New Crime

Crimes fueled by emotions. When it comes to the emotions, people can react in strange and unexpected ways. Whether it's a heart hurt by unrequited love, or a lover so passionate they'll stop at nothing to get their way - even the most mild-mannered soul can suddenly flip, becoming a vengeful spirit with dark intentions. From the ancient Greek myth of Jason and Medea to Shakespeare's Othello, themes dealing with deeply felt emotions have persisted. But unlike mythology or fiction, The Best New True Crime Stories contains stories from real life.

Growing up, Lisa Nikolidakis tried to make sense of her childhood, which was scarred by abuse, violence, and psychological terrors so extreme that her relationship with her father was cleaved beyond repair. Having finally been able to leave that relationship behind, surviving meant forgetting. For years, “I’m fine” was a lie Nikolidakis repeated. Then, on her twenty-seventh birthday, Nikolidakis’s father murdered his girlfriend and her daughter, and turned the gun on himself.

He was my friend. My lover. My ultimate undoing. I'm exiled. Banished from the concrete jungle I call home and forced to spend my summer on my uncle's farm. That's where I met my step-cousin, Tobias, a guy who takes the strong, silent type to the next level. We were told to stay away from each other. Bad influences, they said. But, as we'll soon discover, all we have is each other inside the brutal and dangerous world of the Midwest Alphas, an illegal fighting tournament that promises fame and glory for the victor. Tobias is the local favorite to win it all, but his competitors will stop at...

Wales is just coming out of Lockdown and accountant Frank Hill is looking forward to mixing business with pleasure in Pembrokeshire where his daughter Jane is working and learning at a riding centre run by a client in need of financial advice. He encounters once again the vain body-builders, Gary Edwards and his son Martin. The youngsters enjoy wild beach-parties, taking no account of social distancing. But it is not a virus that kills one of them. Is it a hate crime or part of something bigger? Frank needs the help of all his family as tries to prevent a miscarriage of justice and catch ...

Night shift at the motel during the summer was super boring…until a big, sexy, alpha gang of bikers rolled up and promised to make my night a lot more interesting. They want me to submit to their desires and try things I never even knew existed…and I find myself wanting it just as badly. I can be a very bad girl for one night, right?

When crime creeps into the drawing rooms of the elite, even Sherlock Holmes must tread carefully. In this new collection, Watson recounts cases where Holmes was drawn into the glittering — and treacherous — world of London’s high society. Behind every curtsey and champagne toast lies scandal, deception, and murder. From grand balls to fox hunts, country estates to gentlemen’s clubs, the great detective must navigate etiquette as deftly as evidence, with Watson as his ever-steady guide through a landscape of whispered threats and deadly secrets. A vanished viscount. A deadly ...

Sixteen-year-old Matt Wheeler never expected that moving to a sleepy lakeside town in Idaho would thrust him into a nightmare. Still grieving the death of his mother, Matt finds his life further upended when he starts seeing the ghost of Kelli Sullivan, a local girl who went missing weeks before his arrival. Kelli appears only to Matt at midnight hovering in the fog above the lake—trapped between this world and the next, desperate for the truth to surface. As Matt dives into the mystery of Kelli’s death, he forms an unlikely group of friends: Hal Murren, a tough, blue-collar kid with a ...

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Anatoly I’m a man set on revenge, even if it stains my soul black. I didn’t count on the sweet girl that got caught in the middle. She’s my new obsession. So beware. No one touches her ever again but me. This lovely Bratva princess is all mine now. Polina I’m no prize, I’m just a pawn. My father’s dirty money and filthy secrets are what I’m really valued for. If I get hurt along the way, there’s no one to care for or protect me. Except him. The fierce warrior unlike any man I ever knew. He’s caught me. And all I want is more of him. I’m willing to surrender everything. I...

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In January 1889, Louisa Collins, a 41-year-old mother of 10 children, became the first woman hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol and the last woman hanged in New South Wales. Both of Louisa's husbands had died suddenly and the Crown, convinced that Louisa poisoned them with arsenic, put her on trial an extraordinary four times in order to get a conviction, to the horror of many in the legal community. Louisa protested her innocence until the end.

