Books like The piano teacher by Robert Tanenbaum

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 2012 crime thriller that explores a marriage in turmoil as one wife disappears, leaving her husband to confront suspicion and secrets.

Reporter Camille Preaker returns to her hometown after a brief stay in a psychiatric hospital to cover the murders of two preteen girls, and must confront the trauma of her own past to uncover the truth.

A candid, semi‑autobiographical look at 1980s Wall Street, following Michael Lewis from Princeton art history student to bond salesman at Salomon Brothers, exposing the culture of greed, humor, and intense competition that defined the era.

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.

Joseph Wambaugh revisits the shocking 1989 Main Line murder of schoolteacher Susan Reinert, uncovering the investigative journey that led to two men—Dr. Jay C. Smith and William Bradfield—as the case that racked a Philadelphia suburb.

Erika Kohut, a 38‑year‑old piano teacher at Vienna’s Conservatory, lives under a domineering mother’s shadow while chasing forbidden pleasures. When a 17‑year‑old pupil attempts to seduce her, their entangled desires spiral into an unsteady, self‑destructive obsession.

A true‑crime case study of the 1983 murder of a Minnesota banker by a farmer and his son, whose eviction thrust them into violence.

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

A wealthy Mormon family's domestic surface cracks to reveal greed, theft and murder. The murder of Franklin Bradshaw and the ensuing four‑year police hunt expose a tangled web of family betrayal and Broadway intrigue.

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.

An investigative look at Minnesota's most notorious murders, tracing the motives and characters behind the state’s grim criminal history.

Twenty‑one‑year‑old transgender man Brandon Teena flees Nebraska, wins love and notoriety, only to be tragically murdered after his identity is exposed.

In his memoir, Albert DeMeo reveals the conflicted life of growing up as the son of the notorious Gambino Mafia killer Roy DeMeo, detailing the hidden legacy of organized crime in New York.

"In Piano Notes, he writes for an audience about an old friend - the piano itself. Drawing upon a lifetime of wisdom and the accumulated lore of many great performers of the past, Rosen shows why the instrument demands such a stark combination of mental and physical prowess. Readers will gather many little-known insights - from how pianists vary their posture, to how splicings and microphone placements can ruin recordings, to how the history of composition was dominated by the piano for two centuries. Stories of many great musicians abound. Rosen reveals Nadia Boulanger's favorite way to avoid commenting on the performances of her friends ("You know what I think, " spoken with utmost earnestness), why Glenn Gould's recordings suffer from "double-strike" touches, and how even Vladimir Horowitz became enamored of splicing multiple performances into a single recording. Rosen's explanation of the piano's physical pleasures, demands, and discontents will delight and instruct anyone who has ever sat at a keyboard, as well as everyone who loves to listen to the instrument."--BOOK JACKET.

A chilling true‑crime account of Victor Paleologus, a Hollywood Hills predator who lured aspiring models into his home and murdered a twenty‑one‑year‑old.