{"title":"Crime \u0026 Conspiracy Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"dying-for-the-truth-by-the-fugitive-reporters-of-blog-del-narco","title":"Dying For the Truth by the Fugitive Reporters of Blog Del Narco","description":"Dying For the Truth by the Fugitive Reporters of Blog Del Narco","brand":"Third Eye Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44898586722556,"sku":null,"price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"101-secrets-of-the-freemasons-the-truth-behind-the-worlds-most-mysterious-society-hardcover","title":"101 Secrets of the Freemasons: The Truth Behind the World's Most Mysterious Society - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eFreemason are and were everywhere. Some of history's heroes, such as George Washington or Ty Cobb, were freemasons. Some of the biggest villains, like J. Edgar Hoover and Walt Disney, were also freemasons. Everyone has heard of this not-so-secret society, but no one seems to know what they actually do. What is the meaning behind their symbols and rituals? Do they have connections with Jack the Ripper, the KKK, or the Holy Grail? Does this organization control the world that you live in? In this expose of freemason secrets, you'll learn all you ever wanted to know about the secretive society. Get it now before it gets \"mysteriously banned.\"(This book may contain a sharpie mark on the top or bottom edge and may show mild signs of shelfwear.)  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adams Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44921631572220,"sku":"MC-19940","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/adams-media-books-true-crime-conspiracy-101-secrets-of-the-freemasons-the-truth-behind-the-world-s-most-mysterious-society-hardcover-9781440503788-mc-19940-40252022292732.jpg?v=1762430530"},{"product_id":"the-encyclopedia-of-misinformation-a-compendium-of-imitations-spoofs-delusions-simulations-counterfeits-impostors-illusions-confabulations-conspiracies-miscellaneous-fakery-hardcover","title":"The Encyclopedia of Misinformation: A Compendium of Imitations, Spoofs, Delusions, Simulations, Counterfeits, Impostors, Illusions, Confabulations, ... Conspiracies \u0026 Miscellaneous Fakery - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a world of fake news and 'alternative facts', click bait and catfishing, who can we trust? How is it that we are continuously fooled by history, the media, politicians, pop culture, and our own minds?Remember when Orson Welles convinced every one the Martians had invaded? Or the Flat-Earthers...wait those guys are still around! Why?!How?! Encyclopedia of Misinformation is a collection of the deceptions, fakes, conspiracies and self-delusions through time, what tricks us and how we trick ourselves.   \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44921656148220,"sku":"MC-14026","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/abrams-image-books-true-crime-conspiracy-the-encyclopedia-of-misinformation-a-compendium-of-imitations-spoofs-delusions-simulations-counterfeits-impostors-illusions-confabulations-con.jpg?v=1762431218"},{"product_id":"deep-state-a-history-of-secret-agendas-shadow-governments","title":"Deep State: A History of Secret Agendas \u0026 Shadow Governments","description":"","brand":"Texas Bookman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44992621117692,"sku":"2210156","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"evil-families-a-history-of-bad-blood","title":"Evil Families: A History of Bad Blood","description":"","brand":"Texas Bookman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44992621576444,"sku":"2210160","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"monsters-who-murder","title":"Monsters Who Murder","description":"","brand":"Texas Bookman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44992624001276,"sku":"2303181","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"true-crime-stories","title":"True Crime Stories","description":"","brand":"Texas Bookman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44992631111932,"sku":"2211301","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"conspirituality-how-new-age-conspiracy-theories-became-a-health-threat-hardcover","title":"Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBased on the popular podcast of the same name, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eConspirituality\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e dives into the fitness-gurus-turned-antivax-conspiracy-bloggers of the early 2020s. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, wellness influencers started spreading misinformation about vaccine efficacy, and saying the vaccines were being used to control the world. This hardcover takes a look at where conspiracies come from, how to recognize them, and how to help people in your life who may have fallen prey to them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45271403790588,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/mitchell-beazley-books-food-drink-drugs-booze-conspirituality-how-new-age-conspiracy-theories-became-a-health-threat-hardcover-40733888413948.jpg?v=1762969362"},{"product_id":"superspy-science-science-death-and-tech-in-the-world-of-james-bond-hardcover","title":"Superspy Science: Science, Death and Tech in the World of James Bond Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormer chemist turned author, Kathryn Harkup writes about the plausible and implausible in the James Bond series. How likely would it have been that the villains in the series actually had a shot at world domination? Is the arsenal of a 007 the stuff of science or is it closer to today's science fiction? How probable are the dramatic near-deaths and close calls that an agent faces? Taking questions like these, Harkup takes another cult favorite and runs it through her metaphorical microscopic lens. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Sigma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45714901434620,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/microcosm-publishing-books-lifestyle-sports-superspy-science-science-death-and-tech-in-the-world-of-james-bond-hardcover-41143071867132.jpg?v=1762972304"},{"product_id":"blood-ink-the-scandalous-jazz-age-double-murder-that-hooked-america-on-true-crime-hardcover","title":"Blood \u0026 Ink: The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePeople read all about in 1922 newspapers: two corpses deliberately posed by a murderer in a public place. The victims were married Reverend Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills, one of his congregants. The scandal broke and as investigations proceeded, a whole host of eccentric eyewitness accounts came forth and added drama to the rigmarole of the investigation of this macabre crime. Parallel and part of the story, political writer Joe Pompeo elaborates on the journalism rivalries that arose and competed to crack this jazz-age case that would become the set-up to modern day true crime media. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45714915918076,"sku":null,"price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/william-morrow-books-crime-conspiracy-murder-blood-ink-the-scandalous-jazz-age-double-murder-that-hooked-america-on-true-crime-hardcover-9780063001732-41143130030332.jpg?v=1762972306"},{"product_id":"say-nothing-a-true-story-of-murder-and-memory-in-northern-ireland-paperback","title":"Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJean McConville's abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was responsible. But in a climate of fear and paranoia, no one would speak of it. In 2003, five years after an accord brought an uneasy peace to Northern Ireland, a set of human bones was discovered on a beach. McConville's children knew it was their mother when they were told a blue safety pin was attached to the dress--with so many kids, she had always kept it handy for diapers or ripped clothes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatrick Radden Keefe's mesmerizing book on the bitter conflict in Northern Ireland and its aftermath uses the McConville case as a starting point for the tale of a society wracked by a violent guerrilla war, a war whose consequences have never been reckoned with. The brutal violence seared not only people like the McConville children, but also I.R.A. members embittered by a peace that fell far short of the goal of a united Ireland, and left them wondering whether the killings they committed were not justified acts of war, but simple murders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom radical and impetuous I.R.A. terrorists such as Dolours Price, who, when she was barely out of her teens, was already planting bombs in London and targeting informers for execution, to the ferocious I.R.A. mastermind known as The Dark, to the spy games and dirty schemes of the British Army, to Gerry Adams, who negotiated the peace but betrayed his hardcore comrades by denying his I.R.A. past--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSay Nothing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e conjures a world of passion, betrayal, vengeance, and