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  The Heist - The Birkenhead...

  Scott Bainbridge

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  One Friday evening in October 1984, a security truck pulled into the car park of the Foodtown supermarket in the Auckland suburb of Birkenhead. It had already made a few stops at other supermarkets that day, so there was plenty of cash on board. A few minutes later, as the security guards emerged from the supermarket carrying the day's takings, a white van skidded to a halt, narrowly missing one of them. Three armed men piled out of the van, and within three minutes, they had stolen $294,524 (the equivalent of over $1.1 million today). The investigation that followed the heist soon fanned out from the North Shore suburbs to greater Auckland, into Northland and then across the Tasman to Sydney. Along the way, it shined a light on the activities of several well-known figures in New Zealand's criminal underworld, who between them had links to at least three unsolved murders. In The Heist, Scott Bainbridge recounts a classic true-crime tale drawn together from his extensive research and interviews with several of the key players – including both cops and robbers!

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  Karen Read Trial - A True Crime...

  Roberts R. Kevin

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  KAREN READ TRIAL examines a controversial criminal case that exposed serious weaknesses in law enforcement, prosecution, and local authority.
   
  The book centers on the death of John O’Keefe and the case involving Karen Read. From the earliest stages, the investigation raised unresolved questions. Despite the lack of clear, conclusive evidence, early assumptions shaped the direction of the case and were rarely reconsidered. Over time, those assumptions became entrenched, even as contradictions and gaps continued to emerge.
   
  This was not a failure limited to a single moment. The case developed within an environment where accountability was inconsistent and scrutiny often discouraged. Relationships between institutions and the surrounding community influenced outcomes, while critical questions were sidelined instead of addressed.
   
  Beyond the central case, the book places these events within a broader pattern of investigative failures, overlooked evidence, and ongoing legal controversies. In several instances, serious procedural breakdowns persisted, requiring outside intervention only after significant damage had already occurred.
   
  Drawing from documented records and verified case material, KAREN READ TRIAL shows how justice can falter—not through coordinated intent, but through hesitation, silence, and institutional self-protection.
   
  What happened here was not an isolated incident. It reflects a larger issue affecting communities when authority goes largely unquestioned and responsibility is delayed.
   
  This book presents the facts, the unanswered questions, and the consequences of allowing uncertainty to replace accountability.

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  True Crime - The 80's - 13...

  Alexander Dragone

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  True Crime from the 1980's 
  Dive into the dark underbelly of the 1980s-a decade remembered for shoulder pads, permed mullets, and Rubik's Cubes, but also for some of the most gruesome and chilling crimes in history. Author Alexander Dragone uncovers 13 sensational true crime cases that shocked the world, pushed law enforcement to their limits, and left lasting scars on communities. 
  From the infamous "Monster of Florence," a serial killer who terrorized Italy's countryside with brutal murders of couples, to the horrifying "Forest of Death" in Germany where a cold-blooded perpetrator executed lovers while evading police just meters away-this book delves into unsolved mysteries, kidnappings, serial killings, and acts of unimaginable cruelty. 
  Accompany tireless investigators as they hunt for clues, gain insights into the sick minds of perpetrators whose heinous acts defy comprehension, and witness how these 1980s crimes burned themselves into our collective memory. Perfect for true crime enthusiasts, fans of cold cases, serial killer stories, and historical mysteries, this gripping collection reveals the era's most notorious abductions, arsons, and executions. 
  Are you ready to face the evil that lurked in the shadows of the '80s?

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  My Time to Stand - A Memoir

  Melissa Moore, Michele...

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  New York Times Bestseller 
   
  A victim of her mother’s Munchausen by proxy and child abuse survivor, Gypsy-Rose Blanchard’s unique and controversial case made headlines across the world. 
   
  Now, she’s finally free to start living her life on her terms—and to tell her own story as only she can. 
   
  Forced to use a wheelchair in public and endure a lifetime of faux illness, fraud, and exploitation, Gypsy was subjected not only to her mother’s medical, physical, and emotional abuse, but deprived of childhood milestones. Prevented from attending school or socializing, Gypsy’s formative years were defined by pain and isolation. 
   
  After serving eight years in prison for the role she played in her mother Dee Dee’s murder, Gypsy is embracing her fresh start—and reminding all of us that it’s never too late. 
   
  In this revelatory, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful memoir, Gypsy shares the painful realities she grew up with and the details of her life that only she knows, including: 
  • The abusive cycle that began with Dee Dee’s abuse by her father 
  • Gypsy’s fear that continued unnecessary surgery would leave her truly disabled 
  • How she coped with guilt and accepted responsibility for her mother’s death 
  • Memories of her final days in prison 
  • What she learned upon reviewing her own medical records for the first time 
  • How it felt to finally see her family again as her authentic self 
   
  Featuring new facts about Gypsy’s life that she previously kept private, My Time to Stand offers an unprecedented look at the real Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, proudly embarking on her ongoing journey to recovery and self-discovery.

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  The Butcher Embezzler and the...

  Gretchen Cherington

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  Three powerful men converge on the banks of the Red Cedar River in the early 1900s in southern Minnesota—George Albert Hormel, founder of what will become the $10 billion food conglomerate Hormel Foods; Alpha LaRue Eberhart, the author's paternal grandfather and Hormel's executive vice president and corporate secretary; and Ransome Josiah Thomson, Hormel's comptroller. Over ten years, Thomson will embezzle $1.2 million from the company's coffers, nearly bringing the company to its knees. 
   
   
   
  The Butcher, The Embezzler, and The Fall Guy opens in 1922 as George Hormel calls Eberhart into his office and demands his resignation. Hailed as the true leader of the company he'd helped Hormel build—is Eberhart complicit in the embezzlement? Far worse than losing his job and the great wealth he'd rightfully accumulated is that his beloved young wife, Lena, is dying while their three children grieve alongside. Of course, his story doesn't end there. 
   
   
   
  In scale both intimate and grand, Cherington deftly weaves the histories of Hormel, Eberhart, and Thomson within the sweeping landscape of our country's early industries, along with keen observations about business leaders gleaned from her thirty-five-year career advising top company executives.

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  Dark Web Kingpin - The True...

  Steve B. Davis

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  In 2011, a twenty-six-year-old with a physics degree and a laptop built the world's first online black market from a rented room in San Francisco.
   
  He called it the Silk Road.
   
  He was not a gangster. He had no criminal record, no cartel connections, no history of violence. He had a libertarian philosophy, and a single, consuming belief — that the government had no right to tell people what they could buy or sell and that the internet could prove it.
   
  Hidden inside the darkest corner of the internet, it sold heroin, cocaine, forged passports, and counterfeit currency — delivered to your door in an ordinary envelope, paid for in digital currency that left no trace in any bank on earth. Over one hundred thousand customers across twenty-six countries used it. It processed more than one billion dollars before a single agent knew how to stop it.
   
  This is the complete true story of how the Silk Road was built, how it operated, what it destroyed, and how a single careless post made years before anyone was looking brought the entire empire down.
   
  A man who believed he was building a freer world met the full weight of the American justice system.
   
  Grab a copy of Dark Web Kingpin to read the full story

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