With the recent capture of the Golden State Killer and the direct link to Michelle McNamara’s groundbreaking true crime novel and the in-depth research it put together to aid in catching him, true crime has transcended reportage into being a possible tool to help law enforcement to solve crimes. This is an exciting time for the genre, and your patrons will be interested in checking out varied audiobooks and video that deal with high-profile, compelling true crime stories.
True crime writing is the fastest growing genre since the turn of the century.
JAMES PATTERSON AUDIOBOOKS
- Associated Content
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark Michelle McNamara All-American Murder Alex Abramovich
Harper Collins Publishers
NY Times Bestseller Unabridged • 8 Discs Replacements Available
Hachette Audio
NY Times Bestseller
AUDIOBOOK 11952625 $39.99
The haunting true story of the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California during the ‘70s and ‘80s.
Hachette Audio Unabridged • 5 Discs AUDIOBOOK 11897001. $19.99
Unabridged • 6 Discs Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11897003. $34.99
...brilliant...
Murder Beyond the Grave
Hachette Audio Unabridged • 4 Discs AUDIOBOOK 11910423. $19.99
- Stephen King
Home Sweet Murder
Murder, Interrupted
Hachette Audio Unabridged • 5 Discs AUDIOBOOK 11897002. $19.99
VIDEO American Crime Story
Mommy Dead and Dearest
The People V. O. J. Simpson
Starring: Jim Arnott, David Blanchard, Dee Dee Blanchard In this documentary, the murder of Dee Dee Blanchard by her daughter Gypsy Rose is explored, as well as the circumstances leading up to the event. UNK 93 min. (2017) Documentary DVD 12013745 $19.99
Two Golden Globes, SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Television Movie Starring: John Travolta, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Sarah Paulson UNK 498 min. (2016) Drama DVD 11680542 $16.99 (4 Discs) BLU-RAY 11680543 $25.99 (3 Discs)
Who Killed Tupac? Starring: Lolita Files, P. Frank Williams, Jesse Surratt Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump leads an investigation into the 1996 murder of influential rap artist Tupac Shakur. UNK 252 min. (2017) Biographical DVD 12038942 $11.24 (2 Discs)
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After the Eclipse Sarah Perry HighBridge Company A fierce memoir of a mother’s murder, a daughter’s coming of age in the wake of immense loss, and her ultimate mission to know the woman who gave her life. Unabridged • 11 Discs AUDIOBOOK 11830893 $39.99
The Bayou Strangler
Louisiana’s Most Gruesome Serial Killer
Fred Rosen
Dreamscape Media, LLC The true story of Louisiana serial killer Ronald Dominique’s ten-year murder spree, the men he slew, and the detectives who hunted him down. Unabridged • 5 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11733976 $17.99
Almost Gone John Baldwin, Mackenzie Baldwin
The Amityville Horror Jay Anson
Simon & Schuster Audio The riveting true story about a teenage Christian girl who was seduced online by a charming young Muslim man from Kosovo, and her father who ultimately worked with the FBI to save her from disappearing forever. Unabridged • 6 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11947859 $49.99
Blackstone Audio, Inc.
The Blood of Emmett Till Timothy B. Tyson
The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist Radley Balko, Tucker Carrington
Dreamscape Media, LLC The 1955 lynching of Emmett Till launched the civil rights movement. Never-before-heard firsthand accounts and recently recovered court transcripts may change history.
