True Crime Books For Sale - updated listing
Mr. Mike
All books in this list are subject to prior sale.
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Allen, Thomas B.: A Short Life.
Berkley, 1979, 1st. 312p. Fictionalized accounting of the Karen
Silkwood case (I think). $3.50
Biggs, Ronnie: His Own Story.
Sphere Books (UK), 1981, 1st. 238p. Brains behind the English Great
Train Robbery tells his story, including his escape to Australia and
Brazil. Photos. $5.00
Bok, Curtis: Star Wormwood.
Signet, 1966, 1st. 141p. Front and back covers worn. Judge looks at
trial of 17-year-old boy who murders 13-year-old girl. $3.50
Bortnick, Barry: Polly Klaas: The Murder of America's Child.
Pinnacle, 1995, 1st. 272p. Ex-con out on parole abducts and brutally
murders a 12-year-old California girl. Photos. $3.50
Cohen, Ellis A. with Shapiro, Milton J.: Dangerous Evidence.
Berkley, 1995, 1st. 361p. Woman activist proves black Marine accused
of murder is innocent. $4.50
Coffey, Joseph & Schmetterer, Jerry: The Coffey Files.
St. Martin's, 1991, 1st. 250p. Tough coup takes on the Mob, including
Gotti and Castellano, and wins. Photos. $3.50
Clarke, James W.: Last Rampage.
Berkley, 1990, 1st. 345p. Convicted murderer escapes from prison with
the help of his sons and a fellow convict, resulting in a spree of
murder which takes six lives. $3.50
Crockett, Art, ed.: Serial Murderers.
Pinnacle, 1990, 1st. 470p. Compilation drawn from the files of True
Detective Magazine, features Son of Sam, Lucas, Gacy, Bundy, de Salvo,
Hillside Stranglers and many more. Photos. $4.50
Davis, Don: The Milwaukee Murders.
St. Martin's, 1991, 1st. 290p. Rip on ad page near back. Jeffrey
Dahmer -- does not include his trial. Photos. $3.00
Deakin, James: A Grave for Bobby.
Berkley, 1991, 1st. 309p. A couple kidnap a young boy for ransom. He
is killed, they are executed, but many questions remain. Photos. $3.50
Dillman, John: Blood Warning: The True Story of the New Orleans
Slasher.
G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989, 1st. 255p. Hardcover, minor DJ wear. New
Orleans cop tracks down a brutal killer. $4.50
Eftimiades, Maria: Lethal Lolita.
St. Martin's, 1992, 4th. 281p. Photo section binding fragile. Amy
Fisher and Joey Buttafuoco. Photos. $3.50
Feiden, Doug: The 10,000,000 Dollar Getaway.
Jove, 1980, 1st. 296p. Writing on first page, signs of moisture on
first few pages. Six masked men rip off $10 million in loot at New
York's Kennedy International Airport in 1978. $3.50
France, Johnny and McConnell, Malcolm: Incident at Big Sky.
Pocket, 1987, 1st. 312p. Tenacious sheriff pursues two survivalists
who kidnap and shoot Olympic-class woman athlete. Photos. $3.50
Greysmith, Robert: Zodiac.
Berkley, 1987, 1st. 337p. Tear on cover where price sticker removed.
Classic book about sexual sadist who murdered six -- and maybe up to
50 -- people, and was never caught. Illustrations. $3.50
Harter, Karl: Winter of Frozen Dreams.
Pinnacle, 1992, 1st. 337p. Massage parlor prostitute murders one of
her customers with her boyfriend, then later murders the boyfriend!
Photos. $3.50
Hollands, Ernie with Brendel, Doug.: Prison Chains Broken.
Hebron Ministries, 1991, 1st. 160p. Compilation of stories of Canadian
prisoners -- religious angle. Photos. $2.50
Howard, Clark: Zebra.
Berkley, 1980, 1st. 395p. Black religious group's initiation includes
hacking to death 9 white men, 5 women or 4 children. $4.50
Joey: Hit #29.
Pocket Books, 1975, 2nd. 253p. Cover wear. The hour-by-hour account of
a Mafia killing. $2.50
Kashner, Sam & Schoenberger, Nancy: Hollywood Kryptonite.
St. Martin's, 1997, 1st. 298p. The suspicious events surrounding the
death of George Reeves, actor who played Superman. Photos. $3.50
Kerns, Phil with Wead, Doug: People's Temple, People's Tomb.
Logos International, 1979, 1st. 288p. Follower of Jim Jones becomes
disillusioned, attempts to bring indictments against the cult leader
for the murder of a friend. Religious angle. Illustrations. $3.00
Levi, Primo: Survival in Auschwitz.
Collier, 1961, 4th. 151p. Classic account of author Levi's survival in
the German death camp for 10 months. $2.50
Lewis, Norman: The Honoured Society.
Penguin, 1967, 1st. 236p. Minor back cover corner crease. Story of the
anarchy following the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943 when the Mafia
spread its grip in Sicily. Photos. $5.00
McDonald, R. Robin: Secrets Never Lie.
Avon, 1998, 1st. 531p. Woman is gruesomely murdered before she can
expose her lawyer/judge husband as a money launderer. Photos. $3.50
Mark, Samuel & Vanderveen, Joyce: Deadly Illusions: Jean Harlow and
the Murder of Paul Bern.
Dell, 1991, 1st. 317p. Hollywood producer and husband of Jean Harlow
is found dead -- this book reveals the bizarre truth behind the
murder. Photos. $4.50
Meins, Jan: Murder in Little Rock.
