Southern Crime

Three full-length true crime books in one disturbing collection — for less than the price of two. From bestselling author Logan Carter comes a dark and gripping omnibus that dives into obsession, Southern mayhem, and bizarre real-life crimes. True Crime: Disturbing includes three complete books, offering over 250 pages of shocking stories and criminal psychology — all for just $5.99 (each book sold separately at $2.99). Book 1: True Crime – Obsession Crimes fueled by obsession, fantasy, and desire gone wrong. These are the killers who couldn’t let go—and the victims who paid the ...

The sprawling highways and quiet small towns of Texas hide a dark and brutal history. Beyond the headlines and whispered local legends lie the definitive, blood-curdling stories of the state's most horrifying crimes. True Crime - Gore in Texas is not for the faint of heart. This meticulously researched anthology rips open the case files on the Lone Star State's most infamous and psychologically disturbing criminals. From the sadistic "Candy Man" Dean Corll to the shocking acts of family annihilators and the cold, calculated slayings of cartel hitmen, these accounts detail the manhunts that ...

The term “serial killer” was first introduced in the 1970s by FBI Agent Robert Ressler. Shortly after joining the FBI in 1970, he was recruited to join the newly developed Behavioral Science Unit where he became fascinated with the psychology behind violent offenders. He wanted to better understand the motive behind a murder – what caused the person to act out in such a way, and what similarities these individuals shared. Ressler recognized that most offenders knew their victims, but there was a certain type of killer that picked their victims at random, and often killed multiple ...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than one million copies sold! A “brilliant” (Lupita Nyong’o, Time), “poignant” (Entertainment Weekly), “soul-nourishing” (USA Today) memoir about coming of age during the twilight of apartheid “Noah’s childhood stories are told with all the...

Biloxi, Mississippi: After the fatal shooting of one of the city’s most prominent couples - Vincent Sherry was a circuit court judge; his wife, Margaret, was running for mayor - their grief-stricken daughter came home to uncover the truth behind the crime that shocked a community and to follow leads that police seemed unable or unwilling to pursue. What Lynne Sposito soon discovered were bizarre connections to the Dixie Mafia, a predatory band of criminals who ran The Strip, Biloxi’s beachfront hub of sex, drugs, and sleaze.

🔪 Murder, Mystery, and Legends from the Heart of the Mountains 🔪 The Ozarks hold more than breathtaking landscapes—they hide secrets soaked in blood. Across Arkansas and Missouri, small towns and winding highways have been the hunting grounds of killers whose crimes remain unsolved. Legends have formed around these dark events, leaving behind whispered warnings and restless ghosts of the past. Inside True Crime: Ozarks, you’ll discover: 🩸 The Highway’s Harvest – A forgotten serial killer stalked the roads of northwest Arkansas, preying on hitchhikers and vanishing without a...

Blood in the Soil is the first book about the investigation into the shooting of Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt and his country attorney in Gwinnett County, Georgia, in 1978. But this book is not primarily about Larry Flynt, or even his shooter (the serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin), though both men are of course important characters in the story. This true account is told alternately from the perspective of Detective J. Michael Cowart and by following Franklin's life from childhood through his execution.

Scarlet Fever: A Dark, Suspenseful Old Money Equestrian Gothic Romance Pemberwick Hunt Club has it all: Exclusivity. Bloodlines. Legacy. But some secrets are too dark to stay hidden. Unravel a chilling cold case in the heart of Virginia's elite fox hunting country. June Faulconer, the reclusive host of the hit true-crime podcast Defrosted, specializes in mysteries whispered to be supernatural. But when a cryptic email forces her back to Pemberwick Hall, the ancestral estate steeped in her own family's dark legacy, she confronts a chilling truth: the line between human evil and ancient myth ...

City of Betrayal: The Genovese Family’s Springfield Crew From the award-winning author of Mafia Confession: "King of Bootleggers" Murder and Outlaw Bikers and the Mob: The Bloody Pact Between the Hells Angels and the Rizzuto Crime Family comes a gripping true crime chronicle of loyalty, betrayal, and blood. “If it weren’t for informants, the public would know nothing about the inner workings of La Cosa Nostra.” — Author Nicholas Parisi For decades, the Springfield Crew operated in the shadows of the powerful Genovese Crime Family. Bound by the Mafia’s code of silence, they ran ...

Multiple Amazon bestselling cozy mystery author and 2025 Global Book Awards Silver Medal winner for A Very Sticky Murder. When a holiday outing at Leiper’s Fork Distillery turns deadly, PI Hattie Leiper finds herself trading bourbon tastings for a chilling mystery steeped in secrets and sealed in Tennessee oak. The shock begins when Moose, her grumpy Chow Chow with impeccable instincts, digs up a buried satchel. Guided by Moose and feisty Yorkie, Mini Pearl, Hattie uncovers a long-forgotten barrel in the rickhouse—proof the missing employee never walked away. With her crime-magnet ...

