Books tagged: Criminals & Outlaws
A Priest in Hell
By Randall Radic
?Living in jail is like living in a foreign country. The customs and culture are different, almost alien, and so is the language.” A Priest in Hell is the compelling true story of life in the U.S. prison system. The book takes fodder for popular reality shows (like Cops) to ... Read more
Black River Road
By Debra Komar
Shortlisted, Arthur Ellis Best Non-Fiction Crime Book Award
In 1869, in the woods just outside of the bustling port city of Saint John, a group of teenaged berry pickers discovered several badly decomposed bodies. The authorities suspected foul play, but the identities of the ... Read more
Cures for Hunger
By Deni Béchard
Almost unbelievable. You'll swear it's fiction.
"You haven't read a story like this one, even if your father was the kind of magnificent scoundrel you only find in Russian novels. Béchard is the rare writer who knows the secret to telling the true story. " — Marlon James, ... Read more
Cures for Hunger
By Deni Béchard
Almost unbelievable. You'll swear it's fiction.
"You haven't read a story like this one, even if your father was the kind of magnificent scoundrel you only find in Russian novels. Béchard is the rare writer who knows the secret to telling the true story. " — Marlon James, ... Read more
Darwin's Moving
By Taylor Lambert
In a city known for wealth and prosperity, the divide between haves and have-nots is rarely clearer than on moving day, when those two worlds come together in intimate fashion. Violent ex-cons and drug addicts are invited into spacious homes, entrusted with the care and transport ... Read more
Final Appeal
By Colin Thatcher
On May 7, 1984, Colin Thatcher was convicted of killing his ex-wife JoAnn Wilson the previous year, and was sentenced to life in prison. The murder and the trial provoked a national media frenzy, and the once-prominent Saskatchewan politician was cast nationwide as a villain, ... Read more
Framed
By Tod Volpe
Tod Volpe had an appetite for the finer things in life and was savvy at selling them. Once widely acknowledged as one of the world’s foremost art dealers, Volpe launched a feeding frenzy in the international art community when he founded the Mission arts and crafts movement. ... Read more
