Caroline Fraser tells a gripping history of crime and industrial wrongs, including a toxic legacy of lead and arsenic that ...

In pop culture, serial killers like Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy are often cunning geniuses. In real life, though, it's increasingly clear that many of these murderous maniacs are morons.

It ends—as these books often do—in a game of cat and mouse, and the serial killer is no cat. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara.

Told through the eyes of six vastly different but hauntingly complex women in Los Angeles, this book succeeds where a lot of serial killer novels fail: remembering the people who survived.

Pro-tip: an HBO Max series based on the book is currently in development, with Emma Stone attached for the main role. Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild A serial killer with a compassionate heart?

In his book "Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters," Peter Vronsky shows male and female serial killers ...

A new book by Marissa Harrison, associate professor of psychology, examines the differences between male and female serial killers, what motivates women to kill, and why they often get away with it.

open image in gallery A new book by former FBI assistant director for counterintelligence Frank Figliuzzi delves into the world of America’s serial killer truck drivers (Frank Figliuzzi ...

Yes, the U.S. and Australia might seem like the worst offenders, but these books about British serial killers prove that the UK has also borne witness to some pretty horrific crimes over the years.