DARK VISIONS


Joe Mac was a legendary homicide detective until his vision was lost in the line of duty and he was forced into retirement. Now he lives a life of darkness, his only friend being a huge Raven that Joe Mac names "Poe." But when Joe Mac's grandson is murdered by an unknown killer, Joe emerges from his self-imposed solitude to resurrect the skills of the detective he once was. And, although he i... More

Author bio: James Byron Huggins was a decorated police detective in Huntsville, Alabama, when he published his first novel, Wolf Story, to international acclaim. He left the force to write full time, and his subsequent novels The Reckoning, Cain, and Hunter all met with national and international praise. After two of his books were optioned for more a million dollars each, he left writing to work on films. Now back to writing books, he lives in North Carolina.

THE CASE OF THE ZODIAC KILLER: The Complete Transcript With Additional Commentary, Photographs And Documents


In the late 1960's, and early 1970's, an enigmatic serial killer terrorized the San Francisco Bay area of Northern California, and teased the police tasked with stopping him. Through bold letters and cryptic ciphers mailed to local newspapers as well as taunting calls to police, the Zodiac left his mark on the state of California. Without warning he was gone, but not before achieving infamy in the... More

Author bio: In addition to co-hosting Criminology, Mike Morford is a true crime researcher, consultant, blogger, and victim's advocate. 

A MURDER IN MY HOMETOWN


On a fall evening in Corvallis, Oregon in 1967, 17-year-old Dick Kitchel, a senior at the high school, disappeared after attending a party. Ten days later, his body was spotted by two children as it floated down the Willamette River. He had been beaten and strangled. The investigation into his murder played out during one of the most dramatic years in America. Life in Corvallis, a college town... More

Author bio: Rebecca Morris is the New York Times bestselling author of If I Can't Have You – Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance and the Murder of Her Children, A Killing in Amish Country, Ted and Ann, and other books.

NAPA NOIR: A Wine Country Mystery-Book One


When northern California's idyllic Napa Valley is shattered by the vineyard shooting deaths of two men, investigative-reporter-turned-wine-editor Dante Rath seizes the chance to salvage his sagging career. One of the dead is the winery's top investor, a high-tech genius, who was shot and killed by the winery's owner, who in turn was gunned down by Napa County sheriff deputies. At the murder... More

Author bio: Peter Eichstaedt is an award-winning author and journalist, who has lived and worked in the world's most troubled regions. He has reported from the Balkans, eastern Europe, Afghanistan, and central and eastern Africa. He is the author of books on Uganda's child soldiers, the Somali pirates, war in eastern Congo, America's war in Afghanistan, and life along America's trouble border with Mexico. He lives in Denver, Colorado. 

BULLIED TO DEATH: A Story Of Bullying, Social Media, And The Suicide Of Sherokee Harriman


On September 5, 2015, in a public park in LaVergne, Tennessee, fourteen-year-old Sherokee Harriman drove a kitchen knife into her stomach as other teens watched in horror. Despite attempts to save her, the girl died, and the coroner ruled it a "suicide." But was it? Or was it a crime perpetuated by other teens who had bullied her? Sherokee's short life and tragic death created a national media... More

Author bio: Criminologist Judith A. Yates is the award-winning author of "When Nashville Bled" and "The Devil You Know" and the Editor of True Crime: Case Files Magazine. She has appeared on numerous talk shows and lectured, conducted training, and made guest speaking appearances across the United States. After a lifetime of working in law enforcement, Ms. Yates lives in Kentucky. 

THE BEAST I LOVED: A Battered Woman's Desperate Struggle To Survive


Before domestic violence hot lines and safe houses were widespread, June Briand shot four bullets into her husband's head and was sentenced to fifteen years to life. This is the shocking true story of survival-and the intense bond June shared with her pathologically violent husband, a monster who physically and sexually tortured, degraded and dominated her so relentlessly that she refused to belie... More

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SUMMARY EXECUTION: The Political Assassinations of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes


Summary Execution tells the true story of how two young anti-Marcos union activists, Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes were murdered in 1981 by a local Filipino gang. The Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes (CJDV), an activist group formed by the Domingo and Viernes families and their attorneys, worked with the local authorities to get the hit-men convicted. Nine years later they won a fede... More

Author bio: Michael Withey is a Seattle-based human rights lawyer and author of SUMMARY EXECUTION. He has dedicated his career to fighting for the "little guy" against powerful interests and to protecting constitutional rights, civil rights, and human rights.

