The New York Times-bestselling author of Killer: The Autobiography of a Mafia Hit Man reveals the true story of his most harrowing contract murder. "Joey the Hit Man" was a Bronx-born hired assassin who achieved widespread...
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws
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- Author:Sharkey, Joe.Summary:
This collection by a New York Times journalist gathers three horrifying true accounts of crimes of passion, ambition, and fear. Author Joe Sharkey delivers three gripping accounts of betrayal and murder in this compelling American true...
- Author:Smith, CarltonSummary:
From the bestselling author of The Search for the Green River Killer: A chilling true account of the dream husband who was every woman's nightmare. Randy Roth was handsome, hardworking, kind, and in top physical shape. But for all...
- Author:Bloom, JohnSummary:
Edgar Award Finalist: The "sensational" true story of two desperate housewives and the killing that shocked a Texas community (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore had a lot in common: They sang...
- Author:Feuer, AlanSummary:
The definitive account of the rise and fall of the ultimate narco, "El Chapo," from the New York Times reporter whose coverage of his trial went viral. Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is the most legendary of Mexican...
- Author:Coston, JohnSummary:
Two riveting true crime sagas-of a mother who murdered her two sons, and a sex-crazed serial killer who terrorized Montana-together in one volume. In this terrifying collection, veteran reporter and former Wall Street Journal editor...
- Author:Sharkey, Joe.Summary:
The true account of the man who murdered his family in their New Jersey mansion-and eluded a nationwide manhunt for eighteen years. Until 1971, life was good for mild-mannered accountant John List. He was vice president of a Jersey City...
- Author:Pileggi, NicholasSummary:
The true story behind the Martin Scorsese film: A "riveting...'ccount of how organized crime looted the casinos they controlled" (Kirkus Reviews). Focusing on Chicago bookie Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal and his...
- Author:Gilmour, WalterSummary:
The horrific true story of serial kidnapper, rapist, and killer Robert Hansen's reign of terror in Anchorage, Alaska. As oil boom money poured into Anchorage, the city quickly became a prime destination for the seedier elements of...
- Author:Rosen, FredSummary:
Four bizarre true crime stories about serial killers, murder sprees, sideshows, and church pulpits in one sensational volume. These grizzly true crime books by a former New York Times columnist chronicle four shocking and disturbing...
- Author:Thompson, ThomasSummary:
Edgar Award Winner: The "gripping" true story of a beautiful Texas socialite, her ambitious husband, and a string of mysterious deaths (Los Angeles Times). Joan Robinson Hill was a world-class equestrian, a glamorous member of...