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- The Notorious Mrs. Clem: Murder and Money in the Gilded Age by Wendy Gamber
- Obsessed by M. William Phelps
- The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh
- Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away with Murder by Vincent Bugliosi
- Parkland by Vincent Bugliosi
- People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo--and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up by Richard Lloyd Parry
- Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier by Tom Kizzia
- Pizza Bomber: The Untold Story of America's Most Shocking Bank Robbery by Jerry Clark
- Poisoned Blood by Philip E. Ginsburg
- Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell
- Power To Hurt: Inside A Judge's Chambers: Sexual Assault, Corruption, And The Ultimate Reversal Of Justice For WomenDarcy O'Brien
- Prairie Murders: The True Story of Three Murders and the Loss of Innocence in a Small North Dakota Town by Robert Dodge
- The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
- Pure Evil: Inside the Minds and Crimes of Britain’s Worst Criminals by Geoffrey Wansell
- The Red Parts by Maggie Nelson
- The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn
- Robert Black: The True Story of a Child Rapist and Serial Killer from the United Kingdom by C.L. Swinney
- Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
- The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer by Brian Masters
- Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore
- Sins of the Mother by Maria Eftimiades
- Slave by Jason Johnson
- Small Sacrifices: A True Story of Passion and Murder by Ann Rule
- The Sophie Lancaster Story by Catherine Smyth
- Stolen Innocence: The Jan Broberg Story by Mary Ann Broberg
- Stolen Lives: True Crime: Mom's Who Killed Their Kids: Maternal Filicide by Sylvia Perrini
- Strange Piece of Paradise by Terri Jentz
- Till Death Us Do Part: A True Murder Mystery by Vincent Bugliosi
- To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and Murder by Nancy Rommelmann
- The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson
- Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South by Beth Macy
- The Truth Be Damned by Janet Uhlar
- A Twisted Faith: A Minister's Obsession and the Murder That Destroyed a Church by Gregg Olsen
- Ugly Child: My Own Terrifying True Story of Child Abuse and the Desperate Fight for Survival by Kate Skylark
- The Ultimate Evil: The Truth about the Cult Murders: Son of Sam and Beyond by Maury Terry
- Undercover: Operation Julie - The Inside Story by Stephen Bentley
- Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
- Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case by Stuart Taylor Jr.
- Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace, and the Largest Failed Manhunt in U.S. History by Maureen Orth
- The Want-Ad Killer by Ann Rule
- What Happened in Craig: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder by Leland E Hale
- While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness by Eli Sanders
- Who Named the Knife: A Book of Murder and Memory by Linda Spalding
- The Wrong Man: The Final Verdict on the Dr. Sam Sheppard Murder Case by James Neff
- Yorkshire Ripper - The Secret Murders: The True Story of How Peter Sutcliffe's Terrible Reign of Terror Claimed at Least Twenty-Two More Lives by Chris Clark
- Obsessed by M. William Phelps
- The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh
- Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away with Murder by Vincent Bugliosi
- Parkland by Vincent Bugliosi
- People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo--and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up by Richard Lloyd Parry
- Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier by Tom Kizzia
- Pizza Bomber: The Untold Story of America's Most Shocking Bank Robbery by Jerry Clark
- Poisoned Blood by Philip E. Ginsburg
- Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell
- Power To Hurt: Inside A Judge's Chambers: Sexual Assault, Corruption, And The Ultimate Reversal Of Justice For WomenDarcy O'Brien
- Prairie Murders: The True Story of Three Murders and the Loss of Innocence in a Small North Dakota Town by Robert Dodge
- The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
- Pure Evil: Inside the Minds and Crimes of Britain’s Worst Criminals by Geoffrey Wansell
- The Red Parts by Maggie Nelson
- The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn
- Robert Black: The True Story of a Child Rapist and Serial Killer from the United Kingdom by C.L. Swinney
- Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
- The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer by Brian Masters
- Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore
- Sins of the Mother by Maria Eftimiades
- Slave by Jason Johnson
- Small Sacrifices: A True Story of Passion and Murder by Ann Rule
- The Sophie Lancaster Story by Catherine Smyth
- Stolen Innocence: The Jan Broberg Story by Mary Ann Broberg
- Stolen Lives: True Crime: Mom's Who Killed Their Kids: Maternal Filicide by Sylvia Perrini
- Strange Piece of Paradise by Terri Jentz
- Till Death Us Do Part: A True Murder Mystery by Vincent Bugliosi
- To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and Murder by Nancy Rommelmann
- The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson
- Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South by Beth Macy
- The Truth Be Damned by Janet Uhlar
- A Twisted Faith: A Minister's Obsession and the Murder That Destroyed a Church by Gregg Olsen
- Ugly Child: My Own Terrifying True Story of Child Abuse and the Desperate Fight for Survival by Kate Skylark
- The Ultimate Evil: The Truth about the Cult Murders: Son of Sam and Beyond by Maury Terry
- Undercover: Operation Julie - The Inside Story by Stephen Bentley
- Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
- Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case by Stuart Taylor Jr.
- Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace, and the Largest Failed Manhunt in U.S. History by Maureen Orth
- The Want-Ad Killer by Ann Rule
- What Happened in Craig: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder by Leland E Hale
- While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness by Eli Sanders
- Who Named the Knife: A Book of Murder and Memory by Linda Spalding
- The Wrong Man: The Final Verdict on the Dr. Sam Sheppard Murder Case by James Neff
- Yorkshire Ripper - The Secret Murders: The True Story of How Peter Sutcliffe's Terrible Reign of Terror Claimed at Least Twenty-Two More Lives by Chris Clark

The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story by Ann Rule
[book:Helter Skelter: The True Story of..."
I read The Stranger Beside Me last year. Really insightful. It's a great read.

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by [author:Jon Krak..."
I would be interested in both of these!
While this discussion will remain open, I'm going to cut off nominations for our September read. I will select four of the books nominated to date and the poll will open on Wednesday with the rest of the September polling.
Keep in mind that if your nomination is not selected it will remain on the nomination list for subsequent polls. Since I am going to lead the September discussion, I have to have access to the book (with my purchasing it).
Going forward, please indicate if you are willing to lead the discussion for the book you nominate. Thank you.
Keep in mind that if your nomination is not selected it will remain on the nomination list for subsequent polls. Since I am going to lead the September discussion, I have to have access to the book (with my purchasing it).
Going forward, please indicate if you are willing to lead the discussion for the book you nominate. Thank you.
I'm nominating a few more:
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
Columbine by Dave Cullen
Fatal Vision by Joe McGinniss
Zodiac by Robert Graysmith
Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
Columbine by Dave Cullen
Fatal Vision by Joe McGinniss
Zodiac by Robert Graysmith
Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden
Carolyn wrote: "I love Erik Larson's writing so much! That's an amazing book."
I've heard really good things about that book, I hope it gets elected soon.
I've heard really good things about that book, I hope it gets elected soon.
I will nominate (and lead the discussion on if chosen) the following:
- Ripperology: A Study of the World's First Serial Killer and a Literary Phenomenon
- The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
- And the Sea Will Tell
- Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime
- The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
- The Red Parts
- Ripperology: A Study of the World's First Serial Killer and a Literary Phenomenon
- The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
- And the Sea Will Tell
- Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime
- The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
- The Red Parts
Jamie wrote: "I will nominate (and lead the discussion on if chosen) the following:
- Ripperology: A Study of the World's First Serial Killer and a Literary Phenomenon
- The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
- And the Sea Will Tell
- Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime
- The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
- The Red Parts."
Great, thanks Jamie... I've added these to the list.
- Ripperology: A Study of the World's First Serial Killer and a Literary Phenomenon
- The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
- And the Sea Will Tell
- Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime
- The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
- The Red Parts."
Great, thanks Jamie... I've added these to the list.

The Blooding by Joseph Wambaugh
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth
I would be willing to lead these discussions, most definitely :)
Dlyn wrote: "The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh
The Blooding by Joseph Wambaugh
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth."
Thanks Dlyn, your nominations have been added.
The Blooding by Joseph Wambaugh
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth."
Thanks Dlyn, your nominations have been added.
