How to Deliver A Ransom by Rob Phayre is a deep dive into the real world of kidnapping for ransom (K&R) in its various forms, such as traditional K&R, ideological abductions, tiger kidnaps, and express kidnaps. Phayre details the stages of a K&R event, from...

The digital age has proved to be a mixed blessing. It has opened the doors to gaining, processing, and storing information, as well as allowing us to use devices like computers, tablets, and smartphones to communicate over vast distances through the internet. This has come...

Just Because You’ve Been in Prison Doesn’t Mean You’re a Criminal by Philip van Heusen is an eye-opener for those who wish to understand the life of the incarcerated and the rehabilitation process. This book is also dedicated to his true friends who continued to...

The city of Hartford was the midpoint between the organized crime strongholds of New York and Boston. For men like Geno DiBacco, the lack of a gangland presence only served as a boon for his criminal forays. Geno’s base of operations was a luncheonette named...

Murder in a Sundown Town by Alexandra Kitty is a true crime story. In 1968, Carol Jenkins was starting her first day of a new job – selling encyclopedias in Martinsville, Indiana. Just 21 years old, Carol didn’t have a bad bone in her body,...

Things Aren't Right by Tony Wright is the true story of 'The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five.' In February 1978, a group of five men headed off to a basketball tournament in Sacramento. One had schizophrenia, while the others had other intellectual disabilities. They...

No One Has to Die by Steve Monier presents a gripping and detailed account of the nearly nine-month armed standoff between U.S. Marshals and Ed and Elaine Brown in 2007. This standoff in Plainfield, New Hampshire's scenic town, represents a unique case of law enforcement...

Convoluted: The 1972 Durham Family Triple Homicide by Terry L. Harmon is a meticulously researched account of a tragic murder case that has captivated the community of Boone, North Carolina, and beyond for over five decades. Harmon examines the lives of the Durham family; Bryce,...

I Will Ruin You by Emilio Corsetti III is 'The Twisted Truth Behind The Kit Martin Murder Trial.' First Officer Christian “Kit” Martin was about to board a flight when he was arrested. A former army ranger, the pilot was accused of murdering his neighbors....

Los Angeles is known as the “City of Angels” but its scandalous behavior garners the most attention in Of Mobsters and Movie Stars by Joan Renner. The era of Prohibition ushered in lawlessness across the country and Los Angeles was no exception. A litany of...