St. Martin's, 1990, 1st. 234p. Minor cover wear. Two men murder Little
Rock lawyer's wife … he is found innocent, but sheriff vows to put him
behind bars. Photos. $3.00
Mewshaw, Michael: Money to Burn.
Pinnacle, 1987, 1st. 485p. Minor spine wear. Yet another look at the
Benson family murders, where son blows up his mother and sister's
adopted son while his sister survives and testifies against him.
Photos. $3.50
Meyer, Peter: Death of Innocence.
Berkley, 1986, 12th. 327p. Back cover wear. Two young girls in Vermont
are raped, murdered and tortured ... by two young boys, 15 and 16
years old. $5.00
Michaud, Stephen G. & Aynesworth, Hugh: Wanted for Murder.
Signet, 1990, 1st. 239p. Compilation of 35 wanted killers, some of
whom are still at large! Signed by Stephen G. Michaud. Photos. $5.00
(multiple copies)
Nash, Jay Robert: Bloodletters & Badmen, Book 1.
Bantam, 1975, 5th. 415p. Green cover edition. First volume in classic
study concentrates primarily on the 19th century. $3.50
Nizer, Louis: The Jury Returns.
Pocket Books, 1968, 2nd. 504p. Spot of moisture on fore-edge.
Follow-up to celebrated lawyer's best-seller My Life in Court. $3.50
Noguchi, Thomas T. with DiMona, Joseph: Coroner.
Pocket Books, 1984, 1st. 253p. Famous L.A. coroner gives his take on
several celebrity deaths including Natalie Wood, Marilyn Monroe,
William Holden, John Belushi, etc. $3.50
Oke, Isaiah: Blood Secrets.
Berkley, 1991, 1st. 291p. High priest exposes shocking rituals of
ritual sacrifice in Africa. $5.00
Olsen, Jack: Have You Seen My Son?.
Charter, 1984, 1st. 285p. Some cover wear. Not true crime, novel about
the kidnapping of a young boy by woman's ex-husband and her efforts to
track him down. $3.50
Pettit, Mark: A Need to Kill.
Ivyr, 1990, 1st. 202p. Thirteen-year-old Nebraska paperboy is murdered
by scoutmaster and U.S. Airman John Joubert, who is obsessed with the
"need to kill." Photos. $5.00
Powers, Thomas: The Man Who Kept Secrets.
Pocket Books, 1981, 1st. 508p. Writing on first page. A history of the
CIA, which the organization tried to suppress. $3.50
Radish, Kris: Run, Bambi, Run.
Seal, 1992, 1st. 291p. Canadian reprint of U.S. hardcover edition (it
seems). Policewoman is accused of killing her husband's ex-wife,
escapes from jail and flees to Canada. $3.50
Ritter, Bruce: Sometimes God Has a Kid's Face.
Covenant House, 1988. 121p. Letters by "America's exploited street
kids," to Covenant House founder Father Bruce Ritter, who was later
accused of seducing young boys! $5.00
Rutter, Peter, M.D.: Sex in the Forbidden Zone.
Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., 1989, 1st. 240p. Hardcover, minor DJ wear,
binding at beginning shows signs of stress. Book analyzes the
phenomenon of men in power -- therapists, doctors, clergy, teachers
and others -- betraying women's trust. $4.50
St. Johns, Adela Rogers: Final Verdict.
Bantam, 1964, 1st. 560p. Cover wear. Daughter of famous criminal
lawyer recounts her father's most famous cases. $2.50
Slatzer, Robert F.: The Curious Death of Marilyn Monroe.
Pinnacle, 1975, 1st. 417p. Poor condition, first of 16 pages of photos
is missing, binding on photo section totally shot as is binding for
several pages before photos, all pages are present. $2.00
Smith, Carlton & Guillen, Tomas: The Search For The Green River
Killer.
Onyx, 1991, 1st. 479p. Comprehensive look at Washington State case
which remains unsolved to this day. Photos. $4.50
Smith, Cathy: Chasing the Dragon.
Seal, 1985, 1st. 154p. Cover wear. Groupie who was accused of
murdering John Belushi tells her story. Photos. $5.00
Stonehouse, John: My Trial.
Star (UK), 1976, 1st. 2320. Story of British Labour MP John
Stonehouse, who turned up in Australia on a passport bearing the name
of a deceased constituent. The former Postmaster General had gone
missing and then faked his own death by leaving some of his clothes on
a beach in Miami, Florida. When he emerged down under he claimed the
right to be allowed to stay in Australia "to establish a new life". He
was soon to do that behind bars after an investigation into a
Bangladesh bank of which he was chairman uncovered his own corruption.
$6.50
Taibbi, Mike & Sims-Phillips, Anna: Unholy Alliances: Working the
Tawana Brawley Story.
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989, 1st. Hardcover, felt pen mark on
bottom foreedge. Two reporters uncover the contradictory facts behind
the case of a young black woman allegedly abducted and raped by white
men. Photos. $4.50
Wells, Edmund: Terry Waite: Heroes of the Cross.
Marshall Pickering (UK), 1992, 1st. Representative of the Archbishop
of Canterbury visiting prisoners in the Middle East is himself held
hostage for five years -- religious angle. $3.00
Wilson, Colin: Written in Blood -- Detectives & Detection.
Warner, 1991, 1st. 303p. A chronicle of forensic solutions to numerous
crimes. $3.50
"Zeno": Life.
Stein and Day, 1968, 1st. 191p. Hardcover, some DJ wear. In "the
greatest prison book of our century," convicted murderer describes
everyday life in English jail. $5.00