Friday, August 12, 2011

CrimeScape comes to Kindle True Crime





I found a new collection of great books based on True Crime (CrimeScape)



Mom: The Killer (Crimescape) [Kindle Edition]


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Over a period of fourteen years all of her children, one was just nineteen days old, died suddenly while in her exclusive care. One by one, each baby died a quiet and mysterious death while everyone around her, friends, family, neighbors, doctors and police seemed powerless to stop it. She showed up at the funerals, the image of a broken-hearted, caring mother who seemed overwhelmed by unexplainable events. But some believed she had systematically murdered her nine children and then tried to convince others that it was some sort of genetic curse on her family. A stunning tale of denial, neglect, and murders unsolved. Mom: The Killer is one of the most bizarre and unique cases in the history of American justice.

Mark Gado was a detective with the City of New Rochelle Police Department in New York for the twenty-nine years and also a federal agent assigned to a D.E.A. Task Force from 1997 to 1999. During that assignment, he received the International Award of Honor in New Orleans, LA. Mark was named Investigator of the Year 2000 and received dozens of other awards and commendations during his long police career.

Mark Gado's first book, titled Killer Priest: The Crimes, Trial, and Execution of Father Hans Schmid was published by Praeger in March, 2006. Killer Priest is the terrifying true story of the only Catholic priest in American history to be executed for murder. His second book, Death Row Women: Murder, Justice, and the New York Press, was published by Praeger in November, 2007.

As a writer for over twenty years, his award-winning work has appeared in numerous publications and websites, including truTV’s Crime Library.


Crimescape is a RosettaBooks collection of compelling short nonfiction crime books by the best true crime authors in the business, many of whom have seen their books made into major motion pictures. Taking readers into the dark heart of the criminal mind and the tense hunt to bring perpetrators to justice, Crimescape authors stand apart from other true crime writers because they are selected for their experience in crime investigation, whether as police detectives, investigative reporters, forensics professionals or criminal psychologists. Riveting storytellers, our Crimescape short nonfiction writers give readers all the information they need to understand relevant clues and the interwoven influences in each criminal case. Crimescape is edited by Marilyn Bardsley, former executive editor and founder of Time Warner's truTV Crime Library, the premiere true crime site on the Internet. Marilyn Bardsley has written extensively on true crime and is an expert on serial killers.

“What makes for a good true-crime story? Interesting characters, an engrossing plot, situations that often teeter between life and death. But here’s the MacGuffin about true crime: What you’re reading actually happened. Sometimes truth really is more compelling than fiction. And that’s why you will enjoy reading Crimescape’s true crime series.”
—Paul Alexander, # 1 bestselling author of the Kindle Singles Accused and Murdered







Immortal Monster (Crimescape) [Kindle Edition]



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Contract killer, lethal scam artist, loving father, abusive husband, abused son, convicted murderer, jailhouse schemer, liar, TV star. The man they called “The Iceman” was all of those. In 1988 he was sentenced to life for four gruesome murders, but this was just the tip of his iceberg. He had a taste for esoteric methods of death─favoring a cyanide solution in a nasal spray bottle─and body disposal─freezing one of his victims to disguise the time of death. At one point he bragged that his personal body count was over 200, seven times the more likely number. Still, he has huge following, and a biopic based on his life is about to start shooting this fall. The Iceman told his story in three extremely popular HBO documentaries, which are still broadcast regularly. Why does the Iceman's story continue to fascinate the public five years after his death and 25 years after his apprehension? And how much of his legend is truth?

Anthony Bruno is an expert on the Iceman after researching and corresponding with him for over two years. His full-length book The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer is the basis for an upcoming feature film set to roll starring James Franco, Benicio Del Toro and Boardwalk Empire’s Michael Shannon as the Iceman. Bruno is currently serving as executive producer for The Iceman feature film.

Anthony Bruno is also the author of The Seekers: A Bounty Hunter’s Story with Joshua Armstrong, which was nominated for an Edgar Award. Bruno has authored over 50 articles for TruTV’s Crime Library and 14 published crime-related books. Bruno also assisted with film adaptation of his novel, Bad Apple, for Turner Network Television. He acted as consultant to the producers and wrote key scenes.


