Browsing: Serial Killers

Authors

Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century

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In 1954, teenage friends Juliet and Pauline went on a walk with Pauline’s mother, Honorah — but Honorah didn’t return. This “well-researched” read (The Washington Post) delves into the shocking true story of the murder portrayed in the film Heavenly Creatures — and the sensational trial that followed.

20th Century

Starvation Heights

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A ”fascinating” New York Times bestseller (Michael Connelly): In 1911, two British heiresses traveled to the Pacific Northwest for Linda Hazzard’s “fasting treatment” — but instead found imprisonment and unimaginable horror at the hands of a malicious doctor. “Engrossing and compelling” (Ann Rule).

Conspiracies

Dark Lava

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From a USA Today bestselling author whose prose is “effortless and elegant” (Kirkus Reviews): When someone desecrates sacred Hawaiian artifacts, detectives and newlyweds Lei Texeira and Michael Stevens investigate — but they’re soon distracted by murders that strike disturbingly close to home…

Biographies and Memoirs

John Wayne Gacy

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When Sam Amirante was a young lawyer just opening his practice, he had no idea his first client would be the vicious, infamous John Wayne Gacy. This shocking true story “will illuminate the case for anyone fascinated by the inner workings of a serial killer” (Publishers Weekly).