True Crime Authors

Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time, selling over 60 million copies worldwide to date. Yet very few of its readers know that the subject of the novel was derived from a real-life case: the 1948 abduction of 11-year-old Sally Horner. Weaving together suspenseful crime narrative, cultural and social history, and literary investigation, The Real Lolita tells Sally Horner's full story for the very first time.

In Des Teufels Hand wird das Leben des Andreas Gabriel Klein beschrieben, der vom "Vorzeigekind" seines Geburtsorts zum Terroristen und vielfachen Mörder wird. Andreas Gabriel Klein engagiert sich im bewaffneten Kampf nicht nur in Indien, sondern auch in Deutschland, wird letztendlich verhaftet und verbringt etliche Jahre in deutschen Gefängnissen, nachdem er nicht politisch motivierte Überfälle verübte.

This is the true story of a murder that took place in Scotland in 1968. It attracted huge media attention at the time: The crowds of people waiting for seats at the trial were so large that the police were forced to erect crush barriers. No wonder - this case had a beautiful woman accused of murder, bizarre sex, money, and a very odd love rectangle. Strangely, this case has since been largely forgotten.