Crimescape is a RosettaBooks collection of compelling short nonfiction crime books by the best true crime authors in the business, many of whom have seen their books made into major motion pictures. Taking readers into the dark heart of the criminal mind and the tense hunt to bring perpetrators to justice, Crimescape authors stand apart from other true crime writers because they are selected for their experience in crime investigation, whether as police detectives, investigative reporters, forensics professionals or criminal psychologists. Riveting storytellers, our Crimescape short nonfiction writers give readers all the information they need to understand relevant clues and the interwoven influences in each criminal case. Crimescape is edited by Marilyn Bardsley, former executive editor and founder of Time Warner's truTV Crime Library, the premiere true crime site on the Internet. Marilyn Bardsley has written extensively on true crime and is an expert on serial killers.

“What makes for a good true-crime story? Interesting characters, an engrossing plot, situations that often teeter between life and death. But here’s the MacGuffin about true crime: What you’re reading actually happened. Sometimes truth really is more compelling than fiction. And that’s why you will enjoy reading Crimescape’s true crime series.”
—Paul Alexander, # 1 bestselling author of the Kindle Singles Accused and Murdered





After Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Crimescape) [Kindle Edition]



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John Berendt’s runaway bestseller Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil put the grand historic city of Savannah on the map. Tourists flocked to see the gorgeous mansion where flamboyant designer and antiques dealer Jim Williams shot to death his young gay lover. While Berendt described the natives of the city as remarkably decadent, exotic characters, he seemed to miss the amazing dark side of Jim Williams himself.

Savannah owes Jim Williams an enormous debt of gratitude for his remarkable restoration of historic houses. A brilliant and intensely interesting, charismatic figure, he brought a style and sophistication to the city that it did not have before. Rich and famous people, like Jacqueline Onassis and Rockefellers, made special trips to bargain for his extraordinary antique treasures. However, he was also a smooth predator who robbed and exploited a number of the wealthy socialites who provided him with the status and money he craved. He was lucky that he never faced charges of theft, fraud, exporting stolen goods, and procuring underage boys for prostitution.

The wonderful world of Jim Williams came crashing down on him one night after he shot Danny Hansford. Williams stood trial four times for premeditated murder. With a passionate and dedicated prosecution and the best defense lawyers money could buy, what really happened that night is still a mystery.

Marilyn Bardsley is the editor of Crimescape, a collection of compelling short nonfiction crime books by the best true crime authors in the business, many of whose books have been made into major motion pictures. She was the former executive editor and founder of Time Warner's truTV Crime Library, the premiere true crime site on the Internet. Marilyn Bardsley has written extensively on true crime and is an expert on serial killers. Before starting the Crime Library, Ms. Bardsley was a telecommunications marketing executive for several multibillion dollar companies and an Internet investment consultant for large Asian multinational companies.


Crimescape is a RosettaBooks collection of compelling short nonfiction crime books by the best true crime authors in the business, many of whom have seen their books made into major motion pictures. Taking readers into the dark heart of the criminal mind and the tense hunt to bring perpetrators to justice, Crimescape authors stand apart from other true crime writers because they are selected for their experience in crime investigation, whether as police detectives, investigative reporters, forensics professionals or criminal psychologists. Riveting storytellers, our Crimescape short nonfiction writers give readers all the information they need to understand relevant clues and the interwoven influences in each criminal case. Crimescape is edited by Marilyn Bardsley, former executive editor and founder of Time Warner's truTV Crime Library, the premiere true crime site on the Internet. Marilyn Bardsley has written extensively on true crime and is an expert on serial killers.

