Books like For I have sinned by John Glatt

Alicia Berenson, a celebrated painter, shoots her husband Gabriel and then falls silent, becoming a media sensation. In North London’s Grove secure unit, psychotherapist Theo Faber devotes himself to uncovering why she became the Silent Patient and his own true motives.

A suspenseful look inside the seemingly perfect marriage of Jack and Grace, where love, secrecy, and abuse mask a household of hidden violence.

Set in a quiet 1950s American suburb, two orphaned sisters, Meg and Susan, are held captive in their aunt’s basement as her deteriorating mental health begins to poison their family and the surrounding community.

A woman’s Indian family navigates marriage, identity, and belonging across generations, tracing the parents’ arrival in the U.S., the daughter’s wedding, and the estranged son’s return.

Three friends and a ring of female spies of WWII uncover a mystery of missing agents, weaving friendship, courage and danger through wartime Manhattan and occupied Europe.

When a violent crime shatters a suburban Massachusetts town, a seasoned assistant district attorney learns his fourteen‑year‑old son is accused of murdering a classmate, forcing him to confront the limits of fatherly knowledge, justice, and truth.

A chilling true‑crime investigation into a triple murder in the Ozarks, the violent life of drug dealer Darrell Mease, his death‑row conviction, and a miraculous intervention that led to a presidential commutation.

A true‑crime account of the woman whose obsessive‑compulsive struggles culminated in a 1988 shooting at Hubbard Woods Elementary School, killing eight children and leaving a trail of violence toward her family and friends.

A Philadelphia schoolteacher and her two children were brutally murdered, allegedly as part of an insurance fraud plot.

Ana Mendieta’s 1985 suicide from her Greenwich Village flat, set against the backdrop of her marriage to artist Carl Andre, is examined in new case study research that aims to resolve the unresolved homicide mystery.

Explores the shocking case of six‑year‑old Lisa Steinberg’s murder, examining the psychological, sexual, and social dynamics that led to the crime.

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.

Peter Haining explores the possibility that the infamous barber Sweeney Todd was a real 18th‑century London criminal, shaped and victimized by the era’s poverty and underworld crime.

A factual, in‑depth biography of serial killer Randy Kraft, who murdered 67 victims in California.

Psychiatrist Joe O'Loughlin, battling Parkinson's, is pulled into a murder investigation when the victim—a former nurse colleague—grows suspicious. Police turn their attention to him as he suspects a patient may be the killer.

Eric Konigsberg’s gripping family history unfolds the lurid rise of his notorious ‘Uncle Heshy,’ the legendary Mafia enforcer who spent decades on the run.

He Had A Successful Career, A Selfless Wife, And Three Loving Children. When high school sweethearts Karen and Richard Sharpe married, they shared an interest in medicine, a desire for family, and a dream for the future. For Karen, that dream became a nightmare. After years of abuse at the hands of her physician husband, she put an end to their 26-year marriage. Fearing a crushing divorce settlement, Richard ended the marriage first by unloading a .22-caliber rifle into Karen's chest. The murder revealed more about the millionaire doctor-and his double life-than polite Boston society was prepared for. He Also Had A Secret That Shot His Picture-Perfect World To Hell. Behind the doors of their upscale Massachusetts home, Dr. Sharpe was a compulsive cross-dresser with a penchant for his own daughter's underwear-a respected family man who had not only been taking hormones to grow breasts, but who stole his wife's birth control pills to supplement them. But not even his own family could have imagined that it would take cold-blooded murder to finally reveal the good doctor's disturbing secrets, and shatter forever the prosaic façade of an all-American family.

A true‑crime biography of Judias Buenoano, a Florida entrepreneur whose rise from poverty amid a series of mysterious deaths in Pensacola raises questions about ambition, substance abuse and murder.

A true crime account of homicide and attempted murder cases in the United States.

An investigative biography of Dr. Michael Swango, a physician alleged to be America's most prolific serial killer, following his career from Ohio to Zimbabwe and exposing systemic failures in the U.S. medical establishment.

A gripping true crime story of serial killings by Dr. Thomas Neill Cream, featuring the author's investigative approach and examination of Victorian sexual tensions and fears.

The Sinner is a psychological crime novel by Petra Hammesfahr that intertwines detective work and police procedure, offering an in‑depth look at the mind behind the investigation.

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.