Nonviolent True Crime

Updated June 6, 2026
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The feather thief : beauty, obsession and the natural history heist of the century
Johnson, Kirk Wallace
Paper Book
Who is Edwin Rist? Genius or Narcissist? Mastermind or Pawn? One summer evening in 2009, twenty-year-old musical prodigy Edwin Rist broke into the British Museum of Natural History. Hours later, he slipped away with a suitcase full of rare bird specimens...
Bad blood : secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley startup
Carreyrou, John
Paper Book
Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2018"You will not want to put this riveting, masterfully reported book down. No matter how bad you think the Theranos story was, you'll learn that the reality was actually far worse." Bethany McLean, bestselling coauthor of...
Billion dollar whale : the man who fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the world
Wright, Tom, (Wall Street Journal reporter)
Paper Book
Two Pulitzer-finalist Wall Street Journal reporters document the true story of how a young social climber orchestrated one of historys biggest financial heists, exposing the secret nexus of elite wealth, banking, Hollywood and politics. 75,000 first printing."What does it take to steal $5 billion?...
The woman who fooled the world : Belle Gibson's cancer con
Donelly, Beau
Paper Book
Belle Gibson convinced the world she had healed herself from terminal brain cancer with a healthy diet. She built a global business based upon her claims. There was just one problem: she'd never had cancer. In 2015, journalists uncovered the truth: this hero of the wellness world,...
Catch me if you can : the amazing true story of the youngest and most daring con man in the history of fun and profit
Abagnale, Frank W.
Paper Book
The amazing true story of the most extraordinary liar in the history of fun and profit! 'Irresistible! ... touches that current of larceny that lies within all of us.' (Houston Chronicle) Frank Abagnale wrote US$2.5 million in bad cheques, practised law without a licence,...
Diamond Doris : the true story of the world's most notorious jewel thief
Payne, Doris
Paper Book
"Doris Payne is an unapologetic badass." - Tessa Thompson, Actress This is the sensational and compelling memoir of the world's most notorious jewel thief - a woman who defied society's prejudices and norms to carve her own path, and live out her dreams. She stole...
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Paper Book
Is it still possible to fake your own death in the twenty-first century? With six figures of student loan debt, Elizabeth Greenwood was tempted to find out. So off she sets on a darkly comic foray into the world of death fraud, where for $30,000 a consultant can make you disappear--but your...
The Dead duke, his secret wife and the missing corpse
Eatwell, Piu Marie
Paper Book
The extraordinary story of the Druce-Portland affair, one of the most notorious, tangled and bizarre legal cases of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. In 1897 an elderly widow, Anna Maria Druce, made a strange request of the London Ecclesiastical Court: it was for the exhumation of the...
The spider network : the wild story of a math genius, a gang of backstabbing bankers, and one of the greatest scams in financial history
Enrich, David
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the FT & McKinsey Book Prize! 'Will snare you in its web of deceit, lies, corruption, manipulation and colourful characters. [a] brilliant investigative exposé' - Harlan Coben, bestselling thriller author 'Reads like a fast...

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