Books like Severed by John Gilmore

Inside the covert world that shaped U.S. politics in the 1960s, James Ellroy follows former police and FBI officers as they navigate a web of corruption, murder, and power grabbing amid the JFK era, Bay of Pigs, and beyond.

After a three‑year exile to Los Angeles, fashion designer Deborah Stevens returns to England to confront her former lover, playwright Jake Logan, whose promises of loyalty crumble beneath the weight of his jealous possessiveness.

Set in post‑World War I Boston, _The Given Day_ follows two families—a black and a white—caught amid revolutionaries, anarchists, and a brewing union movement, culminating in the 1919 police strike.

American conspiracies collide when a Vegas cop, armed with six thousand dollars, uncovers the dark layers behind Kennedy’s assassination and the ensuing swirl of crime and politics in the 1960s.

Set across rural Ohio and West Virginia from World War II to the 1960s, this novel weaves interlocking tales of war‑torn veterans, serial killers, and a preacher, exploring Southern life and its hidden darkness.

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 case study of the Zodiac Killer's unsolved serial murders in California.

Mickey Haller, a cynical Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer, tackles a high‑paying case that turns out to be far more dangerous than it first appears.

Blood Brothers chronicles the 1989 shotgun murders of parents Jose and Kitty Menendez by their sons Lyle and Erik—offering a chilling, evidence‑based look at inherited wealth, family crime and the highly publicized California trial.

An investigative reporter tracks the long‑timed serial killer who has murdered women in South Central Los Angeles since the 1980s, uncovering the case’s alleged identity.

A remarkable story of domestic horror, courage - and triumph. Shelley Sessions was a bright popular Texas teenager. Her father, Bobby Sessions, was a successful, driven man-about-town with an ego and a bank account as expansive as the Lone Star State. On the surface, theirs was the ideal family, but what admiring observers could little uspect was that behind the all-American exterior lay Bobby Sessions' dark obsession. Bobby adored his little girl from the moment he'd laid eyes on her, but it wasn't long before fatherly affection turned to perversion. When Shelley was only 8yr. old, Sessions embarked on a pattern of sexual molestation that would define their relationship for the next 7yrs. Throughout, Sessions threatened his daughter with exposure: if she didn't do as he said, he would tell the world the awful truth about her. For years Shelley was bound to silence through her shame. But in the end, she stood up to her father, taking him on as well as her mother, her father's family, and a whole Texas town - none of them willing to confront the horror of sexual abuse within their own ranks. Shelley Sessions did not take the law into her own hands; she took her father to court. In a record-breaking settlement, the jury decided in Shelley's favour - to the tune of $10million.

A gripping nonfiction account of LAPD officer Bill Leasure, whose crimes expose police corruption in Los Angeles, revealed through exclusive jail‑cell interviews conducted by Pulitzer‑winning journalist Edward Humes.

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.

In Kenya’s Lake Turkana, the murder of Tessa Quayle forces her husband, diplomat Justin Quayle, to uncover a conspiracy that threatens both his life and the integrity of a multinational corporation.

A true‑crime account of Kristin Rossum, a toxicology specialist whose hidden life leads to her husband’s mysterious death by overdose in 2000, exposing betrayal, illicit affairs, and the investigation that uncovered her murder.

The True Story of the Susan Polk Murder Case

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.

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.

A meticulous exposé of Los Angeles’s 1947 Black Dahlia murder, revealing new evidence and a probable killer behind the iconic case.

A single father in suburban Connecticut launches a perilous investigation after his wife and two passengers are killed in a car accident, uncovering a hidden web of corruption as he seeks justice for his family.

A nonfiction study that argues for O.J. Simpson’s innocence by reviewing case evidence, investigative procedures, and courtroom proceedings associated with the 1994 murder case in California.

Lieutenant Carmine Delmonico, a lone detective in 1965 Connecticut, races against a serial killer targeting young women from a neurology research center, forcing him to navigate a web of suspects and an old family scandal.