Killing Hope A Southern Crime Thriller of murder, Aviation Secrets, and Government Conspiracy featuring Special Agent Dani York When a deadly storm hits rural Tennessee, a private plane is pulled from the depths of Tick Springs Lake. At first glance, it appears to be a tragic aviation accident but quickly turns into a chilling homicide investigation. TBI Special Agent Dani York, a decorated Marine turned homicide investigator, is assigned the case. The local sheriff is overwhelmed. The FAA wants answers. Politicians want it buried, and the media smells blood. As Dani digs deeper, she ...

Ax assault, kidnapping, brutal murder: how could these things happen in a small town? Although regional crimes hardly ever make it to the national circuit, they will always remain with the families and communities of the victims and a part of the area's history. After working with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division for twenty-four years, Rita Shuler has a passion for remembering the victims. From an unsolved case that has haunted her for thirty years to a cold case solved after fifteen years by advanced DNA technology, Shuler blends her own memories with extensive research.

A child is taken. A broken investigator is the only one who can find her. But the mountain may already have claimed her. When young Sharon Bishop vanishes from her home in the shadow of Kalanu Mountain, the entire county mobilizes to find her. The kidnapper is caught within hours. But there’s one problem. He swears he didn’t kill her. He says something else took her. Something ancient. Something the locals whisper about but never name. Still recovering from a brutal attack that left his memory fractured, investigator Tobias Atkins is pulled back into a case he may no longer be capable ...

Mardi Gras is loud, crowded—and the perfect place to kill. For years, the “Mardi Gras Murderer” has hunted New Orleans’ French Quarter, using masked parades and wild celebrations to vanish after every attack. The FBI is running out of time—and out of leads. Special Agent Briana Song is new to the case, but relentless. Partnered with veteran agent James Buckley—still haunted by the one time the killer slipped through his hands—Briana follows a trail of bodies and cryptic clues that feel less like evidence…and more like an invitation. Then the game turns personal. As carnival ...

Previously published as "Dirty South" by Darrell King. The game hasn’t changed, but the stakes just got a hell of a lot higher. In the sweat-soaked shadows of the Lowcountry, loyalty is a luxury no one can afford and the truth is buried deeper than a body in the marsh. For those surviving on the jagged edge of the streets, every move is a gamble and every breath is borrowed time. In this remastered edition of the underground classic, the world of the Dirty South is stripped down to its rawest form. From the high-tension maneuvers in the dark to the atmospheric weight of a city that never ...

In Charleston, South Carolina, eighteen-year-old Alicia Fenton is arrested for the murder of her stepfather. In exchange for information that has been buried for twenty years, attorney Joe Hennessy joins her defense team. Desperate to know the truth about the past, Hennessy battles to prove Alicia is innocent. Fighting against corrupt cops, outlaw motorcycle gangs, and ruthless prisoners, the evidence leads Hennessy into the dangers of the criminal underworld.

Waiting to enter a movie theater to see "Dr. No," the first James Bond movie, Simon sees a cute Black girl standing in a separate line that leads to the balcony, the "colored" section. A friend tells him, "You're in the South. Stick with your own kind.” Simon doesn't. It's the steamy summer of 1963. Simon Klein has moved with his family, Jews from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Pickettville, Alabama, where his father has taken a job at a nearby Army base. He is as mystified of the South as Southerners are of a Jew While gathering information for a story he is writing for his school paper, Simon ...

This is the first book-length survey of the Union's "hard war" against the people of the Confederacy. It chronicles the St. Louis massacre - the events leading to, and suffering caused by, the federal decree that forced 20,000 Missouri civilians into exile. Thoroughly researched from sources including letters, diaries, and newspaper accounts of the time, it also pays attention to the suffering of African-American victims of Federal brutality. The title serves to set the record straight, to show that the war on civilians was not justified or necessary to save the union.

Gloria Burtzlaff feared for her life one day back in April of 1991 when her abusive husband, Larry, drunk and violent, slapped her, hit her, and began pelting her with glasses. After he tried to drown her in a tub, she got the family shotgun and confronted him in his underwear. “Larry, I’m going to kill you,” she declared. Defense lawyers would later claim he lifted a glass as if to say, “Have at it, sister.” Have at It, Sister is a true-crime tale about Gloria, a South Dakota woman who shot her abusive husband and was put on trial in a precedent-setting case.

NEWLY EDITED AS OF 7/8/19!!!! An unstable beautiful woman is accused of murdering her wealthy husband. She claims she didn't do it. She is not to be trusted. Aidan Collins has his very first large case when his client, Marina Vasiliev, a drop-dead gorgeous mental patient, is accused of killing her wealthy husband. Marina insists that she didn't do it, but Aidan can't trust her. He knows Marina well, too well. After all, he met Marina in the mental hospital - he originally obtained her as a client when she was involuntarily committed, and he assisted her with getting out. Diagnosed with ...