Best Selling Books by Michael Newton

With the precision of a surgeon, the Jigsaw killer preys on young women and claims his shocking souvenirs. Tough and relentless FBI agents Flynn and Tanner stalk the monstrous psychopath whose genius makes his capture almost impossible--until he finds his last victim.

This bestselling fictional series is based on an actual organization: The Violent Criminal Apprehension Program--initially conceived in the 1960s. Special Agents Flynn and Tanner face the most horrifying challenge of their career when they must track down a ruthless incendiary killer--whose vicious crimes of arson have fanned the flames of mob violence in L.A.

This is the second volume of the bestselling annual, Serial Killers True Crime Anthology, a collection of some of the best true crime writing on serial killers over the year. Several of these authors who appeared in Volume 1 of the Anthology, return this year to Volume 2 with new stories. 2015 Serial Killers True Crime Anthology Volume 2: Peter Vronsky in the chilling story "Zebra! The Hunting Humans ''Ninja'' Truck Driver Serial Killer" describes the carnage perpetrated in 2007 by Adam Leroy Lane, a long haul truck driving serial killer who after repeatedly watching in his truck cab a serial killer DVD movie he was obsessed with, forayed out in the night from Interstate highway truck-stops dressed in Ninja black to re-enact the movie scenes by killing and mutilating unsuspecting women in their homes until he was captured by a fifteen-year old girl and her parents when he attempted to kill her as she slept in her bedroom.RJ Parker in "Demons" introduces us to the little known story of Canada''s serial killer Michael Wayne McGray who murdered men, women and children indiscriminately and whom even prison could not stop from continuing his killing. In the "Grim Sleeper" Parker describes the brutal crimes of Lonnie Franklin, Jr. who over a 23-year killing career, took a fourteen-year hiatus (thus his nickname) before resuming his murders of women in Los Angeles.Katherine Ramsland in "The Babysitter" brings us up to date on the still unsolved horrific1976 mutilation child murders in Detroit that inspired Bill Connington''s one-man Broadway play and Joyce Carol Oates 1995 novella Zombie. In "Really! The Other Guy Did It." Ramsland explores the bizarre case of serial killer Douglas Perry who after killing several women underwent a transsexual change into a woman, Donna Perry, who when apprehended, claimed the murders were perpetrated by his former male self who no longer existed. Ramsland asks, "Is guilt in the body or the soul?" Michael Newton in "Bad Medicine" and "Angel of Death" describes two serial killers where we least expect them: health care workers. Physician Dr. Harold Shipman who murdered 250 victims in Britain and might be history''s most prolific serial killer, and the smiling mild mannered Ohio medical orderly ''Angel of Death'' Donald Harvey, who confessed to murdering 87 helpless patients, stating, "So I played God."Sylvia Perrini, Britain''s true crime chronicler of female serial killers in "The House of Horrors" revisits the notorious case of Rosemary West who teamed up with her husband Fred in the rape, torture and murder of ten young women in their rooming house, including her own daughter. In "The Mum Who Killed for Kicks" Perrini looks at the recent case of Joanne Dennehy, a mother of a thirteen-year old who inexplicably went on a thrill kill serial killing spree in which she tortured and murdered three men with a knife and attempted to kill two others.Kelly Banaski, a newcomer to true crime writing, brings us "Stripped of his medals and female panties", the strange case of a Canadian air force base commander, a colonel who piloted senior government officials and even the Queen of England, who suddenly began to commit a series of panty fetish burglaries that eventually escalated to horrific rape-torture murders of women. Enjoy and be horrified!!

Naturalist, adventurer and Fortean author Ivan Terence Sanderson coined the term ''globster'' in 1962, to describe strange masses of organic tissue washed ashore by ocean tides. While Sanderson initially applied the term to one specific carcass, beached in western Tasmania two years earlier, today we know such strandings have occurred worldwide, with records spanning fifteen centuries. Nor is an ocean view required to spot a globster: certain lakes, as well, have vomited peculiar carcasses. Globsters is the first attempt to survey all known ''monster'' strandings in a single dedicated volume, covering the years from 661 C.E. through 2010. In addition to 132 discoveries of lifeless remains, the book also examines thirty-six cases in which aquatic cryptids - ''hidden animals, '' the subject of cryptozoology - were allegedly killed or captured alive by intrepid seamen or hunters. Some of the cases are globally famous, while others are virtually forgotten, known only from passing mention in documents covering other subjects. Certain globsters have been scientifically identified through DNA or other forms of testing; others are presumed to have prosaic explanations, although evidence is lacking; and a few remain profoundly enigmatic.

