Seawater and Sawdust is a book about many things. Primarily it is the account of two pensioners building a wooden boat, but it is also a tale of life's many adventures. Tom and Lorraine Owen were no beginners at boat-building when they set out on this mammoth project in 2015, but with a combined age of more than 120 years they certainly exceeded all expectations with such an exceptional build.Instead of being a 'how-to' textbook, Seawater and Sawdust provides valu...

After his wife and children are killed in a traffic accident, Peter Allen Clarke vows revenge. Unable to unleash hell on the the person responsible, Clarke strikes back in a murderous rampage that paralyzes an entire city. With the police now in hot pursuit, Clarke mysteriously disappears, only to return to Los Angeles months later. There, he begins plotting his final revenge. Soon bodies turn up, leaving the police with no suspects or motive. Baffled, the police little realize that his ne...

Tillman explores the psychopathy of serial murderers. Abused early on, the killer shoots his maternal grandparents in cold blood. Later arrested and tried, hes found insane and committed to a mental institution. Deemed cured, the killers released and returns to his mothers house. There, he transfers his boiling rage at his mother to nave coeds who he strangles in a bizarre ritual. The killer looks normal, but just below the surface lurks a sexual sadist who shows no remorse or empathy for ...

Spreading death wherever he goes, a psychotic killer leaves body parts scattered across five states, changing modus operandi in a diabolical attempt to throw the police off his trail. In Texas, Detective Dave Alison believes the "Trash Bag Killer," now sitting on death row for those crimes, could be innocent. What follows is a dramatic twist in a five-year-old serial murder case that could seal the fate of the real killer. Can a police dragnet finally put an end to a "copycat" killer whose...

Just beneath the dark underbelly of a quiet Texas town, lurks a serial killer who sadistically preys on innocent victims. His debauchery and madness remain hidden behind the faade of normality. Five women have mysteriously disappeared, their bodies butchered and dumped down an abandoned oil well, a sixth savagely beaten, but alive. Detectives Rick Miller and Dave Alison leave no stone unturned in their quest to find out whos responsible. Meanwhile, death stalks more victims

After being released from death row, Jack Leon Purdy assumes a new identity and sets out to avenge the death of his wife and her two sons. What follows is a tangled web of interlocking, yet apparently random murders that baffle the police. With nothing more than a vague description of someone seen near a murder scene, Detective Mike Jigsaw Thompson and his partner set out to solve a murder mystery that rocks the very foundation of Chicago politics.

Detective Mike Bennett takes on a chilling man trying to play god as he threatens New York with a terrifying epidemic in this gripping novel from the world’s #1 bestselling author.A calculating killer who calls himself The Teacher is taking on New York City, killing the powerful and the arrogant. His message is clear: remember your manners or suffer the consequences! For some, it seems that the rich are finally getting what they deserve. For New York's elite, it is...

Detective Lt. Joe Kenda, star of Homicide Hunter, shares his deepest, darkest, and never before revealed case files from his 19 years as a homicide detective.Are you horrified yet fascinated by abhorrent murders? Do you crave to know the gory details of these crimes, and do you seek comfort in the solving of the most gruesome?In I Will Find You, the star of Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda shares his deepest, darkest, and never-before-revealed case f...

The "fast-paced" inside story of the manhunt for bloodsucking serial killer Richard Chase ( Publishers Weekly).Written by the case's lead homicide detective, this gripping true crime account details the killing spree of one of California's most gruesome murderers: Richard Chase, aka "the Vampire of Sacramento." In January 1978, Sacramento police found the corpse of Teresa Wallin, a loving wife and soon-to-be mother. Veteran detective Lt. Ray Biondi immediat...

The definitive study of John Wayne Gacy—from his abusive childhood to the murders of thirty-three boys—based on four years of investigative reporting.John Wayne Gacy, the "Killer Clown," was a suburban Chicago businessman sentenced to death in 1980 for a string of horrific murders after the bodies of his victims were found hidden in a crawl space beneath his Des Plaines, Illinois, home. The serial killer had preyed on teenagers and young men—at the same time entert...

The untold true crime story behind the notorious serial killer who preyed on women across the United States from the author of The Bundy Murders.Journey back in time to when Ted Bundy was killing young women and girls in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Within these pages, you'll find revealing stories from Bundy's friends as well as his friends of his victims—some being published for the very first time. Discover what it was like to know him while he was...

During Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Louis Cataldie remained in New Orleans in dangerous and often unbearable conditions to attend to the sick, the injured-and the dead. As chief coroner of Baton Rouge, tending to the dead is Cataldie's job. A little town with big-city problems, Baton Rouge means "Red Stick"-and lives up to its bloody name.Cataldie has faced unusual and disturbing cases, from tracking three serial killers on the loose simultaneously while working the scen...