The Man in the Attic: Crime novelist Ellis Jones thought the death threats were coming from an obsessed reader somewhere on the internet. The truth was far more terrifying.

The Black Widows of Los AngelesTwo elderly women. Two homeless men. Millions in life insurance. And a murder scheme so calculated it seemed almost fictional.

COWGIRLS & KILOS: The Bizarre Tale of a Dukes of Hazzard-Style Dope Ring,  Cut with a Heap of Southern Insanity