THE SHAWCROSS LETTERS: My Journey Into The Mind Of Evil


What happens when one of the most evil men in the history of America meets a man he trusts to share his darkest secrets with? How does it affect someone already on the edge of society when he is taken under the wing of a serial killer? Partly told through the letters of Arthur Shawcross, THE SHAWCROSS LETTERS is the tale of one of America's most notorious serial killers and his relationship with h... More

Author bio: I have been the ghostwriter for spiritual gurus, Christian grandmothers, and adult film stars like Porsche Lynn. I also wrote a book called Raping the Gods, which has become a bit of a cult classic, and I write regularly for numerous websites, such as Alternet, and The Fix.

BETTER OFF DEAD: A Sordid True Story of Sex, Sin and Murder


A frustrated, unhappy wife. Her much younger, attentive lover. A husband who degrades and ignores her. The stage is set for a love-triangle murder that shatters family illusions and lays bare a quiet family community's seedy secret world of sex, sin and swinging. BETTER OFF DEAD, the latest true crime book from New York Times bestselling author Michael Fleeman, strips away the pleasant veneer o... More

Author bio: Bestselling true crime author Michael Fleeman makes his WildBlue Press debut with BETTER OFF DEAD. His books include the recent releases THE BLACK WIDOWER and CRAZY FOR YOU, the New York Times bestseller THE STRANGER IN MY BED, and LACI, the first book about the Laci Peterson case. A former journalist for the Associated Press, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial, and PEOPLE magazine, where he was west coast editor for People.com, Fleeman now dedicates himself to writing and teaching college journalism. He's also a frequent TV commentator for such shows as DATELINE,FORENSIC FILES, SNAPPED, TABLOID, the new Escape Network show DEEP UNDERCOVER, and recently made his Netflix premiere in KARDASHIAN: THE MAN WHO SAVED O.J.

BLUNT FORCE MAGIC: The Monsters and Men Trilogy-Book One


Janzen Robinson is a man torn between two worlds. Five years removed from a life as an apprentice to a group of do-gooding heroes who championed the fight against supernatural evils, the once-promising student is now a package courier going through the daily grind, passing time at a hole-in-the-wall bar and living in a tiny, run-down apartment on the south side of Cleveland, Ohio. Then fate (o... More

Author bio: Lawrence Davis is a decorated U.S. Army infantryman who served three combat tours overseas, including in Iraq. His first book, BLUNT FORCE MAGIC, was written in part to help navigate the struggles associated with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (personified by The Stalker in his novel). He's a shooting instructor and dog rescue advocate who lives in Florida with his four rescue pitbulls, and extremely patient girlfriend.

WORDPRESS WEBSITES FOR BUSINESS: How Anyone Can Maximize Website Performance and Results


After using most of the top content management systems, and having built many custom CMS systems myself, I can say that, from my experience, Wordpress is the most effective tool available to build your company's website and bring in leads and sales for your business. However, if used incorrectly it can actually HURT your company. I've seen it happen and the effects can be devastating. The good new... More

Author bio: Michael Cordova is an Electrical Engineer and has developed software in more than 50 languages. As a Systems Engineer for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) in Colorado Springs he designed and built mission critical hardware and software systems for the US Air Force deployed at NORAD. Cordova founded 21st Century Technologies, Inc. in 1993 as a custom database software company and still manages it. In 2006 he founded Mercury Leads, Inc., a marketing agency in Denver, Colorado along with two other partners and is an owner and past CTO of Well.org, a wellness organization for corporations and individuals. Cordova founded and currently runs the book publisher WildBlue Press along with his partner Steve Jackson.

MELIA RIDGE: A Max Blake Mystery



Hang on! Just a minute! When last we checked in with hard-boiled private eye and former muck-raking journalist Max Blake and his intrepid fiancee, Caeli Brown, they were traveling across the entirety of Ireland to find her Uncle Jack, only to see him shckingly cut down in a hail of gunfire on a remote island. But the same postcard that jump-started the sorrowful end to the archbishop's life, along... More

Author bio: William Florence is the author of the Max Blake Mysteries series, which currently features five titles: Raptor's Ridge, Misery Ridge, Faraway Ridge, Snowfall Ridge, and Emerald Ridge. The latest in the series, Melia Ridge, is set to be release in December 2017. A former reporter, editor, and college professor, he worked at newspapers in Michigan, Washington, D.C., South Dakota, Indiana, and Oregon for 25 years and for 22 years as a journalism and writing instructor at a community college.

THE KOREAN CRISIS: One People, Two Nations, A World On The Brink



After nearly 70 years of division between North and South Korea, the two nations have not yet achieved a peaceful settlement. Professor Emeritus Jack Van Der Slik's new book provides a first person account of the incredible differences between the nations. The Korean Crisis: One People, Two Nations, an Uncertain Future follows the fate of the two Koreas. The first is a story of hard-earned succ... More

Author bio: Jack Van Der Slik is a professor emeritus of political studies and public affairs at the University of Illinois Springfield. His essays, articles and reviews appear in a variety of journals, magazines and newspapers and he is the author of numerous books on international policy, public affairs, and domestic and foreign politics.