anguish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Microcosm Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46017452310780,"sku":"9780307279286","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/microcosm-publishing-books-occult-green-witch-say-nothing-a-true-story-of-murder-and-memory-in-northern-ireland-paperback-41530710622460.jpg?v=1762975319"},{"product_id":"bone-deep-untangling-the-betsy-faria-murder-case-hardcover","title":"Bone Deep: Untangling the Betsy Faria Murder Case Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE TRUE STORY BEHIND NBC’S MARQUEE MINI-SERIES \"THE THING ABOUT PAM\" STARRING RENEE ZELLWEGER AS PAM HUPP AND JOSH DUHAMEL AS JOEL SCHWARTZ, PREMIERING FEBRUARY 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe explosive, first-ever insider’s account of the case that’s captivated millions – the murder of Betsy Faria and the wrongful conviction of her husband – told by Joel J. Schwartz, the defense attorney who fought for justice on behalf of Russel Faria, and New York Times bestselling author Charles Bosworth Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoodreads Top Nonfiction of 2022\u003cbr\u003eOn December 27th, 2011, Russell Faria returned to his Troy, Missouri, home after his weekly game night with friends to an unthinkable, grisly scene: His wife, Betsy, lay dead, a knife still lodged in her neck. She’d been stabbed fifty-five times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst responders concluded that Betsy was dead for hours when Russ discovered her. No blood was found implicating Russ, and surveillance video, receipts, and friends’ testimony all supported his alibi. Yet incredibly, police and the prosecuting attorney ignored the evidence. In their minds, Russ was guilty. But prominent defense attorney Joel J. Schwartz quickly recognized the real killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe motive was clear. Days before her murder, the terminally ill Betsy replaced her husband with her friend, Pamela Hupp, as her life insurance beneficiary. Still, despite the prosecution’s flimsy case and Hupp’s transparent lies, Russ was convicted—leaving Hupp free to kill again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBone Deep takes readers through the perfect storm of miscalculations and missteps that led to an innocent man’s conviction—and recounts Schwartz’s successful battle to have that conviction overturned. Written with Russ Faria’s cooperation, and filled with chilling new revelations and previously undisclosed evidence, this is the story of what can happen when police, prosecutor, judge, and jury all fail in their duty to protect the innocent—and let a killer get away with murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Kensington","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093419774204,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/kensington-books-crime-conspiracy-murder-bone-deep-untangling-the-betsy-faria-murder-case-hardcover-9780806541976-41645389938940.jpg?v=1762976541"},{"product_id":"true-crime-japan-thieves-rascals-killers-and-dope-heads-true-stories-from-a-japanese-courtroom-paperback","title":"True Crime Japan: Thieves, Rascals, Killers and Dope Heads: True Stories from a Japanese Courtroom Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA middle-aged carpenter beats his 91-year-old mother to death and goes to work the next day--leaving his wife to discover the body. A mobster blames the stress of a police crackdown for his drug habit. A white-collar worker is jailed and disgraced for possessing a joint of marijuana. These people share little in common except that, like 90% of the defendants in Japan, they confess and apologize for their crimes. And like virtually all defendants regardless of how they plea, they are found guilty.\u003cbr\u003eThe elaborate game between arrest, plea and sentencing is the subject of True Crime Japan. In this fascinating book, journalist and longtime Japan resident Paul Murphy provides a unique look at Japanese society through a year of criminal proceedings in the courts of Matsumoto City.\u003cbr\u003eThrough interviews with defendants, families, neighbors and lawyers--Murphy explores not just the motives for the crimes but also Japan's unusual criminal justice system. In a shame-based conformist culture where plain speaking is discouraged, courtroom cross-examinations\u003cbr\u003eare unusually blunt and provide deep insights into a society where private lives are rarely ever revealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093563494652,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/tuttle-publishing-books-crime-conspiracy-crime-true-crime-japan-thieves-rascals-killers-and-dope-heads-true-stories-from-a-japanese-courtroom-paperback-9784805313428-41645714473212.gif?v=1762976545"},{"product_id":"loving-pablo-hating-escobar-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar: A Memoir Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA revealing memoir of Colombian television journalist Virginia Vallejo's affair with the \"King of Cocaine,\" notorious Medellín drug lord, Pablo Escobar. Soon to be a Major Motion Picture starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz.\u003cbr\u003eAt 33, Virginia Vallejo was part of the media elite. A renowned anchorwoman and socialite, and a model who appeared on magazine covers worldwide, Vallejo was the darling of Colombia's most powerful politicians and billionaires. Meeting Pablo Escobar in 1983, then becoming his mistress for many years, she witnessed the rise of a drug empire that was characterized by Escobar's far-reaching political corruption, his extraordinary wealth, and a network of violent crime that lasted until his death in 1993.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this highly personal and insightful story, Vallejo characterizes the duality of Escobar. His charm and charisma as a benefactor to many Colombians contrast with the repulsiveness of his criminal actions as a tyrannical terrorist and enemy of many world leaders. Told from the perspective of the present day, and reflecting on her cooperation with the US Department of Justice in 2006, as she testified against high-ranking Colombian ministers on trial for conspiracy and murder, Vallejo offers a compelling work of both intimate reflection and critical journalism--a unique perspective on the Colombian drug wars and the endlessly fascinating figure of Pablo Escobar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46098778489084,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/knopf-books-crime-conspiracy-memoir-loving-pablo-hating-escobar-a-memoir-paperback-9780525433385-41654870114556.jpg?v=1762976600"},{"product_id":"mcmafia-a-journey-through-the-global-criminal-underworld-paperback","title":"McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA groundbreaking study of global organized crime, which spans six continents and accounts for an estimated 20% of the world's Gross Domestic Product.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46098956910844,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/knopf-books-crime-conspiracy-history-mcmafia-a-journey-through-the-global-criminal-underworld-paperback-9781400095124-41655609753852.jpg?v=1762976609"},{"product_id":"savage-appetites-four-true-stories-of-women-crime-and-obsession-hardcover","title":"Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Savage Appetites, Rachel Monroe links four criminal roles - detective, victim, defender, and killer - to four true stories about women driven by obsession. From a frustrated and brilliant heiress crafting crime-scene dollhouses to a young woman who became part of a Manson victim’s family, from a landscape architect in love with a convicted murderer to a Columbine fangirl who planned her own mass shooting, these women are alternately mesmerizing, horrifying, and sympathetic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA revealing study of women’s complicated relationship with true crime and the fear and desire it can inspire, together these stories provide a window into why many women are drawn to crime narratives - even as they also recoil from them. Monroe uses these four cases to trace the history of American crime through the growth of forensic science, the evolving role of victims, the Satanic Panic, the rise of online detectives, and the long shadow of the Columbine shooting. Combining personal narrative, reportage, and a sociological examination of violence and media in the 20th and 21st centuries, Savage Appetites is a “corrective to the genre it interrogates” (The New Statesman), scrupulously exploring empathy, justice, and the persistent appeal of crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46098958876924,"sku":null,"price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/scribner-book-company-books-crime-conspiracy-history-savage-appetites-four-true-stories-of-women-crime-and-obsession-hardcover-9781501188886-41655615553788.gif?v=1762976609"},{"product_id":"ghosts-from-our-past-both-literally-and-figuratively-the-study-of-the-paranormal-paperback","title":"Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively: The Study of the