Can we please add the following:
American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century
All the President's Men
The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century
All the President's Men
The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
Jamie wrote: "Can we please add the following:
American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century
All the President's Men
[book:Th..."
They are all added Jamie, thank you.
American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century
All the President's Men
[book:Th..."
They are all added Jamie, thank you.


Suzy wrote: "I'd like to add two more for consideration. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and [book:The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford Eng..."
I've added them both Suzy, thank you for the contribution.
I've added them both Suzy, thank you for the contribution.
Alison wrote: "Could we please add Joe Cinque's Consolation by Helen Garner and People who eat darkness by Richard Lloyd Parry."
Thank you for Alison, I've added them both.
Thank you for Alison, I've added them both.
I've added a nomination from our October General Poll that was a true crime book: If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children by Gregg Olsen.
Lisa wrote: "The Man From the Train by Bill James and Rachael McCarthy James."
Thank you Lisa, I've added it to our list.
Thank you Lisa, I've added it to our list.

Gregg Olsen is one of my favorite TC authors.
Kirsten wrote: "⊱✿Gem✿⊰ wrote: "I've added a nomination from our October General Poll that was a true crime book: [book:If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Childr..."
I've enjoyed the few book of his I've read.
I've enjoyed the few book of his I've read.

Randy wrote: "Since we had a tie in the December true crime poll will we read both books? Or is there some sort of tiebreaker process?"
We actually have a tie in two categories so there will be a runoff. I will have them ready for tomorrow.
We actually have a tie in two categories so there will be a runoff. I will have them ready for tomorrow.
Some additional selections I'd like to add:
The Library Book
Till Death Us Do Part: A True Murder Mystery
Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away with Murder
Parkland
Blind Faith
Small Sacrifices: A True Story of Passion and Murder
Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer - America's Deadliest Serial Murderer
If You Really Loved Me
Bitter HarvestThe I-5 Killer
Lust Killer
The Want-Ad Killer
The Library Book
Till Death Us Do Part: A True Murder Mystery
Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away with Murder
Parkland
Blind Faith
Small Sacrifices: A True Story of Passion and Murder
Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer - America's Deadliest Serial Murderer
If You Really Loved Me
Bitter HarvestThe I-5 Killer
Lust Killer
The Want-Ad Killer
Depraved: The Definitive True Story of H.H. Holmes, Whose Grotesque Crimes Shattered Turn-Of-The-Century Chicago by Harold Schechter
H. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil by Adam Selzer... some of the criticism of this book is that it's a dry read.
H. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil by Adam Selzer... some of the criticism of this book is that it's a dry read.
I'd like to add the following nominations:
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
The Monster of Florence
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
The Monster of Florence

Jamie wrote: "I'd like to add the following nominations:
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
[book:I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Kil..."
I'll Be Gone in the Dark will be released in paperback on Feb 26 in the US and Canada, I'll add it with a note and it won't be eligible until then.
The other two have been added. Thanks for the suggestions Jamie.
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
[book:I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Kil..."
I'll Be Gone in the Dark will be released in paperback on Feb 26 in the US and Canada, I'll add it with a note and it won't be eligible until then.
The other two have been added. Thanks for the suggestions Jamie.

The Crime of the Century by Dennis L. Breo
Die Free: A True Story of Murder, Betrayal and Miscarried Justice by Peter Rooney
Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs by Amanda Lamb
Barbara wrote: "I'd like to add:
The Wrong Man: The Final Verdict on the Dr. Sam Sheppard Murder Case by James Neff"
Done!
The Wrong Man: The Final Verdict on the Dr. Sam Sheppard Murder Case by James Neff"
Done!

I’m cheating as I have already read this one, but it was so interesting and really well written about a crime that was never solved, and thought other people might be interested 😊 I couldn’t put it down.
