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Hollywood Park A Memoir

Mikel Jollett

Published 2020

384 pages

The Escape Artist

Jonathan Freedland

Published 2022

1 page

Rogues True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

Patrick Radden Keefe

Published 2022

368 pages

Narconomics How to Run a Drug Cartel

Tom Wainwright

Published 2016

288 pages

The Murder of King Tut The Plot to Kill the Child King - A Nonfiction Thriller

James Patterson, Martin Dugard

Published 2009

352 pages

The Devil and Sherlock Holmes

David Grann

Published 2010

The Icepick Surgeon

Sam Kean

Published 2021

384 pages

Mr Nice

Howard Marks

Published 1996

466 pages

The Serial Killer's Wife

Alice Hunter

Published 2021

384 pages

The Natural Way of Things [Jan 05, 2017] Wood, Charlotte

Charlotte Wood

Published 2017

316 pages

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor

Gabriel García Márquez

Published 1986

128 pages

Numbers Don't Lie

Vaclav Smil

Published 2020

384 pages

Death's Acre Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales

Jon Jefferson, Dr. Bill Bass

Published 2004

320 pages

Hell's Princess The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men

Harold Schechter

Published 2018

Hellhound On His Trail The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt In American History

Hampton Sides

Published 2010

320 pages

Tokyo Vice An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan

Jake Adelstein

Published 2009

335 pages

The Night Stalker

Chris Carter

Published 2011

454 pages

Devil's Knot The True Story of the West Memphis Three

Mara Leveritt

Published 2002

432 pages

The Great Pretender The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness

Susannah Cahalan

Published 2019

400 pages

Gomorrah A Personal Journey Into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System

Roberto Saviano

Published 2007

301 pages

House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed

Sara Gay Forden

Published 2000

351 pages

The Seven Ages of Death ‘Every chapter is like a detective story’ Telegraph

Richard Shepherd

Published 2021

416 pages

Lady Killers Deadly Women Throughout History

Tori Telfer

Published 2017

352 pages

The Pale-faced Lie A True Story

David Crow

Published 2019

346 pages

Hollywood Park A Memoir

The Escape Artist

Rogues True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

Narconomics How to Run a Drug Cartel

The Murder of King Tut The Plot to Kill the Child King - A Nonfiction Thriller

The Devil and Sherlock Holmes

The Icepick Surgeon

Mr Nice

The Serial Killer's Wife

The Natural Way of Things [Jan 05, 2017] Wood, Charlotte

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor

Numbers Don't Lie

Death's Acre Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales

Hell's Princess The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men

Hellhound On His Trail The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt In American History

Tokyo Vice An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan

The Night Stalker

Devil's Knot The True Story of the West Memphis Three

The Great Pretender The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness

Gomorrah A Personal Journey Into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System

House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed

The Seven Ages of Death ‘Every chapter is like a detective story’ Telegraph

Lady Killers Deadly Women Throughout History

The Pale-faced Lie A True Story

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