Paranormal Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs seen in the Sony Pictures 2016 film Ghostbusters, here is the ultimate guide to identifying, understanding, and engaging with any paranormal activity that plagues you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYears before they made headlines with the Ghostbusters, Erin Gilbert and Abby L. Yates published the groundbreaking study of the paranormal Ghosts from Our Past. Once lost to history, this criminally underappreciated book is now back in print, revised and somewhat updated for the new century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to Gilbert and Yates, \"extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence\", and whether you're a believer or a skeptic, you'll find the information you're seeking right here in this extraordinary book, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe childhood experiences that inspired Erin and Abby's lifelong passion for the scientific study of the paranormal\u003cbr\u003eThe history of ghosts and other supernatural entities, the science that explains their existence, and profiles of the groundbreaking paranormal researchers who have investigated them\u003cbr\u003eA guide to class I through class VII ghosts\u003cbr\u003eHelpful sidebars like \"A Ghost by Any Other Name\" and \"Ectoplasm Cleanup Tips\"\u003cbr\u003eUpdates including \"The Ghostbusters' Arsenal\" by Jillian Holtzmann and \"Haunted History\" by Patty Tolan\u003cbr\u003eA new ghostbusting resources appendix, featuring the \"Paranormal Quickstart Guide\", \"Is It a Ghost? A Handy Quiz\", \"A Supernatural Stakeout Journal\", \"The Devil's Dictionary: Paraterminology You Need to Know\", and more\u003cbr\u003eWith this helpful - and hilarious - official Ghostbusters guide in hand, you'll be prepared for almost any spirit, spook, or specter that comes your way. As for the rest, you know who to call.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46098959597820,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/crown-publishing-group-ny-books-crime-conspiracy-ghosts-ghosts-from-our-past-both-literally-and-figuratively-the-study-of-the-paranormal-paperback-9781101906002-41655621091580.gif?v=1762976611"},{"product_id":"empire-of-sin-a-story-of-sex-jazz-murder-and-the-battle-for-modern-new-orleans-paperback","title":"Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom bestselling author Gary Krist, a vibrant and immersive account of New Orleans’ other civil war, at a time when commercialized vice, jazz culture, and endemic crime defined the battlegrounds of the Crescent City\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e     Empire of Sin re-creates the remarkable story of New Orleans’ thirty-years war against itself, pitting the city’s elite “better half” against its powerful and long-entrenched underworld of vice, perversity, and crime. This early-20th-century battle centers on one man: Tom Anderson, the undisputed czar of the city's Storyville vice district, who fights desperately to keep his empire intact as it faces onslaughts from all sides. Surrounding him are the stories of flamboyant prostitutes, crusading moral reformers, dissolute jazzmen, ruthless Mafiosi, venal politicians, and one extremely violent serial killer, all battling for primacy in a wild and wicked city unlike any other in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46099104465148,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/crown-publishing-group-ny-books-crime-conspiracy-history-empire-of-sin-a-story-of-sex-jazz-murder-and-the-battle-for-modern-new-orleans-paperback-9780770437084-41655836213500.gif?v=1762976627"},{"product_id":"vulgar-favors-the-assassination-of-gianni-versace-paperback","title":"Vulgar Favors: The Assassination of Gianni Versace Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eRead the true story of the manhunt that inspired The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, the acclaimed FX series.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“The breadth and thoroughness of [Maureen] Orth’s research are often staggering.”—The New York Times\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Fascinating . . . ripe with chilling detail.”—Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn July 15, 1997, Gianni Versace was shot and killed on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion by serial killer Andrew Cunanan. But months before Versace’s murder, award-winning journalist Maureen Orth was already investigating a major story on Cunanan for Vanity Fair. Culled from interviews with more than four hundred people and insights gleaned from thousands of pages of police reports, Vulgar Favors tells the complete story of Andrew Cunanan, his unwitting victims, and the moneyed world in which they lived . . . and died.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrth reveals how Cunanan met Versace, and why police and the FBI repeatedly failed to catch him. Here is a gripping odyssey that races across America—from California’s wealthy gay underworld to modest Midwestern homes of families mourning the loss of their sons to South Beach and its unapologetic decadence. Vulgar Favors is at once a masterwork of investigative journalism and a riveting account of a sociopath, his crimes, and the mysteries he left along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46099114819836,"sku":null,"price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/bantam-books-crime-conspiracy-murder-vulgar-favors-the-assassination-of-gianni-versace-paperback-9780385334358-41655846273276.gif?v=1762976627"},{"product_id":"phantoms-haunting-tales-from-masters-of-the-genre-paperback","title":"Phantoms: Haunting Tales from Masters of the Genre Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA stunning horror ghost story anthology featuring stories from bestselling authors Joe Hill, Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay and M.R. Carey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe brightest names in horror showcase a ghastly collection of 18 ghost stories that will have you watching over your shoulder, heart racing at every bump in the night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \"My Life in Politics\" by M.R. Carey the spirits of those without a voice refuse to let a politician keep them silent. \u003cbr\u003eIn \"The Adjoining Room\" by A.K. Benedict, a woman finds her hotel neighbor trapped and screaming behind a door that doesn't exist. \u003cbr\u003eGeorge Mann's \"The Restoration\" sees a young artist become obsessed with returning a forgotten painting to its former glory, even if it kills her. \u003cbr\u003eLaura Purcell's \"Cameo\" shows that the parting gift of a loved one can have far darker consequences than ever imagined...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese unsettling tales from some of the best modern horror writers will send a chill down your spine like someone has walked over your grave... or perhaps just woken up in their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Titan Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46099126059260,"sku":null,"price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/titan-books-uk-books-crime-conspiracy-ghosts-phantoms-haunting-tales-from-masters-of-the-genre-paperback-9781785657948-41655860986108.jpg?v=1762976629"},{"product_id":"murder-by-candlelight-the-gruesome-crimes-behind-our-romance-with-the-macabre-hardcover","title":"Murder by Candlelight: The Gruesome Crimes Behind Our Romance with the Macabre Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the early nineteenth century, a series of murders took place in and around London which shocked the whole of England. The appalling nature of the crimes—a brutal slaying in the gambling netherworld, the slaughter of two entire households, and the first of the modern lust-murders—was magnified not only by the lurid atmosphere of an age in which candlelight gave way to gaslight, but also by the efforts of some of the keenest minds of the period to uncover the gruesomest details of the killings.These slayings took place against the backdrop of a London in which the splendor of the fashionable world was haunted by the squalor of the slums. Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron, Thomas De Quincey, Thomas Carlyle, and Percy Bysshe Shelley and others were fascinated by the blood and deviltry of the macabre. In their contemplations of the most notorious murders of their time, they discerned in the act of killing itself a depth of hideousness that we have lost sight of, now living in an age in which murder has been reduced to a problem of social science and skillful detective work. Interweaving these cultural vignettes alongside criminal history, acclaimed author Michael Beran paints a vivid picture of a time when homicide was thought of as the intrusion of the diabolic into ordinary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46099205816572,"sku":null,"price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/pegasus-books-books-crime-conspiracy-murder-murder-by-candlelight-the-gruesome-crimes-behind-our-romance-with-the-macabre-hardcover-9781605988207-1192984784.jpg?v=1757977758"},{"product_id":"savage-appetites-four-true-stories-of-women-crime-and-obsession-paperback","title":"Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Savage Appetites, Rachel Monroe links four criminal roles - detective, victim, defender, and killer - to four true stories about women driven by obsession. From a frustrated and brilliant heiress crafting crime-scene dollhouses to a young woman who became part of a Manson victim’s family, from a landscape architect in love with a convicted murderer to a Columbine fangirl who planned her own mass shooting, these women are alternately mesmerizing, horrifying, and sympathetic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA revealing study of women’s complicated relationship with true crime and the fear and desire it can inspire, together these stories provide a window into why many women are drawn to crime narratives - even as they also recoil from them. Monroe uses these four cases to trace the history of American crime through the growth of forensic science, the evolving role of victims, the Satanic Panic, the rise of online detectives, and the long shadow of the Columbine shooting. Combining personal narrative, reportage, and a sociological examination of violence and media in the 20th and 21st centuries, Savage Appetites is a “corrective to the genre it interrogates” (The New Statesman), scrupulously exploring empathy, justice, and the persistent appeal of crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46099208372476,"sku":null,"price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/scribner-book-company-books-crime-conspiracy-history-savage-appetites-four-true-stories-of-women-crime-and-obsession-paperback-9781501188893-41656040489212.gif?v=1762976637"},{"product_id":"ontraband-smuggling-and-the-birth-of-the-american-century-hardcover","title":"Contraband: Smuggling and the Birth of the American Century Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow skirting the law once defined America’s relation to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the frigid winter of 1875, Charles L. Lawrence made international headlines when he was arrested for smuggling silk worth $60 million into the United States. An intimate of Boss Tweed, gloriously dubbed “The Prince of Smugglers,” and the head of a network spanning four continents and lasting half a decade, Lawrence scandalized a nation whose founders themselves had once dabbled in contraband.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the Revolution itself, smuggling had tested the patriotism of the American people. Distrusting foreign goods, Congress instituted high tariffs on most imports. Protecting the nation was the custom house, which waged a “war on smuggling,” inspecting every traveler for illicitly imported silk, opium, tobacco, sugar, diamonds, and art. The Civil War’s blockade of the Confederacy heightened the obsession with contraband, but smuggling entered its prime during the Gilded Age, when characters like assassin Louis Bieral, economist “The Parsee Merchant,” Congressman Ben Butler, and actress Rose Eytinge tempted consumers with illicit foreign luxuries. Only as the United States became a global power with World War I did smuggling lose its scurvy romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeticulously researched, Contraband explores the history of smuggling to illuminate the broader history of the United States, its power, its politics, and its culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46099209093372,"sku":null,"price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/w-w-norton-company-books-crime-conspiracy-crime-contraband-smuggling-and-the-birth-of-the-american-century-hardcover-9780393065336-41656045240572.gif?v=1762976639"},{"product_id":"unconscionable-crimes-how-norms-explain-and-constrain-mass-atrocities-hardcover","title":"Unconscionable Crimes: How Norms Explain and Constrain Mass Atrocities Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first general theory of the influence of norms--moral, legal and social--on genocide and mass atrocity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow can we explain--and prevent--such large-scale atrocities as the Holocaust? In Unconscionable Crimes, Paul Morrow presents the first general theory of the influence of norms--moral, legal and social--on genocide and mass atrocity. After offering a clear overview of norms and norm transformation, rooted in recent work in moral and political philosophy, Morrow examines numerous twentieth-century cases of mass atrocity, drawing on documentary and testimonial sources to illustrate the influence of norms before, during, and after such crimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46100678213884,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/mit-press-books-crime-conspiracy-crime-unconscionable-crimes-how-norms-explain-and-constrain-mass-atrocities-hardcover-9780262044622-41660763537660.jpg?v=1762976661"},{"product_id":"spooky-appalachia-tales-of-hauntings-strange-happenings-and-other-local-lore","title":"Spooky Appalachia: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore","description":"\u003cp\u003ePull up a chair or gather 'round the campfire and get ready for creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences from times past! Appalachia folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S.E. Schlosser and through artist Paul G. Hoffman's evocative illustrations. You'll meet ghosts and witches, hear things that go bump in the night, and feel an icy wind on the back of your neck on a warm summer evening. The stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Microcosm Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540334039292,"sku":"9781493085712","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/microcosm-publishing-spooky-appalachia-tales-of-hauntings-strange-happenings-and-other-local-lore-9781493085712-9781493085712-42647619174652.jpg?v=1762981527"},{"product_id":"red-flag-wounded-stalinism-and-the-fate-of-the-soviet-paperback","title":"Red Flag Wounded: Stalinism and the Fate of the Soviet … Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRed Flag Wounded brings together essays covering the controversies and debates over the fraught history of the Soviet Union from the revolution to its disintegration. Those monumental years were marked not only by violence, mass killing, and the brutal overturning of a peasant society but also by the modernisation and industrialisation of the largest country in the world, the victory over fascism, and the slow recovery of society after the nightmare of Stalinism. Ronald Grigor Suny is one of the most prominent experts on the revolution, the fate of the non-Russian peoples of the Soviet empire, and the twists and turns of Western historiography of the Soviet experience. As a biographer of Stalin and a long-time commentator on Russian and Soviet affairs, he brings novel insights to a history that has been misunderstood and deliberately distorted in the public sphere. For a fresh look at a story that affects our world today, this is the place to begin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Texas Bookman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46597335122172,"sku":"2209017","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/texas-bookman-books-crime-red-flag-wounded-stalinism-and-the-fate-of-the-soviet-paperback-9781788730747-2209017-42804320502012.webp?v=1762982201"},{"product_id":"one-armed-jack-uncovering-the-real-jack-the-ripper-paperback","title":"One-Armed Jack: Uncovering the Real Jack the Ripper Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eBringing a completely new analytical approach to the identity of the most notorious murderer in history, Sarah Bax Horton presents compelling evidence and names the real Jack the Ripper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis highly revelatory book, based on original research and completely new analysis, presents a compelling new suspect as the most notorious serial killer of all time. Using a different analytical approach, for the first time, Sarah Bax Horton identifies a named perpetrator as Jack the Ripper by linking eye-witness accounts of the killer’s distinctive physical characteristics to his official medical records. It argues that his broken left arm, which left him unable to work in early 1888, was one of his triggers to kill as part of a serious physical and mental decline caused by severe epilepsy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach of the six murders – from Martha Tabram to Marie Kelly – is discussed and reconstructed as perpetrated by this man, with his escalating violence clearly demonstrated.