NY Times Bestseller Unabridged • 7 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11733840 $29.99
In 1974, Ronald DeFeo went on a homicidal rampage and killed his entire family. A year later, the Lutz family moved into the same home where the murders occurred. Although apprehensive, the price was too good to pass up. Twenty-eight days later, the horrified Lutz family would flee from the house. Unabridged • 6 Discs AUDIOBOOK 10356005 $24.99
Blackstone Audio, Inc. Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington write a true story of Southern horror–of two innocent men wrongly convicted of vicious crimes and the legal failures that allowed it to happen. They will shine a light on the institutional and professional failures that took place. Unabridged • 12 Discs AUDIOBOOK 11989050 $39.99
Chappaquiddick Leo Damore
Dangerous Ground M. William Phelps
Fatal Vision Joe McGinniss
Blackstone Audio, Inc. A young woman leaves a party with a wealthy senator. The next morning her body is discovered in his car at the bottom of a pond. This is the damning true story of the death of campaign strategist Mary Jo Kopechne and Senator Ted Kennedy. Unabridged • 15 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 12054619 $39.99
HighBridge Company In September 2011, M. William Phelps asked a convicted serial killer to act as a consultant for his TV series. In this deeply personal account, Phelps traces his own family’s dark history, and takes us into the heart and soul of a serial murderer. Unabridged • 10 Discs AUDIOBOOK 11840315 $39.99
Simon & Schuster Audio The electrifying true story of Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, the handsome, Princetoneducated physician convicted of savagely slaying his young pregnant wife and two small children, murders he vehemently denies committing. Unabridged • 22 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11998816 $99.99
A Few Red Drops The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
Claire Hartfield
Dreamscape Media, LLC This gripping account of the 1919 summer day that precipitated a full-blown race riot in Chicago traces the events and forces that made the explosion inevitable. Unabridged • 4 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11972736 $23.99
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The Girl on the Velvet Swing Simon Baatz Blackstone Audio, Inc. From New York Times bestselling author Simon Baatz, the first comprehensive account of the murder that made the Gilded Age, and of the trial that shocked the world. Unabridged • 9 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11957370 $33.99
H.H. Holmes
The True History of the White City Devil
Adam Selzer
Dreamscape Media, LLC Discover the truth about America’s first and most notorious serial killer and his diabolical killing spree during the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. Unabridged • 14 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11792552 $29.99
Audiobooks Ranger Games Ben Blum Random House, Inc. Alex Blum was a good kid with one unshakeable goal in life: Become a US Army Ranger. On the day of his leave before deployment to Iraq, Alex got into his car with two fellow soldiers, drove to a local bank, and committed armed robbery.
AudioFile Earphones Unabridged • 13 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11798285 $44.99
The Innocent Killer Michael Griesbach Tantor Audio An unprecedented real-life thriller about Steven Avery, a DNA exoneree who, while in the midst of exposing corruption in local law enforcement, finds himself the prime suspect in a grisly new crime. Unabridged • 7 Discs Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11533243 $34.99
Mindhunter John Douglas, Mark Olshaker Simon & Schuster Audio During his career, Special Agent John Douglas became a legendary figure in law enforcement, pursuing some of the most notorious and sadistic serial killers. Now, in chilling detail, he takes listeners behind the scenes of some of his most gruesome and fascinating cases. Unabridged • 12 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11882581 $69.99
Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann Random House, Inc. In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian Nation. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe.
NY Times Bestseller Unabridged • 7 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11691150 $39.99
Hunting El Chapo Douglas Century, Andrew Hogan Harper Collins Publishers Follow Special Agent Andrew Hogan as he leads a white-knuckle manhunt with an elite brigade of trusted Mexican marines, racing door-to-door through the cartel’s stronghold of Sinaloa. Unabridged • 7 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11871838 $34.99
Lady Killers
Deadly Women Throughout History
Tori Telfer
Dreamscape Media, LLC Inspired by the Jezebel column ‘Lady Killers,’ this thrilling and entertaining compendium investigates female serial killers and their crimes. Unabridged • 8 Discs Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11913475
$29.99
The Man from the Train Bill James, Rachel McCarthy James
If I Did It
Confessions of the Killer
The Goldman Family, Dominick Dunne, Pablo F. Fenjves
Blackstone Audio, Inc. In 2006, Simpson drafted a manuscript detailing how he would have murdered the two victims, if he had done it. However, after being found guilty in civil suits, courts awarded the Goldman family rights to the book. Here, they present Simpson’s book infused with their commentary. Unabridged • 6 Discs AUDIOBOOK 10206431 $29.99
The I-5 Killer Ann Rule, Andy Stack Tantor Audio Randall Woodfield had an appetite for unspeakable violent acts that led him to cruise the I-5 highway through California to Washington, leaving a trail of victims along the way. Unabridged • 9 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11880874 $37.99
The Lost Girls John Glatt
Simon & Schuster Audio Between 1898 and 1912, families across the country were bludgeoned in their sleep with the blunt side of an axe. Few people believed the crimes were related. And fewer still would realize that all of these families lived within walking distance from a train station. Unabridged • 14 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11851825 $69.99
