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November 2, 1945: On her way to a high school football game with friends, a fourteen-year-old girl vanishes after driving away with a man who says he needs a babysitter. The FBI unleashes its top kidnapping expert, an agent who helped bring John Dillinger down. Will that be enough to find the girl and her abductor? Agents chase the suspected kidnapper from California to Illinois and back again. Arrested in Los Angeles, he admits abducting the child. He also tells the FBI he killed the girl and threw her body into the Pacific Ocean. A search for her corpse proves fruitless. Then, when all ...

Survival. Justice. Hope. A thirteen-year-old girl is kidnapped, ripped from the arms of her murdered mother by a man who fantasized about someday abducting a girl, any girl, and making her his own. Living under a bed for most of her eighty-eight days of captivity, the girl never gives up hope. Then one day, left alone, she seizes her opportunity and runs to freedom. Will she make it? If she does run to freedom, can her life ever be the same again? 88 Days: The Abduction of Jayme Closs is the most compelling, shocking true crime story you’ve ever read. Previously published as part of a ...

A successful young mother, Kelsey Berreth, vanishes on Thanksgiving Day in 2018. Kelsey, a pilot so good she taught the military how to fly, goes shopping at a Safeway store, and simply disappears. Her fiance, Patrick Frazee, says he doesn't have a clue. In fact, he says they broke up just a few days before. He's as mystified as everyone else. But Kelsey's mother, Cheryl, is afraid she knows what happened to her daughter. A task force of FBI and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation agents believe they also know what happened to Kelsey.

Step into the heart-pounding world of The Murder of Katherine Brown: A Shocking True Crime Story, where forbidden passion and unimaginable violence collide in a gripping tale that will keep you on the edge of your seat. This nonfiction masterpiece uncovers the chilling account of a man consumed by his own insatiable cravings, leading him down a path of destruction and death. In the quiet corners of a rural community in Western Michigan, a seemingly ordinary father of two harbored a dark secret. Driven by an uncontrollable lust for a woman he could never possess, he transformed into a ...

Are you ready for a gripping true crime story that will keep you on the edge of your seat? Then look no further than "The Day Eva Dugan Died," by award-winning journalist and author, Rod Kackley. Eva Dugan is a woman with a past. Once a saloon singer and a prostitute in the wilds of the Yukon and the Klondike, she is now on the run, accused of murder. But did she really do it? That's what Jim McDonald, one of Arizona's last cowboy sheriffs, is determined to find out. With his voters demanding justice, McDonald sets out to capture Eva and prove her guilt. But as the story unfolds, it becomes...

Someone you know or even love is the person who will kill you. Usually, that’s true. But that is not what happened in 2018 to two college students in Iowa. Two young women who had everything to live for, were killed by two men with nothing to lose. Completely random attacks. Neither case had anything else in common except they both shocked the nation and even the world. What’s worse, being murdered by a loved one or a stranger who jumps out of the bushes when you are most vulnerable? Previously published as We’ll Find You and Let’s Do Murder, The Iowa Murders tells the shocking true...

Step into the shadows of 1948 New York, where the once-blissful marriage of Robert and Vera Lotito takes a nightmarish turn in "The Murder of Vera Lotito." In this gripping true crime novel, author Rod Kackley unravels a tale of love, betrayal, and a brutality that shocks the very essence of post-war New York society. It's March, and the city pulses with life, but for Robert Lotito, the rhythm of happiness abruptly halts. A chilling discovery awaits him in the confines of their apartment – Vera, his bride of four months, lies lifeless on the floor, a tableau of horror painted in her own ...

The victim's on trial in this tragic true crime story that captivated two nations when the killer’s attorneys unleashed a 50 Shades of Grey Defense. A young woman sets off on a yearlong, around the world, backpacking trip. Six weeks into the adventure of a lifetime, she meets the wrong guy, at the wrong time. Her dream ends in every father's worst nightmare. Their night of sex games ends in death. What follows is a tragic story that captivates the attention of people battling violence against women in two nations as the killer’s attorneys make a controversial case for their client with ...

"The Deadly Duo: A Tale of Crime and Chaos," takes you on a wild ride through the dark and twisted minds of two unlikely partners in crime. Barney and Heidi, two individuals from very different walks of life, join forces to embark on a violent and unpredictable spree of robbery, murder, and mayhem. The story begins with Barney, a bored thirty-something, meeting Heidi, a stunning woman — known as ‘Heid’ by her friends — when she comes running out of a liquor store with a bag of cash in one hand and the store’s owner in hot pursuit. Barney and Heid quickly discover a mutual love for...

