Books like Into The Mirror by Lawrence Schiller

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.

John E. Douglas recounts his 25‑year career in the FBI Behavioral Science Unit, detailing how psychological profiling helped him solve some of the nation’s most infamous serial killings.

John Grisham’s first nonfiction book exposes a wrongful conviction that left a small‑town Oklahoma man on death row, revealing how faulty evidence and Justice System failures can turn a tragedy into a tragic misjudgment.

The House of God exposes the harsh realities of medical training, illustrating a strict hierarchy in hospitals and the pressures faced by residents, interns, physicians, and nurses.

Manson In His Own Words reveals the true confessions and background of cult leader Charles Manson, charting his upbringing, criminal life, and influence on the 1960s counterculture that culminated in the Tate‑LaBianca murders.

A precise, ten‑year investigation into the 1999 Columbine High School massacre that uncovers the truth behind the myth and examines the killers, victims, and community response.

A true‑crime account of Princeton‑educated Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, a former U.S. Marine, convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and two children in 1970, and the chilling investigation that followed.

When Kevin Taylor joins the Manhattan criminal law firm of John Milton & Associates, he's hit the big time. At last, he and his wife can enjoy the luxuries they've so desired--money, a chauffeur-driven limo, and a stunning home in a high-rise. Then Milton assigns Kevin one of the most notorious cases of the year, with a file that had been put together prior to the crime. Throwing himself into his work, Kevin begins to see a pattern of evil emerging from behind the firm's plush facade. Acquittal after acquittal, every criminal client walks free, and Kevin's suspicions slowly give way to terror. For Kevin has just become The Devil's Advocate.

Spies are rare. Robert Hanssen was an FBI counterintelligence officer who, for 22 years, secretly supplied the KGB with trade secrets, making him one of the most damaging spies in U.S. history.

Robert Baer, renowned CIA operative, balances a career in the Middle East with a strained marriage and paternity, while his wife Dayna evolves from a California girl to a seasoned intelligence officer facing the personal costs of espionage.

An award‑winning New York Times journalist chronicles the chilling 2006 murder of ex‑KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, exposing a rare radioactive assassination and its sharp‑edged implications for Russian politics and international security.

In Public Enemies, bestselling author Bryan Burrough strips away the thick layer of myths put out by J. Edgar Hoovers FBI to tell the full storyfor the first timeof the most spectacular crime wave in American history, the two-year battle between the young Hoover and the assortment of criminals who became national icons: John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and the Barkers. In an epic feat of storytelling and drawing on a remarkable amount of newly available material on all the major figures involved, Burrough reveals a web of interconnections within the vast American underworld and demonstrates how Hoovers G-men overcame their early fumbles to secure the FBIs rise to power.

John Douglas chronicles the FBI pursuit of Dennis Rader, the notorious BTK serial killer who terrorized Wichita, Kansas for 31 years, revealing the investigative methods that ultimately brought him to justice.

Actress Diana Poole, racing against time and budget, returns to Hollywood to save her career after her mother’s murder, only to discover the lead actress’s corpse and a tangled web of industry secrets that threaten her life.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David A. Vise uncovers the life and secrets of Robert Philip Hanssen, a devoted FBI counterintelligence agent who became a Russian spy for decades.

Two seasoned Time magazine reporters chronicle the explosive story of Robert Hanssen, one of America’s most infamous spies, revealing the shocking depths of his espionage scandal.

"Have you ever met a person who left you wondering, "How could someone be so twisted? So evil?" Prompted by clues in her sister's diary after her mysterious death, author Barbara Oakley takes the reader inside the head of the kinds of malevolent people you know, perhaps all too well, but could never understand." "The story begins in the coastal town of Sequim, Washington, where Oakley's beautiful, secretive sister, Carolyn, arrived unexpectedly one day, belongings in tow. Carolyn had moved to town for a reason, and, as usual, the reason was underhanded. Who was this woman, Oakley had long wondered, who had been loved so dearly by so many - and yet could prove so strangely malevolent?" "Starting with psychology as a frame of reference, Oakley uses cutting-edge images of the working brain to provide startling support for the idea that "evil" people act the way they do mainly as the result of a dysfunction. In fact, some deceitful, manipulative, and even sadistic behavior appears to be programmed genetically - suggesting that some people really are born to be bad. But there are unexpected fringe benefits to "evil genes." We may not like them - but we literally can't live without them." "Oakley deftly ties together the big-picture implications of revolutionary neuroscientific and genetic discoveries, showing the eerily similar behavioral tics of Mao Zedong, Adolf Hitler, and Slobodan Milosevic. The dramatic recent scientific findings presented in Evil Genes shed light not only on infamous dictators of world history but on politics at home, as well as business, religion, and everyday life. In fact, history itself has been shaped by the strange confluence of genes and environment that science is just now beginning to understand." "Oakley links the latest findings of molecular research to a wide array of seemingly unrelated historical and current phenomena: the harems of the Ottomans, the chummy jokes of "Uncle Joe" Stalin, the pampered life of Paris Hilton, and the infamous activities of the executives at Enron. Throughout, she never loses sight of the personal cost of evil genes as she unravels the mystery surrounding her sister's enigmatic life - and death."--BOOK JACKET.

Robert J. Lamphere’s FBI investigations uncovered KGB networks in the United States after World War II, exposing spies such as Judith Coplon, Klaus Fuchs, Harry Gold, and the Rosenbergs.