True Crime Book Review Index

Sorted By Author Name

Our reviewers are not paid for their work; therefore, they choose books they expect to enjoy. Most of us have a "50-page" rule. If we can't get through the first 50 pages, we don't read it and don't review it. Each reviewer has their own criteria for books. The reviewer's endorsements are their own. For more information about a reviewer, click HERE. For reviews sorted by reviewer, click HERE. Please note that we are in the process of revising how we list reviewers. As a result of this, some may be missing from the contributors page or the index by reviewers page.

Note: There are up to 4 lists per classification or reviewer - two for the "recent" reviews (one each, sorted by Author Name or Title) and two "all reviews" lists (one each, sorted by Author Name or Title). Some lists are very long and are broken up into multiple pages.
Please see HERE for more information.

Don't forget, you can SEARCH Books 'n' Bytes for Author / Title / Subject / any text.

[reviewer] Book / Author -- Rating

[VJ] Fingerprints: The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case That Launched Forensic Science by Colin Beavan [4 stars]

[HK] The Poisoner : A Story of Family Secrets by Gail Bell [4 stars] [2003]

[HK] Death Sentence by Jerry Bledsoe

[HK] The Burning of Bridget Cleary by Angela Bourke [4 stars]

[HK] The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception by Emmanuel Carrere [5 stars]

[CP] Coroner's Journal: Forensics and the Art of Stalking Death by Louis Cataldie [3 stars] [2007]

[AR] Coroner's Journal: Forensics and the Art of Stalking Death by Louis Cataldie [4.5 stars] [2007]

[HK] Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell [5 stars] [2002]

[J4] Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell [1 stars] [2002]

[W] A Rip in Heaven by Jeanine Cummins [5 stars] [2004]

[JT] A Rip in Heaven by Jeanine Cummins [5 stars] [2004]

[W] Death and Justice : An Expose of Oklahoma's Death Row Machine by Mark Fuhrman [4 stars] [2003]

[HK] A Cold Case by Philip Gourevitch

[AR] The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham [2006]

[HK] Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief by Lee Gruenfeld [5 stars] [2004]

[J4] The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson [3 stars] [2003]

[W] Judgment Ridge : The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders by Dick Lehr , Mitchell Zuckoff [4 stars] [2003]

[GM] True Vampires : Blood-Sucking Killers Past and Present by Sondra London [2.5 stars] [2003]

[HK] Are You There Alone? : The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates by Suzanne O'Malley [5 stars] [2004]

[HK] Unleashed : Of Poltergeists and Murder: The Curious Story of Tina Resch by William Roll , Valerie Storey [4 stars] [2004]

[HK] Every Breath You Take by Ann Rule [5 stars]

[HK] And Never Let Her Go by Ann Rule [4 stars]

[W] The Radioactive Boy Scout : The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor by Ken Silverstein [4 stars] [2004]

[W] Lone Wolf: Eric Rudolph: Murder, Myth, and the Pursuit of an American Outlaw by Maryanne Vollers [5 stars] [2006]

[HK] Fire Lover by Joseph Wambaugh [5 stars] [2002]

[HK] The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd by Richard Zacks [5 stars] [2002]

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