In this true crime-flavored novel, Detective William Boyett is called out on Mardi Gras evening in Mobile, Alabama to investigate the discovery of a young woman’s body wrapped in a carpet in a vacant lot a few blocks from the parade route. Over the next two months, Boyett works hard to solve the case, but he’s frustrated by miscalculations and downright incompetence by other members of the law enforcement community. His investigation goes … [Read more...]
Doug Lamplugh
Meet Doug Lamplugh: Former Federal Agent, Private Investigator and College Instructor, who has just finished his first novel, MURDER AT MARDI GRAS. In 1977, I began my law enforcement career in a small town in southeastern Pennsylvania. As a detective, I met many savvy local and federal investigators who became my mentors as I tackled bank frauds, embezzlements, organized crime and murder investigations. During the era of the "Cocaine … [Read more...]
Investigating a Prohibition-Era Cold Case Murder
Author James Stewart introduces his debut book. Has he finally solved the 1923 murder of dancer Fritzie Mann? Learn more about MYSTERY AT THE BLUE SEA COTTAGE. Purchase the title on Amazon. Set in Jazz Age San Diego against the backdrop of yellow journalism, notorious Hollywood scandals, Prohibition corruption and a lively culture war, Mystery At The Blue Sea Cottage tells the intriguing true crime story of a beautiful dancer, a … [Read more...]
TERROR TOWN, USA
During the early morning hours of July 17, 1983, fatigue became a factor for the young couple from central Illinois who spent their day under the hot sun at Marriott’s Great America amusement park north of Chicago. On their drive home, the tired teenagers pulled to the shoulder of Interstate 55 to get a restful sleep. As the teens slept inside their car under the moon and the stars, a dangerous force of evil lurked in the shadows, parking … [Read more...]
Paula May’s True Crime Saga Continues With RAGING ON
From the author of FIRST DEGREE RAGE: The True Story of ‘The Assassin,’ An Obsession, and Murder comes the ongoing and chilling true crime saga of L. C. Underwood, the obsessively jealous police officer from North Carolina. Underwood shocked an entire city with his reign of terror in the lives of his ex-fiancé Kay Weden, a woman he refused to let go, her son Jason whom he despised, and her mother Catherine Miller who got in his way. … [Read more...]
Book Trailer for SATIN PUMPS
True crime book trailer for SATIN PUMPS: The Murder That Mesmerized The Nation by Steve Kosareff Available in ebook and paperback Learn more It was the midcentury murder that fascinated a nation and kept it glued for two years to radio, television and newspapers through three trials. Did the handsome, wealthy doctor and his beautiful young paramour plan to kill his glamorous socialite wife? Or did the gun accidentally discharge as he … [Read more...]
Stranger Than Fiction: 10 Unbelievable True Crime Stories
Big Bird finding a dead woman in his house; a cannibal police officer; a horse suspected of murder; a mysterious crate with horrifying contents; a teenager who murdered his baby sister; one criminal's shocking motive for killing three people; a lady feeding dead men to hogs; an international assassination suspect is murdered in North Carolina for a completely unrelated reason; a family search that ended in harrassment, stalking, and death … [Read more...]
Book Trailer for FIRST DEGREE RAGE by Paula May
Official book trailer for the true crime book, First Degree Rage by Paula May. Learn more and get your copy here: wbp.bz/fdra Available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook. "There was no brown in his eyes at all. They were just two black buttons. I looked in his eyes. All I saw was solid black against the whites. It wasn’t natural. It was… creepy, unnerving, demonic." - Detective Paula May Terrifying things are happening to Kay Weden, a … [Read more...]
WRECKING CREW Gives An Inside Look Into Kathleen Zellner’s Efforts To Free Steven Avery
"Ferak chronicles the long and sordid history of the Manitowoc County Sheriff's department and the reason Sweaty's license was suspended. Framing Avery was just par for the course." -Kathleen Zellner In 2016-17, while working for the USA TODAY NETWORK's Wisconsin Investigative Team, author John Ferak wrote dozens of articles examining the murder case against Steven Avery, who had already beat one wrongful conviction only to be charged with the … [Read more...]
A Cold Case Detective’s Journey Is Brought To Life In UNSOLVED NO MORE
As a law enforcement officer for over fifteen years, Detective Kenneth L. Mains has investigated thousands of cases. Although he has been called "a modern day success story", it wasn’t without failure. This book will take you on a journey from a struggling kid who barely graduated High School to a teenager who joined the Marine Corps and finally to a man who put himself through college in order to accomplish his lifelong goal of being a … [Read more...]
