True Crime

Sometimes real life creates the most thrilling narratives, and Ben Macintyre captures one here, retelling the hostage crisis that shook the world and detailing the people who were a part of it.“For six days, it was the Iranian Embassy on Princes...

A murder leads to a landmark Supreme Court decision that reaffirms Native rights in America. This page-turner blends first-person reportage and historical sleuthing from journalist and podcaster Nagle, an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation.NATIONAL...

Rushdie asks of his audience, who are we in the face of unfathomable violence and how do we adjust to a world forever changed? No one — including the author himself — knew if he would survive the shocking attempt on his life, and here he...

Deeply and darkly compelling, this is a comprehensive look at the evils of the Zodiac killer, as told by a Bay Area journalist who’s been covering the case for decades. If you or someone you know is a serial killer aficionado, this is the read for...

In Ancient Rome, all the best stories have one thing in common—murder. But what did killing mean in a city where gladiators fought to the death to sate a crowd? In A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Emma Southon examines a trove of...

Using his knack for page-turning suspense, John Grisham teams up with Jim McCloskey to deliver a stark indictment of the flaws in our justice system, centering on a collection of true stories of wrongly convicted individuals and their battles for...

The New York Times bestselling author of War Dogs exposes the inside story of disgraced fraudster turned undercover FBI informant Marty Blazer and the greatest scandal in the history of the NCAA. When the federal government catches hotshot financial...

Now an Apple TV+ Series. “A terrific narrative of the hunt for Lincoln’s killers that will mesmerize the reader from start to finish.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin. The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American...

*Now a Hulu limited series starring Lily Gladstone, Riley Keough, and Archie Panjabi!*“A swift, harrowing classic perfect for these unnerving times.” —Jenny Offill, author of Dept. of SpeculationOne moonlit night, fourteen-year-old...

With one of those narrative voices that makes you forget you're even reading, The Many Lives of Mama Love is the story of one woman's perseverance through the many heads of adversity. It's inspirational, hilarious and necessary.“Once you start...

Griffin Dunne's long-awaited memoir is a stunning portrait of the 70s and 80s, and the stubborn persistence of life through tragedy. A hit for anyone who loves the verve of Patti Smith. The instant New York Times bestseller! “Warm and...

The mesmerizing basis of the movie starring Eddie Redmayne and Jessica Chastain⁠—a “stunning book...that should and does bring to mind In Cold Blood”—takes you inside the mind of America's most prolific serial killer, whose...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author, Carl Chinn.The Peaky Blinders as we know them, thanks to the hit TV series, are infused with drama and dread. Fashionably dressed, the charismatic but deeply flawed Shelby family have become cult anti-heroes...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author, Carl Chinn.As Britain emerges into the mid-twentieth century, change is afoot. Cities are beginning to shift from smog-filled industrial hubs to more efficient metropolitan centres of commerce and, despite the...

Delve into the mind of a murderer in A Thread of Violence, a riveting account of an infamous socialite-turned-criminal in 1980s Dublin. A NEW YORK TIMES AND ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the award-winning author comes the gripping...

Every generation has a larger-than-life criminal: Jesse James, Billy the Kid, John Dillinger, Al Capone, John Gotti, Pablo Escobar. But each of these notorious lawbreakers had a "white hat" in pursuit: Wyatt Earp, Pat Garrett, Eliot Ness, Steve Murphy...

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the world’s most prolific art thief, Stéphane Breitwieser. • “The Art Thief, like its title...

Like a nonfiction John Grisham thriller with echoes of Rainman, Just Mercy, and a captivating smalltown Southern setting, this is the fascinating true story—sometimes humorous, sometimes heartbreaking—of an idealistic young lawyer determined...

WINNER • 2022 PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORYFinalist • National Book Award for NonfictionBest Books of the Year • TIME, Smithsonian, Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews. The Pulitzer Prize-winning history that transforms a single event in 1722 into an...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR MEMOIRA 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTA NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, TIMEAND NEW YORKER BOOK OF THE YEAR From one of Mexico’s greatest contemporary writers, an astonishing work of non-fiction that illuminates...