SIDETRACKED: The Betrayal And Murder Of Anna Kithcart



As the sun rises over the quiet city of Kingston, New York on July 12, 1988, a local transient discovers the remains of 19-year-old Anna Kithcart. She was strangled and beaten to death, with the letters "KKK" carved into her thighs. While her heartbroken family mourns, and the police work around the clock to uncover the truth, the investigation is complicated by the entrance of the Reverend Al ... More

Author bio: Richard T. Cahill Jr. is the INDIEFAB True Crime Gold Medal Award winning author of Hauptmann's Ladder: A Step-by-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping.  He has lectured extensively on the case.  He has been an attorney in New York for over 20 years.

HARD DOG TO KILL



Stan Mullens is an American mercenary in the Congo who sees himself as a good guy with a bad job. Stan's self-assigned mission to protect his long time brother-in-arms, Frank, takes a serious hit when their boss sends them on an unsupported mission into the jungle to track and kill Tonde Chiora, a former company employee accused of stealing vital company mining technology. As their mission tak... More

Author bio: Craig Holt is the author of Hard Dog to Kill, which was a finalist in the Pacific Northwest Writers literary competition, as well as the Rocky Mountain Gold fiction contest. He is a former expedition leader, screenwriter and standup comedian. The two things he fears most in this world are sharks and clowns.

MY BROTHER'S KEEPER: A Thirty-Year Quest To Bring Two Killers To Justice



If your big brother was killed by murderers who thoughtlessly tossed his remains, would you spend a fortune and 30 years to stalk those responsible and bring them to justice? Yeah, you might want to, but... From the moment he found out his brother was missing, Ted Kergan launched an unparalleled search and recovery mission that put him on a collision path with a teenage-prostitute-turned-register... More

Author bio: Chris Russo Blackwood is a Louisiana Women in Media Lifetime Achievement Award winner, having spent 40 years as a journalist, including stints as an award-winning magazine owner and publisher, daily newspaper editor and television show host. She lives in Baton Rouge. This is her first book.

AL SHABAH: An Assassin's Story



AL SHABAH: An Assassin's Story, is based on the true story of the author's experiences growing up in Lebanon during that country's bloody civil war, as well as his time as a counter-terrorist operative. The story follows "Paul" from his childhood in the Bekaa Valley to adulthood when he is recruited and trained as a killer by both Israel's Mossad and the CIA. A tale of obsession and revenge, in... More

Author bio: A.E. Sawan was born into a Christian family on the outskirts of Zahle in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. By the age of 12, he and his family had been forced to move five different times because of the country's shattering civil war (1975 to 1990). Detained and tortured on several occasions by both the Syrian Army and the Palestinian Liberation Army (PLO), he eventually became a counter-terrorist operative specializing in diffusing bombs. Having survived the war, he severed his connections to violence and left Lebanon for Canada.

Tempest Tost: The Refugee Experience Through One Community's Prism



The United States has a long history of taking in foreigners fleeing persecution and seeking a better life. In recent times refugees have come to be perceived as a threat of terrorism by many, while others welcome them as a source of diversity and eager to work hard to succeed. The result has been that taking in refugees has become a very divisive topic. This book seeks to help elevate the conv... More

Author bio: Robert Dodge is author of six nonfiction books. He taught history for 37 years and was an expat for 35 until 2014. Dodge received a BA and MS from North Dakota State University, where he was awarded an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship, and an MPA from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

TARGETED: A Deputy, Her Love Affairs, A Brutal Murder



When her missing boyfriend is found murdered, his body encased in cement inside a watering trough and dumped in a cattle field, a local sheriff's deputy is arrested and charged with his murder. But as New York Times bestselling author and investigative journalist M. William Phelps digs in, the truth leads to questions about her guilt. In his first full-length, original true-crime book for Wild... More

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Crime and murder expert, creator/producer/writer and former host of DARK MINDS, acclaimed, award-winning investigative journalist M. William Phelps is the New York Times best-selling author of 32 nonfiction books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists and the New England Book Festival Award. A respected reporter, Phelps has written for numerous publications-including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine and Hartford Courant. Diversifying his talents, he also consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and is a constant presence on crime film sets. Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now lives in a reclusive Connecticut farming community just north of Hartford.

