True Crime

“Doing Justice is an essential read for every American who cares about the rule of law and the pursuit of justice in the United States, particularly at a time when

“a book that reads like a fictional thriller while remaining solidly grounded in fact.”

“The Spy Who Was Left Behind tells a fascinating story of one man’s quest for the truth, even if that meant putting his own life at risk for someone he had never met.” 

Thanks to an army of great and critically acclaimed mystery writers, the Scandinavian country of Sweden is, in 2018, synonymous with murder.

Anyone seeking to understand the last years of the Cold War should read this book. The central figure is Oleg Gordievsky, now in his eighties and living in a (hopefully) safe house near London.

“Monster City will make an excellent addition to any true crime enthusiast's library.”

For sheer noirish decadence, few cities around the globe have rivaled Shanghai between the two world wars and for a short time after.

What happens when the world’s greatest mystery writer is asked to solve a real murder? Not exactly what you would expect.

“Cavalcanti’s book is about one unique human named Julio Santana—a professional killer with a code of honor and a sincere belief in God and redemption.”

In Little Shoes, author Pamela Everett has chronicled the events of a 1937 California murder of three little girls with lawyerly skill.

Racism in the rural, pre-Civil Rights South could sometimes be as perverse as it was brutal, as Gilbert King ably demonstrates in Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Jus

True crime books will always sell. Humanity’s thirst for the macabre is quite insatiable. It has always been this way.