True Crime bestsellers

Rogues

True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

By: Patrick Radden Keefe
Narrated by: Patrick Radden Keefe
Length: 15 hours 28 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  1�7 From the award-winning author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing—and one of the most decorated journalists of our time—twelve enthralling true stories of skulduggery and intrigue

"An excellent collection of Keefe's detective work, and a fine introduction to his illuminating writing." —NPR

“Fast-paced...Keefe is a... Read more

Eden Undone

A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II

By: Abbott Kahler
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

“One of those fascinating stories that you almost can't believe it's true - so strange and novelistic, this book is a fast-paced and unexpected thrill ride for fans of Erik Larsen, or The Art Thief Read more

American Kingpin

The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road

By: Nick Bilton
Narrated by: Will Damron
Length: 12 hours 13 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. The unbelievable true story of the man who built a billion-dollar online drug empire from his bedroom—and almost got away with it
 
In 2011, a twenty-six-year-old libertarian programmer named Ross Ulbricht launched the ultimate free market: the Silk Road, a clandestine Web site hosted on the Dark Web where anyone... Read more

The Trading Game

A Confession

By: Gary Stevenson
Narrated by: Gary Stevenson
Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin.

In this bestselling audiobook read by the author, Gary Stevenson relives his time on the trading floor with raw honesty, gritty humour and true conviction.

An outrageous, white-knuckle journey to the dark heart of an intoxicating world - from someone who survived the trading game and then blew it all wide open

Ever since... Read more

Opus

The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church

By: Gareth Gore
Narrated by: Gareth Gore
Length: 13 hours 55 minutes

A thrilling exposé recounting how members of Opus Dei—a secretive, ultra-conservative Catholic sect—pushed its radical agenda within the Church and around the globe, using billions of dollars siphoned from one of the world’s largest banks.

For over half a century, Banco Popular was one of the most profitable banks in the world—until one day, in... Read more

A Stolen Life

A Memoir

By: Jaycee Dugard
Narrated by: Jaycee Dugard
Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller—Jaycee Dugard’s raw and powerful memoir, her own story of being kidnapped in 1991 and held captive for more than eighteen years.

In the summer of June of 1991, I was a normal kid. I did normal things. I had friends and a mother that loved me. I was just like you. Until the day my life was stolen.

For... Read more

American Predator

The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

By: Maureen Callahan
Narrated by: Amy Landon
Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

An Amazon “Best Book of 2019 1�7br>A Washington Post  1�7 Books To Read in July 1�7br> A Los Angeles Times “Seven Highly Anticipated Books for Summer Reading 1�7br> A USA Today  1�7 of the Season’s Hottest New Books 1�7br> A New York Post  1�7 Best Beach Reads of 2019 You Need to Pre-Order Now 1�7/b>
A Bustle “The Best New True Crime Books You... Read more

“Thought-provoking true-crime thriller…the book raises urgent questions of balancing public and private good that we’ll likely be dealing with as long as the title implies.”�1�7�1�7b>Wall Street Journal

A relentless detective and a civilian genealogist solve a haunting cold case—and launch a crime-fighting revolution that tests the fragile line between... Read more

I Got a Monster

The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad

By: Baynard Woods & Brandon Soderberg
Narrated by: Ryan Vincent Anderson
Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

The explosive true story of America's most corrupt police unit, the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), which terrorized the city of Baltimore for half a decade.

When Baltimore police sergeant Wayne Jenkins said he had a monster, he meant he had found a big-time drug dealer—one that he wanted to rob. This is the story of Jenkins and the Gun Trace Task... Read more

Broken Faith

Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults

By: Mitch Weiss & Holbrook Mohr
Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny
Length: 12 hours 18 minutes

“I can’t imagine a more important book.”�1�7�Jeff Guinn, New York Times bestselling author

An explosive investigation into Word of Faith Fellowship, a secretive evangelical cult whose charismatic female leader is a master of manipulation

In 1979, a fiery preacher named Jane Whaley attracted a small group of followers with a promise that she could turn... Read more

Four Shots in the Night

A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland

By: Henry Hemming
Narrated by: Jamie Parker & Henry Hemming
Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Four Shots in the Night is the story of a political murder: the killing of an IRA member turned British informant. 

The search for justice for this one man's death—his body found in broad daylight, with tape over his eyes, an undisguised hit—would deliver more than the truth. It exposed his status as an informant and led to protests, campaigns,... Read more

American Kleptocracy

How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History

By: Casey Michel
Narrated by: Joe Dwyer
Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

A remarkable debut by one of America's premier young reporters on financial corruption, Casey Michel's American Kleptocracy offers an explosive investigation into how the United States of America built the largest illicit offshore finance system the world has ever known.

"An indefatigable young American journalist who has virtually cornered the... Read more

Bitter Harvest

By: Ann Rule
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 16 hours 12 minutes

True crime icon Ann Rule presents a “must-read 1�7 (People) New York Times bestseller—and inspiration behind the Lifetime movie A House on Fire—following a woman whose apparent perfect life hides a harrowing and deadly madness.

Debora Green, a doctor and mother in a picturesque and exclusive Kansas town, seems to have the perfect life with her own... Read more

My Story

By: Elizabeth Smart & Chris Stewart
Narrated by: Elizabeth Smart
Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

The harrowing true story of abduction and survival from the courageous young woman who lived it—now the subject of a Lifetime original movie, I Am Elizabeth Smart.