Nominated by Marjorie Hall-Venmore:
MATERNAL FILICIDE WHY MOTHER KIL
BY VICTORY WOLF
STEPHEN WARD SCAPEGOAT EVERY ONE LOVED HIM UNTIL THINGS WENT WRONG
BY DOUGLAS THOMSON
SAY NOTHING KILLER IN NORTHERN IRLAND
BY PATRICK RADDER KEEF
BRITISH KILLERS 9 HORRIFIC TRUE TALES
BY GUY HADLEIGH
THE FACES THAT HUNT US
BY DOGLAS THOMPSON AND MARK OLSHAKER
UGLEY CHILD MY OWN TRUE STORY OF CHILD ABUSE
BY KATE SKYLARK & SHIBHOAN LENNON
DARK SECRETS OF THE BLACK MUSUEM 1835 to 1985
By GORDON HONECOMB
UNSOLVED MURDERS 1920 to 1930
By JOHNATHAN OATS
GRINDER SERIAL KILLERS VOLUME 2
By ALAN R WARENN & RJ PARKER
SLAVE SNATCHED OF A BRITISH STREET WHO FAUGHT BACK
BY ANN JOHNSONS
A SCOTLAND YARD CLASIC MURDER BOOK
BY SIMON LEWIS
GIRL A THE TRUTH ABOUT ROCHDALE SEX RING I
WHO STOPPED IT
BY GIRL A & EDDBURY DIGITAL
ROBERT BLACK THE TRUE STORY OF A RAPIST &SERIAL KILLER
BY C L SWINNEY & R J PARKER
JAMES FAIRWEATHER THE YOUNGEST TRUE STORY OF A SERIAL KILLER & RAPIST
BY MARK OSSHAKER
THE KRAYS THE NOTORIOUS GANGSTERS
BY ROGER HARRINGTON
YORKSHIRE RIPPER THE SECRET MUDERS
THE TRUE STORY OF PETER SUTCLIFF
BY TIM TATE & CHRIS CLARK
FRED AND ROSE WEST
BY ROGER HARRINTON
BRITISH CRIME HUNTERS BOOK 2, 15 TERRIFYING BRITISH MOST HORRENDOUS CRIMES
BY ROBERT KELLER
STOLEN LIVES BY MUMS WHO KILL
BY SYLIVA PERRINI
THE 5UNTOLD STORIES OF THR WOMEN KILLED BY JACK THE RIPPER
BY HALLI RUBONHOLD
SOPHIE LANCASTER
By CATHRINE SMYTH & R J PARKER
FINALLY LAID TO REST A TRUE CASE BY THE
COLD CASE REVIEW TEAM
BY RAY NEWMAN
PURE EVIL INSIDE THR MINDS OF OF CRIME AND BRITIANS WORST CRIMINALS
BY GEOFFREY WANSALL
MATERNAL FILICIDE WHY MOTHER KIL
BY VICTORY WOLF
STEPHEN WARD SCAPEGOAT EVERY ONE LOVED HIM UNTIL THINGS WENT WRONG
BY DOUGLAS THOMSON
SAY NOTHING KILLER IN NORTHERN IRLAND
BY PATRICK RADDER KEEF
BRITISH KILLERS 9 HORRIFIC TRUE TALES
BY GUY HADLEIGH
THE FACES THAT HUNT US
BY DOGLAS THOMPSON AND MARK OLSHAKER
UGLEY CHILD MY OWN TRUE STORY OF CHILD ABUSE
BY KATE SKYLARK & SHIBHOAN LENNON
DARK SECRETS OF THE BLACK MUSUEM 1835 to 1985
By GORDON HONECOMB
UNSOLVED MURDERS 1920 to 1930
By JOHNATHAN OATS
GRINDER SERIAL KILLERS VOLUME 2
By ALAN R WARENN & RJ PARKER
SLAVE SNATCHED OF A BRITISH STREET WHO FAUGHT BACK
BY ANN JOHNSONS
A SCOTLAND YARD CLASIC MURDER BOOK
BY SIMON LEWIS
GIRL A THE TRUTH ABOUT ROCHDALE SEX RING I
WHO STOPPED IT
BY GIRL A & EDDBURY DIGITAL
ROBERT BLACK THE TRUE STORY OF A RAPIST &SERIAL KILLER
BY C L SWINNEY & R J PARKER
JAMES FAIRWEATHER THE YOUNGEST TRUE STORY OF A SERIAL KILLER & RAPIST
BY MARK OSSHAKER
THE KRAYS THE NOTORIOUS GANGSTERS
BY ROGER HARRINGTON
YORKSHIRE RIPPER THE SECRET MUDERS
THE TRUE STORY OF PETER SUTCLIFF
BY TIM TATE & CHRIS CLARK
FRED AND ROSE WEST
BY ROGER HARRINTON
