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A chilling, unvarnished descent into the mind of a man who compartmentalized suburban fatherhood and sadistic murder with terrifying ease. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Ice Man.
- dread-soaked
- macabre
- tense
- unsettling
- 01
Five Families
Selwyn Raab · 2005
An exhaustive, gripping descent into the ruthless mechanics and sprawling history of America's most notorious criminal empire.
- 02
The night stalker
Philip Carlo · 1996
A deeply unsettling, dread-soaked descent into the mind of a monster and the paralyzed city he terrorized.
- 03
Wiseguy
Nicholas Pileggi · 1985
A breathless, unvarnished plunge into the intoxicating highs and paranoid lows of a life lived entirely outside the law.
- 04
The Valachi Papers
Peter Maas · 1968
A gritty, matter-of-fact descent into the bureaucratic brutality of the American underworld.
- 05
Sleepers
Lorenzo Carcaterra · 1995
A harrowing, street-level descent into lost innocence and the dark, unbreakable bonds of brotherhood forged in trauma.
- 06
I Heard You Paint Houses
Charles Brandt
A chilling, unvarnished confession from the belly of the American mob that turns a legendary mystery into a cold-blooded reality.
- 07
Underboss
Peter Maas · 1997
A gritty, journalistic plunge into the dangerous realities and power struggles of the New York Mafia.
- 08
Blind Faith
Joe McGinniss
A chilling, meticulously researched descent into the dark, greedy heart hiding behind the manicured lawns of the American Dream.
- 09
American Predator
Maureen Callahan
A relentless, dread-soaked descent into the mind of an unprecedented killer and the frantic, flawed race to stop him.
- 10
Gangster
Lorenzo Carcaterra · 2001
A sweeping, blood-soaked saga of loyalty and surrogate fatherhood set against the brutal backdrop of the American Mafia.
- 11
A father's story
Lionel Dahmer
A harrowing, deeply uncomfortable descent into the mind of a father searching for the origins of his son's monstrous acts.
- 12
Mindhunter
John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker
A chilling, clinical descent into the darkest corners of the human psyche, guided by the man who learned to think like a monster.
