This true crime anthology offers a century-spanning, cross-country tour of the sinister underbelly of the American Dream. Whether venturing into a blood-spattered farm in Texas, down a lonely mountain road in Alabama, or into the deceptively sunny Ohio suburbs, acclaimed mystery writer Craig Rice lends her hardboiled style and wicked irony to this gallery of real-life murders.

"The grand dame of mystery" —Ed Gorman, author of the Jack Dwyer Series

In this creepy collection, historian Keven McQueen offers a guided tour of the American Midwest, including terrible crimes, eccentric characters, haunted houses, murder-suicides, mad doctors, body snatchers, and pranks gone comically—and tragically—wrong.

New York Times-bestselling author

In the year 1704, Matthew Corbett is about to go up against an antagonist completely different from any he has faced before, in this compelling concoction of history, mystery, adventure, and terror that takes us deeper into the early 18th century world.

“The Corbett novels are rich, atmospheric stories, the kind of historical mystery that makes the reader feel as though he really has stepped back in time.” —Booklist 

Veteran true-crime scribe Clifford L. Linedecker takes us on a shocking ride through John Wayne Gacy's life, delving deep into the man's troubled past, recounting his appalling series of murders, and recreating the drama of his trial—which resulted in his execution by lethal injection in 1994.

"A sensational crime story that evokes both curiosity and revulsion." —Chicago Tribune

Four chilling novels in one volume! Ordinary people face hair-raising dangers in these four early novels by the celebrated author of I Am Legend.

The affluent suburb of Cheshire, Connecticut, seemed like the perfect place for Dr. William Petit and his wife, Jennifer Hawke-Petit, to raise their two lovely daughters. Until July 23, 2007, when, according to police, two ex-cons invaded the Petit home hoping to embark on a routine robbery—one that would ultimately prove deadly.

From England’s Jack the Ripper to the Axeman of New Orleans, this trivia book is packed with information about some of the most shocking cold cases in history.

A former forensic photographer leads readers through the twists and turns of 12 homicide cases that gripped South Carolina during her career. Shuler allows the reader to peer into the criminal minds of notorious killers like “Pee Wee” Gaskins, Rudolph Tyner, Ronald “Rusty” Woomer, and Larry Gene Bell.