BRITISH CRIME HUNTERS BOOK 2, 15 TERRIFYING BRITISH MOST HORRENDOUS CRIMES
BY ROBERT KELLER
STOLEN LIVES BY MUMS WHO KILL
BY SYLIVA PERRINI
THE 5UNTOLD STORIES OF THR WOMEN KILLED BY JACK THE RIPPER
BY HALLI RUBONHOLD
SOPHIE LANCASTER
By CATHRINE SMYTH & R J PARKER
FINALLY LAID TO REST A TRUE CASE BY THE
COLD CASE REVIEW TEAM
BY RAY NEWMAN
PURE EVIL INSIDE THR MINDS OF OF CRIME AND BRITIANS WORST CRIMINALS
BY GEOFFREY WANSALL
⊱✿Gem✿⊰ wrote: "Nominated by Marjorie Hall-Venmore:"
MATERNAL FILICIDE WHY MOTHER KILL
BY VICTORY WOLF - disallowed, not available in paperback
STEPHEN WARD SCAPEGOAT EVERY ONE LOVED HIM UNTIL THINGS WENT WRONG
BY DOUGLAS THOMSON disallowed, not available in paperback
SAY NOTHING KILLER IN NORTHERN IRLAND
BY PATRICK RADDER KEEF added
BRITISH KILLERS 9 HORRIFIC TRUE TALES
BY GUY HADLEIGH disallowed, not available in paperback
THE FACES THAT HUNT US
BY DOGLAS THOMPSON AND MARK OLSHAKER added
UGLEY CHILD MY OWN TRUE STORY OF CHILD ABUSE
BY KATE SKYLARK & SHIBHOAN LENNON added
DARK SECRETS OF THE BLACK MUSUEM 1835 to 1985
By GORDON HONECOMB added
UNSOLVED MURDERS 1920 to 1930
By JOHNATHAN OATS disallowed, not available in paperback
GRINDER SERIAL KILLERS VOLUME 2
By ALAN R WARENN & RJ PARKER added
SLAVE SNATCHED OF A BRITISH STREET WHO FAUGHT BACK
BY ANN JOHNSONS
A SCOTLAND YARD CLASIC MURDER BOOK
BY SIMON LEWIS disallowed, not available in paperback
GIRL A THE TRUTH ABOUT ROCHDALE SEX RING I
WHO STOPPED IT
BY GIRL A & EDDBURY DIGITAL added
ROBERT BLACK THE TRUE STORY OF A RAPIST &SERIAL KILLER
BY C L SWINNEY & R J PARKER added
JAMES FAIRWEATHER THE YOUNGEST TRUE STORY OF A SERIAL KILLER & RAPIST
BY MARK OSSHAKER added
THE KRAYS THE NOTORIOUS GANGSTERS
BY ROGER HARRINGTON added
YORKSHIRE RIPPER THE SECRET MUDERS
THE TRUE STORY OF PETER SUTCLIFF
BY TIM TATE & CHRIS CLARK added
FRED AND ROSE WEST
BY ROGER HARRINTON disallowed, not available in paperback
BRITISH CRIME HUNTERS BOOK 2, 15 TERRIFYING BRITISH MOST HORRENDOUS CRIMES
BY ROBERT KELLER I could not find this title but I found British Monsters Vol. 2: 15 Terrifying Tales of Britain's Most Horrific Serial Killers and added it
STOLEN LIVES BY MUMS WHO KILL
BY SYLIVA PERRINI added
THE 5UNTOLD STORIES OF THR WOMEN KILLED BY JACK THE RIPPER
BY HALLI RUBONHOLD diallowed, not available in paperback
SOPHIE LANCASTER
By CATHRINE SMYTH & R J PARKER added
FINALLY LAID TO REST A TRUE CASE BY THE
COLD CASE REVIEW TEAM
BY RAY NEWMAN disallowed, not available in paperback
PURE EVIL INSIDE THR MINDS OF OF CRIME AND BRITIANS WORST CRIMINALS
BY GEOFFREY WANSALL added
MATERNAL FILICIDE WHY MOTHER KILL
BY VICTORY WOLF - disallowed, not available in paperback
STEPHEN WARD SCAPEGOAT EVERY ONE LOVED HIM UNTIL THINGS WENT WRONG
BY DOUGLAS THOMSON disallowed, not available in paperback