Tantor Audio New York Times bestselling crime writer John Glatt tells the true story behind the kidnappings and long-overdue rescue of three women found in a Cleveland basement. Unabridged • 10 Discs Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11294436 $39.99
Member of the Family Dianne Lake, Deborah Herman
The Road to Jonestown Jeff Guinn
Harper Collins Publishers In this poignant and disturbing memoir of lost innocence, coercion, survival, and healing, Dianne Lake chronicles her years with Charles Manson, revealing for the first time how she became the youngest member of his Family. Unabridged • 10 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11880589 $39.99
Simon & Schuster Audio Jeff Guinn examines Jones’s life, from his extramarital affairs, drug use, and fraudulent faith healing to the fraught decision to move almost a thousand of his followers to a settlement in the jungles of Guyana in South America. Unabridged • 14 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11699433 $79.99
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Videos
American Gangster
Starring: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin UR 177 min. (2007) $130M Drama DVD 10334249 • $8.99 (Unrated Extended Edition) BLU-RAY 10240001 • $12.99
Carlos
Starring: Edgar Ramirez UNK 339 min. (2010) Drama DVD 10498259 • $49.99 (Criterion, 4 Discs) BLU-RAY 10498203 • $42.99 (Criterion, 2 Discs)
Zodiac
Starring: Robert Downey, Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal, Anthony Edwards R 157 min. (2007) Drama DVD 11852604 • $5.99
Bonnie and Clyde
Starring: Warren Beatty, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway R 111 min. (1967) Drama DVD 10211434 • $16.99 (2 Discs) BLU-RAY 10211992 • $21.99
Catch Me if You Can
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken PG13 141 min. (2002) $164M Drama DVD 10077763 • $8.99 (2 Discs) BLU-RAY 10007894 • $18.99
Henry
Portrait of a Serial Killer
Starring: Michael Rooker NR 180 min. (1986) Suspense DVD 10109226 • $24.99 (2 Discs) BLU-RAY 11781252 • $25.99 (30th Anniversary Edition)
Bronson
Bully
Starring: Tom Hardy, Matt King R 93 min. (2008) Drama DVD 10363591 • $11.99 BLU-RAY 10363628 • $14.99
Starring: Brad Renfro, Nick Stahl UNK 115 min. (2001) Drama DVD 10045663 • $12.99
Dog Day Afternoon
The Donnie Brasco Story
Starring: Charles Durning, James Broderick, Al Pacino R 124 min. (1975) $47M Suspense DVD 10106885 • $22.99 (Special Edition, 2 Discs) BLU-RAY+DVD 11373212 • $21.99 (40th Anniversary Edition, 2 Discs)
The Onion Field
Starring: John Savage, James Woods, Franklyn Seales R 122 min. (1979) Drama DVD 11329961 • $19.99 BLU-RAY 11329860 • $25.99
UNK 50 min. Documentary DVD 10212272 • $8.99
Reversal of Fortune
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Ron Silver R 112 min. (1990) Drama DVD 11303249 • $17.99
Foxcatcher Starring: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo R 134 min. (2014) $12M Drama DVD 11226032 • $12.99 BLU-RAY 11226033 • $16.99
In Cold Blood
Starring: Robert Blake, John Forsythe, Scott Wilson R 134 min. (1967) Drama DVD 11425012 • $29.99 (Criterion Collection, 2 Discs) BLU-RAY 11425011 • $33.99 (Criterion Collection) 4
The Wolf of Wall Street
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie R 179 min. (2013) $117M Comedy DVD 11049790 • $5.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 12051671 • $16.49 (2 Discs)
A superbly modulated study of a twisted mind with a career-changing performance by Steve Carell. - Hollywood Reporter
First-rate films sure to be in high demand.
dvd picks of the week
$42 million box office
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$41 million box office
$10 million box office Tyler Perry’s Acrimony
Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Lyriq Bent, Crystle Stewart A faithful wife tired of standing by her devious husband is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed. R 94 min. (2018) Suspense
Available June 26
DVD 12087956 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12087957 $29.99 (2 Discs)
Midnight Sun
Starring: Bella Thorne, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Rob Riggle A seventeen-year-old girl suffers from a condition that prevents her from being out in the sunlight. PG13 92 min. (2018) Drama
Available June 19
DVD 12081791 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12081792 $26.24 (2 Discs)
$57 million box office Love, Simon
Starring: Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel Everyone deserves a great love story, but for seventeen-yearold Simon Spier, it’s a little more complicated. He hasn’t told his family or friends that he’s gay, and he doesn’t know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he’s fallen for online. PG13 110 min. (2018) Drama
Available June 12
DVD 12070472 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12070473 $26.24 (2 Discs) 4K+BLU-RAY 12127861 $29.99 (2 Discs)
Tomb Raider
Starring: Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she discovers the island where her father disappeared. PG13 135 min. (2018) Action
Available June 12 DVD BLU-RAY 4K+BLU-RAY
12070467 $17.24 (Rental) 12070466 $18.74 (Rental) 12084386 $33.74 (2 Discs)
$34 million box office I Can Only Imagine
Starring: J. Michael Finley, Brody Rose, Dennis Quaid The inspiring and unknown true story behind MercyMe’s beloved, chart-topping song that brings ultimate hope to so many is a gripping reminder of the power of true forgiveness. PG 110 min. (2018) Drama
Available June 12
DVD 12070474 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12070475 $29.99 (2 Discs)
Death Wish
Starring: Bruce Willis, Vincent D’Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue A family man becomes a vigilante killing machine when his family is violently attacked by robbers. R 107 min. (2018) Drama
Available June 5
DVD 12062677 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12062678 $26.24 (2 Discs)
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new music
Mysterious heavy metal stars release a dark new album.
