Nonfiction » True Crime » Kidnapping, abduction, hostage taking

Until Proven Innocent: Could the real-life Kojak help save a man from the electric chair?    by Arthur Jay Harris
Price: $3.99 USD. 132850 words. Language: English. Published on May 17, 2013. Nonfiction » True Crime » Murder.

The prosecutor was no longer sure both murder defendants were guilty. So he asked his retired dad—the real-life Kojak: could he help solve the case? A true story. PHOTOGRAPHS INCLUDED. VIEW “SAMPLE" Breathless, a woman’s call to 911 interrupted a quiet night in the horse country suburbs: “I’m stabbed to death. Please!” Did somebody stab you? asked the operator. “Yes! And my husband, my baby!"
Pro Bono - The 18-Year Defense of Caril Ann Fugate    by Jeff McArthur
Price: $4.99 USD. 114980 words. Language: English. Published on March 18, 2013. Nonfiction » True Crime » Murder.

In 1958, 19-year-old Charlie Starkweather went on a murder spree that paralyzed Nebraska, shocked the nation, and left 11 people dead. With him when he was captured was his 14-year-old ex-girlfriend Caril Fugate. The question soon arose, was Caril a kidnapped victim, or a heartless accomplice?
Eyes of a Pedophile Detecting Child Predators    by Betty Kuffel
Price: $2.99 USD. 77380 words. Language: English. Published on February 28, 2013. Nonfiction » True Crime » Kidnapping, abduction, hostage taking.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Peer inside the mind of violent child molester Nathanael Bar-Jonah. Personal coded writings, life-long behaviors and victim testimony reveal how he operated and the difficulties law enforcement experienced stopping him. This book follows his evolution from religious beginnings to hunting children. Extensively researched details explain what is known about child predators and how to recognize them.
Smart Kids, Safe Kids    by Dr. Ajakai Hassler
Price: $4.99 USD. 29830 words. Language: English. Published on January 24, 2013. Nonfiction » Parenting » Teens.

Outsmart anybody who tries to hurt you. Our world is getting crazier every day. This hard-hitting book teaches best ways to prevent (or cope with) child abduction, sexual assault and violence against kids. What I hope you get from this book is that you can and you must make yourself safe in this scary world. Smarter is safer. You can be…here is how… For girls, age 12 and up.
Pain and Gain - The Untold True Story    by Marc Schiller
Price: $4.99 USD. 89850 words. Language: English. Published on January 20, 2013. Nonfiction » True Crime » Kidnapping, abduction, hostage taking.

‘Pain and Gain – The Untold True Story’ is a gripping memoir that tells the true story behind the Paramount film Pain and Gain. Written by the real Sun Gym Gang victim, Marc Schiller, ‘Pain and Gain – The Untold True Story’ will take readers on an adrenaline rush with a shocking ending.
Have You Seen My Child - The Quest To Recover a Stolen Child    by Robin Bowles
Price: $9.95 USD. 51870 words. Language: English. Published on July 28, 2012. Nonfiction » True Crime » Kidnapping, abduction, hostage taking.

What would you do if your child was taken by your partner? Find out just what can be done in this amazing true story of the biggest successful international missing persons search ever conducted in the history of the world. The story began in Sydney Australia with a happy marriage and a beloved boy child. It continued through the separation of the child from the father and then the abduction.
From Victim to Victory: The story of Regina Lane, the Integon Victim of Winston-Salem    by Linda Felker Regina Lane
Price: $4.99 USD. 51730 words. Language: English. Published by Second Wind Publishing, LLC on April 15, 2012. Nonfiction » True Crime » Kidnapping, abduction, hostage taking.

Early on a Saturday morning, a young woman drove to her parking space in downtown Winston-Salem, got out of her car, and crossed the street to go into the Integon Office Building to work. Before she could step through the door, she was accosted, a gun was shoved into her side, and she was forced back into her car.
The Most Evil Person I've Ever Met, My Time in Prison with Lemaricus Davidson    by Six~Four
Price: $0.99 USD. 27470 words. Language: English. Published on March 12, 2012. Nonfiction » True Crime » Murder.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
During my incarceration at a West Tennessee State Prison I unknowingly lived a non-fictional novel. Lemaricus "Slim" Davidson was my barber and grew to be my friend. Once released from prison I went on to turn my life around. Lemaricus once freed, took only (5) months to commit the most heinous crime in recent Knoxville, TN history. Read as I allow this community to hear this killer speak.
Sleeping Dogs: A true story of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping    by Michael Foldes
Price: $4.99 USD. 37880 words. Language: English. Published on February 21, 2012. Nonfiction » True Crime » Kidnapping, abduction, hostage taking.

A deathbed confession. A gun encased in concrete. And the possibility both could have kept Bruno Richard Hauptmann from going to the electric chair for the kidnap and murder of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. When journalist Michael Foldes hears the story of an upstate NY family who could have known the killers, he teases out details in the 80-year-old case that plausibly point to Hauptmann's innocence.
6 Days in Baghdad    by Paul Oldenburgh
Price: $3.99 USD. 94480 words. Language: English. Published on January 27, 2012. Nonfiction » True Crime » General crimes.

(4.00 from 1 review)
Jamie Leigh Jones was allegedly assaulted while working for KBR at Camp Hope in Iraq in 2005. She filed a lawsuit against KBR in 2007 fighting the arbitration clause in her employment contract. The trial began on June 13, 2011 and would last four weeks. I served on the jury for this trial. I was shocked by the evidence, witness testimony, juicy tidbits, and revelations that I heard.