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Victim. murderer. Serial killer. What next? The third darkly comic thriller in the highly addictive Sweetpea series featuring serial killer Rhiannon Lewis. Can a serial killer ever lose their taste for murder? Since confessing to her bloody murder spree, Rhiannon Lewis, the now-notorious Sweetpea killer, has been feeling out-of-sorts.Having fled the UK on a cruise ship to start her new life, Rhiannon should be feeling happy. But it’s hard to turn over a new leaf when she’s stuck in an oversized floating tin can with the Gammonati and screaming kids. 

Were the war crimes trials held by the Allies in Europe and the Far East after the Second World War fair and just? We look at the trials: the law, the charges and the evidence. Be prepared to be surprised.

In this meticulously researched classic of the JFK conspiracy genre that Library Journal calls "sensational", Mark North argues convincingly that President John F. Kennedy died as the result of a plot masterminded by Louisiana Mafia chieftain Carlos Marcello - and, more importantly, that FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover learned early on about the plan but did nothing to stop it. Hoover warned no one - not the Dallas police, not the Secret Service. His motives, North suggests, stemmed from a fervent hatred of Kennedy and fear that the President would eventually fire him.

To this day, the LAPD, Los Angeles District Attorney’s office, mainstream media, and much of the world at large remain firmly convinced that O. J. Simpson literally got away with murder. According to private investigator William Dear, it is precisely this assuredness that has led both the police and public to overlook a far more likely suspect. Dear now compiles more than 16 years of investigation by his team of forensic experts and presents evidence that O. J. was not the killer.

The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The Run of His Life is a prodigious feat of reporting that could have been written only by the foremost legal journalist of our time. First published less than a year after the infamous verdict, Jeffrey Toobin's nonfiction masterpiece tells the whole story, from the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman to the ruthless gamesmanship behind the scenes of "the trial of the century".

Once Donald Trump’s fiercest surrogate, closest confidant, and staunchest defender, Michael Cohen knows where the skeletons are buried. This is the most devastating business and political horror story of the century. As Trump’s lawyer and “fixer”, Cohen not only witnessed firsthand but was also an active participant in the inner workings of Trump’s business empire, political campaign, and presidential administration.

Control Studies is a true crime podcast that goes beyond the case — analytical deep dives into the predatory psychology and operational failures of real killers across history and around the world. How they got caught. What broke their methodology. What the serial killer mindset looks like when it's functioning at its most disciplined — and where it fails.Each episode is a behavioral analysis of a real case. No sensationalism. No horror. Just the killer methodology, the failure, and the forensic psychology behind it.For true crime listeners who want to understand how killers think at the ...

The architect of O.J. Simpson's Dream Team tells the inside story of the Simpson murder trial from the beginning. In this book, the man who created the defense strategy answers the questions of fact, law, and ethics that were fired at him before and after the jury's verdict. With candor, wit, and compassion, Shapiro brings to light the details of The Trial of the Century, giving us revealing glimpses of O.J. Simpson, Johnnie Cochran, Marcia Clark, Chris Darden, Judge Lance Ito, Barry Scheck, F. Lee Bailey, Alan Dershowitz, and many others.

Wicked Gay is a true-crime podcast about gay people doing awful things.

Vincent Bugliosi, who successfully prosecuted Charles Manson, examines the failed attempt to convict O.J. Simpson of murder. What went wrong in the O.J. Simpson double-murder trial, which was deemed the trial of the 20th century? Former prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, who was well-acquainted with...

NFL star O.J. Simpson has probably been more famous for his antics off the field than on the field. He was acquitted of the murder of his wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend, Ron Goldman. But the football star was sentenced to 33 years imprisonment for a number of felonies, including kidnapping and armed robbery in 2008. Currently, he is serving his 33-year sentence, which allows him to be paroled only after nine years, in Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada. But what happened? What made him kill his wife? If he really did kill her, how come he was acquitted?

Even after so many years, the Zodiac Killer has never been identified. Even after so many years, theories about who he may be are being published and reported by the media. Even after so many years, movies and books are being written about this intriguing killer. But who is he? No one really knows who he was, why he killed, and why and how the killings stopped. Some people think he may have died and this is why the killings stopped. Others believed that he probably got caught for another crime.

Spymaster, defector, double agent....Here is the remarkable true story of the man who ran Russia's post-cold-war spy program in America. The revelations are stunning. Many spies have told their stories. None has the astonishing immediacy, relevance, and cautionary warnings of Comrade J.

Missing people are far more common than you might think. Every year, around the world, hundreds of thousands of people vanish into thin air. Usually, they have simply been involved in a freak accident that has led to their death. Sometimes, they vanish on purpose and don't wish to be found. On very rare occasions, there is violence at play and the person has been deliberately removed from the public or even killed. In this audiobook, we will be examining the various circumstances in which people happen to vanish.

Room 1203 is the true story of the convoluted and bizarre events surrounding a violent armed robbery of a sports memorabilia collector in a Vegas hotel. On that night, Simpson put an exclamation mark on his spectacular fall from the height of Hollywood's glamour and glitz to a shadowy world of scams and schemers in Sin City. Written by the lead detective assigned to the case, the audiobook provides details, insights, and facts not previously reported.

She told him he was intelligent—and he believed her. What he didn’t know was that his entire life had been carefully controlled. This powerful Australian true story exposes the devastating reality of coercive psychological control hidden behind family love. Behind closed doors, Devin was praised yet denied autonomy. Protected, yet deliberately kept dependent. He was encouraged to believe he was intelligent while never being taught how to read, write, or function independently not to empower him, but in ways that kept him unaware of the deeper deception shaping his life.

Moral Compass: Sins of the Father is the gripping memoir of Dr. Carmine Romano, the eldest son of an Italian immigrant entangled in the Pittsburgh Mafia. Raised under the shadow of crime and control, Romano confronts a legacy steeped in violence and secrecy—yet ultimately forges a different path. Told with raw honesty and emotional depth, this powerful story challenges listeners to examine how much of our destiny is shaped by our upbringing—and how much is defined by the choices we make.

Previously published as Uncommon Youth, Charles Fox's Kidnapped examines the glamorous life, gilded family, and tragic times of J. Paul Getty III, whose kidnapping made headlines in 1973. J. Paul ("Little Paul") Getty III, the grandson of Getty Oil founder J. Paul Getty, may have been cursed by...

No Return: The Lost Children of Mexico’s Highways by Samantha J. Garcia is an investigative nonfiction account of the disappearance of more than two hundred children along Mexico’s major highway routes. Through research, field reporting, and testimony from families and experts, the audiobook exposes how corruption, organized crime, and weak institutions allow these vanishings to occur.

Chris Collins rose to the highest levels of business and politics—only to face a fall from grace that nearly destroyed him. As a successful entrepreneur and the first member of Congress to endorse Donald J. Trump for President, Collins was a power player at the peak of American influence. You could often find him in the halls of Congress, in Presidential meetings in the Roosevelt room, aboard Air Force One, or inside the Oval Office.