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We Own This City

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Hell’s Half Acre

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A devastating true crime investigation into the heart of one the 19th Century’s most brutal crimes.

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Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World’s Greatest Art Forger

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The world’s most renowned art forger reveals the secrets behind his decades of painting like the Masters - exposing an art world that is far more corrupt than we ever…

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Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York

Elon Green

The Townhouse Bar, midtown, July 1992: The piano player seems to know every song ever written, the crowd belts out the lyrics to their favorites, and a man standing nearby…

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Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

Mary Roach

One of Bookpage’s Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of 2021 Join America’s funniest science writer (Peter Carlson, Washington Post), Mary Roach, on an irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife…

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The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures

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Who killed the inventor of the motion picture camera - and why?

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Mafioso

Colin McLaren

The Mafia remains a subject of fascination around the world, depicted in books, films and TV series. But in his role as an undercover drug squad cop, Colin McLaren (bestselling…

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An Uncommon Hangman

Rachel Franks

This is the story of Robert Rice Howard (1832-1906), the man known as Nosey Bob. It is also an important chapter in the story of the changing attitudes towards capital…

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CSI Told You Lies

Meshel Laurie

Meshel Laurie, host of the incredibly successful Australian True Crime podcast speaks to the forensic pathologists, homicide detectives, defence barristers and victims’ families in this moving and gripping study of…

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House of Gucci

Sara Gay Forden

The sensational true story of murder, madness, glamour, and greed that shook the Gucci dynasty, now fully updated with a new afterword.

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Electric Blue

Paul Verhoeven

The riveting, darkly funny stand-alone sequel to Loose Units.

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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

Winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2019. A gripping story forensically reported, Say Nothing explores the extremes people will go to for an ideal, and the way societies…

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The Winter Road: A Killing at Croppa Creek

Kate Holden

An epic true story of greed, power and a desire for legacy from an acclaimed Australian storyteller.

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The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire

Chloe Hooper

A powerful real-life thriller written with Hooper’s trademark lyric detail and nuance, The Arsonist is a reminder that in an age of fire, all of us are gatekeepers.

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I’ll Be Gone in the Dark

Michelle McNamara

A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer - the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorised California for over a decade - from Michelle McNamara, the gifted…

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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold

The victims of Jack the Ripper finally get their full stories told.

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Jane: A Murder

Maggie Nelson

Tells the story of the life and death of Maggie Nelson’s aunt Jane, who was murdered in 1969, via a collage of poetry and prose.

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The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial

Maggie Nelson

In 1969, Jane Mixer, a first-year law student at the University of Michigan, posted a note on a student noticeboard to share a lift back to her hometown of Muskegon…

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The Stranger Beside Me

Ann Rule

The international true crime classic More than 2 million copies sold in the English language alone

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Catch and Kill

Ronan Farrow

In a dramatic account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow exposes serial abusers and a cabal of powerful interests hell-bent on covering up the truth, at…

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Operation Jungle

John Shobbrook

A gripping blend of memoir, true crime and corruption in the tropics.

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Bad Blood

John Carreyrou

The shocking true story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a gripping cautionary tale set amid the bold promises and gold-rush frenzy of Silicon Valley.

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

John Berendt

John Berendt’s sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of nonfiction. Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account…

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The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island

Chloe Hooper

The story of Palm Island, the tropical paradise where one morning Cameron Doomadgee swore at a policeman and forty minutes later lay dead in a watch-house cell. It is the…

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Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets

David Simon

The bestselling true crime classic from the creator of The Wire

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Joe Cinque’s Consolation

Helen Garner

In October 1997, a clever young student at the ANU murdered her boyfriend. She and her best friend were later charged with murder. Garner followed the trial in the ACT…

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The Outlaw Ocean

Ian Urbina

The Outlaw Ocean is a riveting, adrenalin-fuelled tour of a vast, lawless and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen: the high seas. The oceans are some of the…

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She Said

Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey

On 5 October 2017, the New York Times published an article by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey that helped change the world.

Hollywood was talking as never before. Kantor and…

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In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood is both a masterpiece of journalism and a powerful crime thriller.

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The Messiah’s Bride

Megan Norris

Eleven-year-old Stefanie Hinrichs came to Australia looking for paradise -and found herself trapped in the marriage from Hell.

In 1994, Stefanie Hinrichs dreamed of owning a horse, leaving school and…

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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry

The shocking true story of the Manson murders, revealed in this harrowing, often terrifying book.

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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

The story of the Sackler dynasty, their company Purdue Pharma, its bestselling drug OxyContin, their immensely generous philanthropy and their involvement in the opioid crisis.

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Recommended true crime

We Own This City

Hell’s Half Acre

Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World’s Greatest Art Forger

Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures

Mafioso

An Uncommon Hangman

CSI Told You Lies

House of Gucci

Electric Blue

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

The Winter Road: A Killing at Croppa Creek

The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Jane: A Murder

The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial

The Stranger Beside Me

Catch and Kill

Operation Jungle

Bad Blood

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island

Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets

Joe Cinque’s Consolation

The Outlaw Ocean

She Said

In Cold Blood

The Messiah’s Bride

Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty