Criminal Deception

*CHECK OUT JACK JORDAN’S CONVICTION, SOON TO BE A HULU TELEVISION SERIES STARRING ELISABETH MOSS* The Chain meets Squid Game in this pulse-pounding thriller about parents who must engage in a deadly deal to access emergency healthcare for their child A DEADLY GAME . . . THE ULTIMATE PRICE...

In the heart of Kentucky's Daniel Boone National Forest, murder has checked into Happy Trails Campground. When a high-profile RV dealership manager is crushed beneath a fifth-wheel trailer, it looks like a tragic hitching accident. Until the coroner rules it homicide. And Mae West's husband...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This novel blindsided me with twists and surprises that had me gasping…and with a poignancy about relationships and love that one rarely finds in the genre. A brilliant, brilliant book.” —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author From the author of...

TRUE CRIME! PTA president Kelli Peters had a normal, happy life in Orange County, California, where she volunteered at her daughter's school, carpooled, and took care of her family. When a school parent angrily accused Kelli of keeping her son waiting during the afterschool pick-up, it appeared to be a simple confrontation with an overprotective mother. Kelli soon learned, however, that she was the target of a twisted plot against her that involved drugs, lies, schemes, and a campaign to ruin her life. The vendetta led to reputations tarnished, careers lost, secret lives uncovered, two ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The riveting, true story of an audacious con man who helped send another man to death row for a murder he did not commit “Incendiary, emotionally devastating. [This] is a feat of dogged reporting, bravura storytelling, and clear-eyed moral conscience." —Patrick...

This program is read by the author. A groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that investigates Munchausen by Proxy from the host and creator of the award-winning true crime podcast Nobody Should Believe Me. "I devoured this chilling yet critically important book in 48 hours, unable to...

Boaz Manor was a finance wunderkind. He started a hedge-fund company in Canada and later burst onto Wall Street with a product that could transform the crypto market. By all accounts, he was incredibly hard-working. Possibly brilliant. And...a shameless con man who ended up wanted in multiple countries. Chasing Boaz Manor explores Boaz’s schemes through the perspective of those he left in his wake.

Jeff Ashton was part of the prosecution team in the Florida homicide trial of Casey Anthony, the single mother accused of murdering her little girl, Caylee. The most sensational courtroom drama since the infamous O.J. Simpson affair, the Casey Anthony trial had people coast-to-coast riveted. In...

From America's most celebrated true-crime writer comes the heartbreaking real-life drama of a doomed young woman hopelessly trapped in a web of sexual intrigue, political manipulation, and emotional deception by her charming and successful—but ultimately deadly—lover. The author of fifteen...

Kakistocracy is Greek for “rule by the worst people.” Why does turning away from elite rule and institutions so often lead to corruption, insta­bility, illiberalism, and economic decline? In Kakistocracy, Richard Hanania dissects the dominant political story of our era: the global rise of...

“I can’t imagine a more important book.”—Jeff Guinn, New York Times bestselling author An explosive investigation into Word of Faith Fellowship, a secretive evangelical cult whose charismatic female leader is a master of manipulation In 1979, a fiery preacher named Jane Whaley attracted...

The uproarious, bestselling true story of the world's most sought-after con man, immortalized by Leonardo DiCaprio in DreamWorks' feature film of the same name, from the author of Scam Me If You Can. Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was...

Not every killer uses a weapon. Some use trust. Some use love. Some use lies. Murder by Deception explores chilling true crime cases where manipulation became the deadliest tool of all. From poisoners and fraudulent doctors to online predators and lovers who staged accidents, these killers hid behind normal lives while planning murder. Featuring notorious cases including Harold Shipman, Belle Gunness, Stephen Port, Scott Peterson, Charles Sobhraj, and Dorothea Puente, this gripping book reveals how deception allowed some of history’s most dangerous criminals to hide in plain sight. ...

An “extraordinary” (Nylon) firsthand account of the creation of a modern cult and the costs paid by its young victims: a group of college roommates “Intense . . . [a tale] of hard-won survival, and creating a life after the unimaginable.”—Salon The inspiration for the Hulu...

The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series with over 3 million copies sold! The Naturals are BACK! as #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes delivers the highly anticipated new installment in her beloved Naturals series. Cassie Hobbes joined the FBI’s Naturals...

Brought to you by Penguin. Narrated by Kirsty King featuring the voices of Alix Dunmore, Sebastian Humphreys and Georgina Sadler. How can you tell if someone is lying to you? Is it possible to separate the truth from lies in what people say? And when should you trust what you hear? Everyone lies...

They weren’t who they said they were. And for years… no one questioned it. What if the person sitting across from you… wasn’t real? Not physically—but who they claimed to be. In A Life Built on Lies, discover the true stories of individuals who constructed entire identities from nothing—and convinced the world they were real. From fake doctors performing life-threatening procedures… To con artists posing as billionaires… To ordinary people who disappeared and returned as someone else entirely… These are not fiction. These are real cases—documented, investigated, and, in ...

Sometimes life feels like one long true-crime story. People betray. Power corrupts. Innocence gets lost. And you’re left wondering where justice is or if redemption is possible. That ache you feel for things to be made right isn’t new. It’s been part of the human story since the beginning. True Crimes of the Bible 2 explores the raw, real struggles people have faced for centuries—jealousy, abuse, deception, revenge—and reveals something astonishing: a God who doesn’t turn away from the mess but enters it with mercy. This isn’t a book about religion. It’s about hope. About a ...

Zaara thought she had the perfect marriage—until she discovered her husband’s darkest secrets. What began as a series of late nights and unanswered calls spirals into a web of deception and betrayal when Zaara receives a set of chilling photos: her husband, Nathan, entwined with a striking young woman in a quiet hotel lobby. Her mind races, but nothing prepares her for what lies ahead. Determined to uncover the truth, Zaara steps into a world of manipulation, lies, and shadows that she never knew existed. But when she meets Alivia, the so-called “other woman,” everything changes. ...

A brilliant detective. A beautiful young woman hiding a devastating secret. A master criminal who has fooled America for decades. When Professor Knight's daughter, Elizabeth, survives a terrifying attack inside her locked bedroom, suspicion falls upon the wrong man. As evidence mounts and accusations fly, journalist and amateur detective Vincent Gideon is drawn into a mystery unlike anything he has ever encountered. The clues refuse to make sense. A murderer appears and vanishes without explanation. Witnesses swear they saw the impossible. And every answer only creates new questions. As ...