In this memoir, Elizabeth Smart reveals how she survived and the secret to forging a new life in the wake of a brutal crime. On June 5, 2002, fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart, the... Read more

Blood Gun Money

How America Arms Gangs and Cartels

By: Ioan Grillo
Narrated by: Shawn Compton
Length: 12 hours 33 minutes

Bloomsbury presents Blood Gun Money by Ioan Grillo, read by Shawn Compton.

“An eye-opening and riveting account of how guns make it into the black market and into the hands of criminals and drug lords. 1�7 –Adam Winkler

From the author of El Narco and winner of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize, a searing investigation into the enormous black market for... Read more

American Fire

Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land

By: Monica Hesse
Narrated by: Tanya Eby
Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Shocked by a five-month arson spree that left rural Virginia reeling, Washington Post reporter Monica Hesse drove down to Accomack County to cover the trial of Charlie Smith, who pled guilty to sixty-seven counts of arson. But Charlie wasn't lighting fires alone: he had an accomplice, his girlfriend Tonya Bundick. Through her depiction of the... Read more

Pretty Little Killers

The Truth Behind the Savage Murder of Skylar Neese

By: Daleen Berry & Geoffrey C. Fuller
Narrated by: Pam Ward
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

After killer Shelia Eddy pled guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison and Rachel Shoaf was sentenced to thirty years for second-degree murder, family, friends, investigators, and other key sources reveal the facts you would have learned if the case had gone to trial. Including specific details drawn from Rachel's... Read more

Memorial Drive

A Daughter's Memoir

By: Natasha Trethewey
Narrated by: Natasha Trethewey
Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

“This is one of those "I'm changed forever" books and having the author, poet Natasha Trethewey read it makes it reverberate in the soul even more. The writing of this memoir is exquisite and the construction of the prose is perfect. The heartbreak and honesty of the author will stay with me. I can't wait to hear back from those I've recommended... Read more

The Other Dr. Gilmer

Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice

By: Benjamin Gilmer
Narrated by: Benjamin Gilmer
Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

“Fear, bewilderment, disbelief, appall, outrage, despair - I experienced all of these emotions and more as I followed Dr. Gilmer on his quest to understand how his predecessor at the Appalachian health clinic came to be a convicted murderer. What Benjamin Gilmer did not expect was to expose the abysmal, and arguably criminal, failings of the... Read more

We Keep the Dead Close

A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence

By: Becky Cooper
Narrated by: Becky Cooper
Length: 15 hours 46 minutes

“As much a journey for the writer as it is for the reader, this book solves a murder but leaves us with many unanswered questions. We Keep the Dead Close challenges us to question our assumptions as well as the paths we use to arrive at those assumptions. Delving into the academic culture of Harvard, the misogyny of the 1960s, and the burgeoning... Read more

The Feather Thief

Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

By: Kirk Wallace Johnson
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

“The Feather Thief is true crime at its best  1�7 a tale starting with the Amazonian explorations of Darwin-era naturalists, rooted in the eccentric sensibilities of Victorian collectors, fueled by the obscure cult of fly-fishing tying, and culminating with a shocking 2009 British Museum heist by a shy American flautist. All of these elements are... Read more

Furious Hours

Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

By: Casey Cep
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

“In Cold Blood and To Kill a Mockingbird kept me up reading all night as a teen, and I can now add Furious Hours to the list of couldn’t-put-it-down tomes. I was enthralled, educated, and awestruck by Casey Cep’s well-researched and masterfully written true-crime account of a rural minister, his lawyer, and his killer. Thankfully, Cep discovered... Read more

The Devil Behind the Badge

The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer

By: Rick Jervis
Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

The shocking true-crime story of a U.S. Border Patrol agent turned serial killer, the four sex workers whom he mercilessly killed, and the upended border town of Laredo where his heinous crimes occurred.Twelve days is all it took.Melissa Ramirez, Claudine Anne Luera, Guiselda Hernandez, and Janelle Ortiz were four marginalized women striving to... Read more

The Adventurer's Son

A Memoir

By: Roman Dial
Narrated by: Fred Sanders
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

“When Dial's son Cody tells him that he was solo hiking into the Costa Rican wilderness, he trusted that his son would safely return. But everything is thrown into question as Cody’s disappearance becomes embroiled in the muddy politics of Costa Rica. A memoir that often reads like a thriller, The Adventurer's Son is a testimonial to his son’s... Read more

Chaos

Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

By: Tom O'Neill
Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
Length: 16 hours 15 minutes

A journalist's twenty-year fascination with the Manson murders leads to shocking new revelations about the FBI's involvement in this riveting reassessment of an infamous case in American history.
Over two grim nights in Los Angeles, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people, including the actress Sharon Tate, then eight months... Read more

There Is No Ethan

How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

By: Anna Akbari
Narrated by: Anna Akbari & Justin Price
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

“These women were in their 30s and seeking a serious relationship with an interesting and intelligent man, and they each fell for Ethan; hard. They may have recognized red flags, but either consciously or unconsciously, chose to continue their relationships with him. The twisted, manipulative exploitation of these women is infuriating, but it’s... Read more

Never Saw Me Coming

How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

By: Tanya Smith
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 12 hours 30 minutes

A riveting true story of an unsuspecting woman who creates an ingeniously clever white-collar scheme that manipulates the Federal banking system out of millions—who eventually loses everything that is most important to her. In Never Saw Me Coming, Tanya Smith shares her deeply personal and remarkable story of how she went from a precocious young... Read more