Once upon a time, he fell for a girl he shouldn't have. He promised to protect her, but he failed. She's fallen into the hands of their enemies. They think they've won, but all they've done is awaken the killer within him. He promised to protect her... And he never breaks a promise. Endless Love is the seventh and final book in the Killer Love series.

Ashley McKenna is a blunt instrument. Find someone, scare someone, carry something; point him at the job, he gets it done. He generally accepts money upon completion, though a bottle of whiskey works, too - he's comfortable working on a barter system. It's not the career he dreamed about (archeologist) but it keeps him comfortable in his ever-changing East Village neighborhood.

’Tis normally the season to be jolly. But with someone trying to wreck the winter wonderland, can she dig up a suspect in a mistletoe mystery? Carter Cash can’t wait to experience her first small-town Christmas. And with the local billionaire suddenly announcing his engagement to a Hollywood celeb, there’ll be glitter aplenty atop the tree. But when the parade float warehouse is vandalized and the A-lister is blamed for a shocking theft, the eagle-eyed amateur sleuth fears the community is hiding a vengeful Grinch. As the attacks expand to include Claire's intimate wedding, she and ...

Undercover: Blood Debt is a relentless crime thriller that plunges Detective Carlo D’Scenzi into the dark underbelly of outlaw motorcycle gangs. Forced to assume a dangerous new identity, Carlo infiltrates the Tarantulas MC to dismantle a burgeoning methamphetamine operation. As he navigates a treacherous world of shifting alliances and brutal biker codes, every decision he makes blurs the line between justice and survival. When a violent shootout at a secluded meth lab exposes deep-seated betrayals and sets off a chain reaction of deadly consequences, Carlo finds himself caught between ...

Pirates and Emperors is a brilliant exploration of the role of the United States in the Middle East that exposes how the media manipulates public opinion about what constitutes "terrorism". Chomsky masterfully argues that appreciating the differences between state terror and nongovernmental terror is crucial to stopping terrorism and understanding why atrocities like the bombing of the World Trade Center and the killing of the Charlie Hebdo journalists happen.

Detective Georgiana Germaine is back on the trail of a cold-blooded killer, and once again, the case hits close to home. Twenty-year-old Olivia Spencer sits at her desk in her mother’s bookshop, dreaming about her upcoming wedding. The shop may be closed, but Olivia's not alone, and her dream is about to become her worst nightmare. Little Broken Things is the third book in the USA Today bestselling Georgiana Germaine mystery series. Grab your copy today and get swept up in a twisty tale of secrets and lies that will have you reading all night. Praise for Little Broken Things: "A ...

Will the contents of dozens of old trunks filled with century’s old and fragile dresses, antique books and journals, and an even older jeweled sword, provide the answers to any of Mae’s well-guarded secrets?Sisters of the Heart is the fifth book in the ongoing story of the Engstrom family in the Mae’s Second Chance series. In the small ghost town of Mae’s Second Chance, where centuries old secrets remain hidden and the surrounding hills continue to guard another woman’s treasures, Julie Engstrom brings her family in search of a place that can replace what they had to leave behind....

He escaped with his life. Now he’s on a mission to stop the deadliest attack in U.S. history. Jon Steadman is desperate for closure. After a campus bombing claims the love of his life, his relentless search for answers reveals a series of bizarre violent episodes involving other students. When copycat blasts escalate the tragic body count, Jon is certain he’s stumbled on a lethal conspiracy. Teaming up with his best friend, Jon pursues a theory connecting the genetic dots, only to find every path blocked by powerful people willing to kill to protect their secrets. As his hunt takes him ...

No one is who they seem Private Investigator Wyatt Thomas takes a seductive journey through the dark, glittering streets of New Orleans, where passion and danger collide. Wyatt is no stranger to the Crescent City’s secrets, but when a mysterious voodoo mambo draws him into the heart of the French Quarter’s underworld, he finds himself entangled in a web of deceit, lust, and murder. As the nights grow hotter, so do the stakes, and Wyatt must navigate the twisted desires of the city’s most dangerous inhabitants. But in the world of the Night People, no one is who they seem—and Wyatt ...