True Mystery

On January 15, 1947, the tortured body of a beautiful young woman was found in a vacant lot in Hollywood. Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia, a young Hollywood hopeful, had been brutally murdered. Her murder sparked one of the greatest manhunts in California history.

Adrian Hell is an assassin with a legendary reputation. When he’s hired to take out a corrupt businessman, he quickly realizes that the job isn’t as straightforward as it first appears. The more Adrian learns about his target, the more he becomes one himself. Caught in the middle of two powerful enemies, Adrian must use every tool in his deadly arsenal to survive.

In perhaps his most important literary feat, Norman Mailer fashions an unprecedented portrait of one of the great villains - and enigmas - in United States history. Here is Lee Harvey Oswald - his family background, troubled marriage, controversial journey to Russia, and return to an "America [waiting] for him like an angry relative whose eyes glare in the heat."

Step into the haunting world of one of America's most perplexing and tragic unsolved mysteries—the murder of six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey. In this meticulously researched account, Junior Beauty Queen delves deep into the life of the young beauty pageant star and the events leading up to her untimely death in Boulder, Colorado, on December 26, 1996. Through a blend of investigative journalism, psychological analysis, and a critical examination of the media's role, this book offers readers an in-depth look at the complexities surrounding the case. Explore the various theories that have ...

On a cold January morning, the killer executed Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse in broad daylight. Eight shots fired a block from the Kaufman County Courthouse. Two months later, a massacre. The day before Easter, the couple slept. Bunnies, eggs, a flower centerpiece gracing the table. Death rang their doorbell and filled the air with the rat-a-tat-tat of an assault weapon discharging round after round into their bodies. Eric Williams and his wife, Kim, celebrated the murders with grilled steaks. Williams planned to exact revenge on all those who had wronged him.

Jane Blake: True Sinner is the first novel of the Jane Blake series. It is a fast-paced mystery with lots of twists and turns. Jane, a witty, beautiful con artist, has managed to solve some tough criminal cases while working as a thief in Los Angeles. Her dark history has made her deceitful and cunning. She doesn’t trust anyone and has always worked alone. But this changes when she meets Ryan Gray - a hacker who works as a homicide detective. He is impressed with her abilities and makes her join his agenda even though she doesn't want to. As she settles into her new life, Jane decides ...

Meeting the in-laws is a daunting task even for those who are outgoing and socially capable. Since I’m neither, the prospect of meeting Slash’s parents has me scared to death. Somehow, he convinced me it would be easier meeting my in-laws for the first time at his brother’s wedding during Christmas in Italy instead of at our own church wedding in the spring. He also suggested bringing my parents along to meet them, too. That way it would reduce the chance of any unnecessary drama at our nuptials. Sounds reasonable, right? Wrong.

For ages, people have been interested in the supernatural. Investigators and science researchers have written many books on the subject. The reality of the supernatural explains phenomena in a new light. Ghost sightings, poltergeists, angels, demons, the old hag syndrome and life after death are just some of the true personal accounts in these pages. Scientific research along with two thousand year old bible references mentioned to support some of these occurrences. For believers and skeptics!

Did Lizzie Borden murder her own father and stepmother? Was Jack the Ripper actually the Duke of Clarence? Who killed JonBenet Ramsey? America's foremost expert on criminal profiling and 25-year FBI veteran John Douglas, along with author and filmmaker Mark Olshaker, explores those tantalizing questions and more in this mesmerizing work of detection. With uniquely gripping analysis, the authors reexamine and reinterpret the accepted facts, evidence, and victimology of the most notorious murder cases in the history of crime.

In 1955, small-town girls flock to Minneapolis for work, love, and adventure. But Teresa Hickman, from Dollar, North Dakota, is a special case. Beguiling. Promiscuous. And, on a chilly April morning, dead along an abandoned trolley track in a Southside neighborhood. Teresa Hickman was three months pregnant when she was strangled. Was the unborn child's father also her killer? Could the killer have been - among the many men drawn to her like flies to honey - Dr. H. David Rose, a middle-aged dentist who admits he was with her the night she died?

