From the host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie comes a gripping thriller about two women haunted by their sisters’ unsolved disappearances. Nicole Monroe’s older sister vanished seven years ago, her car abandoned on the side of a road. When another woman whose sister disappeared the same week makes contact, the two join forces to unravel a mystery no one else has been willing to solve — even if it means destroying everything they’ve ever known.
Buy at Pecantown ↗A mesmerizing true story set against the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, weaving together two real-life narratives: the brilliant architect Daniel Burnham, racing to build the fair against impossible odds, and Dr. H.H. Holmes, America’s first serial killer, who used the chaos of the fair to lure victims into his specially constructed “murder castle.” Larson’s masterful narrative makes history read like the most gripping of thrillers.
Buy at Pecantown ↗After the devastating loss of his wife, Tom Kennedy moves with his young son Jake to the village of Featherbank for a fresh start. But Featherbank has a dark history: years ago, a serial killer called “the Whisper Man” abducted young boys there. When a new child goes missing, Detective Pete Willis — the officer who originally caught the Whisper Man — is called back. And the imprisoned killer hints he knows more than he should. A haunting, atmospheric thriller about grief, obsession, and evil that echoes through generations.
Buy at Pecantown ↗In the 1920s, the Osage Nation in Oklahoma became fabulously wealthy after oil was discovered beneath their land. Then members of the tribe began to be systematically murdered. The FBI’s investigation into what became known as the “Reign of Terror” — one of the most sinister conspiracies in American history — is told in full for the first time. A gripping, essential piece of American history, now a major film by Martin Scorsese.
Buy at Pecantown ↗When Freya Lockwood learns that her estranged mentor Arthur Crockleford has died under suspicious circumstances, she receives a letter he sent days before his death urging her to investigate. Joining forces with her irrepressible Aunt Carole, Freya follows cryptic clues to an isolated English manor hosting a shady “antiques enthusiasts’ weekend.” Think Antiques Roadshow meets Miss Marple — a deliciously fun, twisty debut packed with priceless fakes and very real danger.
Buy at Pecantown ↗Written by Ann Rule’s own daughter — who spent her teenage years attending murder trials alongside her mother and photographing killers in the courtroom — this biography traces Ann Rule’s remarkable journey from Seattle policewoman to the most influential true crime writer of the 20th century. With unparalleled insider access and decades of family memories, Leslie Rule paints an intimate portrait of the woman who invented the genre as we know it.
Buy at Pecantown ↗When Korede’s beautiful younger sister Ayoola calls her for help — again — it’s to dispose of yet another boyfriend’s body. Korede has always cleaned up Ayoola’s messes. But when Ayoola sets her sights on Korede’s work crush, a doctor at the hospital where she’s a nurse, Korede faces an impossible choice. Sharp, darkly funny, and razor-smart, this blazing debut from Lagos explores sisterhood, beauty, and the terrible things we do for family.
Buy at Pecantown ↗On November 15, 1959, in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were brutally murdered. Truman Capote’s account of the crime, the investigation, and the eventual capture and execution of the killers is widely considered the book that invented the true crime genre. Meticulously reported and novelistically rendered, it remains one of the most important and chilling works of nonfiction ever written.
Buy at Pecantown ↗When Black Texas Ranger Darren Mathews arrives in the tiny East Texas town of Lark to investigate the murders of a Black lawyer and a local white woman, he finds a community riven by racial tension, old grudges, and dangerous secrets. A masterful, timely crime novel rooted in the brutal history of race in America and the Texas landscape, from one of the most powerful crime writers working today. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel.
Buy at Pecantown ↗On March 18, 1990, two men posing as police officers spent 81 minutes inside Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, calmly removing thirteen masterworks — including a rare Vermeer and Rembrandt’s only known seascape — in what became the world’s largest unsolved art heist, valued at over $1 billion. Now the FBI’s lead investigator for 22 years tells the full story for the first time: the mob connections, the suspects, and the decade-spanning hunt.
Buy at Pecantown ↗The book that started it all. When Dr. John Watson returns wounded from Afghanistan, he finds himself sharing rooms at 221B Baker Street with the extraordinary Sherlock Holmes — and is quickly drawn into a baffling murder investigation. The original detective novel, this is where Holmes’ genius for cold logic and razor-sharp observation was first unveiled to the world — a thrilling, essential read that launched one of fiction’s greatest characters and inspired every mystery written since.
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