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Texas Bookman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46603687788796,"sku":"2309078","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/texas-bookman-books-crime-conspiracy-murder-one-armed-jack-uncovering-the-real-jack-the-ripper-paperback-9781789295368-2309078-42810905723132.webp?v=1762982259"},{"product_id":"starkweather-the-untold-story-of-the-killing-spree-that-changed-america-by-harry-n-maclean","title":"Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America By Harry N. MacLean","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe definitive story of Charles Starkweather, often considered to be the first mass killer in the modern age of America\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn January 21, 1958, nineteen-year-old Charles Starkweather changed the course of crime in the United States when he murdered the parents and sister of his fourteen-year-old girlfriend (and possible accomplice), Caril Ann Fugate, in a house on the edge of Lincoln, Nebraska. They then drove to the nearby town of Bennet, where a farmer was robbed and killed. When Starkweather’s car broke down, the teenagers who stopped to help were murdered and jammed into a storm cellar. By the time the dust settled, ten innocent people were dead and the city of Lincoln was in a state of terror. Schools closed. Men with rifles perched on the roofs of their houses. The National Guard patrolled the street. If there is a cultural version of PTSD, the town suffered from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStarkweather and Fugate’s capture and arrest, and the resulting trials about the killing spree, received worldwide coverage. The event would serve as the inspiration for the movie Natural Born Killers and Springsteen’s iconic album Nebraska. Today, the story has dropped far from the national consciousness. With new material, new reporting, and new conclusions about the possible guilt or innocence of Fugate, the tale is ripe for an updated and definitive retelling. In Starkweather, bestselling author Harry N. MacLean tells the story of this shocking event and its lasting impact, a crime spree that struck deep into the heart of the heartland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46665745596668,"sku":"9781640096691","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/penguin-books-books-true-crime-conspiracy-starkweather-the-untold-story-of-the-killing-spree-that-changed-america-by-harry-n-maclean-9781640096691-9781640096691-43041526972668.jpg?v=1762983497"},{"product_id":"catherine-belton-putins-people-how-the-kgb-took-back-russia-and-then-took-on-the-west","title":"Catherine Belton - Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book delves into the corruption in post-Soviet Russia, focusing on Vladimir Putin. It explores how Putin’s Russia has expanded its influence and undermined Western institution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInvestigative journalist Catherine Belton recounts the rise of Putin and his KGB associates to power and their looting of the country. Belton reveals how Putin replaced Yeltsin-era tycoons with loyal oligarchs who subverted Russia’s economy and legal system, supporting efforts to compromise Western democracies. The result is a chilling exposé of the KGB’s comeback, beginning with the siphoning of billions of dollars from state enterprises during the Soviet collapse. Putin and his allies reasserted Russian power, controlled the economy, suppressed independent voices, and launched covert influence operations abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Microcosm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015022788860,"sku":"9781250787323","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/microcosm-books-crime-catherine-belton-putin-s-people-how-the-kgb-took-back-russia-and-then-took-on-the-west-9781250787323-9781250787323-1152005002.jpg?v=1762991096"},{"product_id":"karen-misuraca-secret-sonoma-a-guide-to-the-weird-wonderful-and-obscure","title":"Karen Misuraca - Secret Sonoma: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSecret Sonoma: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure, by veteran author and Sonoma County native Karen Misuraca, reveals hidden treasures and curiosities in California Wine Country. From world-famous beaches to unknown wineries, tallest trees to NASCAR stars, and tales of 18th and 19th-century California, this book offers adventure and surprises. Misuraca shares her deepest secrets, including where she sees ghosts and drinks in Gold Rush-era roadhouses. Even seasoned visitors and locals will find new wonders in this book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Microcosm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015030980860,"sku":"9781681063386","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/microcosm-books-crime-conspiracy-conspiracy-theories-karen-misuraca-secret-sonoma-a-guide-to-the-weird-wonderful-and-obscure-9781681063386-9781681063386-1152005000.jpg?v=1762991097"},{"product_id":"les-thomas-and-cheryl-thomas-secret-hill-country-a-guide-to-the-weird-wonderful-and-obscure","title":"Les Thomas and Cheryl Thomas - Secret Hill Country: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExplore the hidden gems and strange history of the Hill Country in this book. Discover Jim Bowie’s lost gold mine, learn about Ralph the Swimming Pig, and uncover the rise of Clovis Presley. Local authors Cheryl and Les Thomas offer an insider’s view of the Hill Country with unique sights, history, and legendary tall tales.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Microcosm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015037206780,"sku":"9781681063331","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/microcosm-books-crime-conspiracy-conspiracy-theories-les-thomas-and-cheryl-thomas-secret-hill-country-a-guide-to-the-weird-wonderful-and-obscure-9781681063331-9781681063331-1152004999.jpg?v=1762991099"},{"product_id":"daniel-j-duke-jesse-james-and-the-lost-templar-treasure-secret-diaries-coded-maps-and-the-knights-of-the-golden-circle","title":"Daniel J. Duke - Jesse James and the Lost Templar Treasure: Secret Diaries, Coded Maps, and the Knights of the Golden Circle","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book presents an investigation into Jesse James’s lost treasures and their connections to Freemasonry, the Templars, Rosicrucians, and the Founding Fathers. It explains how James used sacred geometry, gematria, and esoteric symbols to hide his treasures and encode maps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt provides instructions for using the encoding template to hide and recover treasure and sacred relics. The template confirms the existence of treasures on Oak Island and Victorio Peak and traces to a 16th-century book with a secret map of the New World and the Knights Templar’s “hooked X.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaniel J. Duke, Jesse James’s great-great-grandson, decrypts the maps, revealing hidden treasures and connections between James and Freemasonry, the Templars, the Founding Fathers, and mysticism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Microcosm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018958848252,"sku":"9781620558201","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/microcosm-books-crime-conspiracy-conspiracy-theories-daniel-j-duke-jesse-james-and-the-lost-templar-treasure-secret-diaries-coded-maps-and-the-knights-of-the-golden-circle-9781620558201-9781620558201-1152248596.jpg?v=1762991147"},{"product_id":"will-hart-ancient-alien-ancestors-advanced-technologies-that-terraformed-our-world","title":"Will Hart - Ancient Alien Ancestors: Advanced Technologies That Terraformed Our World","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores evidence for directed panspermia, the theory that extraterrestrials engineered life on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1970s, Nobel Prize-winning DNA co-discoverer Sir Francis Crick and Leslie Orgel proposed that an extraterrestrial race sent a spacecraft with microorganisms to seed Earth. Space research and biotechnology support their claims about ancient alien ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWill Hart refines directed panspermia to reveal that the same ET agency created humans and civilization. He shows how the Earth was terraformed through an advanced engineering program, like the precise alignment of major rivers with the Great Pyramid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInvestigating the ongoing influence of this extraterrestrial civilization, the author examines strong modern UFO cases, including Roswell and suppressed NASA sightings. He argues that these ET ancestors are not traditional aliens but are as human as we are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Microcosm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018962288892,"sku":"9781591432531","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/microcosm-books-crime-conspiracy-conspiracy-theories-will-hart-ancient-alien-ancestors-advanced-technologies-that-terraformed-our-world-9781591432531-9781591432531-1152248595.jpg?v=1762991148"},{"product_id":"cult-following","title":"Cult Following","description":"\u003cp\u003eCult Following\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Microcosm Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119577252092,"sku":"","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/microcosm-publishing-books-crime-conspiracy-crime-cult-following-9781683694120-1159922303.jpg?v=1762993567"},{"product_id":"secret-history-of-the-wild-wild-west-outlaws-secret-societies-and-the-hidden-agenda-of-the-elites-by-daniel-j-duke-paperback","title":"Secret History of the Wild, Wild West: Outlaws, Secret Societies, and the Hidden Agenda of the Elites by Daniel J. Duke (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJesse James and many other Old West outlaws were much more than just wild cowboys. As author Daniel Duke--the great-great-grandson of Jesse James--reveals, Jesse James and other infamous outlaws were part of a larger organization, centuries old, that has affected U.S. history from the small, rural streets of early America to the highest levels of the nation’s government, with continuing influence to this day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on his great-great-grandfather’s secret diaries, Duke unravels the hidden history of the Wild West to expose the outlaws, politicians, and secret societies who were pulling strings behind the scenes. He examines Jesse James’s close ties with other notorious outlaws, such as Johnny Ringo, Jesse Evans, and Billy the Kid, and demonstrates not only how Jesse James faked his own death and lived out his life under an alias, but how Billy the Kid did the same. He also details how both Jesse James and Billy the Kid continued their work for the nameless organization after their faked deaths.