Elodie Fray wants to be more like her perfect sister, Ada, the one her parents are actually proud of. When she decided to quit her job and pursue her dream of becoming an author, she thought it would be her time to shine, but a year on nothing has happened. And she's getting desperate. When Elodie makes one small mistake on a drunken night with a friend, things quickly spiral and suddenly everyone believes she has a book deal. Unable to find a way back from her little lie, her perfect dream becomes a perfect nightmare - and desperate times call for desperate measures.

Based on a True Story. Imposter Nurse is riveting story of a woman named Angie. After moving with her family and getting settled into a quiet, little New England town, Angie feels the desire to go back to work. Her search concludes at the Main Street Nursing Home where she gets hired to work the evening shift. She soon meets fellow nurse Lorraine, and, right from the start, everything she encounters with this caretaker just doesn't seem right. Before long, Angie is at odds with Lorraine and from there the story takes on several twists and surprises. This is the second book from author ...

Unearth the chilling truth behind a small town's secrets as a mother battles against time to save her abducted son. In the chilling aftermath of seven-year-old Derek's inexplicable disappearance, a distraught yet fiercely determined mother, Katie, refuses to stand by idly. Fueled by an unyielding love and aided by her resilient best friend Sophia, she delves into a harrowing race against the clock, plunging into a whirlpool of town secrets and personal demons that threaten to engulf her. As a looming winter storm threatens and the kidnapper skillfully covers their tracks, time is fast ...

When Carl Coulton is finally released from prison his kindly probation officer suggests cycling as a form of therapy. Carl needs to let off steam, and how better to do it than by pounding the pedals on the leafy Lancashire lanes close to his home? Therapy it proves to be, but of a kind that no-one but Carl could have imagined. In a story which will cause motorists to give those dratted bikes a wider berth and allow harassed cyclists to live out their wildest fantasies, we follow Carl’s progress from rehabilitated ex-con to the most perilous man on two wheels in living memory. With ...

Troy was a man trapped in a wolf’s body for three decades, until a nap changed his life forever. Now that he’s a wolf trapped in a man’s body, he’s not going back. Food? Good. Partying? Better. Women? Best. With one brother missing, one brother overwhelmed by parenting twin angels, and only distracted Mac to keep him straight, Troy is fulfilling his every desire, never sleeping, rarely working, refusing to reel it in. Until he sees her

Unleashing his vengeance coast to coast, Bolan is waging a very personal war on organized crime. Now, with a cadre of Cuban revolutionaries on his side, it's time for a hurricane called the Executioner to blindside Miami. Bolan had planned to fight his way across the country, taking out branches of the syndicate one by one. Then comes a break Bolan never dreamed of: All of his enemies have assembled in the Sunshine State to finalize the elimination of the Executioner.

When Darkness Falls: Terrifying True Stories: Volume 4 continues the journey into the abyss, presenting a curated selection of encounters that challenge the boundaries of the known. The stories range from a tales of terror encountering a wendigo and Sasquatch to even evil clowns. Through and through you'll read the darkest paranormal tales available.

Why would ‘Constance’ travel between the exotic ‘powerhouse’ of the ancient Assyrian and Roman Empires, only to finally journey to the wild, inhospitable and barbaric lands of Northumberland? This is a story based on Geoffrey Chaucer’s Man of Law’s Tale from The Canterbury Tales and tells of the travels of ‘Constance’. The question is, what secret was Chaucer trying to tell in this unlikely journey and where ‘Constance’, suggested as being one of the most recognised of biblical artefacts, continues to be hidden to this day. The book also reveals that to conceal this and ...

"Perfect Peril" unfolds in the enchanting landscape of rural Wales, where Hettie’s world comes crashing down when a mysterious late-night call jolts her from a whisky-fueled haze. Once a brilliant private investigator, Hettie is now drowning in her grief and guilt, haunted by a past that includes a terrible, deadly mistake. A desperate plea to give tarot card readings at a pagan festival interrupts Hettie's reclusive spiral. Reluctantly, Hettie agrees, driven by a promise of much-needed cash and the faint hope that reconnecting with her psychic roots might bring her some clarity—and ...

There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and under no clear international authority, these immense regions of treacherous water play host to rampant criminality and exploitation.