“What makes for a good true-crime story? Interesting characters, an engrossing plot, situations that often teeter between life and death. But here’s the MacGuffin about true crime: What you’re reading actually happened. Sometimes truth really is more compelling than fiction. And that’s why you will enjoy reading Crimescape’s true crime series.”
—Paul Alexander, # 1 bestselling author of the Kindle Singles Accused and Murdered

"Finally! The real story of one of the most bizarre cases in modern crime history. Marilyn Bardsley has nailed it. The movie was Hollywood. The book was...a stretch. After Midnight is the unvarnished truth."
—Chuck Hustmyre, bestselling crime novelist and screenwriter, A Killer Like Me and House of the Rising Sun




The Vampire Trap (Crimescape) [Kindle Edition]



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"A young woman and her nineteen-month-old daughter visit a child's clothing store and that is the last time anyone sees them alive. A troubled young man’s dark obsession with the vampire culture’s larger-than-life charisma becomes the center of the police investigation. The current fascination with vampires makes some people identify with supernatural figures who dominate and take whatever they want. The killer’s story opens a window inside the fringes of this subculture, where people act out violent aspects of the vampire figure."

Dr. Katherine Ramsland, who teaches forensic psychology and criminal justice at Pennsylvania's DeSales University, is unique in having extensive experience in researching and writing about crime and the vampire subculture. She holds graduate degrees in forensic psychology, clinical psychology, philosophy and criminal justice. Dr. Ramsland has written over 1,000 articles and thirty-eight books on forensics, serial killers, mass murderers and the popular vampire culture.


Crimescape is a RosettaBooks collection of compelling short nonfiction crime books by the best true crime authors in the business, many of whom have seen their books made into major motion pictures. Taking readers into the dark heart of the criminal mind and the tense hunt to bring perpetrators to justice, Crimescape authors stand apart from other true crime writers because they are selected for their experience in crime investigation, whether as police detectives, investigative reporters, forensics professionals or criminal psychologists. Riveting storytellers, our Crimescape short nonfiction writers give readers all the information they need to understand relevant clues and the interwoven influences in each criminal case. Crimescape is edited by Marilyn Bardsley, former executive editor and founder of Time Warner's truTV Crime Library, the premiere true crime site on the Internet. Marilyn Bardsley has written extensively on true crime and is an expert on serial killers.

“What makes for a good true-crime story? Interesting characters, an engrossing plot, situations that often teeter between life and death. But here’s the MacGuffin about true crime: What you’re reading actually happened. Sometimes truth really is more compelling than fiction. And that’s why you will enjoy reading Crimescape’s true crime series.”
—Paul Alexander, # 1 bestselling author of the Kindle Singles Accused and Murdered






Murder at the Finish Line (Crimescape) [Kindle Edition]



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For the first time, dozens of exclusive interviews tell the inside story of how a dogged detective spent 12 years piecing together the murder of drag racing legend Mickey Thompson, who was gunned down with his wife on his driveway in 1988 by two masked men who fled on bicycles. Detective Mark Lillienfield’s case would lead to Thompson’s former business partner Michael Goodwin and uncover evidence that Goodwin could have committed three additional murders, including his own brother who was believed to have been involved in the plot. With photographs.


“Lillienfield loved the challenge of being immersed in a pile of cases that seemed unsolvable. Each one had a victim beckoning from the grave for someone who had the tenacity and wits to learn everything about their life until the moment they left this earth. Lillienfield would think nothing of working 100 hours a week, with Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve thrown in. He’d follow suspects, tap their phones, turn their colleagues into snitches, befriend their enemies, dig through their trash and sic the press on them. Heaven help Michael Goodwin.” From Murder at the Finish Line.


This riveting story is told as only insider and Pulitzer Prize nominee Tori Richards can tell it. In addition to working at the prosecutor’s office that first filed this case, she has been a crime writer for 20 years and covered hundreds of cases including Michael Jackson, Anna Nicole Smith and the trials of OJ Simpson and “The Night Stalker.” She has earned 11 national and regional awards including those from The Associated Press and California Newspapers Publishers Association. She has written for The New York Times, Bloomberg, Reuters, New York Post, Los Angeles Daily News and truTV’s Crime Library. She was also a producer at CBS News.




