelle McNamara’s obsessive investigation of the Golden State Killer, a serial rapist and murderer who terrorized California for decades.

A biographical portrait of Gary Gilmore, the 1976 Utah murderer who demanded his death sentence be carried out, fighting a system eager to keep him alive long after conviction.

Ann Rule’s true‑crime biography exposes the chilling rise of serial killer Ted Bundy and the devastating realization she faced when she discovered the killer was her friend.

After a teenage girl is murdered on Halloween in 1975, journalist Timothy Dumas investigates the unsolved case that has fused into Greenwich, Connecticut’s social fabric, exposing community silence and unanswered questions.

A precise, ten‑year investigation into the 1999 Columbine High School massacre that uncovers the truth behind the myth and examines the killers, victims, and community response.

By Their Father’s Hand chronicles the March 2004 murder spree at the Wesson family home in Fresno, California, exposing a violent tapestry of incest, abuse, and psychosis led by a manipulative patriarch.

Anne Bird tells the true story of reconnecting with a hidden family and uncovering the chilling reality that her brother, Scott Peterson, murdered his wife Laci and unborn child.

A gripping nonfiction account of 26 men who attempted to cross the Mexican border into Arizona’s desert in May 2001, of which only 12 returned.

Sharon Marshall, a brilliant and beautiful student, was drawn into a lifetime of deception by her murderous fugitive father, creating one of America’s most baffling criminal cases.

In 1921, John S. Williams’s Georgia plantation, still run by enslaved labor, becomes the site of a chilling federal investigation after the governor orders the destruction of evidence. The case, involving the murder of slaves and a trial that captured national attention, marks a turning point in the treatment of black Americans.

True‑crime account of the 1986 murders of a 15‑year‑old girl and a 3‑year‑old boy in a St. Louis suburb, and the five‑year pursuit that led to their killer’s life sentence.

A true‑crime account of a teenage girl who, driven by adolescent turmoil and abuse, plots to murder her mother with the aid of an obsessed boyfriend.

An investigative look at Hollywood’s most infamous deaths, from Marilyn Monroe and John Wayne to the murders of Thomas Ince, William Desmond Taylor, and the mysterious fate of Sharon Tate, revealing the shadows behind the silver screen.

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.

Final Analysis traces the brutal murder trial of Susan Polk, a Northern California housewife arrested for killing her husband Felix, unpacking their decades‑long, abusive relationship and the meticulous police investigation that led to her conviction.

Cold Case File: Murder in the Mountains is the thrilling story of the disappearance of Michele Wallace, a photographer who went missing in the Rocky Mountains in 1974. Young readers will go on a 19-year journey as police try to find Michele's body. Kids will be amazed to learn how investigators used techniques such as forensic dentistry, forensic anthropology, and hair analysis to unearth clues and find the mountain murderer. Cold Case File is written in a narrative nonfiction format that is intended to grab kids' attention and engage struggling readers. Fact Files on each spread provide a close-up look at the criminal and forensic evidence that were used to solve the crime. Cold Case File: Murder in the Mountains is part of Bearport's Crime Solvers series.

A chilling true‑crime account detailing the serial killings of Jimmy Rode, known as Cesar Barone, who terrorized Oregon while collaborating with Ted Bundy, whom he met in Florida prison.

A true‑crime biography of David Brame, Gig Harbor’s chief of police, whose 2003 double suicide and murder shocked Washington state, revealing a twisted personal life and the investigation that followed.

A gripping legal thriller about a prosecutor's quest for justice after a brutal murder in Washington, D.C.

A true‑crime examination of the 1996 murder of JonBenét Ramsey, the famous Colorado beauty contest participant, exploring the investigation, media frenzy, and legal battles that followed.

History's most infamous killers are often the most elusive. Cold cases recounts in fascinating detail the story of how these crimes have been solved and, in some cases, wrongfully convicted people saved by new evidence. There are stories of criminals who were tracked down after years of believing that they had, literally, got away with murder. They include Danny Keith Hooks, who murdered five prostitutes in a crack house, and Joe Clark, a psychotic teenager who liked to break the bones of younger boys before putting them to death. They, like many others here, escaped justice for a long time, but, finally, the long arm of the law reached out and slammed them behind bars. In other cases, new evidence has come to light, often years after someone has been tried and convicted, showing perhaps that an innocent person has been languishing behind bars and that the real killer is still on the loose. Such is the case with the famous "Serial" podcast program about Adnan Syed, originally convicted of killing his high school girlfriend which led to a re-examination of evidence and a brand new trail.

A chilling investigation into the dark practices of doctors and nurses in a nursing home.

A true‑crime account of a serial offender who terrorized the town of Skidmore, MO, until he was shot dead in broad daylight, yet no one facing the town was ever charged.