SAY NOTHING KILLER IN NORTHERN IRLAND
BY PATRICK RADDER KEEF added
BRITISH KILLERS 9 HORRIFIC TRUE TALES
BY GUY HADLEIGH disallowed, not available in paperback
THE FACES THAT HUNT US
BY DOGLAS THOMPSON AND MARK OLSHAKER added
UGLEY CHILD MY OWN TRUE STORY OF CHILD ABUSE
BY KATE SKYLARK & SHIBHOAN LENNON added
DARK SECRETS OF THE BLACK MUSUEM 1835 to 1985
By GORDON HONECOMB added
UNSOLVED MURDERS 1920 to 1930
By JOHNATHAN OATS disallowed, not available in paperback
GRINDER SERIAL KILLERS VOLUME 2
By ALAN R WARENN & RJ PARKER added
SLAVE SNATCHED OF A BRITISH STREET WHO FAUGHT BACK
BY ANN JOHNSONS
A SCOTLAND YARD CLASIC MURDER BOOK
BY SIMON LEWIS disallowed, not available in paperback
GIRL A THE TRUTH ABOUT ROCHDALE SEX RING I
WHO STOPPED IT
BY GIRL A & EDDBURY DIGITAL added
ROBERT BLACK THE TRUE STORY OF A RAPIST &SERIAL KILLER
BY C L SWINNEY & R J PARKER added
JAMES FAIRWEATHER THE YOUNGEST TRUE STORY OF A SERIAL KILLER & RAPIST
BY MARK OSSHAKER added
THE KRAYS THE NOTORIOUS GANGSTERS
BY ROGER HARRINGTON added
YORKSHIRE RIPPER THE SECRET MUDERS
THE TRUE STORY OF PETER SUTCLIFF
BY TIM TATE & CHRIS CLARK added
FRED AND ROSE WEST
BY ROGER HARRINTON disallowed, not available in paperback
BRITISH CRIME HUNTERS BOOK 2, 15 TERRIFYING BRITISH MOST HORRENDOUS CRIMES
BY ROBERT KELLER I could not find this title but I found British Monsters Vol. 2: 15 Terrifying Tales of Britain's Most Horrific Serial Killers and added it
STOLEN LIVES BY MUMS WHO KILL
BY SYLIVA PERRINI added
THE 5UNTOLD STORIES OF THR WOMEN KILLED BY JACK THE RIPPER
BY HALLI RUBONHOLD diallowed, not available in paperback
SOPHIE LANCASTER
By CATHRINE SMYTH & R J PARKER added
FINALLY LAID TO REST A TRUE CASE BY THE
COLD CASE REVIEW TEAM
BY RAY NEWMAN disallowed, not available in paperback
PURE EVIL INSIDE THR MINDS OF OF CRIME AND BRITIANS WORST CRIMINALS
BY GEOFFREY WANSALL added

Barbara wrote: "I just came across The Demon Next Door by Bryan Burroughs. It’s a freebie this month for Audible members, which is why I noticed it, but it does look like a fascinating story by a good writer."
I've added it to our list.
I've added it to our list.
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Books mentioned in this topic
Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed (other topics)Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (other topics)
The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story (other topics)
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (other topics)
The Blooding (other topics)
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True Crime Nominations
Note: These books have not been check with regards to the paperback rule. I'll do this as soon as I can.