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExploring how Jesse James was related, by blood or marriage, to powerful people in law enforcement and politics, Duke details Jesse’s connections to the Baylor family, who founded Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and other elite families who were instrumental in founding and leading the Copperheads and the Knights of the Golden Circle organizations before, during, and after the Civil War. The author shows how Jesse James was connected to former U.S. presidents Lyndon Baines Johnson and Harry S. Truman as well as President Johnson’s man in the shadows, Texas mob figure Billie Sol Estes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExposing the secret agenda behind the outlaw gangs of the Wild West, Duke also reveals the stealthy war between the secret organization and its opposition that has been waged in the shadows for centuries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOffers evidence from Jesse James’s secret encoded diaries\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eExamines Jesse James’s close ties with other notorious outlaws, such as Johnny Ringo, Jesse Evans, and Billy the Kid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eShows how Jesse James was related, by blood or marriage, to powerful people in law enforcement and politics, including the elite families behind the Copperheads and the Knights of the Golden Circle organizations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47189849932028,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/ingram-books-crime-conspiracy-history-secret-history-of-the-wild-wild-west-outlaws-secret-societies-and-the-hidden-agenda-of-the-elites-by-daniel-j-duke-paperback-9781644112298-1167963214.gif?v=1762994685"},{"product_id":"unexplained-mysteries-of-the-ancient-world-by-william-potter-paperback","title":"Unexplained Mysteries of the Ancient World by William Potter (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnexplained Mysteries of the Ancient World examines some of the most bizarre, surprising and unexplained phenomena of the ancient world. Ranging from cold cases millennia in the making to the sudden, baffling disappearances of entire civilizations to the creation of mysterious monuments, it searches for the truth behind these remarkable stories. With a careful analysis of the various theories that have been used over the years to try and understand these curious occurrences, the author gets to the bottom of what really happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume includes such fascinating cases as:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• The mysteries surrounding the life and death of Tutankhamun\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• The strange underground city of Derinkuyu\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• The river of mercury lying beneath the pyramids of Teotihuacan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• The coded messages of the Voynich manuscript\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• The disappearance of Rome's 9th Legion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Texas Bookman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47292027207932,"sku":"2403076","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/texas-bookman-books-crime-conspiracy-conspiracy-theories-unexplained-mysteries-of-the-ancient-world-by-william-potter-paperback-9781398846197-2403076-1176150783.webp?v=1762997993"},{"product_id":"lady-killers","title":"Lady Killers","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeadly Women Throughout History | Paperback | \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by author Tori Telfer’s Jezebel column “Lady Killers,” this thrilling and entertaining compendium investigates female serial killers and their crimes through the ages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen you think of serial killers throughout history, the names that come to mind are ones like Jack the Ripper, John Wayne Gacy, and Ted Bundy. But what about Tillie Klimek, Moulay Hassan, Kate Bender? The narrative we’re comfortable with is the one where women are the victims of violent crime, not the perpetrators. In fact, serial killers are thought to be so universally, overwhelmingly male that in 1998, FBI profiler Roy Hazelwood infamously declared in a homicide conference, “There are no female serial killers.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47313744167164,"sku":"9780062433732","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/harpercollins-books-crime-conspiracy-murder-lady-killers-9780062433732-9780062433732-1177182898.webp?v=1762999584"},{"product_id":"the-serial-killer-whisperer-how-one-mans-tragedy-helped-unlock-the-deadliest-secrets-of-the-worlds-most-terrifying-killers","title":"The Serial Killer Whisperer: How One Man's Tragedy Helped Unlock the Deadliest Secrets of the World's Most Terrifying Killers","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom New York Times bestselling author Pete Earley-- the strange but true story of how a young man's devastating brain injury gave him the unique ability to connect with the world's most terrifying criminals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFifteen-year-old Tony Ciaglia had everything a teenager could want until he suffered a horrific head injury at summer camp. When he emerged from a coma, his right side was paralyzed, he had to relearn how to walk and talk, and he needed countless pills to control his emotions.\u003cbr\u003eAbandoned and shunned by his friends, he began writing to serial killers on a whim and discovered that the same traumatic brain injury that made him an outcast to his peers now enabled him to connect emotionally with notorious murderers. Soon many of America's most dangerous psychopaths were revealing to him heinous details about their crimes--even those they'd never been convicted of.\u003cbr\u003eTony despaired as he found himself inescapably drawn into their violent worlds of murder, rape, and torture--until he found a way to use his gift. Asked by investigators from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to aid in solving a murder, Tony launched his own searches for forgotten victims with clues provided by the killers themselves.\u003cbr\u003eThe Serial Killer Whisperer takes readers into the minds of murderers like never before, but it also tells the inspiring tale of a struggling American family and a tormented young man who found healing and closure in the most unlikely way--by connecting with monsters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47361454309628,"sku":"1439199035","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/gallery-books-books-crime-conspiracy-murder-the-serial-killer-whisperer-how-one-man-s-tragedy-helped-unlock-the-deadliest-secrets-of-the-world-s-most-terrifying-killers-9781439199039-1439199035-1181563985.png?v=1753398212"},{"product_id":"the-invention-of-murder-how-the-victorians-revelled-in-death-and-detection-and-created-modern-crime","title":"The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Wonderful... [Flanders] shines in her readings of literary novels containing criminal and detective elements, such as Oliver Twist, Mary Barton and Tess of the D'Urbervilles, but can be sharp and very funny about the vagaries of melodramatic and sensational plotting.\" -\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this fascinating exploration of murder in the nineteenth century, Judith Flanders examines some of the most gripping cases that captivated the Victorians and gave rise to the first detective fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMurder in Britain in the nineteenth century was rare. But murder as sensation and entertainment became ubiquitous, transformed into novels, into broadsides and ballads, into theatre and melodrama and opera--even into puppet shows and performing dog-acts. Detective fiction and England's new police force developed in parallel, each imitating the other--the pioneers of Scotland Yard gave rise to Dickens's Inspector Bucket, the first fictional police detective, who in turn influenced Sherlock Holmes and, ultimately, even P.D. James and Patricia Cornwell.