Books like Devil's knot by Mara Leveritt

A biographical portrait of Gary Gilmore, the 1976 Utah murderer who demanded his death sentence be carried out, fighting a system eager to keep him alive long after conviction.

A true‑crime collection featuring high‑stakes murder plots in New York and a chilling case of a mother‑daughter dynamic gone deadly.

Overview: A black car is pulled from the Rideau Canal near Kingston, Ontario, containing the bodies of three girls-sisters Zainab, Sahar, and Geeti Shafia-along with their presumed aunt, Rona Amir Mohammad. Later in the day, after family members report the women missing, Kingston police become suspicious. The stories told by parents Tooba Mohammad Yahya and Mohammad Shafia, and their eldest son, Hamed, don't match up with the rapidly gathering evidence. An extensive investigation unfolds, revealing a troubling story of physical and emotional abuse in the Shafia home-including threats of murder. Police begin to suspect that this is a quadruple "honour killing," planned and carried out to wipe away the family's shame caused by the eldest girls. Two years later, Mohammad Shafia, Tooba Mohammad Yahya, and Hamed Shafia are tried for the mass murders, while a shocked nation follows the case until its gripping conclusion.

A former marine and bodyguard battles loyalty and duty in a high‑stakes investigation within a prominent evangelical ministry.

Former football star and drug dealer trades freedom for coaxing a confession from a serial killer.

X‑Rated traces the rise and fall of Jim and Artie Mitchell, San Francisco porn pioneers whose business success turned into a tragic fratricide, exposing the brutal reality of the adult‑film industry.

Blake Morrison follows the 2014 trial of two 10‑year‑old boys charged with kidnapping and murdering a 2‑year‑old in the United Kingdom, examining how the law confronts child perpetrators and the fragile line between innocence and cruelty.

Irish nationalists in Chicago join a secret group dedicated to driving the English out of Ireland. A schism develops over whether or not dynamite is a justifiable persuasion technique, and over the character of the leader of the pro-dynamite faction. After causing difficulties for the pro-dynamite faction, a prominent member of the anti-dynamite faction is murdered. The wheels of justice commence their slow grind.