- Abandoned Prayers: The Incredible True Story of Murder, Obsession and Amish Secrets by Gregg Olsen
- Above Suspicion by Joe Sharkey
- After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search by Sarah Perry
- All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
- Almost Midnight: An American Story of Murder and Redemption by Michael W. Cuneo
- American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century by Paula Uruburu
- American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse
- American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin
- And Every Word Is True by Gary McAvoy
- And Never Let Her Go: Thomas Capano: The Deadly Seducer by Ann Rule
- And the Sea Will Tell by Vincent Bugliosi
- The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder by Daniel Stashower
- Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found by Gilbert King
- Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder by Jerry Bledsoe
- Black Dahlia, Red Rose: The Crime, Corruption, and Cover-Up of America's Greatest Unsolved Murder by Piu Marie Eatwell
- Blind Faith by Joe McGinniss
- Blood & Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard by Paul Collins
- The Blooding by Joseph Wambaugh
- Bloodlines: The True Story of a Drug Cartel, the FBI, and the Battle for a Horse-Racing Dynasty by Melissa del Bosque
- The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy by Masha Gessen
- Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love by Wendy Ruderman
- The Cases That Haunt Us by John Edward Douglas
- Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas by Nicholas Pileggi
- Columbine by Dave Cullen
- The Crime of the Century by Dennis L. Breo
- Dark Secrets of the Black Museum: 1835-1985: More Dark Secrets From 150 Years of the Most Notorious Crimes in England. by Gordon Honeycombe
- The Darkest Night: The Murder of Innocence in a Small Town by Ron Franscell
- A Death In Canaan by Joan Barthel
- Death of Innocence: The True Story of an Unspeakable Teenage Crime by Peter Meyer
- The Demon Next Door by Bryan Burrough
- Depraved: The Definitive True Story of H.H. Holmes, Whose Grotesque Crimes Shattered Turn-Of-The-Century Chicago by Harold Schechter
- Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three by Mara Leveritt
- Die Free: A True Story of Murder, Betrayal and Miscarried Justice by Peter Rooney
- Double Lives: True Tales of the Criminals [author:Andrew H. MalcolmNext Door|40617166] by Eric Brach
- Down City: A Daughter's Story of Love, Memory, and Murder by Leah Carroll
- Evening's Empire: The Story of My Father's Murder by Zachary Lazar
- Fatal Vision by Joe McGinniss
- Final Harvest : An American Tragedy by Andrew H. Malcolm
- The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold (subject to change currently eligible for April 2020)
- Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime by Val McDermid
- Girl A: The truth about the Rochdale sex ring by the victim who stopped them by Girl A
- Gitchie Girl: The Survivor's Inside Story of the Mass Murders that Shocked the Heartland by Phil Hamman
- Give a Boy a Gun: A True Story of Law and Disorder in the American West by Jack Olsen
- God'll Cut You Down: The Tangled Tale of a White Supremacist, a Black Hustler, a Murder, and How I Lost a Year in Mississippi by John Safran
- The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder by Charles Graeber
- Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer - America's Deadliest Serial Murderer by Ann Rule
- Grindr Serial Killer: Stephen Port by Alan R. Warren
- H. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil by Adam Selzer
- Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon
- Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus
-If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children by Gregg Olsen
- If You Really Loved Me by Ann Rule
- The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime by Judith Flanders
- James Fairweather: Britain's Youngest Serial Killer by C.L. Swinney
- Joe Cinque's Consolation, A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law by Helen Garner
- Journal of the Dead: A Story of Friendship and Murder in the New Mexico Desert by Jason Kersten
- Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders by Dick Lehr
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
- (eligible for a reread in June 2020) Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
- Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's [author:Robert KolkerGreatest Outlaw|419083] by Mark Bowden
- THE KRAYS: Britain's Most Notorious Gangsters byRoger Harrington
- The Last Stone by Mark Bowden
- A Long Walk Home: One Woman's Story of Kidnap, Hostage, Loss - and Survival by Judith Tebbutt
- Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by
- Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs by Amanda Lamb
- Lust Killer by Ann Rule
- The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery by Bill James
- Midnight Assassin: A Murder in America's Heartland by Patricia L. Bryan
- The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth
- The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes
- Murder, Interrupted by James Patterson
- Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8? by Ethan Brown
- Murder Never Dies: Crime and Corruption in the Friendly City by George T. Sidiropolis