Con Artists/ Hoaxes & Deceptions
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Mortal Danger and Other True Cases
$21.00 Add to cartThe thirteenth entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from the “prolific and talented” (Publishers Weekly) Ann Rule focuses on crime victims who had no idea they were in life-threatening da… [more below]
- Series: Ann Rule’s Crime Files #13
- Author: Rule, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: December 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1982197765
- Language: English
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A Rose for Her Grave & Other True Cases
$22.00 Add to cartThis first installment in the New York Times bestselling Crime Files series is a chilling collection of shocking crimes and the ensuing struggles to bring the perpetrators to justice–from the #1 New
- Series: Ann Rule’s Crime Files #1
- Author: Rule, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: September 27, 2022
- ISBN10: 1982197757
- Language: English
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Mrballen Presents: Where Nightmares Live: The Graphic Stories
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author and creator of the hit MrBallen Podcast and YouTube channel, a vividly illustrated graphic novel featuring nine spine-chilling stories–based on real events-… [more below]
- Series: Mrballen Graphic Stories
- Author: Mrballen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 0593839641
- Language: English
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Lying in Wait and Other True Cases
$19.99 Add to cartAnn Rule presents a collection of fascinating and disturbing true-crime stories–drawn from her real-life personal files–in this seventeenth volume in the #1 New York Times bestselling Crime Files se… [more below]
- Series: Ann Rule’s Crime Files
- Author: Rule, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 19 2019
- ISBN10: 1982138270
- Language: English
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Don’t Look Behind You: And Other True Cases
$19.99 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestselling author and true crime master Ann Rule presents her fifteenth volume of the acclaimed Crime Files series focusing on disturbing stories of people in danger, sometimes
- Series: Ann Rule’s Crime Files
- Author: Rule, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: December 01, 2020
- ISBN10: 1982137967
- Language: English
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Too Pretty to Live: The Catfishing Murders of East Tennessee
$22.00 Add to cartTold from the unique perspective of the lead investigator on the case, this stunning true crime thriller is the story of Facebook, catfishing, and jealousy, where a double-murder begins with the click… [more below]
- Author: Brooks, Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 262
- Publish Date: February 09 2016
- ISBN10: 1682301990
- Language: English
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Dead Names: The Dark History of the Necronomicon
$9.99 Read moreThe dark history of the Necronomicon–one of the world’s most feared and fascinating books–told by the one man who saw it all…and lived to tell the tale.
The Necronomicon is one of the most contro
- Author: Simon
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 28 2006
- ISBN10: 006078704X
- Language: English
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Poker Wars: Murder, Mayhem, and the Bloody History That Led to the World Series of Poker
$19.99 Add to cartMurder and mayhem, bullets and bombings, carnage and corruption…and a whole lot of outlaws gambling for the highest stakes of all.
Poker Wars tells the true story of the hitmen, bandits, card sharks- Author: Guitar, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 11 2026
- ISBN10: 9798892426480
- Language: English
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Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson
$20.00 Add to cartA Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year
Long-listed for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography “Magnific
A Must-Read: The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The Millions, Alta- Author: Hoffman, Claire
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 21 2026
- ISBN10: 1250419913
- Language: English
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Hoax: Truth and Lies in the Age of Enlightenment
$30.00 Read moreHere lies Fanny Lynes, whose whispers from beyond
Here swings Mary Bateman, who lived a life of lies – and died a
the grave set London alight with scandal.
prophetess and murderer. Here stands Mary Will- Author: Pelling, Madeline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 01 2026
- ISBN10: 180522235X
- Language: English
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The Liar’s Playbook: A Memoir of Family and Crime
$19.99 Add to cartThe remarkable, true story of an unusual childhood, complete with gangsters, guns, diamonds, drug smuggling, and fraud–just like any other little girl’s life.
At twelve years old, Leslie Bradford-Sco- Author: Bradford-Scott, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 26 2026
- ISBN10: 1668069393
- Language: English
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The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence
$35.00 Read moreA charismatic doctor claimed to have rediscovered the ancestral roots of “toad medicine,” becoming the face of a global psychedelic movement. But in his wake, he left a trail of destruction that embod… [more below]
- Author: de Greef, Kimon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 04 2026
- ISBN10: 0385550243
- Language: English
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The Absinthe Forger: A True Story of Deception, Betrayal, and the World’s Most Dangerous Spirit
$19.99 Add to cartNow in paperback: an astonishing true crime story about an eccentric grifter who blew up the lucrative black market for vintage bottles of the legendary drink of artistic renegades, absinthe . . .
Tho- Author: Rail, Evan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1685892248
- Language: English
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Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder and Deception on the Gulf Coast
$34.00 Read moreThe gripping true story of a serial con man and the innocent man he sent to death row by award-winning New York Times Magazine writer Pamela Colloff
For more than three decades, Paul Skalnik roamed th- Author: Colloff, Pamela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: July 14 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217346998
- Language: English
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Ghosts of Iron Mountain: The Hoax of the Century, Its Enduring Impact, and What It Reveals about America Today
$20.00 Add to cart“Spellbinding.” –Rick Perlstein * “A clever, fast-paced read of dazzling originality.” –William I. Hitchcock
“An excellent new book, both important and unsettling” (The New York Times), Ghosts of Ir- Author: Tinline, Phil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1668050501
- Language: English
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Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast
$32.00 Read moreThe riveting, true story of an audacious con man who helped send another man to death row for a murder he did not commit
“Incendiary, emotionally devastating. [This] is a feat of dogged reporting, bra- Author: Colloff, Pamela
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 14 2026
- ISBN10: 0593230868
- Language: English
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The King of Diamonds: The Search for the Elusive Texas Jewel Thief
$19.95 Add to cartThe thrilling story of a brazen, uncatchable jewel thief who roamed the homes of Dallas high society–and a window into the dark secrets lurking beneath the surface of the Swinging Sixties.
As a strin- Author: Pederson, Rena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1639368744
- Language: English
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The Man Who Stole the Gods: A True Story of War, Obsession, and a Global Art Conspiracy
$35.00 Add to cartFrom the Killing Fields of Cambodia to the gilded halls of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, a tale of stolen treasures and the battle to reclaim a nation’s soul.
Amidst the chaos of Cambodia’s b- Author: Campbell, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 02 2026
- ISBN10: 0593716000
- Language: English
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Vintage Crime: A Short History of Wine Fraud
$19.95 Add to cart“This slim yet insightful and entertaining volume documents the many instances where wine drinkers did not get what they paid for, sometimes with deadly consequences.”–New York Times, Best Wine Book… [more below]
- Author: Gibb, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0520425170
- Language: English
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American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda
$29.95 Add to cart“A project of epic proportions, pulled off with remarkable ?lan.”
–Kirkus ReviewsA gripping expos? of deception, cult power, and the long shadow of Carlos Castaneda, the man behind the biggest literar
- Author: Marshall, Ru
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 670
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 1682194612
- Language: English
