Search Results: True Crime from Turtleman Used Books

Some minor wear at the corners and edges, plus a few spine creases. 349 pages are clean, tight and intact. The true story of Hollywood's "Cotton Club" murder.

Textbook. Has some highlighting, but little other wear. No dust jacket, likely as was published. Solid binding. Little cover wear other than a pair of bumped corners (lower). This book will ship at over three pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

This is a book which has been read, more than once. There is some wear at a couple of corners and the spine is creased and curved. Pages remain clean, intact and fairly tight.

Small amount of wear along the edges and at the corners, plus some shallow spine creases. 376 pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The Michael Fletcher story, a true crime tale of a love triangle and murder.

Wear includes rubs, chips and creases in the cover, plus one deep spine crease that coincides with the location of the obligatory set of photographs always found in a true crime book. 419 pages are clean, unmarked and tight (everywhere except where those pictures are).

Trade paperback. Very little wear other than a slight bend in the top corner of the index pages. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked, spine is creaseless. Stated first edition, first printing.

The book shows minor wear for its age: shelf wear and a slightly bent corner of the book cover. A few spots of wear at various corners of the dust jacket, most significant of which is a 1 cm tear at the top rear corner of the spine, plus about 8 cm of tears over the spine. The formerly white dust jacket has a collection of darker rubs throughout. Pages clean, tight, intact. Thirteen stories of true detectives (see photo #2). Seems to be a very rare book.

First edition. Very little wear. A small sticker at the base of the spine. Owner's name inside front cover. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. a book about friendship, love and familial murder in Jordan.

A little shelf wear and some spine creases. 429 pages are clean, tight and intact. A true story of family murder and madness.

Very little wear, to book or dust jacket. Pages are clean, tight and bright. First edition.

The spine of this book is graced with many creases, and the front cover has one or two more. Other wear is slight. The pages are all clean, tight and intact.

Very little wear. 511 pages. 56 stories about people who sold out their partners in crime, from ancient times to modern day.

Dust jacket has many tears and a missing piece or two. It served its purpose, as the book has very little sign of wear. 640 clean, tight, and bright pages. 51 true stories compiled by the people at the Reader's Digest.

Some wear, including chips on the edges, creases on the spine and front cover, and a little curl to the front cover. 449 pages are clean, tight and bright. The case of a serial killer in the Connecticut River Valley.

Not a lot of wear to the cover. Looks like someone may have spilled a bit of tea on the edge some years ago, penetrating to a maximum of about 2.5 cm deep by about 6 cm at the widest. Impacts the front half of the book, tapering off as it reaches the section of photographs in the middle. The stain is not dark and doesn't hamper the reading. In today's world, conspiracy theories are a cottage industry, but back in the 1960s and 1970s, this was the one that defined the genre.

Very little shelf wear. The lower front right corner of the book has a little bit of damage from what looks like the teeth of a kitten. It is a small area and unnoticeable behind the dust jacket. 381 pages appear clean, tight and unmarked. A true crime story from the defense lawyer's point of view. First edition.

A true story of some evangelists who ran afoul of an old religious law in Greece, and the consequences of their actions. The book shows very little wear other than tanned pages. The spine is square and uncreased and the pages are clean and tight.

A random selection of five true crime paperbacks, in good or better condition. While supplies last. I have far more true crime paperbacks than I have shelf space for. Average retail on these books is over $3.25 each, but you can get five for $11.50 plus shipping (just one shipping charge, no extra book charge). Photographs show a representative sample. Feel like taking a chance?