16 SOULS



On takeoff from Denver during a winter blizzard, an airliner piloted by veteran Captain Marty Mitchell overruns a commuter plane from behind. Bizarrely, the fuselage of the smaller aircraft is tenuously wedged onto the huge right wing of his Boeing 757, leading Mitchell to an impossible life-or-death choice. Mitchell's decision will land the former military pilot in the cross-hairs of a vicious... More

Author bio: John J. Nance, aviation analyst for ABC News and a familiar face on Good Morning America, is the author of several bestselling novels including Fire Flight, Skyhook, Turbulence, and Orbit. Two of his novels, Pandora's Clock and Medusa's Child, have been made into highly successful television miniseries. A lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, Nance is a decorated pilot veteran of Vietnam and Operations Desert Storm/Desert Shield. He lives in Washington State.

EMERALD RIDGE: A Max Blake Mystery



A "fast-paced, twist-and-turn sleigh ride of story-telling, meticulously plotted and beautifully written." Hard-boiled detective and former muck-raking journalist Max Blake's discovery of a long-dreaded postcard from Ireland, tucked into his mailbox one morning, is the catalyst that touches off a cross-continent search for his fiancee's favorite uncle. The Rev. Sean "Jack" O'Lennox, the archbis... More

Author bio: William Florence is the author of the Max Blake Mysteries series, which currently features five titles: Raptor's Ridge, Misery Ridge, Faraway Ridge, Snowfall Ridge, and Emerald Ridge. The latest in the series, Melia Ridge, is set to be release in December 2017. A former reporter, editor, and college professor, he worked at newspapers in Michigan, Washington, D.C., South Dakota, Indiana, and Oregon for 25 years and for 22 years as a journalism and writing instructor at a community college.

BEACON HILL: A Resurrection Man Thriller



Former British cop Jim Grant is back in Boston, now a fully-fledged member of the Boston PD based at Jamaica Plain. Working the nightshift for fellow detective Sam Kincaid should have been an easy job but after saving a kidnapped child from a blazing house and attending a drive-by shooting in Beacon Hill it proves to be anything but. The trouble is the wealthy target, Daniel Hunt, doesn't want to ... More

Author bio: Ex Army, retired cop and former scenes of crime officer. Colin Campbell served with the West Yorkshire Police for 30 years.  He is the author of UK crime novels, Blue Knight White Cross and Northern Ex, and US thrillers Jamaica Plain and Montecito Heights featuring rogue Yorkshire cop Jim Grant.

NORTHERN EX: A Resurrection Man Thriller



Once a cop always a cop. Ex vice squad cop Vince McNulty copes with life outside the force by visiting the Northern X massage parlours he used to police. Until a return to his old stomping ground prompts a change in fortunes. Several girls have gone missing. All young masseuses. All from parlours that McNulty has visited. When one of them turns up dead everything points to a regular customer being... More

Author bio: Ex Army, retired cop and former scenes of crime officer. Colin Campbell served with the West Yorkshire Police for 30 years.  He is the author of UK crime novels, Blue Knight White Cross and Northern Ex, and US thrillers Jamaica Plain and Montecito Heights featuring rogue Yorkshire cop Jim Grant.

HELD HOSTAGE: Negotiating Life And Death For The Las Vegas Police Department



What do you say to prevent someone from committing 'suicide-by-cop'? Or has a gun pointed at a hostage? Or an armed man who has barricaded himself in a hotel room? Or a despondent woman who is threatening to kill herself? Veteran police negotiator Lieutenant Dennis Flynn spent nearly two decades responding to more than a thousand of these and other high-intensity incidents with the Crisis Negot... More

Author bio: Lieutenant Dennis Flynn (ret) is a 30-year veteran of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He spent 18 years of his career as a Hostage Negotiator, including 10 years as the Team Leader. As a negotiator, he responded to over 1,000 incidents including hostage takings and armed barricaded subjects. He has taught on the topic of Crisis Negotiations throughout the United States.

SAVING SANDOVAL: A True Story



In 2007, U.S. Army Specialist Jorge G. Sandoval Jr. was charged with murder by the very government he had sworn to serve. While deployed to the most dangerous area in Iraq known as the "Triangle of Death," Sandoval, an airborne infantryman and elite sniper, was instructed to "take the shot" and kill an enemy insurgent wearing civilian clothes. Two weeks later, Army Criminal Investigation Comman... More

Author bio: Craig W. Drummond is an attorney and former Captain in the U.S. Army JAG Corps. He is originally from the historic town of St. Joseph, Missouri, and received his undergraduate and law degrees from Drake University.

In 2007, Captain Drummond was deployed to Iraq where he defended U.S. Army Sniper Specialist Jorge G. Sandoval, Jr. who was being court-martialed for two murders and other related charges. The case made international headlines with the New York Times, the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and the Associated Press all having reporters cover the trial. Captain Drummond was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his service in Iraq. While on active duty, Captain Drummond served in various assignments, including as a Military Prosecutor for the 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (Airborne), Trial Defense Counsel, and Brigade Judge Advocate. In 2010 Captain Drummond was honorably discharged from the Army.

