Books like This House of Grief by Helen Garner

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.

In 1893 Chicago, Erik Larson weaves the story of visionary architect Daniel Burnham and the cunning serial killer H.H. Holmes, whose crimes unfolded against the backdrop of the World’s Columbian Exposition.

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.

Detective Ellie Hatcher uncovers a web of cyberbullying and murder while investigating the death of her sixteen-year-old niece.

A tense crime novel where a murder mystery unfolds on an American university campus, involving faculty, students, and a vigilant group that seeks justice beyond the law.

"In Jane, Maggie Nelson explores the life of her aunt, long assumed to be the third victim in a series of brutal rape-murders near the University of Michigan in the late 1960s. Born a few years later, Nelson never met her mother's sister, though she always felt drawn to her in ways she couldn't quite explain. At the age of twenty-three (the same age as Jane at the time of her murder), Nelson experienced a disturbing series of recurring dreams that deepened her interest in her aunt's life and death. Her exploration of the "case" began in earnest soon afterward, when she discovered Jane's diary and a loose sheaf of journal pages. As she learned more about who Jane had been, Nelson decided to finish the story her aunt never lived to tell. In doing so, she created an innovative hybrid form which is as driven as it is lyrical, and which boldly relates a harrowing, moving story that is - and is not - her own."--Jacket.

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

When a dangerous serum unlocks supernatural gifts, a group of outcast teens are recruited by the FBI to hunt a killer in their small town.

A first‑person account of Michelle Knight’s kidnapping by Ariel Castro, her decade‑long captivity, and her path to healing and hope.