Preparing to write an executed murderer''s biography, author Adam Reed finds disturbing letters to the killer from a fan--a man who resembles a serial killer currently on the loose--and who has targeted Reed as his next quarry.

In Book V of The Bureau--Code of Honor--a grim "Cold War" settles in to replace the recent global conflagration, spawning a Red Scare at home and abroad surpassing the postwar paranoia of 1919-20. Declan O''Hara returns to FBI headquarters from service in Latin America, to find Aloysius Gantt still striving to curry J. Edgar Hoover''s favor. Devon Gantt serves the Bureau in Los Angeles until he, too, is recalled to Washington at the peak of the Red-hunting 1950s. Richard Nixon and Joseph McCarthy leave their indelible marks on a country afraid of its own lurking shadows. When President Truman dissolves the wartime OSS, Colby Gantt transfers to its successor, the Central Intelligence Agency, joining in subversion of "dangerous" governments abroad. Ike Sawyer nears mandatory retirement age at the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, but remains determined to make his last years on the job count for something, while son Payton joins the New York City Police Department, beginning a career that parallels his father''s early war against black "radicals." As the USSR goes through traumatic changes, climaxed with the death of Joseph Stalin, Leonid Babin pursues his campaign to raise a son who will become a sleeper agent in America and infiltrate the FBI, destroying it from within. Their courses converge during conflicts in Korea and Indochina, while Greg Jordan and his Syndicate associates plant their flags in Cuba, launching a new age of gambling and drug smuggling into the United States, with incipient warfare brewing inside Cosa Nostra.

A modern aviator crashes in the Sahara--and finds himself in the middle of WW II. A conoisseur of classic Japanese culture finds a priceless artifact in the midst of modernization. Future space travelers discover the diary of the last man on Earth. Nine engrossing and poignant tales of human nature told by the author of Destiny of Souls.

A gripping account of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate’s rampage across Nebraska in the late 1950s. Complete with an update on Fugate’s life today, WASTE LAND compellingly probes not only the mind-set of history’s deadliest juvenile delinquents—but also the tragic end of America’s innocence. 1958. More than a decade before Charles Manson warned parents to beware their homicidal children, nineteen-year-old Caril Ann Fugate embarked on a shocking, eight-day rampage across America’s heartland that left eleven bloody bodies in its wake—including Caril Ann’s parents. In an Ozzie and Harriet era of drive-ins, malts, and tail-finned cars, Starkweather and Fugate embraced the “live fast, die young” credo of The Wild One and James Dean, and touched off the Midwest’s greatest manhunt since John Dillinger. Now, utilizing firsthand interviews, court transcripts, death-row confessions, and never-before-revealed case detail, WASTE LAND shines new light on the dark saga of Starkweather and Fugate—from their first kisses and kills to their capture and convictions. Complete with an update on Fugate’s life today, WASTE LAND compellingly probes not only the mind-set of history’s deadliest juvenile delinquents—but also the tragic end of America’s innocence.

Short biographies of female mutiple-murderers from around the world.

Special Agents Flynn and Tanner track down deadly criminals for the FBI''s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program. Their latest investigation into a series of grisly slayings puts them at odds with the experts, who say that serial killers are never women. Flynn and Tanner don''t agree and formulate a plan to capture the deadly huntress on her own turf.

Scottish Highlanders, and their descendants all over the world, are no better and no worse than any other people where "sinful" behaviour is concerned. Standards of morality and social conventions changed dramatically during the 19th century - and most of the people engaged in recording and commenting upon Highland life and tradition were puritanical ministers and priests who left out the racy bits. So, while there are many useful books that provide a wide range of Scottish Gaelic vocabulary to express many aspects of daily life - except, for the most part, the topics covered in this book.

Arizona Territory is heating up-and Kate and J.D. Blaze are about to get burned! A fanatical Apache medicine man is determined to bring about all-out war between his people and the army, and he''s doing it by slaughtering as many white settlers as he can find. Kate and J.D. are drawn into his dangerous situation when a woman and her children are kidnapped by the Apache raiders and intended for a gruesome sacrifice. The Old West''s only team of husband-and-wife gunfighters will need all their cunning and deadly skill to bring the captives back alive and stop the medicine man''s scheme to flood the desert with blood! Legendary adventure writer Michael Newton is back with another gritty, fast-action novel filled with all the passion and excitement of the Old West.

