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 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...

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 ...

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...

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.

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...

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...

“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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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. ...

The true story that inspired the Sofia Coppola film Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Bilson: robbed. More than $3 million in stolen clothing, jewelry, shoes, and handbags reported missing. Who is behind one of the most brazen string of crimes in recent Hollywood history? Meet...

A DANGEROUS MISSION -- The Irishman is a ruthless mercenary who performs any task for the right price. His current assignment involves intercepting a dangerous package smuggled aboard the cruise liner Intrepid. If the contents reach Los Angeles, millions will die. But only if the Irishman fails. A DEADLY ATTRACTION -- When Adventure Cruise lines' security officer Skylar Davidson finds the stowaway, she recognizes him from a bloody shoot-out she witnessed at LAX airport. But rather than being frightened, she's drawn to the enigmatic Irishman, and quickly becomes embroiled in his desperate ...

Criminal Trial Lawyer… Memoirs of Managing Chaos and embracing it. The book, sometimes humorously, describes my memoirs and adventures as a successful criminal trial lawyer both as Prosecutor and Defense Counsel. It begins as a child and explains the influences which made me a criminal trial lawyer driven by my desire to serve The Lady of Justice, Justicia. I fell in love with her and lived a Samurai of Justice love story. Beginning with a Trial Lawyers philosophy, I describe the entire chaotic thinking and acting process from meeting the client and trial preparation, through actual ...

The Summer House A High-Stakes Thriller Civilization is overrated. Staying alive isn’t. Summer Patrock was supposed to be cashing an easy bounty—not running for her life. But when a petty crook in pajama pants slips her a stolen list tying syndicates, politicians, and military brass into a single deadly conspiracy, Summer becomes the one loose end the galaxy can’t afford to leave alive. Now every hired gun and criminal outfit is coming for her. With her partner Treye, a murder-happy mech named Sentinel, and a pack of ex-soldiers who barely tolerate her sarcasm, Summer is forced into a...

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...

By day, William Brodie was a respected Edinburgh tradesman, city councillor, and pillar of polite society. By night, he was a thief, gambler, and criminal mastermind who used his reputation as a locksmith to rob the very homes that trusted him. Brodie lived a double life in eighteenth-century Scotland, exploiting social status, professional access, and civic trust to finance gambling debts and secret indulgences. His crimes were not acts of desperation but calculated betrayals, carried out with precision and patience. When his luck finally failed, the collapse was public, humiliating, and ...