18 books like Shadow play

What to read after Shadow play — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

JFK Sloan, Bill · 1992 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Mord, USA, Assassination, True Crime with this book.

Outlaws

Outlaws Adam Shand · 2011 Shares True Crime with this book.

Nice Girl

Nice Girl Rachael Jane Chin · 2011 Shares True Crime with this book.

Last Yakuza Jake Adelstein · 2017 · ★ 4.4 · 408p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares True Crime with this book.

The only living witness Stephen G. Michaud · 1983 · ★ 4.5 · 348p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Michaud and Aynesworth are a reporter and an investigator team who interviewed serial killer Ted Bundy while he was on death row in Florida. This volume chronicles his activities throughout several states but is at its best in a long section of transcripts from the interview in which, while he never admits his quilt, Bundy offers vivid details of the crimes and commentary on the mindset of a… Shares Murder - General, True Crime

Separating fools from their money Scott B. MacDonald · 2006 · 362p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares USA, True Crime with this book.

Invisible Darkness Stephen Williams · 1996 · ★ 4.0 Invisible Darkness is the story of one of the more bizarre cases in recent memory--killings so sensational that they prompted the Canadian government, in the interests of justice, to silence its national press and to lock foreign journalists out of the courts.To all appearances, Paul and Karla Bernardo had a fairytale marriage--beautiful working-class girl weds bright upper-middle-class guy and… Shares True Crime

Killer Clown Terry Sullivan · 2000 · ★ 4.5 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate He was a model citizen. A hospital volunteer. And one of the most sadistic serial killers of all time. But few people could see the cruel monster beneath the colorful clown makeup that John Gacy wore to entertain children in his Chicago suburb. Few could imagine what lay buried beneath his house of horrors—until a teenaged boy disappeared before Christmas in 1978, leading prosecutor Terry… Shares Murder - General, True Crime

Seven Bones

Seven Bones Peter Seymour · 2011 · 284p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares True Crime with this book.

Hit #29 Joey. · 1974 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Murder - General, True Crime with this book.

Uncertain Paradise:1974.... With darkness comes despair John W. Cassell · 2011 · 262p · ≈ 8h · Moderate A new Caribbean nation fights communist aggression in the form of an international terror for hire organization. It's political institutions and Houses of Parliament mature in the face of fast-paced growing pains, covert operations and deadly hurricanes. Shares Assassination

The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid Pat Garrett · 2008 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Light Hankering for a mostly true tale about the hard-living desperadoes who inhabited America's desert Southwest in the mid-1800s? This biography of the ill-fated gunslinger Billy, the Kid was written by Pat Garrett, the sheriff who shot Billy down. Although some historians now question the veracity of some of the self-aggrandizing bluster Garrett and his ghostwriter included in the book, The… Shares True Crime

Saint Ted Dekker · 2006 · ★ 3.2 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate I know a few things about myself. I know that my name is Carl. My wife is Kelly. I love her more than my own life. If she told me to kill you, I would. I’m a captive, deep inside Hungary – no one knows I’m here. I can put a bullet into a ten-inch target at 3,000 yards. They tell me that I’m the best sniper in the world. Sometimes I sit in my dark hole for days without moving so that they don’t… Shares Assassination

The trial of Dr. Adams Sybille Bedford · 1958 · 245p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Taken from a review: Here is the accused, Dr. John Adams, being tried for the murder of Mrs. Morell (after rumors connected with other ""mysterious"" deaths) six years previously (there were 16 other, earlier charges). Then come the nurses in attendance on Mrs. Morell, next the doctors in the hands of the prosecution. The defense takes over the cross-examination and, after the closing… Shares True Crime

Daughters of Darkness Lisa Jane Smith · 1996 · ★ 4.0 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Unearthly Beauty There's something strange about the new girls in town. Briar Creek, Oregon, has never seen anything like the supernatural grace of Rowan, Kestrel, and Jade, three sisters who move into the dilapidated old house next to Mark and Mary-Lynnette Carter. Mark is obsessed with Jade-- but she and her sisters have a secret. And when Mark and Mary-Lynnette follow them into the woods one… Shares Mord

Forensic detective Mann, Robert W. · 2006 · ★ 3.9 · 262p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Death. It's not only inevitable and frightening, it's intriguing and fascinating--especially today, when science continues to make ever more stunning advances in the investigation of the oldest and darkest of mysteries. To discover the how and why of death, unearth its roots, and expose the mechanics of its grim handiwork is, at least in some sense, to master it. And in the process, if a criminal… Shares Murder - General, True Crime

Левиафан

Левиафан Boris Akunin · 2002 · 280p · ≈ 9h · Moderate 1878 год. Русско-турецкая война окончилась победой. Эраст Петрович Фандорин за раскрытие турецкой шпионской сети всячески обласкан властями и даже лично отмечен царской благодарностью. Но сам он очень расстроен, что не смог достаточно быстро разоблачить шпионов. Из всех вариантов наград он выбирает путь дальнейшего служение отчизне и просит направить его с посольской миссией в Японию. Следовать… Shares Mord

Donnie Brasco Joseph D. Pistone · 1987 · ★ 4.1 · 393p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Posing as jewel thief "Donnie Brasco," FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone carried out the most audacious sting operation ever, working undercover for six years to infiltrate the flamboyant community of mafia soldiers, "connected guys," captains, and godfathers.Now his unforgettable eyewitness account brings to pulsating life the entire world of wiseguys—their code of honor and their treachery, their… Shares USA, True Crime

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