ROOM 1203: O.J. Simpson's Las Vegas Conviction



In 1995, NFL great and movie star, O.J. Simpson beat a murder rap for the death of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman. But in 2007 his luck with avoiding Lady Justice ran out in Las Vegas. ROOM 1203 is the true story of the convoluted and bizarre events surrounding a violent armed robbery of a sports memorabilia collector in a Vegas hotel. On that night, Simpson put an ... More

Author bio: Andy Caldwell is a retired detective from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and he is presently serving as the pastor at Mill City Christian Church in Mill City, Oregon. His distinguished law enforcement career resulted in him receiving multiple awards and having cases he worked featured on America's Most Wanted, Dateline, and Court TV.

A SPECIAL KIND OF EVIL: The Colonial Parkway Serial Killings

For four years a killer, or killers, stalked Virginia's Tidewater region, carefully selecting victims, sending waves of terror into the local community

The Colonial Parkway Murders - the name given eight murders that took place in the Tidewater region in the late 1980's, two of which were on the historic Colonial Parkway, the nation's narrowest National Park. Young people in the prime of their lives were the targets. But the pattern that stitched this special kind of evil together was more like a spider web of theory, intrigue, and mathematics. T... More

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Blaine Pardoe is a New York Times Bestselling and award winning author of numerous books in the science fiction, military non-fiction, true crime, paranormal, and business management genres. He has appeared on a number of national television and radio shows to speak about his books. Mr. Pardoe has been a featured speaker at the US National Archives, the United States Navy Museum, and the New York Military Affairs Symposium. He was awarded the State History Award in 2011 by the Historical Society of Michigan and is a two-time silver medal and one time gold winner from the Military Writers Society of America. In 2013 Mr. Pardoe won the Harriet Quimby Award from the Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame for his contributions to aviation history.

His books have even been mentioned on the floor of the U.S. Congress. His works have been printed in six languages and he is recognized world-wide for his historical and true crime works.

CREATED



How far should he go to find the truth? After his sister's death sends him into the loving arms of God, Paleontology Professor Travis Perego fights to reconcile the career he's devoted his life to with his fragile new faith. His struggle between evolutionary theory and the Bible soon attracts the attention of the dean who makes at least one thing clear in Travis's life. If he doesn't figure thi... More

Author bio: Janice Boekhoff is a former Research Geologist who pours her love of science and the outdoors into her suspense novels. Janice is a three-time finalist in the ACFW Genesis Contest. She writes from Iowa (not to be mistaken for Idaho), where she lives with her amazing husband and three feisty kids. 

BROOKLYN'S MOST WANTED: Ranking the Top 100 Most Notorious Criminals, Crooks and Creeps from the County of the Kings



BROOKLYN'S MOST WANTED parades an impressive perp walk of 100 of the Borough's most notorious, ranking them meticulously from bad to worst. From crime bosses to career criminals to corrupt politicians, pedophile priests to Ponzi scammers, this is not your usual crime chronicle. You want labor racketeering, Ponzi scheming, hijacking, murder, loan sharking, arson, illegal gambling, money laundering?... More

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From reporting a Coney Island beat and reviewing Manhattan Nightlife to writing about World History, Wall Street Finance and Silicon Alley technology, Craig McGuire has covered many subjects as an NYC-based writer. Founder of Brooklyn Creative Partners, Craig's first book Beyond the Ides - Why March is the Unluckiest Month of All, was published in 2015. BROOKLYN'S MOST WANTED is his second book.

OUTLAW LOS ANGELES



A sunset cruise through a place where ordinary inhumanities are entertainment-with GPS coordinates, photos and more! Los Angeles is where America's dreams and nightmares got all tangled up. In this otherworldly place of seemingly everlasting life, death could have an otherworldly quality, too. In a city where anything was possible, even the ghastly could happen. Where else does a list of a city... More

Author bio: Ron Franscell's writing has been compared to Truman Capote, Charles Frazier and Robert Olen Butler--diverse, poetic, evocative and muscular. This lifelong newspaperman burst onto the literary scene in 1998 with his first novel ANGEL FIRE, a poignant, mythic tale of two brothers wrestling with personal ghosts in the small town where they grew up. ANGEL FIRE was subsequently named among the San Francisco Chronicle's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century West. He was a senior writer for the Denver Post. He has written true crime, mystery/thrillers and quirky travel guides, and his books have won rave reviews from true-crime legends Ann Rule, Vincent Bugliosi and Gerry Spence.