Crimescape is a RosettaBooks collection of compelling short nonfiction crime books by the best true crime authors in the business, many of whom have seen their books made into major motion pictures. Taking readers into the dark heart of the criminal mind and the tense hunt to bring perpetrators to justice, Crimescape authors stand apart from other true crime writers because they are selected for their experience in crime investigation, whether as police detectives, investigative reporters, forensics professionals or criminal psychologists. Riveting storytellers, our Crimescape short nonfiction writers give readers all the information they need to understand relevant clues and the interwoven influences in each criminal case. Crimescape is edited by Marilyn Bardsley, former executive editor and founder of Time Warner's truTV Crime Library, the premiere true crime site on the Internet. Marilyn Bardsley has written extensively on true crime and is an expert on serial killers.


“What makes for a good true-crime story? Interesting characters, an engrossing plot, situations that often teeter between life and death. But here’s the MacGuffin about true crime: What you’re reading actually happened. Sometimes truth really is more compelling than fiction. And that’s why you will enjoy reading Crimescape’s true crime series.”
—Paul Alexander, #1 bestselling author of the Kindle Singles Accused and Murdered


"Great job, very accurate, good detail, terrific storytelling. Kudos!" —Alan Jackson, DA on the Thompson case


“I met Tori Richards when she covered Richard Ramirez "The Night Stalker" as a reporter and I was a lead detective on the case. Through the years, we'd work together on other murders and she was one of the few journalists I would trust with inside information. Aggressive, tenacious and bright—I always thought she'd make one hell of a detective in another lifetime.”
—Lt. Gil Carrillo (ret.), Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept. Homicide Bureau


“Murder at the Finish Line is awesome! Tori Richards is a master true crime storyteller. Hands down one of the best in the business."
—Chuck Hustmyre, bestselling crime novelist and screenwriter, A Killer Like Me




Death by Rock 'n' Roll (Crimescape) [Kindle Edition]


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Marvin Gaye, one of the world’s most beloved singers, was gunned down by his own father on April 1, 1984. A generation later, fans of the fragile, troubled musician still puzzle over how it could be that a man who crooned about peace, love and understanding would meet such a violent end—from his own flesh and blood. But why should we be surprised? The history of popular music is written in blood.


Using Marvin Gaye’s slaying as an abject example of the rock and roll lifestyle, this story pulls together the threads of the violent ends of music stars like John Lennon, Sam Cooke, Tupac Shakur, soul saxophone legend King Curtis, and many others. Between the overdoses and suicides of its often fragile stars,like the tragic case of Amy Winehouse, rock and roll seems to qualify as one of America’s most dangerous professions. Experts weigh in on whether there are patterns to the violence in rock and roll—and whether warning signs were missed in some cases that might have spared lives.


David J. Krajicek is a longtime newspaperman, an author and a former Columbia University journalism professor. He is regarded as one of the country’s best true crime storytellers. He writes The Justice Story, a weekly true crime feature that has been running in the New York Daily News since 1923. He was a special correspondent for truTV’s Crime Library and has appeared frequently on television as a crime expert, including on “The Today Show” and Dominick Dunne’s “Power, Privilege and Justice.” He has written several true crime books and his work has appeared in dozens of major publications.




Crimescape is a RosettaBooks collection of compelling short nonfiction crime books by the best true crime authors in the business, many of whom have seen their books made into major motion pictures. Taking readers into the dark heart of the criminal mind and the tense hunt to bring perpetrators to justice, Crimescape authors stand apart from other true crime writers because they are selected for their experience in crime investigation, whether as police detectives, investigative reporters, forensics professionals or criminal psychologists. Riveting storytellers, our Crimescape short nonfiction writers give readers all the information they need to understand relevant clues and the interwoven influences in each criminal case. Crimescape is edited by Marilyn Bardsley, former executive editor and founder of Time Warner's truTV Crime Library, the premiere true crime site on the Internet. Marilyn Bardsley has written extensively on true crime and is an expert on serial killers.


“What makes for a good true-crime story? Interesting characters, an engrossing plot, situations that often teeter between life and death. But here’s the MacGuffin about true crime: What you’re reading actually happened. Sometimes truth really is more compelling than fiction. And that’s why you will enjoy reading Crimescape’s true crime series.”
—Paul Alexander, # 1 bestselling author of the Kindle Singles Accused and Murdered

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