True stories books

""An exhilarating, deeply reported true-crime murder mystery and love story that moves like a Netflix thriller.""-The...  Read More >>

This is the story of Joe Mac, a mysterious figure in the Boston underworld, founder of the Winter Hill Gang in the...  Read More >>

The most astonishing and extraordinary bequests and last requests found in people's wills. ""This will is uncommon...  Read More >>

From the outside, Irish dancing seems like a wholesome world of dazzling costumes, intricate footwork and groomed...  Read More >>

The Burn List follows Julie Cruse from an abusive childhood into two decades of escalating academic exploitation,...  Read More >>

I Stole $16,000,000 is based on the true story of a mastermind of crime -- Herbert Emerson Wilson, former ordained...  Read More >>

A lyrical and unflinching reimagining of Billy the Kid, Daybreak Birdsong Always Wakes Him traces his journey from...  Read More >>

This creepy compendium takes a closer look at some of the world's most bloodcurdling mysteries. From demonic possessions...  Read More >>

The hopeful, honest and humorous story of one woman's attempt to finish the challenge left to her by her brother:...  Read More >>

After Myanmar's 2021 coup, a U.S. Marine-turned-entrepreneur stays through civil war to lead a stranded business...  Read More >>

Atop the Ozark Mountains and in the buckle of the Bible Belt, the murder of an eccentric lawyer reveals a tragic...  Read More >>

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'Thoughtful, beautiful, incredibly necessary. People need to read this book, especially if they feel a resistance...  Read More >>

A true-crime-inspired thriller set in 1950s Hollywood that follows three women seeking revenge on the same alluring...  Read More >>

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She started a new life in Boston where she began to experience a series of hazy, horrifying flashbacks. Through...  Read More >>

In 1979, Brenda Spencer, a seemingly average teenage girl living in a nice suburban neighbourhood, made and executed...  Read More >>

From love and marriage to the front line of Russia’s invasion, a profoundly personal story of the city of Odesa...  Read More >>

A guide to infant death exonerations, the Folbigg case, and reforming flawed forensic justice.  Read More >>

The discovery of the body of a prominent businessman, on the tidal flats of CapeCod Bay, sent a public defender...  Read More >>

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A moving account of how war is remembered – and by whom 'Impressive. A hundred individual...  Read More >>

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'You could call him Paddington,' Adam said, casually, 'Don't name him! I said, as if this was self-evident. Names...  Read More >>

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