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The compelling, poignant true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandal—some of whom learned the truth from Lisa Wingate’s bestselling novel Before We Were Yours and were reunited with bir

National bestseller • An enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city: “Elegant and wicked...

Joined by award-winning Mexican journalist Luis Nájera, leading organized-crime author Peter Edwards introduces a motley assortment of millennial bikers, gangsters and Mafia whose bloody trail of m

Deborah Blum, writing with the high style and skill for suspense that is characteristic of the very best mystery fiction, shares the untold story of how poison rocked Jazz Age New York City.

"With meticulous detective work, Timothy Egan shines a light on one of the most sinister chapters in American history--how a viciously racist movement, led by a murderous conman, rose to power in t

Mother. Nurse. Gold-digger. Cause célèbre. When Daisy de Melker stood trial in 1932, accused of poisoning her son and two husbands, the public couldn't get enough of her.

Indigenous Justice is Book 10 in the Durvile True Cases series.

A riveting true story of a mother who fought back against the drug cartels in Mexico, pursuing her own brand of justice to avenge the kidnapping and murder of her daughter - from a global investiga

Among the tree-lined waterways of South Carolina low country, the Murdaugh name means power.

Paced like a thriller and full of insider information on the history and science of Crime Scene Investigation, In Light of All Darkness embeds readers in one of the most famous true-crime stories o

Inspired by author Tori Telfer's Jezebel column "Lady Killers," this thrilling and entertaining compendium investigates female serial killers and their crimes through the ages.

National Book Award Finalist - A New York Times Notable Book.

National Bestseller. Winner of the 2021 Atlantic Book Awards' Robbie Robertson Dartmouth Book Award.

Shortlisted for the 2021 Crime Writers of Canada Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book. Diplomat father. Murdered mother. Emotionally neglected children. An apparent cover-up.

New Yorker Best Book of the Year. "A fascinating story brilliantly told." - The Boston Globe. "A non-fiction masterpiece." - Philadelphia Inquirer.