In this gripping novel, “The Murder of Bella Black," a young woman finds herself trusting the wrong person with her life. Despite her fear of needles, she lets him inject her, unaware that he intends to plunge her into an eternal slumber. Unbeknownst to her, a close friend who harbored unrequited love had the means to send her into a deep sleep. Blinded by trust, she succumbs to his deception, never suspecting the depth of his hatred towards her. When her lifeless body is discovered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the police are baffled. There are no signs of forced entry, and the autopsy ...

Step back in time to the winter of 1929, where the magic of Christmas in Brooklyn, New York, was shattered by a heinous act that reverberated through the ages. In "The Murder of Mary Falzone: A Shocking True Crime Story,” Rod Kackley unravels the chilling tale of a family torn apart by an explosion that claimed the lives of Mary, Philip, and Rose Falzone, innocent children whose lives were extinguished by a bomb disguised as a holiday gift. As the city grappled with the aftermath of this unspeakable tragedy, a relentless investigation unfolded to unmask the perpetrators behind the ...

In “Lies We Tell," Cathy and Phil, high school sweethearts, reunite after years apart, reigniting a love that refuses to die. The catch? They're both entangled in separate marriages. As their passion ignites, Cathy confides in her best friend Jan, only to discover Jan's hidden secrets. Cathy's own marriage to Tom holds another enigma. In this captivating short story, the delicate balance between truth and deception unravels, leaving readers questioning the lies we tell ourselves and the ones we keep hidden. Can love survive when secrets threaten to shatter it all?

Embark on an electrifying journey through the realms of the living and the dead in "Sometimes Things Break," a heart-pounding paranormal time travel thriller that will shatter your perceptions of life, death, and everything in between. Meet Buck, a man caught between two worlds - the living and the mysterious afterlife. Convinced he's dead after a fateful bungee jump, he finds himself surrounded by enigmatic figures who insist he's departed the realm of the living. And then there's Cheryl, a spirit who has witnessed the darkest side of mortality. Her life was snuffed out in a horrifying ...

One woman. One gun. Looking for love. She’d never killed before, not even a fly. But when it came to murder, she proved to be a quick study. Disposing off the bodies, well, that proved to be another challenge. She couldn’t stand her ex-husband and found she couldn’t trust the lover who replaced him. Would the third man prove to be the charm, or would she find true love, too late? The Coffee Shoppe Killer: Inspired by a Shocking True Crime Story is an intense mystery and suspense thriller. You won’t be able to stop turning pages, as you go along for the ride with an undercover cop, ...

Friends don’t kill friends, do they? Two eighteen-year-old women go out for a night of cruising and partying. Only one returns home. Now, Major Crimes Division inspectors William Gagnon and Scarlett Gauthier have to find a killer. Someone so evil they beat and strangled a woman to death with bare hands and a leather belt. It had to be a man, right? How could another woman have done this?Oh, a woman could have done this-- a woman who learns how easy it is to cross that line between guilt and innocence and how hard it is to shoulder the burden of knowing you’ve committed a truly heinous ...

Unleash Your Inner Sleuth in Never Again: An Internet Killer Thriller Prepare yourself for an unparalleled escapade that will leave you breathless at every corner! Get ready to be catapulted into a roller-coaster of suspense and intrigue with "Never Again: An Internet Killer Thriller." Meet Joy, a tenacious reporter with grand dreams of conquering the city's news scene, and her ingenious protegée, Amanda. Together, they embark on an unyielding mission to halt an insidious internet serial killer in his tracks, before he can unleash chaos once more. In the digital realm, Emily Underwood, a ...

Corruption. Conspiracy. Caviar. The patriarch of one of the most powerful families in Kentucky politics is dead. Murdered. And it’s up to private investigator Ron Delaney to figure out who killed his hero. With a $25,000 check from the dead politician’s mistress in his pocket, Ron sets off on a journey that will lead him into conflict with one of the most powerful families in the Russian Mafia. Along the way, Ron’s illusions about his hero are shattered, his prized Corvette is nearly totaled by a speeding blonde, and he falls in love with a woman half his age. And, that’s just the ...

In a world where desperation can lead to the darkest corners of the internet, one woman's harrowing journey will shake you to your core. Meet Brooke, a young mother-to-be, willing to go to extraordinary lengths to provide for her family. But when Brooke's path crosses with "Hard Mike" on Craigslist, a seemingly innocent transaction takes a chilling turn. What was meant to be a desperate act of survival transforms into a heart-stopping ordeal that will leave you breathless. “She Deserved Better,” is a haunting and emotionally charged narrative. It follows an eighteen-year-old woman, ...