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Erik Larson’s *Thunderstruck* chronicles the intertwined lives of murderer Hawley Crippen and inventor Guglielmo Marconi as their paths collide amid the dramatic backdrop of Edwardian London and the North Atlantic.

A gripping true‑crime account of Andrei Chikatilo’s brutal killings (1978–1986) near Rostov‑on‑Don, Russia, and the relentless pursuit by Soviet investigator Colonel Viktor Burakov that ended in his capture and execution.

> The latest in a series of popular crime and mystery anthologies from Diamond Dagger Award-winning genre expert Martin Edwards, featuring authors including Ngaio Marsh, Edmund Crispin and Julian Symons. As a collection of mysteries about books, libraries, book shops and authors, this will appeal to bibliophiles and booksellers alike. >A bookish puzzle threatens an eagerly awaited inheritance; a submission to a publisher recounts a murder that seems increasingly to be a work of nonfiction; an irate novelist puts a grisly end to the source of his writer’s block. >There is no better hiding place for clues – or red herrings – than inside the pages of a book. But in this world of resentful ghost writers, indiscreet playwrights and unscrupulous book collectors, literary prowess is often a prologue to disaster. >With Martin Edwards as librarian and guide, delve into an irresistible stack of tales perfect for every book-lover and armchair sleuth, featuring much-loved Golden Age detectives such as Nigel Strangeways, Philip Trent and Detective Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn. But readers should be warned that the most riveting tales often conceal the deadliest of secrets....

In 1955 London, crime writer Donald Langham is pulled into a blackmail plot that spirals into murder, threatening the city’s literary scene.

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

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

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 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 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.