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Unraveling a twenty-five-year tale of multiple murder and medical deception, The Death of Innocents is a work of first-rate journalism told with the compelling narrative drive of a mystery novel. More than just a true-crime story, it is the stunning expose of spurious science that sent medical researchers in the wrong direction—and nearly allowed a murderer to go unpunished. On July 28, 1971, a two-and-a-half-month-old baby named Noah Hoyt died in his trailer home in a rural hamlet of upstate New York.

While FBI Agent David Nadolski risked his career, his informant, Anthony Romano, risked his life to quash one of the biggest armed robberies of the twentieth century. During the 1990s, Boston was a world leader in arts, culture, higher education, and medicine. It was also a world leader in organized crime. In this exciting account, former FBI supervisory special agent David Nadolski tells the story of an unlikely alliance between two diametrically opposed people—the con and the FBI agent.

In this thrilling memoir, Suburban Bigamy: Six Miles Between Truth and Deceit, author Michael S. Zimmerman chronicles the painful story of two families built on one lie, forever linked through betrayal, infidelity, and bigamy. Then, after hitting rock bottom, Mike becomes a father of his own, and soon discovers something more powerful than the lie: a story of resilience, recovery, and hope. "A frightening story intelligently told, one that exposes the frailty of even people's most pedestrian certainties.

The human brain is designed to look into the future—but with limitations. The only certainty in life is that everyone dies; yet despite this, the brain hides it for fear of maddening its bearer. This truth usually emerges from time to time as a "fear of death"—the dread that the moment will come when there will be neither present nor future. The way it arrives adds uncertainty and horror: will it be sudden and painless? Quick and cruel?

An ex-spy lifts the lid on life in the secret service. Andrew Kirsch didn't grow up watching spy movies or dreaming about being a real-life James Bond. He was hardly aware that Canada even had its own intelligence service—let alone knew what its officers did. But when a terrorist attack occurred near the office of his financial services job, suddenly fighting terrorism meant a lot more to him than the markets. Within 18 months, he had landed a job with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)—where he spent the next decade of his life.

What had happened to my baby brother? How did a tiny little pill shatter our family? When did we first begin losing Pat? These are the harrowing questions that plagued Erin Marie Daly after her youngest brother Pat, an OxyContin addict, was found dead of a heroin overdose at the age of twenty. In just a few short years, the powerful prescription painkiller had transformed him from a fun-loving ball of energy to a heroin addict hell-bent on getting his next fix. Yet even as Pat’s addiction destroyed his external life, his internal struggle with opiates was far more heart-wrenching.

The first-ever detailed account of one of the most notorious cases of police corruption in New York State history, the 1999-2000 FBI investigation into the Schenectady Police Department, resulting in the conviction of four officers, the suicide of a fifth, and the forced resignation of the chief, who soon after was convicted for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Finalist for the 2024 Silver Falchion Award.

Peer inside the mind of violent child molester Nathanael Bar-Jonah. Personal coded writings, lifelong behaviors, and victim testimony reveal how he operated and the difficulties law enforcement experienced stopping him. Eyes of a Pedophile follows Bar-Jonah's evolution from religious beginnings to hunting children, being investigated for child abduction and cannibalism, and finally being imprisoned for life. Extensively researched medical and psychological details explain what is known about child predators and show you how to recognize pedophile behavior and protect children.

A former public defender testifies to the vivid human suffering at the heart of America's criminal justice system. As a public defender, Allen Goodman faced cross-examination from family and friends every day: How could he work to help criminals? How could he live with himself? Presumed guilty by association, Goodman quickly learned that people didn’t really want an answer; they wanted a justification, perhaps even an apology. Ever the idealist, Goodman answered anyway: Everyone deserves justice. Everyone against Us is Goodman’s testimony of his life as a public defender.

In this national bestseller, a work of vigorous reporting, deep compassion, and unerring integrity, award-winning journalist and documentarian John Chipman investigates the lives left ruined in the wake of Dr. Charles Smith's ignominious career.