KILLING RASPUTIN: The Murder That Ended The Russian Empire



At last a book about the so-called "Mad Monk" of Imperial Russia that lays to rest the myths and reveals the truth about one of the most controversial characters in human history while exploring the impact his murder had on a dynasty, a people, and a country. Written in three parts, KILLING RASPUTIN begins with a biography that describes how a simple unkempt "holy man" from the wilds of Siberi... More

Author bio: Margarita Nelipa has authored three books, ten articles and manages a number of webpages related to Russian imperial history. A former medical scientist with postgraduate legal qualifications, her background and proficiency in Russian provide her with a unique insight in researching her subject. She lives in Canberra, Australia.  

UNSOLVED NO MORE: A Cold Case Detective's Fight For Justice



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... More

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Kenneth L. Mains is a United States Marine Corps Veteran and a Detective. He uses a unique and particular combination of forensic science, criminal investigation, forensic psychology, victimology, crime reconstruction, crime scene assessment and criminal profiling to solve cases. He is the President and Founder of The American Investigative Society of Cold Cases (AISOCC) which was created to assist law enforcement members and victims families in solving the plethora of unsolved cold cases.

His law enforcement career has consisted of working as a member of the Williamsport Bureau of Police, Lycoming County Drug Task Force, Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Lycoming County of Pennsylvania's District Attorney's Office. During his tour with the United States Marine Corps, he was assigned primarily with the Special Operations Training Group (SOTG), II Marine Expeditionary Force with a concentration on administrative intelligence.

He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (BS) in Criminal Justice from Lock Haven University and has taken Master Degree course work in Forensic Criminology with an emphasis on Criminal Profiling. Mains is an Advisory Board Member at the Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law at Duquesne University and also Lock Haven University. He is also a second opinion provider for the National Organization for Parents of Murdered Children.

Mains has been bestowed a number of awards to include Police Officer of the Year and the Gallantry Star for Acts of Distinguished Bravery by the Fraternal Order of Police.

SHE IS EVIL: Madness And Murder In Memphis

Deception and murder in Blues City...

"That woman is evil. She is evil!" Ejaz Ahmad was handsome, charismatic, and a self-made businessman. He arrived in the United States from Pakistan determined to fulfill his mother's dying wish: to come to America, complete his education, and make his mark in the world. Settling in Memphis, Tennessee, Ejaz became owner of several businesses, father to a handsome boy, and a devout Muslim. The on... More

Author bio: Criminologist Judith A. Yates is the award-winning author of "When Nashville Bled" and "The Devil You Know" and the Editor of True Crime: Case Files Magazine. She has appeared on numerous talk shows and lectured, conducted training, and made guest speaking appearances across the United States. After a lifetime of working in law enforcement, Ms. Yates lives in Kentucky. 

THE RISE AND FALL OF A CASINO MOBSTER: The Tony Spilotro Story Through A Hitman's Eyes

The True Story Behind The Hit Film 'Casino' From An 'Enforcer' Who Lived It

The True Story Behind The Hit Film 'Casino' From An 'Enforcer' Who Lived It Tony Spilotro was the Mob's man in Las Vegas. A feared enforcer, the bosses knew Tony would do whatever it took to protect their interests. The "Little Guy" built a criminal empire that was the envy of mobsters across the country, and his childhood pal, Frank Cullotta helped him do it. But Tony's quest for power and lac... More

Author bio: Dennis Griffin is an award winning true crime author, focusing on organized crime in Las Vegas and the Tony Spilotro era in particular. His books have been the basis for multiple organized crime documentaries; and he has frequently been a featured speaker at the Las Vegas-Clark County Library's Mob Month.

OUTLAW SOUTHWEST

"The ultimate guilty pleasure book!" - San Antonio Express News

The line between history and mythology is razor thin-and the American Southwest often erases the line altogether. We might never disentangle crime-fact from fiction, but this book will transport you to Billy the Kid's real-life stomping grounds, legendary Tombstone, the childhood home of one of the worst al Qaeda terrorists, and the scenes of dozens of crimes throughout Arizona and New Mexico's hi... More

Author bio: Ron Franscell's writing has been compared to Truman Capote, Charles Frazier and Robert Olen Butler--diverse, poetic, evocative and muscular. This lifelong newspaperman burst onto the literary scene in 1998 with his first novel ANGEL FIRE, a poignant, mythic tale of two brothers wrestling with personal ghosts in the small town where they grew up. ANGEL FIRE was subsequently named among the San Francisco Chronicle's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century West. He was a senior writer for the Denver Post. He has written true crime, mystery/thrillers and quirky travel guides, and his books have won rave reviews from true-crime legends Ann Rule, Vincent Bugliosi and Gerry Spence.

A CLOCKWORK MURDER: The Night A Twisted Fantasy Became A Demented Reality

They thought about their evil fantasy for months. Then wound up like clockwork toys ... they acted.

