{"product_id":"secondhand-crime-fiction-thriller-bargain-book-box-sp2878","title":"Secondhand Crime Fiction \u0026 Thriller Bargain Book Box SP2878","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand True Crime Bargain Book Box SP2878\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEighteen true crime titles spanning serial killers, infamous British and American cases, and forensic studies — from Robert Graysmith's Zodiac investigation to Harold Schechter's history of America's first serial killer. A thorough cross-section of the genre's essential texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\" class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eA Rage to Kill and Other True Cases — Ann Rule — One of Rule's later case collections, gathering stories of murders without apparent motive and the investigations that finally unravelled them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSignature Killers — Robert D. Keppel Ph.D. with William J. Birnes — The former Washington detective who worked the Bundy case examines signature behaviours — the personal touches that reveal psychology and link crimes across jurisdictions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eZodiac — Robert Graysmith — The definitive account of San Francisco's Zodiac Killer, who taunted police with coded letters through the late 1960s and early 70s — Graysmith's obsessive investigation fills every page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eTrail of Havoc: In the Steps of Lord Lucan — Patrick Marnham — A journalist follows the trail of Lord Lucan, who vanished after the 1974 murder of his children's nanny and was never found — one of the great British whodunnits.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eJourney into Darkness — John Douglas and Mark Olshaker — The FBI's premier profiler goes further into the minds of the most terrifying serial criminals, following Mindhunter with even more disturbing case studies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eGreen River, Running Red — Ann Rule — Rule's comprehensive account of Gary Ridgway — years of research compressed into a definitive portrait of America's most prolific serial murderer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMurderous Innocents — Frank Jones — True stories of children who kill — one of crime literature's most uncomfortable subjects, handled with forensic care and genuine moral seriousness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eDeadlier Than the Male — Terry Manners — Stories of female serial killers, with Manners arguing that society's refusal to accept women as predators allowed these killers to operate far longer than they should have.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMurders After Midnight — Martin Fido — Gripping cases from the annals of true crime, selected and narrated by one of Britain's most reliable crime historians.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSex Killers — Nigel Cawthorne — An examination of killers driven by sexual obsession, from the famous to the barely documented — disturbing but rigorously non-sensational in approach.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eDeadly Jealousy — Martin Fido — True stories of men and women driven by passion to kill — Fido's range across the genre's territory is evident in his second appearance in this box.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eDepraved — Harold Schechter — The shocking true story of H.H. Holmes, America's first serial killer, who built a hotel of horrors in Chicago for the 1893 World's Fair — Schechter's reconstruction is masterful.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eUnsolved! Classic True Murder Cases — ed. Dorothy L. Sayers, Julian Symons and Colin Wilson — An anthology of great unsolved cases introduced by three of crime writing's most distinguished names — their framing essays are worth the price alone.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eAppointment for Murder — Susan Crain Bakos — The true story of the killing dentist — a case in which professional access to the vulnerable was exploited with calculated violence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eKiller Kids — Cliff Linedecker — Shocking true stories of children who murdered their parents — one of Linedecker's more unsettling investigations across a long true crime career.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eCrime Strange But True — James Bland — Real-life crimes at their most bizarre — cases that defy conventional motivation and reveal the stranger edges of human violence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe End of the Dream and Other True Cases — Ann Rule — Further case studies from Rule's files, centred on promising lives destroyed by obsession and the violence that followed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMurder at the Priory — Bernard Taylor and Kate Clarke — The mysterious poisoning of Charles Bravo at The Priory in 1876 — one of the great Victorian murder mysteries, exhaustively reconstructed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49027218079963,"sku":"SP2878","price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp2878.jpg?v=1785062399","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-crime-fiction-thriller-bargain-book-box-sp2878","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}