The Miami Valley of Ohio has a rich but gruesome and bloody history. In Dayton, Christine Kett murdered her daughter and confessed seventeen years later on her deathbed. William Fogwell of Beavercreek clung to life long enough to name his killer before he died. Joshua Monroe, a Yellow Springs man, killed his lover--also his sister-in-law--in a jealous rage. Reputed serial killer Oliver Crook Haugh was accused of murdering multiple women over several years, but he was ultimately convicted of killing "only" his family. Author and founder of the Dayton Unknown history blog Sara Kaushal uncovers the violent and horrific crimes of the past.

Recreates the death of millionaire Stan Cohen, in a vivid account of a Cinderella story gone wrong--with a vicious courtroom battle to decide if Cohen's coke-snorting wife or greedy children were responsible for his cold-blooded murder. Reprint.

Miami crime reporter Britt Montero investigates bizarre deaths, the unsolved sex murder of a little girl that could implicate the prime candidate in the race for governor, and a serial rapist who may have her on his list.

He is a hard-living, hard-loving private detective who has been muscling through Miami's vice longer than any punk in a baggy suit. Tony's job was to return a high-flying heiress to her worried father. But some of a man's worst messes start out as routine little jobs.

Tells the story of how a gang of brutal thugs planned to make a fortune from killing millionaires, including Frank Griga and Krisztina Furton.