In April 1997, pretty, 22-year-old Jacine Gielinski stopped her car at a red light in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She had no idea that the two young men looking at her from the car next to hers would in that moment decide she would be their target for unspeakable horrors. George Woldt and Lucas Salmon were an unlikely pair of best friends, much less killers. Woldt was a fast-talking, well-dress... More

Author bio:  Steve Jackson is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author and journalist based in Colorado. With the WildBlue Press release of BOGEYMAN in August 2014, Steve has now written nine nonfiction books, published under his name, and he collaborated with former New York assistant district attorney Robert K. Tanenbaum to write eleven crime thrillers in the Butch Karp fiction series. He most recently updated and re-released his true crime/biographical classic NO STONE UNTURNED for the first time as an eBook and audio book. He and Michael Cordova are the co-founders of WildBlue Press.

BORDERLAND



When a prominent land developer is brutally murdered on the U.S.-Mexico border, it's not just another cartel killing to journalist Kyle Dawson. The dead man is his father. Dawson, a veteran war correspondent, vows to uncover the truth. To do that, he must confront the ghosts of his past: including his cousin and confidant, DEA special agent Raoul Garcia; his former high school sweetheart, Anit... More

Author bio: Peter Eichstaedt is an award-winning author and journalist, who has lived and worked in the world's most troubled regions. He has reported from the Balkans, eastern Europe, Afghanistan, and central and eastern Africa. He is the author of books on Uganda's child soldiers, the Somali pirates, war in eastern Congo, America's war in Afghanistan, and life along America's trouble border with Mexico. He lives in Denver, Colorado. 

PAPER WINGS



When a boat is found adrift off Fort Lauderdale, the investigation leads to more than "just" murder. The evidence points to an "accident" that downed a passenger jet in Bermuda. Captain Hart Lindy's role in the NTSB investigation puts him on a flight path to danger trying to determine what really happened to Flight 63.... More

Author bio: Les Abend is a 32-year veteran airline pilot with a writing habit. He has been a 15-year contributing editor and monthly columnist for FLYING MAGAZINE. Les has also been a contributor to CNN Op-Ed and is an on-camera Aviation Analyst, most notably offering insight regarding the disappearance of MH 370. 

RAW DEAL: The Untold Story Of NYPD's Cannibal Cop

"Cannibal Cop" Gil Valle and author Brian Whitney Team To Write RAW DEAL

RAW DEAL is the story of Gil Valle, who is known throughout the world as "The Cannibal Cop." It is equal parts of the horrifying tale of a man who was railroaded by the government and imprisoned for thought crimes, and a look into a dark, sexual world that most reader never knew existed. Valle spent close to 2 years in prison before being exonerated. ... More

Author bio: Gil Valle is a former police officer who was known as "The Cannibal Cop".  He was exonerated of all charges against him. A graduate of the University of Maryland, he lives in Queens, NY with his two beloved dogs, Dudley and Tyson. Brian Whitney writes for many websites including Paste Magazine, Alternet and The Fix. He has been the author or co-author of numerous books.  His book Subversives in Their Own Words will be published by Headpress in 2017.

THE BUNDY SECRETS: Hidden Files On America's Worst Serial Killer

Rare Revelations Of A Murderous Rampage

Within the pages of THE BUNDY SECRETS:Hidden Files Of America's Worst Serial Killer is a unique, never-before-published look at the investigations undertaken to stop the depredations of America's most infamous serial killer, Ted Bundy. Presented here in an easy-to-follow chronology are the raw, unedited and most fascinating official case files as they appeared to the detectives from the Pacific No... More

Author bio: A writer of history and true crime, Kevin M. Sullivan is the author of nine books, a former investigative journalist for both print and online media, and is a recognized authority on serial sex killer, Ted Bundy. Indeed, his "break out" book, The Bundy Murders: A Comprehensive History, published by McFarland in 2009, was the catalyst that brought him much attention in the true crime world, leading to numerous radio programs and contacts from documentarians both here in the United States and the United Kingdom. Portions of this work also appear in the college textbook, Abnormal Psychology: Clinical Perspectives on Psychological Disorders, published by McGraw-Hill in November 2012.

