Books like Summer Wind by George Anastasia

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.

A 2012 crime thriller that explores a marriage in turmoil as one wife disappears, leaving her husband to confront suspicion and secrets.

A tense psychological thriller that pits FBI agent Clarice Starling against the notorious cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter as they collaborate to catch a new predator.

Reporter Camille Preaker returns to her hometown after a brief stay in a psychiatric hospital to cover the murders of two preteen girls, and must confront the trauma of her own past to uncover the truth.

James Ellroy’s hard‑boiled crime novel follows detectives as they unravel Los Angeles’s darkest mystery, the unsolved murder of the Black Dahlia, blending gritty police work with atmospheric noir.

When the first snow falls in Oslo, a missing‑mothers investigation leads Inspector Harry Hole into a deadly serial‑killer game that threatens to unhinge him.

Historical, gothic-romance by Anastasia Cleaver (who also wrote bodice rippers by the name of Natasha Peters) They called themselves the Apollonians and they were dedicated to Art. They were also dedicated to whiskey and wild parties, and a life of total immorality. Into their circle came Eugenia, innocent and trusting... until her husband, the leader of the group and the most amoral of them all, grew tired of her. One terrible night, when the wine and the women were tasted with equal abandon, Eugenia was knifed and dropped into the river, never to be seen or heard from again. Or so the Apollonians thought. Eugenia survived -- survived in order to have her revenge. Poor Eugenia -- she devised a scheme so bold, so daring, so inescapably dangerous that it seemed as if she were plotting her own death. And indeed... she was.

A true‑crime account of the investigation and prosecution of Brad King for the murder of his wife, TV anchor Diane King, detailing police work, interagency coordination, and the human errors that shaped the case.

X‑Rated traces the rise and fall of Jim and Artie Mitchell, San Francisco porn pioneers whose business success turned into a tragic fratricide, exposing the brutal reality of the adult‑film industry.

Jay Robert Nash surveys more than a century of celebrity murders, offering insight into each killer’s mindset and new facts uncovered through meticulous research.