Examines such persistent mysteries as monsters, UFO''s and experiences with the supernatural.

This book examines religious self-understanding in terms of the concept of purity.

"Los Angeles is city primeval, home base for the sociopathic elite. CHarles Manson. The Hillside Strangler. And now--the Reaper. He hunts at night. Entire families are held at gunpoint, terrorized, mutilated--finally slaughtered. Dozens of victims. No survivors. No clues. Special Agents Flynn and Tanner are trained members of the FBI''s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program. But the reaper never leaves a trace. Flynn and Tanner can do nothing, except pace in the shadows of the sleeping city, waiting for the Reaper to strike again."--Back cover

—Inside the mind of one of the nation’s most feared thrill killers— “Silent Rage” is the shocking true history of serial killer Carroll Edward “Eddie” Cole. Raised by an abusive mother and weak father, Cole accomplished his first murder before he was ten years old. He went on to murder at least 14 women. Sexual attacks, necrophilia, and cannibalization peppered his wanderings. Backed by 32 weeks of exclusive interviews with Cole and years of exhaustive research, Michael Newton paints one of the most chilling true portraits of the development of a sociopathic personality ever made available to the public. Newton traces Cole’s gruesome career across four decades, until Cole’s execution by the state of Nevada. ***** They are law enforcement’s most elusive prey. More dangerous than hitmen, gang assassins, and crowd snipers, the “recreational killer” is almost impossible to capture. Choosing their victims at random, drifting from town to town, their brutal crimes leave a smoking trail of bloodshed across the nation—and many of them are never apprehended until they decide to turn themselves in. This year, 3,500 “thrill killings” will go unsolved. Cole’s story is a searing lesson in the horror of crimes like this—and the terrifying inability of our society to prevent them.

Century of Slaughter is serial killer expert Mike Newton''s behind the screams look at America''s murder epidemic. Newton spent over a decade sifting through evidence from police files, court records, psychiatric testimony and news reports. Using the case histories of more than 800 serial killers, he searched for patterns and the answers to some of society''s most terrifying questions. Century of Slaughter is the most detailed study of multiple murders ever published.

In this follow-up to his Hunting humans: an encyclopedia of modern serial killers, Newton uses the case histories of some 800 serial killers in a search for patterns and meaning in the apparent madness. Includes statements of convicted serial killers, the forms used by the FBI to "profile" serial killers, and photos of some of the more notorious murderers. Acidic paper. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The history of crime in American has proven that criminals are often the first to seize upon opportunities presented by new technologies and use them for nefarious purposes. It has also demonstrated that law enforcement groups are quick to respond and use high-tech tools to defend the public safety. This is more true than ever

Strange Ohio Monsters is the first book-length survey of unknown creatures reported from the Buckeye State throughout recorded history. The list includes hundreds of Bigfoot sightings, serpentine monsters reported from several lakes, encounters with huge birds and winged creatures resembling prehistoric reptiles, meetings with Mothman, giant snakes and lizards, phantom kangaroos, alien mystery cats resembling tigers and African lions, and apparently thriving populations of creatures deemed officially extinct for generations. Beyond the normal range of unidentified creatures, modern witnesses report sightings of humanoid giants and pygmies, child-sized bipedal frogs, and lurking nocturnal predators that mutilate livestock and pets from farm country to the suburbs. Aboriginal tribes were the first to encounter such creatures, but bizarre reports continue in this second decade of the 21st century.

More than 250 entries cover famous robberies worldwide, along with profiles of the felons and law-enforcement officers involved.

"Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia" offers more than 200 entries on assassinations of all kinds that will allow readers to grasp the often-complex motivating factors behind each event and better understand historical and contemporary social unrest. Each entry identifies the assassination target and summarizes that person''s significance; discusses the person''s assassination, including the factors that led up to it and its political and cultural contexts; and explains the powerful effects of the assassination in world history.

A reference source on the frightening phenomenon of serial killers includes vital statistics on such heinous criminals as Charles Starkweather, Caril Ann Fugate, Hamilton Fish, Marybeth Tinning, Edward Gein, and Henry Lee Lucas. Reprint. AB.