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this fascinating book, Judith Flanders retells the gruesome stories of many different types of murder--both famous and obscure--from the crimes (and myths) of Sweeney Todd and Jack the Ripper to the tragedies of the murdered Marr family in London's East End; Burke and Hare and their bodysnatching business in Edinburgh; and Greenacre, who transported his dismembered fiancée around town by omnibus. With an irresistible cast of swindlers, forgers, and poisoners, the mad, the bad and the dangerous to know, The Invention of Murder is both a gripping tale of crime and punishment, and history at its most readable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47361457750268,"sku":"1250048532","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/st-martin-s-griffin-books-crime-conspiracy-murder-the-invention-of-murder-how-the-victorians-revelled-in-death-and-detection-and-created-modern-crime-9781250048530-1250048532-1181563979.png?v=1753398193"},{"product_id":"serial-killer-trivia-cold-cases-fascinating-facts-and-chilling-details-from-the-creepiest-unsolved-murders-ever-true-crime-paperback","title":"Serial Killer Trivia: Cold Cases: Fascinating Facts and Chilling Details from the Creepiest Unsolved Murders Ever (True Crime) Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom England's Jack the Ripper and the Axeman of New Orleans to lesser-known cases like Detroit's Bigfoot Killer and Cleveland's Torso Murderer, this trivia book is packed with information about some of the most shocking cold cases in history.\u003cbr\u003eWritten for the true crime junkies who just can't get enough, you'll get all the must-know details on more than 80 unsolved true crime cases. Alongside these disturbing cold cases, you'll also learn about the inspiring story of the crack detective work--and ancestry DNA database--that eventually brought California's Golden State Killer, arguably one of the most famous serial killer cold cases, to justice.\u003cbr\u003eWith gripping facts and disturbing evidence plucked from original sources such as trial transcripts and contemporary newspaper accounts, the book is sure to include surprising stories that even the most well-informed true crime fans don't know.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ulysses Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379194347772,"sku":null,"price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/ulysses-press-books-crime-conspiracy-murder-serial-killer-trivia-cold-cases-fascinating-facts-and-chilling-details-from-the-creepiest-unsolved-murders-ever-true-crime-paperback-9781646041268-1182276181.gif?v=1753835236"},{"product_id":"the-little-book-of-conspiracy-theories-a-pocket-guide-to-the-worlds-greatest-mysteries-paperback","title":"The Little Book of Conspiracy Theories: A Pocket Guide to the World's Greatest Mysteries Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom contrails and COVID-19 to Area 51, 9\/11 and the moon landings, explore the shocking world of conspiracy theories. The curious world of conspiracy theories is unbelievable and scarily believable in equal measure - perhaps that's why it fascinates us so much. Some claim that a shadowy organization is secretly controlling us; others believe that famous events were orchestrated by our governments; some people even say that aliens are out there... Whatever the truth, The Little Book of Conspiracy Theories is an insight into this shocking and mysterious world. Discover how popular theories originated and took root, what they claim, and how \"the truth\" has been covered up. Uncover scandalous facts about some of the most notorious conspiracy theories, such as: The clues that led people to believe that the moon landings were a hoax - Who was really behind the JFK assassination - How the goings on at Area 51 have been covered up for decades - Whether Elvis really is dead...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Summersdale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379225903356,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/summersdale-books-crime-conspiracy-conspiracy-theories-the-little-book-of-conspiracy-theories-a-pocket-guide-to-the-world-s-greatest-mysteries-paperback-9781837994366-1182276175.gif?v=1753835005"},{"product_id":"cult-following-my-escape-return-to-the-children-of-god","title":"Cult Following: My Escape \u0026 Return To the Children of God","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis memoir is an accounting of a escapist of a cult, a survivor of the fanatics that was the Children of God — one of the most notorious cults documented. At the age of nine, she experienced her first exorcism. At age ten, she was forced to be silent for a whole year. And even then she recognized this as abnormal. By age fifteen, she escaped — leaving behind her parents and eleven siblings, still embedded in the cult. From documenting her life, she shares her trip across the Unites States infiltrating cults and living with among those who were forced to grow up in situations like hers. Along her journey she meets a myriad of people who run the gamut of outside the normal — monks, soap-making believers in the rapture, and eventually confronting her family coming back full circle. (This book may contain a sharpie mark on the top or bottom edge and may show mild signs of shelfwear.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Microcosm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47397918277884,"sku":"MCM-9781786580931","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/microcosm-books-crime-conspiracy-crime-cult-following-my-escape-return-to-the-children-of-god-9781786580931-mcm-9781786580931-1183128598.jpg?v=1754334573"},{"product_id":"scary-monsters-and-super-creeps-in-search-of-the-worlds-most-hideous-beasts-by-dom-joly","title":"Scary Monsters and Super Creeps: In Search of the World's Most Hideous Beasts by Dom Joly","description":"\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDom Joly, obsessed with cryptozoology, embarks on a monster hunting adventure in this. He travels to six different locations to investigate local monster sightings, including the Redwood Curtain in northern California, Lake Okanagan in Canada, Lake Tele in Congo, Loch Ness with his family, Khumbu Valley in Nepal, and the hills above Hiroshima in Japan. The search aims to uncover the truth behind the monster myths and explore the cultures that gave rise to them. Dom's adventures are filled with humor and irreverence, as he encounters people even stranger than the monsters they are hunting. The search raises questions about whether the monsters are the result of fevered minds or if there is a sliver of truth in the madness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Microcosm Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48106845503740,"sku":null,"price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/microcosm-publishing-books-crime-conspiracy-conspiracy-scary-monsters-and-super-creeps-in-search-of-the-world-s-most-hideous-beasts-by-dom-joly-9781472146083-1192397602.jpg?v=1757622076"},{"product_id":"notorious-crimes-of-the-upper-midwest","title":"Notorious Crimes of the Upper Midwest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTour the Upper Midwest to explore the blood-soaked halls of hideous history through twenty dark and demented stories from the corridors of criminal infamy. This expose of true crime examines a historical roster of the bad and the brutal: from old-time con men and gunslingers, to hardcore serial killers of the modern era. Meet the redoubtable Ed Gein; the haunting and harrowing Honeymoon Killers, Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck; the \"Gruesome Gal of the Western Plains,\" Calamity Jane; Wild Bill Hickok; serial sex killer John Norman Collins; Al Capone; Carl Panzram; Larry Eyler; Gwendolyn Graham; George Lester (Babyface Nelsen); John Dillinger; and Frank Gilmer—villains that will leave you infuriated and intrigued at their infernal notoriety. Join the author on a round-up of the rotten as you take a thrill-ride of historic significance in a world gone mad. 208 pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schiffer Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48126718804220,"sku":"SCH-9780764353895","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/schiffer-books-books-crime-conspiracy-crime-notorious-crimes-of-the-upper-midwest-9780764353895-sch-9780764353895-1193643589.webp?v=1758227482"},{"product_id":"californias-deadly-women","title":"California's Deadly Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere's an old saying in the news business: if it bleeds, it leads. The nightly California news and other media outlets are filled with stories of crime, killing, and sorrow. Within these pages rediscover 46 of the most notorious murders and shocking crimes committed by women in the state of California between 1850 and 1950. Examine the accounts of such notorious murderesses as the “Black Widow,” Louise Peete; “Tiger Woman,” Clara Phillips; the “Duchess,” Juanita Spinelli; and many more. Written in chronological sequence and enhanced by 50 photographs, each entry provides a concise overview of the crime, background information, and final dispositions. At one point these California crimes horrified the collective imaginations of the state—and nation—but many have faded away from our historical consciousness. They’re back. This book is an indispensable reference tool for anyone interested in California history and crime. 