Book Reviews
In-depth and engaging true crime book reviews and author interviews to help you discover new true crime nonfiction and real crime writers. What will you discover? If you're an author, agent, or publisher with a true crime book you would like me to review, head on over to my Request A Book Review Page for more information and contact details.
Details are Unprintable: Wayne Lonergan and the Sensational Café Society Murder
In captivating detail this book examines the brutal murder of Patricia Burton Lonergan in 1943 and the criminal trials of her estranged husband Wayne Lonergan.
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Operation Jacknap: A True Story of Kidnapping, Extortion, Ransom and Rescue
In 1974, Jack Teich was kidnapped at gunpoint outside his home in Long Island by a man calling himself ‘The Keeper’.
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United in Grief: The Murder of Stephanie Scott
In April 2015, Stephanie Scott went missing in Australia. The horrifying truth of what happened came in a confession from the individual responsible.
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Book Review: Reckless Speculation About Murder
Written by a serving homicide detective, the narrative is free-flowing and conversational, yet informative and factual.
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David Lazar by Robert Kalich: A Book of Truth Merged With Fiction
In a memoir with a fictionalized character representing himself, Robert Kalich presents a unique novel part imagination and part truth with more criminality, secrets and deception than you might think.
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An Interview with Dylan Howard: True Crime Books And The Epstein Scandal
Dylan Howard has kindly answered my questions about his true crime book series and upcoming sequel transforming what we think we know about the Epstein scandal.
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Psychiatric Killings In The UK: Blood, Voices and Missed Appointments
Author David Stokes takes a close look at UK cases of psychiatric killings in an honest examination of this topic both through case studies and as a wider social and political issue.
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New True Crime Book Series from Skyhorse Publishing
Diana: Case Closed and Aaron Hernandez's Killing Fields are the first two true crime books to be released under a new multi-book agreement with investigative journalist Dylan Howard.
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She’s So Cold: Murder, Accusations and the System That Devastated a Family
Stephanie Crowe was just 12-years-old when she was brutally murdered inside her own bedroom at her family home in Escondido, California. On the evening of 21 January 1998, Stephanie was stabbed multiple times before was discovered by her horrified family...
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Out of the Fire and Into the Pan: Sequel to The Blood on my Hands
Author Shannon O'Leary continues her personal story from an abusive childhood and a father who committed serial murder, through her adolescence and into an uncertain adulthood.
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The Unforgiven: The Untold Story of One Woman’s Search for Love and Justice
Authors Edith Brady-Lunny and Steve Vogel give an interview about their book, The Unforgiven, which reveals the complex story and aftermath of the Amanda Hamm case.
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The Lazarus Files, A Cold Case Investigation: Did LAPD Protect a Love-Sick Homicidal Cop?
In a packed true crime book, The Lazarus Files goes behind the scenes in the murder of Sherri Rasmussen, killed by LAPD cop Stephanie Lazarus, it was a shocking crime that went unsolved for decades.
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