Books like The Trunk Murderess by Jana Bommersbach

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 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.

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.

Ian Urbina exposes the hidden world of ocean crime—from piracy to slave trade—revealing how the fishing, oil, and shipping industries fuel global exploitation.

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.

An unflinching look at the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, the case that ignited the modern civil‑rights movement, drawing on newly recovered court transcripts, FBI reports, and the only interview given by Carolyn Bryant.

Acclaimed New Yorker writer and author of the breakout debut bestseller The Lost City of Z, David Grann offers a collection of spellbinding narrative journalism. Whether he's reporting on the infiltration of the murderous Aryan Brotherhood into the U.S. prison system, tracking down a chameleon con artist in Europe, or riding in a cyclone- tossed skiff with a scientist hunting the elusive giant squid, David Grann revels in telling stories that explore the nature of obsession and that piece together true and unforgettable mysteries. Each of the dozen stories in this collection reveals a hidden and often dangerous world and, like Into Thin Air and The Orchid Thief, pivots around the gravitational pull of obsession and the captivating personalities of those caught in its grip. There is the world's foremost expert on Sherlock Holmes who is found dead in mysterious circumstances; an arson sleuth trying to prove that a man about to be executed is innocent; and sandhogs racing to complete the brutally dangerous job of building New York City's water tunnels before the old system collapses. Throughout, Grann's hypnotic accounts display the power--and often the willful perversity--of the human spirit. Compulsively readable, The Devil and Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant mosaic of ambition, madness, passion, and folly.From the Hardcover edition.

Former Italian police marshal Guarnaccia is thrust into a grisly hunt for a serial killer, working under relentless detective Simonetti in the historic streets of Florence.

A gripping true‑crime memoir about a young Italian American boy who discovers his father’s murderous past while growing up in Hell’s Kitchen.

During the autumn of 1922, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald chart their return to New York as the city’s roaring glamour turns to tragedy with the unsolved Mills‑Hall double murder—an event that shaped the genesis of *The Great Gatsby*.

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Retired Philadelphia detectives, police and a forensic sculptor team up to solve cold cases, including the mysterious 1957 Boy in the Box, and explore the history of New York City’s Vidocq Society.

When handsome Mormon carpenter Travis Alexander is found dead in Mesa, Arizona, investigators turn to Jodi Arias—a former lover and aspiring photographer—whose sudden move to the area and peculiar evidence linking her to the crime spark a high-profile murder investigation.

A true crime investigation following the murder of nineteen‑year‑old Mark Fisher, a college football star from New York City.

Diane Cameron blends memoir, history and true crime to uncover the story of her stepfather, Donald Watkins, a Vietnam-era Marine who served in China during the 1937-39 Japanese invasion and later convicted of murder, exploring trauma, mental illness and family dynamics.