Veronica Taft was a twenty-three-year-old woman who lived in New York with her four children. She worked nights and paid her boyfriend, Charles, to babysit the children. On December 30th, 2010, Veronica got back from work a little after 7:00 am. Veronica wasn’t feeling well,...

Before I even read The Injustice System by Ronarose Train, my perceptions of the fairness of the judicial system weren’t positive. Oh, how this biography supported my misgivings and how unfortunate for Sam Gray, falsely accused of major financial crimes, that he believed justice would...

Psychology of Horror Villains, Survivors, and Victims: Volume 1 Movie Edition by S. L. Yarbrough delves deep into the psyche of numerous fictional and non-fictional characters. The book has sections with a mental affliction as their main theme, so for instance, if the mental disorder...

Alice Kay Hill’s sad and tragic Under a Full Moon is set in the early settler times of the American Mid-West. It is a story of pioneering times, of hardships, and ordinary folk attempting to make a living off the land. These were hard times,...

In Scrapped: Justice and a Teen Informant, Lisa A. Peebles and John O'Brien investigate the abduction of Heidi Allen on the early morning of Easter - April 3, 1994 - from the store where she worked. Despite no evidence linking them to the crime, two...

Liv to Tell by Ann Heathman is based on the true story of Olivia Carson. Liv Carson is on a caving expedition when disaster strikes. Saved by Gary Preston, Liv thinks she is the luckiest woman alive and is reeled in by his kind, loving...

Rise of the Oathbreakers by David (D.B.) McCrea is a true crime story detailing just how bad policing can be in the USA. We’re all aware of some of the recent stories about law enforcement, but this book will open your eyes even further. This...

The Best New True Crime Stories: Crimes of Passion, Obsession & Revenge is the third book I've read in Mitzi Szereto's The Best New True Crime Stories series, following Well-Mannered Crooks, Rogues & Criminals, and Small Towns, and I was not disappointed. Well researched and...

The Power of Truth by Tristin Engels is a book focused on true crime. When Louis Rocco Vitullo joined the Chicago police department in 1951, little did he realize that he would soon become a chief forensic scientist and crime scene investigation expert. In...

Stephanie Scott was a 26-year-old teacher who moved to Leeton, New South Wales. A few days before marrying Aaron Leeson-Woolley, tragedy strikes when this bride-to-be goes missing. In Monique Patterson’s crime non-fiction book, United in Grief: The Tragic Story of Stephanie Scott’s Murder and the...