In 1921, Idaho saw the longest, most sensational trial in its history: the trial of Lyda Trueblood, the infamous “Flypaper Murderess” and Idaho’s own “Lady Bluebeard.” Much like a spider draws flies into its web, Lyda had a knack for charming a new husband, getting...

Shots Fired on Reading Road by Jeffrey C Schare is the story of the 1961 murder of Cincinnati Patrolman Donald Martin and the decades-long effort to identify his killer. Martin was working overnight patrol when he stopped at a car dealership on Reading Road and...

The Pimps of Gdansk by Bertold Kittel is a sweeping look at how prostitution funded Gdańsk’s post-communist underworld through criminal networks that reached far beyond the escort agencies where much of the money began. Kittel covers Rozi, the long-running Gdańsk club that prosecutors say generated...

Kent Handy’s The Dark Secrets of Woodruff County is a historical nonfiction account of Kent Lemont Handy’s life in Woodruff County, Arkansas, where his childhood places him inside a Black community living under racial segregation that reaches into everyday life. Handy traces the family from...

In his memoir Scars of the Badge, Tom Lee describes leaving an electrical engineering path after a university Police Explorers program leads him toward law enforcement. Dispatching gives him his first view of police work before academy training places him on the other side of...

School shootings and other acts of mass violence are equal parts horrifying and baffling. As the initial shock and grief ease up, we can’t help but ask: why? When a terrorist organization strikes, as vile as it is, we at least understand its goals, ideologies,...

Spun by Glenda Toews is the true story of what happens when a con man finds his way into the life of someone who genuinely believed in him. Glenda is a bartender at Corky's Pub in British Columbia, a woman of sharp instincts and warm...

In Selina Co’s explosive memoir, I’m a Romance Scam IT Detective, Selina, an IT consultant in Australia, begins a steady online exchange with Frederick Chong, who claims to be a civil engineer working from New York. She quickly fixes their future around a meeting overseas,...

Mozelle Martin’s book, The Ink Profiler, is a technical deep dive into the actual science and neuromotor sequencing behind handwriting analysis. It moves way past the usual personality myths and focuses on how the brain and motor skills leave a physical "print" on the page....

The Ugly Underneath by Carlos Rodriguez is a memoir that traces the author’s path from a restless childhood to a career with the Washington State Patrol investigating crimes against children. The book opens with his formative memories, including the sudden loss of his grandmother and...