True crime stories

  • Among the bros : a fraternity crime story

    Creator

    Marshall, Max.

    Abstract

    "Among the Bros is a harrowing and disturbing book. I have read about fraternity life but nothing like this. This book will blow your mind, each page digging deeper into the unimaginable. Except every word is true." —Buzz Bissinger, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Mosquito Bowl and Friday Night Lights. A brilliant young investigative journalist traces a murder and a multi-million-dollar drug ring, leading to an unprecedented look at elite American fraternity life.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Harper

    New York, NY

    Harper

    Non spécifié
  • American predator : the hunt for the most meticulous serial killer of the 21st century

    Creator

    Callahan, Maureen

    Abstract

    Instant New York Times bestseller. An Amazon "Best Book of 2019". A Washington Post "10 Books To Read in July". A Los Angeles Times "Seven Highly Anticipated Books for Summer Reading". A USA Today "20 of the Season's Hottest New Books". A New York Post "25 Best Beach Reads of 2019 You Need to Pre-Order Now". A Bustle "The Best New True Crime Books You Can Read Right Now".

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Penguin Books

    New York

    Viking

    Non spécifié
  • A thread of violence : a story of truth, invention, and murder

    Creator

    O'Connell, Mark

    Abstract

    New York Times and Economist Best Book of the Year — From the award-winning author comes the gripping tale of one of the most scandalous murderers in modern Irish history, at once a propulsive work of true crime and an act of literary subversion. “A masterpiece” —The Observer — “Disturbing [and] compelling” —Colm Tóibín — “Superb and unforgettable" —Sally Rooney — “Brilliant” —New York Times Book Review — “A masterly work” —John Banville — “Fascinating” —Emmanuel Carrère — “Morally complex and mesmerizing” —Fintan O'Toole. Malcolm Macarthur was a well-known Dublin socialite.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Vintage

    New York

    Doubleday

    Non spécifié
  • A rip in heaven

    Creator

    Cummins, Jeanine

    Abstract

    The acclaimed author of American Dirt reveals the devastating effects of a shocking tragedy in this landmark true crime book—the first ever to look intimately at the experiences of both the victims and their families. A Rip in Heaven is Jeanine Cummins’ story of a night in April, 1991, when her two cousins Julie and Robin Kerry, and her brother, Tom, were assaulted on the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, which spans the Mississippi River just outside of St. Louis. When, after a harrowing ordeal, Tom managed to escape the attackers and flag down help, he thought the nightmare would soon be over.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Berkley

    New York

    Berkley

    Non spécifié
  • A mother's reckoning : living in the aftermath of tragedy

    Creator

    Klebold, Sue.

    Abstract

    The acclaimed New York Times bestseller by Sue Klebold, mother of one of the Columbine shooters, about living in the aftermath of Columbine. On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Over the course of minutes, they would kill twelve students and a teacher and wound twenty-four others before taking their own lives. For the last sixteen years, Sue Klebold, Dylan’s mother, has lived with the indescribable grief and shame of that day.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Broadway Books

    New York

    Crown

    Non spécifié
  • A false report : a true story of rape in America

    Creator

    Miller, T. Christian

    Abstract

    Now the Netflix Limited Series Unbelievable, starring Toni Collette, Merritt Wever, and Kaitlyn Dever. Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists tell the riveting true crime story of a teenager charged with lying about having been raped—and the detectives who followed a winding path to arrive at the truth. “Gripping . . . [with a] John Grisham–worthy twist.”—Emily Bazelon, New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice). On August 11, 2008, eighteen-year-old Marie reported that a masked man broke into her apartment near Seattle, Washington, and raped her.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Broadway Books

    New York

    Crown Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • What the dead know : learning about life as a New York city death investigator

    Creator

    Butcher, Barbara

    Abstract

    Now featured in the five-part docuseries on Netflix, Homicide: New York A "remarkably candid and sensitive" (The Wall Street Journal) memoir of more than twenty years of death-scene investigations by New York City death investigator Barbara Butcher. Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism when she found an unexpected lifeline: a job at the Medical Examiner's Office in New York City. The second woman ever hired for the role of Death Investigator in Manhattan, she was the first to last more than three months.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster

    New York

    Simon & Schuster

    Non spécifié
  • While the city slept : a love lost to violence and a wake-up call for mental health care in America

    Creator

    Sanders, Eli.

    Abstract

    “Binged Making a Murderer? Try . . . [this] riveting portrait of a tragic, preventable crime.” — Entertainment Weekly. Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime. Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. A Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter’s gripping account of one young man’s path to murder—and a wake-up call for mental health care in America. On a summer night in 2009, three lives intersected in one American neighborhood.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Penguin Books

    New York

    Viking

    Non spécifié
  • Who speaks for you? : the inside story of the prosecutor who took down Baltimore's most crooked cops

    Creator

    Wise, Leo.

    Abstract

    The true story of how federal law enforcement flipped the playbook and convicted a corrupt unit of Baltimore police. In 2015 and 2016, Baltimore was reeling after the death of Freddie Gray and the protests that followed. In the midst of this unrest, a violent, highly trained, and heavily armed criminal gang roamed the city. They robbed people, sold drugs and guns, and divided the loot and profit among themselves. They had been doing it for years. But these were not ordinary career criminals. They were the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF).

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Baltimore

    Johns Hopkins University Press

    Baltimore

    Johns Hopkins University Press

    Non spécifié
  • The man who killed Kennedy : the case against LBJ

    Creator

    Stone, Roger

    Abstract

    "We appreciate Roger Stone, he is one tough cookie." - President Trump The sensational New York Times bestseller, now in paperback. Find out how and why LBJ had JFK assassinated. The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ hit the New York Times bestseller list the week of the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Consummate political insider Roger Stone makes a compelling case that Lyndon Baines Johnson had the motive, means, and opportunity to orchestrate the murder of JFK.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Skyhorse

    [United States]

    Skyhorse

    Non spécifié