176 pp | 50 b\/w photos \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schiffer Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48126750130428,"sku":"SCH-9780764355301","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/schiffer-books-books-crime-conspiracy-murder-california-s-deadly-women-9780764355301-sch-9780764355301-1193643587.webp?v=1758227478"},{"product_id":"killing-kennedy-exposing-the-plot-the-cover-up-and-the-consequences","title":"Killing Kennedy: Exposing the Plot, the Cover-Up, and the Consequences","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKilling Kennedy: Exposing the Plot, the Cover-Up, and the Consequences,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eauthor Jack Roth interviews researchers, scholars, eyewitnesses, and family members of those who were part of the tangled web of US intelligence operations associated with the Cold War and the circumstances surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The author asks important questions, including why the assassination still matters today and what the lasting ripple effects have been since that fateful day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Kennedy assassination represents one of the most impactful events in not only American but also world history, and this book represents an important addendum to understanding its enduring significance. On November 22, 1963, the duly elected president of the United States was murdered in cold blood, forever destroying \"Camelot\" and national optimism for world peace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGleaning a \"people's history\" of the assassination through dozens of insightful and heartfelt interviews, Roth presents a riveting narrative by creating a respectful, well-crafted, and emotionally charged book from which both older and younger generations will gain a greater understanding of our nation's history and current status in the modern world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skyhorse Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48347758330108,"sku":"ING-9781510775435","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/skyhorse-publishing-books-crime-conspiracy-murder-killing-kennedy-exposing-the-plot-the-cover-up-and-the-consequences-9781510775435-ing-9781510775435-1199358893.png?v=1761245832"},{"product_id":"conspiracy-theory-trivia-book","title":"Conspiracy Theory Trivia Book","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"synopsis-body\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUncover the mysteries of history's greatest enigmas with intriguing trivia and captivating facts in this ultimate conspiracy theory compendium.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDive into the world's most enthralling mysteries with this captivating compendium of conspiracies, full of fascinating trivia and quiz questions to keep you guessing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrepare to test your knowledge, challenge your assumptions and unlock the peculiar secrets around history's greatest mysteries! Whether you're a seasoned conspiracy enthusiast or a curious sceptic, \u003ci\u003eThe Conspiracy Theory Trivia Book\u003c\/i\u003e is your passport to a world where truth and speculation collide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers compelling glimpses into some of the world's strangest conspiracy theories, from secret societies to government cover-ups, accompanied by intriguing facts that will leave you questioning the boundaries between truth and fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInside, you will find:\u003cbr\u003e- Summaries of the most popular conspiracy theories that have fuelled speculation for generations\u003cbr\u003e- Fascinating factoids and tidbits of information to boost your comprehension of the world's most curious conundrums\u003cbr\u003e- Trivia questions to challenge your assumptions and put your conspiracy knowledge to the ultimate test\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGet ready to question everything you thought you knew and explore the enigmatic realm of conspiracies like never before.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Summersdale Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48914211143932,"sku":"HATC-95158","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/summersdale-publishers-ltd-books-crime-conspiracy-conspiracy-conspiracy-theory-trivia-book-9781837995158-hatc-95158-1231027622.jpg?v=1775156035"},{"product_id":"dirty-20","title":"Dirty 20","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emeets\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDungeons \u0026amp; Dragons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewhen the son of a crime boss accidentally becomes a crowdfunding superstar and disrupts business on the streets with his RPG.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBill Schweigart (The Fatal Folklore Trilogy) game masters a crime fiction novel that will make you finally get that THACO LIFE abs tattoo.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTommy Fugue never cared for the family business. But when his father—aka Big Al, aka King of the Denver Streets—assigns him the “summer job” of laundering money online, Tommy figures he can list some fake projects on FunFunder, pledge them with zombie accounts, and clean a dirty $20,000 in time for college in the fall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnfortunately for Tommy, he’s more creative than he thought. Just as he’s about to give his father’s capos a progress report, he sees that a roleplaying game he mocked up using his mom’s old artwork has been funded to the tune of $650,000… and counting. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe only thing scarier than an angry Big Al is a Big Al that smells cash and family bonding time. Voluntold by their mercurial boss to assist, various criminals and killers help playtest and produce Tommy’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e1,000 Blades of Tergivers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e RPG in the hopes they can truly turn a dirty twenty into legit millions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt first Tommy sees game sessions with brothel owners, hit women, and a street captain with OCD as yet another example of why he needs to get out from under his father. But when Tommy realizes that being game master might help him uncover what these criminals know about his mother’s disappearance, it’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGame On\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlaying a game while making a game is tricky—especially when elements of the fantasy world keep blending into the players’ real lives. And when the streets declare the Family Fugue slipping, Big Al starts playing a new game, with rules only \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ehe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eknows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hyperion Avenue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49075386777852,"sku":"PRH-9781368114578","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/hyperion-avenue-books-crime-conspiracy-crime-dirty-20-9781368114578-prh-9781368114578-1237097483.jpg?v=1778184829"},{"product_id":"weiser-field-guide-to-ghosts-by-raymond-buckland","title":"Weiser Field Guide To Ghosts by Raymond Buckland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom battlefield and biblical ghosts to poltergeists and orbs, The Wesier Field Guide to Ghosts examines categories and subcategories of ghosts across time and cultures, including commonalities and misconceptions. Stories of encounters, legendary ghosts, and haunted places are all covered in this beautifully illustrated compendium, a veritable A-Z of the otherworld. The Wesier Field Guide to Ghosts is concise and comprehensive, complete with practical tips on ghost hunting and suggested further reading.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Wheel\/Weiser LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49210014695676,"sku":null,"price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/red-wheel-weiser-llc-books-conspiracy-ghosts-weiser-field-guide-to-ghosts-by-raymond-buckland-9781578634514-1245184101.webp?v=1781830089"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.thirdeyecomics.com\/collections\/crime-conspiracy-books.oembed?page=2","provider":"Third Eye Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}