The Hidden History of the Battle That Remade Las Vegas In 1969, Nelson Conway Sr. opened the door to public corporate investment in Las Vegas gaming. That move changed the balance of power and drove organized crime out of the desert forever. This is the true story of that fight. Told by someone who grew up in Las Vegas during the golden age of Mob-controlled gambling, this book reveals a side of the city rarely seen in gangster histories. It … [Read more...]
The Politics Of Murder 2nd Edition – Updated and Expanded
On a hot July night in 1995, Janet Downing was stabbed 98 times inside her Somerville, Massachusetts, home. Within hours, police identified 15-year-old Eddie O'Brien, the best friend of one of her sons, as the suspect. Eddie had no criminal history, no clear motive, and no apparent opportunity. Yet his case emerged during a national panic over juvenile "superpredators," when Massachusetts officials were pushing to prosecute more children as … [Read more...]
The Watch Stands As Written: Voices From The Midwatch
From Midnight Watch to History: The Navy's Most Unique Tradition It's January 1, 1926, 0300 hours aboard USS Idaho (BB 42) anchored in San Pedro Harbor, California. The night is dark, the midwatch duty, from midnight to 4 a.m., is long and lonely. A young ensign, E. V. Dockweiler, the Officer of the Deck, must enter the ship's deck log, an essential record that contains a chronological record of the ship, information about the ship's condition, … [Read more...]
SERIAL CITY: Detroit and the Hunt for Multiple Serial Predators
The True Story of Detroit Being Overrun by Multiple Serial Predators at the same time. At the turn of the twenty-first century, Detroit investigators faced a nightmare few police divisions ever encounter: multiple serial predators operating at the same time, in the same city, often targeting vulnerable victims in overlapping neighborhoods. To the public, the crimes appeared scattered. A schoolgirl attacked on her way to class. A woman assaulted … [Read more...]
FIRST LADY OF MURDER – The Ann Rule Biography by Cathy Scott
The Untold Story of America's Queen of True Crime Ann Rule became America's queen of true crime by doing what few writers could: stepping past headlines, police reports, and courtroom drama to ask the deeper question. Why? In FIRST LADY OF MURDER, acclaimed true crime author Cathy Scott turns that same investigative eye on Rule herself, revealing the complicated, driven, fiercely human woman behind The Stranger Beside Me, Small Sacrifices, and a … [Read more...]
GUNBARRELS AND BACKROADS: Outlaw Biker. Drug Runner. Prisoner. His Story.
Fast Money. Faster Violence. Final Consequences. They called him Mr. Malfunction because something was always breaking, or about to. A bike. A deal. A rule he swore he lived by. Michael D. Fogt grew up with violence framed as normal, and he learned early that fear works. He carried that lesson into the Ohio backroads, the outlaw biker world, and a life built around speed, guns, drugs, and control. For years he tells it like he was untouchable, … [Read more...]
Killing The Lieutenant – Cartels, Corruption, and a Cop Who Refused to Play Nice
Real Story from the Frontlines of the Most Dangerous Time in Miami History The infamy of Miami's cocaine wars of the 1970s and 80s is forever etched into the darkest chapters of US history, and Lt. Raul Diaz was on the frontlines for all of it. The decorated and controversial law enforcement figure identified the shifting tide in the Magic City when law enforcement lost their grip on crime as a new breed of criminal flooded South Florida to ply … [Read more...]
Lying in Wait – He Declared War on the State – Then Disappeared
A Sniper in the Woods - and a Town Under Siege. The 48-Day Manhunt That Terrorized America. A Silent Forest. A Sniper's Bullet. A Community Held Hostage. On the night of September 12, 2014, the autumnal quiet of the Pocono Mountains was shattered by the crack of a .308-caliber rifle. At the Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Blooming Grove, Corporal Bryon Dickson and Trooper Alex Douglass fell, victims of a calculated ambush launched from … [Read more...]
Blueprint Of A Killer: Monsters in the Making, from Childhood to Murder
The most disturbing part of a killer's story happens before the first crime. What if the most dangerous part of a serial killer's story happened long before the first victim? BLUEPRINT OF A KILLER: Monsters in the Making, from Childhood to Murder asks the uncomfortable question most true crime books avoid: how did this start? What happened to cause the headlines, body counts, and documentaries? It does this in a unique way: for the first half of … [Read more...]
Model Detective – Inside the Mind of a Female Homicide Boss
Leading Murder Investigations in a Man's World, She Broke the Glass Ceiling-With Handcuffs. MODEL DETECTIVE: A True Story of Heels, Handcuffs and Homicides takes readers where true crime has never gone before-inside the heart, mind, and soul of a Chicago homicide detective whose grit and instincts prove that a woman's place is in the homicide division. Sergeant Michele Wood, a 25-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, has spent nearly … [Read more...]
