18 books like Under the bridge

What to read after Under the bridge — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Death's Shadow Jon Wells · 2013 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Criminal investigation, True Crime, Investigation, General with this book.

Judgment Ridge Mitchell Zuckoff · 2003 · ★ 4.5 · 418p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares Juvenile homicide, Criminal investigation, True Crime, Investigation with this book.

Final Analysis Catherine Crier · 2007 · ★ 3.4 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate In October 2002, Susan Polk, a housewife and mother of three, was arrested for the murder of her husband, Felix. The arrest in her sleepy northern California town kicked off what would become one of the most captivating murder trials in recent memory, as police, local attorneys, and the national media sought to unravel the complex web of events that sent this seemingly devoted housewife over the… Shares Criminal investigation, Trials, True Crime, Investigation

Post-mortem Jon Wells · 2009 · ★ 3.3 · 276p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A jogger is running near the perimeter of the African Lion Safari theme park in southern Ontario when he stumbles across a near- mummified skeleton in a field. The skeletal remains are studied at the Hamilton morgue by a forensic pathologist, a forensic anthropologist, and a forensic entomologist (known as "the bug lady". The victim is female, non-Caucasian. But who is she? Enter Hamilton… Shares Meurtre, True Crime, Investigation, General

Murder in America Stephen T. Holmes · 1994 · 200p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "A major revision of the best-selling Murder in America, this Second Edition examines both common and unusual acts of homicide in light of society's changing norms, values, attitudes, and customs. The authors, Ronald and Stephen Holmes, have worked with numerous police departments on more than 300 murder and rape cases. They have authored a variety of books and written many articles addressing… Shares Meurtre, True Crime, General, Murder

Bad Blood Levine, Richard M. · 1982 · ★ 3.7 · 343p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Details the shocking murders--in Terra Linda, California--of Jim and Naomi Olive by their sixteen-year-old daughter, Marlene, and her nineteen-year-old boyfriend, small-time drug dealer Chuck Riley Shares Meurtre, True Crime, Murder

A Descent Into Hell Kathryn Casey · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 383p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Bright, attractive, and both from good families, University of Texas college student Colton Pitonyak and vibrant redhead Jennifer Cave had the world at their beckoning. Cave, an ex-cheerleader, had just landed an exciting new job, while a big-money scholarship to UT's prestigious business school lured Pitonyak to Austin. Yet the former altar boy had a dark, unpredictable streak, one that ensnared… Shares Criminal investigation, True Crime, Investigation, Murder

The Boston stranglers Susan Kelly · 2002 · ★ 3.4 · 519p · ≈ 17h · Moderate In the only definitive book on this case, Susan Kelly investigates Albert DeSalvo's false confession to eleven murders committed in New England in the early 1960s -- and exposes the real killers. Shares Criminal investigation, Trials, True Crime, Investigation

Die, My Love Kathryn Casey · 2007 · ★ 3.4 · 353p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The day before Halloween 2004 was the last day on Earth for respected, well-liked college professor Fred Jablin. That morning, a neighbor discovered his body lying in a pool of blood in the driveway of Jablin's Virginia home. Police immediately turned their attentions to the victim's ex-wife, Piper, a petite, pretty Texas lawyer who had lost a bitter custody battle and would do anything to get… Shares Criminal investigation, True Crime, Investigation, Murder

Bringing Adam home Les Standiford · 2011 · ★ 4.5 · 305p · ≈ 10h · Moderate This is the story of an unfathomable crime that would forever embed itself into the collective American psyche and lead to sweeping legislative changes in the way that missing person cases are handled. In 1981, Adam Walsh was a healthy and bright 6 1/2 year old boy with his entire life ahead of him. On the afternoon of July 27th, Adam accompanied his mom, Revé, to the local Sears department store… Shares True Crime, Investigation, General, Murder

A Burial at Sea

A Burial at Sea Charles Finch · 2011 · 314p · ≈ 10h · Moderate In March 1873 aristocratic sleuth Charles Lenox undertakes a delicate espionage mission to Egypt, where five British agents have been killed, apparently by the French. But soon after Charles's ship sets sail, the captain calls on him to dust off his deductive skills when a crew member is murdered and left eviscerated on the deck. Shares Investigation, Murder

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 Trials, True Crime

The Wrong Man James Neff · 2001 · ★ 4.0 · 435p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The real-life murder that became known as "The Fugitive" case began before dawn on July 4, 1954, in a Cleveland suburb, when Marilyn Sheppard was viciously beaten to death in her bed. After an inadequate investigation, her husband, Dr. Sam Sheppard, was charged with the crime, and a chain of events was set in motion that has caused more speculation, more publicity, and more cultural myth than… Shares Trials, True Crime, Investigation, Murder

This House of Grief Helen Garner · 2014 · ★ 4.0 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Meurtre, Trials, Crimes against, True Crime with this book.

The blooding Joseph Wambaugh · 1989 · ★ 4.0 · 303p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Fifteen-year-old Lynda Mann's savagely raped and strangled body is found along a shady footpath near the English village of Narborough. Though a massive 150-man dragnet is launched, the case remains unsolved. Three years later the killer strikes again, raping and strangling teenager Dawn Ashforth only a stone's throw from where Lynda was so brutally murdered. But it will take four years, a… Shares Criminal investigation, True Crime, Investigation, Murder

Redbone Ron Stodghill · 2006 · ★ 4.2 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Lance Herndon was at the top of his game in 1996. At age forty-one he was a self-made millionaire, the owner of Access, Inc., a successful information-systems consulting company. As a prominent member of Atlanta's young, wealthy, and powerful set, he was surrounded by black Atlanta's "beautiful people." But when he failed to show up for work one day, friends and family started to worry. Their… Shares Criminal investigation, Crimes against, True Crime, Investigation

Greentown Timothy Dumas · 1998 · ★ 3.6 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Martha Moxley haunts Greenwich, Connecticut. The battered body of the pretty and popular fifteen-year-old girl was discovered on Halloween in 1975 in the exclusive Greenwich neighborhood of Belle Haven, where she lived. She had been bludgeoned to death on the front lawn of her home the night before - known in the town as "Mischief Night." In the days immediately following the murder, rumors flew.… Shares Criminal investigation, True Crime, Investigation, Murder

The Punishment She Deserves: A Lynley Novel Elizabeth George · 2018 · ★ 4.2 · 704p · ≈ 23h · Moderate Shares Criminal investigation, Investigation, General, Murder with this book.

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