London: Cassell, (1957) dj. Hardcover first edition - A reconstruction of the life of William Palmer (1824-1856): surgeon, racehorse owner.a confessed forger who got girls into trouble, doped horses, robbed a few people, but was he a poisoner? Palmer, also known as the Rugeley Poisoner or the Prince of Poisoners, was found guilty of murder in one of the most notorious cases of the 19th century. Charles Dickens called Palmer "the greatest villain that ever stood in the Old Bailey". He was convicted for the 1855 murder of his friend John Cook, and was executed in public by hanging the following year. It was claimed he had poisoned Cook with strychnine, and he was suspected of poisoning several other people including his brother and his mother-in-law, as well as four of his children who died of "convulsions" before their first birthdays. Palmer made large sums of money from the deaths of his wife and brother after collecting on life insurance, and by defrauding his wealthy mother out of thousands of pounds, all of which he lost through gambling on horses. The title with its reference to "saintly Billy" was a comment from his mother, who called William the best of her children and Palmer maintained his innocence to the end. Based on contempory records, trial transcripts, etc. Includes "twenty-three illustrations in the text", taken from 'The Times' Report of the Trial of Wm. Palmer, 1856.' 269 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of a the private eye considered best in the business (and one of the most controversial) by his peers by a writer who, in the mid-70s, worked as an investigator for him. "The bug in the martini olive was a tiny wireless transmitter (with a toothpick as its antenna) that Lipset displayed before a 1965 Senate subcommittee on eavesdropping. Lipset has opened his case files, meticulously kept for 30 years, to Holt. He worked as an investigator for Angela Davis, Huey Newton, the San Quentin Six, and the Soledad Brothers, and was security advisor to the Black Panthers, the United Farm Workers, and the American Indian Movement. Lest he be accused of idealism, other clients included Jim Jones of the People's Temple, Chuck Dederich of Synanon, Werner Erhard of est, the Hare Krishna Society, and the Reverend Moon's Unification Church. Unlike many fictional detectives, Lipset does not care whether the people hiring him are right or wrong, guilty or innocent." (Kirkus) viii, 311 pp. ISBN: 0-316371610.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2005). SIGNED hardcover first edition - An account of a New Orleans murder trial and of justice gone wrong. "In a New Orleans supermarket parking lot in the fall of 1984 ,two disparate lives become inextricably bound for the next fourteen years. The first, the life of Delores Dye, a white housewife and grandmother. The second, a young black man with a gun in hand. Moments following their maybe not so chance encounter, Mrs. Dye lay dead on the sunbaked macadam, and the killer had made off with her purse, her groceries, and her car. Four days later, following a tip, authorities arrested a known drug dealer and father of five named Curtis Kyles. Kyles would then be tried for Mrs. Dye's murder an unprecedented five times, though he maintained his innocence throughout each trial. Convicted and sentenced to death in his second trial, he would spend fourteen years on death row. . . But the case slowly yielded a deeper drama: That police and prosecutors may have been complicit in the vengeance that framed Kyles cuts to the heart of a system of justice for Southern blacks in the era since lynch mobs were shamed into obsolescence." INSCRIBED by the author on the title page "for --- esteemed and much loved comrade in arms." Nominated for the Edgar Award. Photographs. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-374138257.

New York: Cliff Street Books / Harper Collins, (1999). Hardcover first edition - Indiana's first book-length work of nonfiction, an unusual true crime story in which he immerses himself in the mind of a killer. He depicts the 1997 killing spree of Andrew Cunanan as "a peculiarly contemporary artifact, an alloy in which reality and myth have been inseparably combined. The case generated an astonishing sequence of news reports in which the suspect became a 'monster,' 'serial killer,' 'pervert,' 'master of disguise,' and so forth. In reality, this figure of dread bore little resemblance to the scary sociopath of legend. In following Cunanan's 'trail of death,' Indiana presents a riveting, fully realized portrait of a very bright, even brilliant young man whom people liked. He had charisma, great looks, and money that he spent very freely on others. He was a sympathetic listener with a phenomenal memory for names, faces, and virtually anything he read or saw. But he didn't fit in anywhere, and he couldn't solve the problem of how to live. The two people he thought might love him for himself didn't, and he ended up killing them. . . in Miami he found himself trapped, the very places where he expected to 'blend in' were informed about who he was and what he looked like. It was isolation he could not deal with--and that led to his total disintegration and the death of Gianni Versace." Illustrated with photographs. ISBN: 0-060191457.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1918. Hardcover first edition - Uncommon first edition of the author's second book. Illustrations by Captain Louis Keene. Mayo was known as a Nativist and for her xenophobia. In addition to her three books on the Pennsylvania state police, she was influential in the efforts to establish a state police force in New York and "supported their ability to control immigrants and blacks whose involvement in labor rights agitations were viewed by Mayo as a threat to white supremacy." She is best known for her 1927 polemic on India - "Mother India" - a racist and pro-imperialist work which attacked Hindu society and religion, and the culture of India, and one which was used by the British authorities to counter the growing support for an independent India. 324 pp.

