Browsing: Biographies and Memoirs

Utterly unique in its astonishing intimacy, as jarringly frightening as when it first appeared, Ann Rule’s The Stranger Beside Me…

When the bodies of eight women were found hidden in the home 27-year-old Kendall Francois shared with his family, reporter Claudia Rowe became obsessed with understanding Francois’s horrific crimes. “Extraordinarily suspenseful and truly gut-wrenching… A must-read” (Gillian Flynn).

A complex and chilling account of the infamous Kaufman County murders from “one of the best true crime writers today” (Ann Rule): Eric Williams, aided by his wife, terrorized a sleepy Texas town when he sought revenge on the law enforcement officials he felt had wronged him.

At 23, Isabella was sent with her family to the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz. This powerful memoir chronicles their courageous efforts to survive its horrors. “Profoundly moving” (Publishers Weekly).

“A landmark achievement in US presidential history” (Douglas Brinkley): The final days of Dwight Eisenhower’s presidency are expertly illuminated in this New York Times bestseller. “Magnificently rendered… nothing short of extraordinary” (New York Times bestselling author Jay Winik).

An Edgar Award finalist that “true crime devotees won’t want to miss” (Publishers Weekly): Over a two-year period, a serial killer brutally murdered women throughout Michigan. Follow the investigation that led to John Norman Collins, a seemingly innocent boy next door with a sinister secret.

A #1 New York Times bestseller that inspired a major motion picture! In 2009, Captain “Sully” Sullenberger saved the lives of his passengers and crew with a heroic landing that astonished the world. A story “as dramatic as it is inspirational” (Publishers Weekly), with over 2,500 five-star Goodreads ratings.

In 1975, 15-year-old Martha Moxley was murdered in a brutal crime that shocked the wealthy town of Greenwich, Connecticut. A New York Times bestselling author and son of a political giant sheds light on the harrowing case — and theorizes that his cousin was unjustly convicted of the crime.

One awful night in 1966, eight of the nine nurses staying in a Chicago town house were violently murdered. In this gripping account, the case’s lead prosecutor and an award-winning journalist detail the tragic crime and its aftermath.

With Angel’s Wings is the true story of Laura, a young wife and mother of a three-year-old daughter. Her husband,…