Reconstructs the murder in 1959 of a Kansas farmer, his wife and both their children. The author's comprehensive study of the killings and subsequent investigation explores the circumstances surrounding this terrible crime and the effect it had on those involved.

This is the story of the men and women whose lives were irrevocably changed by the Chicago World Fair, and of two men in particular: an architect and a serial killer. Spicing the narrative are the stories of a cast of historical characters including Buffalo Bill, Scott Joplin and Theodore Dreiser.

Presents a true story of intrigue, murder, forgery and eccentricity set in the steamy, surreal atmosphere of Savannah, Georgia. This book brings the unpredictable twists and turns of a murder case that are interwoven with a first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South.

On August 9th 1969, seven people were found shot, stabbed and bludgeoned to death in Los Angeles. Here Vincent Bugliosi, D.A. on the case, reveals the true story behind the most famous mass murder case ever - the orgies, the willing murders, the brainwashing and the retaliation slayings.

Patricia Cornwell uses the demanding methods of modern forensic investigation to re-examine the evidence in the Jack the Ripper murders. Naming the killer as the artist, Walter Sickert, Cornwell details the evidence for this conclusion and reveals the reaction from a senior police officer.

Brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty insist they were commanded to kill by God.

In 1982, a 21 year-old cocktail waitress was raped and murdered, and for five years the police could not solve the crime. For reasons that were never clear, they suspected Ron Williamson and his friend Dennis Fritz. The two were finally arrested in 1987 and charged with capital murder. This work is an exploration of justice gone terribly awry.

A sexual sadist, the Zodiac's pleasure was torture and murder. He taunted the authorities with mocking notes telling where he would strike next. The official tally of his victims was six. He claimed 37 dead. He was never caught. This book tells the inside story of the hunt for the hooded killer, and finally reveals his possible true identity.

America's master of true crime, Ann Rule, presents the story of the terrifying Green River killings. This is a harrowing look at a modern monster - a killer who walked among us, undetected.

Ann Rule peels away the mask of a multi-millionaire genius, Allen Blackthorne, a violent sociopath who hid behind his classic good looks, charm and money, and left a trail of con jobs and wives in his wake. Rule untangles the web of lies that led to Blackthorne ordering the death of an ex-wife.

Could a mother shoot her own children? This title is a reissue of a true crime classic.

A compelling portrait of 1960s America that takes as its starting point the brutal events of 11 March 1963, the day on which the lives of three complete strangers -- a black handyman, an Italian-American carpenter and a second-generation Jewish housewife -- collided in the leafy Boston suburb of Belmont.

Gripping and true-life account of a manipulative murderess, subtitled 'Arson and Murder in the Heartland'.

Twice every three days another citizen in Baltimore is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the centre of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, and the author gained unlimited access to this homicide unit. This book presents his account of casework and an investigation into our culture of violence.

What makes a serial killer? Only one man really knows. John Douglas. A man who has looked evil in the eye and made a vocation of understanding it. Now retired, Douglas can let us inside the FBI elite serial crime unit and into the disturbed minds of some of the most savage killers in the world.

EVERYTHING SHE EVER WANTED is a compelling study of a systematic, remorseless sociopath. Bestselling true-crime writer Ann Rule's meticulous recounting of heedless ambition and selfish passion alternately arouses and chills the senses.

The fascinating story of a famous Victorian murder case - and the notorious detective who solved it

An investigation into the murder of crime writer, James Ellroy's mother. She was murdered in 1958 and the case was never solved, leaving her son to embark on years of petty crime and drinking. Only later, as a writer, did he begin to delve into his past and set out to solve the mystery.