CD companion to the acclaimed documentary about Eric Clapton. The pop superstar releases his second album.
The chart-topping album makes its debut on CD. Eric Clapton
Life in 12 Bars Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists UMe • Soundtracks The many facets of Eric Clapton’s career are highlighted in the CD companion to the new documentary about his life. Included are four previously unreleased songs as well as tracks from the Yardbirds, Cream, and Muddy Waters.
Chart-topping singer releases her debut album.
After three years, the punk-pop band returns with a new album.
Shawn Mendes Shawn Mendes
Ghost Prequelle
Island Records • Pop/Rock Shawn Mendes releases his highly anticipated sophomore album, which includes the new singles In My Blood and Lost in Japan. There are also appearances from Julia Michaels and Khalid.
Loma Vista Recordings • Pop/Rock Previous albums by Ghost have dealt with broad themes like impending doom and the Antichrist. Their highly anticipated fourth album delves into the plague, the apocalypse, and the dark ages.
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XXXTENTACION ?
Bebe Rexha Expectations
Bad Vibes Forever, LLC • Rap/Hip-Hop After topping the charts upon its digital release, XXXTENTACION’s buzzed-about new album makes its way onto CD. It features the single Sad.
Warner Bros. • Pop/Rock Chart-topping singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha will release her highly anticipated debut album, which comes after the release of two successful EPs. It includes the tracks Ferrari; 2 Souls on Fire; and Meant to Be.
Available May 25 Parental Advisory CD 12126154
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5 Seconds of Summer Youngblood
Available June 22
Capitol • Pop/Rock While expanding their musical parameters on their third studio album, 5 Seconds of Summer retain the hooks and trademark DNA that have always been a massive part of the band’s appeal.
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new & trending audiobooks
Jack Ryan Jr. finds that the scars of war can last a lifetime in the latest entry in Tom Clancy’s bestselling series.
The latest in Heather Graham’s bestselling Krewe of Hunters series
Macomber is a skilled storyteller. - Publishers Weekly
An American hero reflects on his life—and what matters most.
Stone Barrington finds himself pitted against both man and nature In this electrifying new thriller.
Backman’s latest will resonate a long time. - Kirkus Reviews
Fade to Black Heather Graham
Navy Grooms Debbie Macomber
Tom Clancy Line of Sight Tom Clancy, Mike Maden
Harper Collins Publishers • Horror
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Random House, Inc. • Suspense
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Unabridged • 7 Discs Simultaneous Release • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11980138 $34.99
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The Restless Wave John McCain, Mark Salter
Turbulence Stuart Woods
Us Against You Fredrik Backman
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featured audiobook Includes over 60 powerful challenges for fitness, creativity, relationships, and more! The Big Book of 30-Day Challenges
60 Habit-Forming Programs to Live an Infinitely Better Life
Rosanna Casper
Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o When young King T’Challa is drawn into conflict with an old foe that puts his homeland Wakanda and the entire world at risk, he must release Black Panther’s full power to save them. PG13 134 min. (2018) $693M Action
Available May 15
DVD 12052445 $22.49 BLU-RAY 12052446 $29.99 4K+BLU-RAY 12083062 $32.24 (2 Discs)
Dreamscape Media, LLC Self Help Thirty-day challenges are the perfect way to develop new habits. Featuring sixty such challenges, this audiobook will help listeners get started living a better, fuller life now.
Available July 17
Unabridged • 4 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 12059947 $39.99
True crime is a most wanted genre — See inside for true crime audiobooks and videos straignt from the headlines, and check out our picks for the week!
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
For millions, seeing Dave Matthews Band is nearly an annual summertime tradition. This year fans have even more to be excited about as the band releases their first new album in six years.
Come Tomorrow RCA Records • Pop/Rock Just as they kick off their massive North American tour, Dave Matthews Band releases a brand new album. It is their first new release since 2012’s chart-topping Away from the World.
Live at Wrigley Field Bama Rags Recordings, LLC • Pop/Rock 2 Discs CD 10475491 $19.99
Live in New York City Bama Rags Recordings, LLC • Pop/Rock 2 Discs CD 10454156 $14.99
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Weekend on the Rocks
RCA Contemporary Pop/Rock 2 Discs CD 10121338 $16.99
The Best of What’s Around Volume 1
RCA Contemporary Pop/Rock 2 Discs CD 10150075 $14.99