New York: Sterling, (2020). First edition - A title in the Profiles in Crime series - this focuses on the changes in forensic investigation which have helped to capture serial killers from 1890 to 2003, including "Rodney Alcala, a serial rapist and murderer sometimes called Dating Game killer for his appearance on that TV show. No one knows the exact number of his victims; Takahiro Shiraishi, the suicide killer from Zama, Japan, who dismembered nine victims and stored their bodies in his refrigerator; Aileen Wuornos, one of the rare female serial killers. She shot seven men in Florida and was turned in by an accomplice; Jeffrey Dahmer, the Milwaukee Cannibal, and Bobby Joe Long, both identified by survivors; Ted Bundy and David Berkowitz (Son of Sam" and more. Sources, index. xii, 300 pp. ISBN: 978-1454939375.

New York: Random House, (2019) dj. Hardcover first edition - A combination of true crime and investigative journalism, this describes the "decade-long quest to bring down Paul Le Roux - the creator of a frighteningly powerful Internet-enabled cartel who merged the ruthlessness of a drug lord with the technological savvy of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. It all started as an online prescription drug network, supplying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of painkillers to American customers. Before long, the business had turned into a sprawling multinational conglomerate engaged in almost every conceivable aspect of criminal mayhem. Yachts carrying $100 million in cocaine. Safe houses in Hong Kong filled with gold bars. Shipments of methamphetamine from North Korea. Weapons deals with Iran. Mercenary armies in Somalia. Teams of hit men in the Philippines. Encryption programs so advanced that the government could not break them. . . It would take relentless investigative work, and a shocking betrayal from within his organization, to catch him. And when he was finally caught, the story turned again, as Le Roux struck a deal to bring down his own organization and the people he had once employed."Photographs, notes, index. xxxi. 446 pp. ISBN: 978-0399590412.

New York: Random House, (2019) dj. Hardcover first edition - A combination of true crime and investigative journalism, this describes the "decade-long quest to bring down Paul Le Roux - the creator of a frighteningly powerful Internet-enabled cartel who merged the ruthlessness of a drug lord with the technological savvy of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. It all started as an online prescription drug network, supplying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of painkillers to American customers. Before long, the business had turned into a sprawling multinational conglomerate engaged in almost every conceivable aspect of criminal mayhem. Yachts carrying $100 million in cocaine. Safe houses in Hong Kong filled with gold bars. Shipments of methamphetamine from North Korea. Weapons deals with Iran. Mercenary armies in Somalia. Teams of hit men in the Philippines. Encryption programs so advanced that the government could not break them. . . It would take relentless investigative work, and a shocking betrayal from within his organization, to catch him. And when he was finally caught, the story turned again, as Le Roux struck a deal to bring down his own organization and the people he had once employed."Photographs, notes, index. xxxi. 446 pp. ISBN: 978-0399590412.

New York: Citadel / Kensington, (2023) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which "delves into the 1990 murder of Lisa Pruett, a resident of the wealthy suburb of Shaker Heights who was found stabbed to death near her boyfriends home. Through research and interviews, Renner comes to the conclusion that the man accused of her death may have had nothing to do with the crime and was instead targeted by a group of teenagers who allegedly wanted to blame someone outside of their inner circle." In an interview Renner commented that this book "shines a light into what doesnt get covered much, which is the secret life of teenagers, especially in a place like Shaker Heights, where they have everything they could want and very powerful parents to back them up. SIGNED on the title page. Discussion quetions. xii, 323 pp. ISBN: 978-0806542553.