Start with high-confidence criminals & outlaws books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa
Michael Finkel
Empire of Blue Water
Stephan Talty, John H. Mayer
The Snakehead
Patrick Radden Keefe
Deadly Dose
Amanda Lamb
The Girl in the Leaves
Robert Scott, Sarah Maynard
Dead in the Water
Matthew Campbell, Kit Chellel
Mindhunter
Richard M. Davidson, John E. Douglas
Go Down Together
Jeff Guinn
The Waltham Murders
Susan Clare Zalkind, Susan Zalkind
Murder, Interrupted
James Patterson
You Can't Win
Jack Black, Joe Coleman