BETRAYAL IN BLUE: The Shocking Memoir Of The Scandal That Rocked The NYPD

They Had No Fear Of The Cops Because They Were The Cops

NYPD officers Mike Dowd and Kenny Eurell knew there were two ways to get rich quick in Brooklyn's Lower East Side. You either became drug dealers, or you robbed drug dealers. They decided to do both. Adapted from Ken Eurell's shocking personal memoir, plus hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with the major players, including former international drug lord, Adam Diaz, and Dori Eurell, reveali... More

Author bio: Burl Barer is a Edgar Award winning author and two-time Anthony Award nominee with extensive media, advertising, marketing, and public relations experience. Barer's career has been highlighted in The Hollywood Reporter, London Sunday Telegraph, New York Times, USA Today, Electronic Media, and ABC's Good Morning America. He is a frequent commentator on television programs including "Deadly Sins," "Deadly Women," "Behind Mansion Walls" and Hart Fisher's AMERICAN HORRORS channel via Filmon.TV. Barer hosts the award winning Internet radio show, TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED with co-host, show business legend Howard Lapides, on Outlawradiousa.com, and TRUE CRIME CLASSICS.

THE POLITICS OF MURDER: The Power And Ambition Behind "The Altar Boy Murder Case"

Attorney Margo Nash Sheds Light On One of Boston's Most Controversial Murder Cases

On a hot night in July 1995, Janet Downing, a 42-year-old mother of four, was brutally stabbed 98 times in her home in Somerville, a city two miles northwest of Boston. Within hours, a suspect was identified: 15-year-old Eddie O'Brien, the best friend of one of Janet's sons. But why Eddie? He had no prior history of criminal behavior. He was not mentally ill. He had neither motive nor opportuni... More

Author bio: Margo Nash was a trial lawyer for 29 years, litigating both civil and criminal cases in Massachusetts. THE POLITICS OF MURDER, her first book, reflects her passion for the courtroom. More importantly, it reflects her commitment to helping the innocent who are convicted by failures in the legal system. 

LOCKOUT

New York Times Bestselling Author John Nance Returns To The Air With New Edge-Of-Your-Seat Thriller LOCKOUT

"A wild ride through the night sky" - Capt. Sully Sullenberger, author of #1 New York Times bestseller "SULLY"

Whoever has electronically disconnected the flight controls of Pangia Flight 10 as it streaks toward the volatile Middle East may be trying to provoke a nuclear war. With time and fuel running out, the pilots are forced to put animosities aside and risk everything to wrest control from the electronic ghost holding them on a course to disaster.... More

Author bio: John J. Nance, aviation analyst for ABC News and a familiar face on Good Morning America, is the author of several bestselling novels including Fire Flight, Skyhook, Turbulence, and Orbit. Two of his novels, Pandora's Clock and Medusa's Child, have been made into highly successful television miniseries. A lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, Nance is a decorated pilot veteran of Vietnam and Operations Desert Storm/Desert Shield. He lives in Washington State.

MURDERERS ROW: A Collection Of Shocking True Crime Stories

Small-town homicide. Big-time madness.

In this riveting collection of true crime stories from the files of award-winning journalist, New York Times bestselling author of 32 books, M. William Phelps, someone tries to pin a gruesome murder on a horse, infamous serial killer Son of Sam shows us his true evil nature in a series of lost letters this psychopath never wanted you to see, and Sesame Street's Big Bird comes home to find a dead w... More

Author bio:

Crime and murder expert, creator/producer/writer and former host of DARK MINDS, acclaimed, award-winning investigative journalist M. William Phelps is the New York Times best-selling author of 32 nonfiction books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists and the New England Book Festival Award. A respected reporter, Phelps has written for numerous publications-including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine and Hartford Courant. Diversifying his talents, he also consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and is a constant presence on crime film sets. Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now lives in a reclusive Connecticut farming community just north of Hartford.

A TASTE FOR MURDER

Burl Barer and Frank C Girardot Jr. True Crime Collaboration: A TASTE FOR MURDER

Burl Barer and Frank Girardot Jr. discuss the book on Investigation Discovery's EPIC MYSTERIES

"A true crime murder mystery that will leave you gasping for breath." - Steve Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of BOGEYMAN and NO STONE UNTURNED

Frank Rodriguez, a much-loved counselor of troubled teens, lies dead on the bedroom floor.  His wife and step-daughter are in shock, and so is the medical examiner when he performs the autopsy.  Aside from being dead, Frank is in perfect health.

Demanding to know the cause of her husband's death, Angie Rodriguez badgers the police, insisting that Frank was murdered.  The cops... More

Author bio: Burl Barer is a Edgar Award winning author and two-time Anthony Award nominee with extensive media, advertising, marketing, and public relations experience. Barer's career has been highlighted in The Hollywood Reporter, London Sunday Telegraph, New York Times, USA Today, Electronic Media, and ABC's Good Morning America. He is a frequent commentator on television programs including "Deadly Sins," "Deadly Women," "Behind Mansion Walls" and Hart Fisher's AMERICAN HORRORS channel via Filmon.TV. Barer hosts the award winning Internet radio show, TRUE CRIME UNCENSORED with co-host, show business legend Howard Lapides, on Outlawradiousa.com, and TRUE CRIME CLASSICS.