Murder by the Book

Episode 1

Sandra Brown

Tue, Sep 8, 2026 44 mins

Housewife and church-member Betty Gore is found murdered in her own home. She has been axed to death 41 times. Wylie Police Department's investigation tracks down Betty's friend Candace Montgomery. On trial for murder, Candace admits to killing Betty and claims self-defense. Watch as best-selling author Sandra Brown takes you inside one of the most shocking verdicts ever delivered by a Texas jury.

Episode 2

David Baldacci

Mon, Nov 12, 2007 44 mins

New York Times best-selling author David Baldacci plunges into the case of one of D.C.'s most notorious and elusive career criminals. On the morning of July 7, 1997, the day-shift manager of a Georgetown Starbucks Coffee Shop arrives and finds the bodies of employees Emory Evans, Aaron Goodrich and Caity Mahoney who had worked the night before. All three have been shot to death. Metro Detective James Trainum and an FBI Special Agent team up and spend nearly two years attempting to track down the man responsible: Carl Derek Cooper.

Episode 3

Lisa Gardner

Mon, Nov 19, 2007 44 mins

Best-selling author Lisa Gardner presents the case of 25-year-old South Berwick, ME resident Amy St. Laurent. After St. Laurent disappears, what follows is a vast, multi-jurisdictional effort, with unprecedented collaboration between law enforcement agencies. Over the course of their many tireless efforts, investigators are led through multiple suspects, conflicting stories and cover-ups, and eventually, to a dangerous sexual predator who may have been hiding in plain sight.

Episode 4

Joseph Wambaugh

Mon, Nov 26, 2007 43 mins

Author Joseph Wambaugh recalls the 2004 killing of San Diego golf-course manager William Overson during an attempted robbery. Montgomery "Fritz" Bruce was sentenced to life in prison for shooting Overson.

Episode 5

Lisa Scottoline 2

Mon, Dec 3, 2007 44 mins

The dismembered body parts of young mother and aspiring model, Karyn Slover, are found on the shore of a lake.

Episode 6

Linda Fairstein

Mon, Dec 10, 2007

Episode 7

Harlan Coben

Mon, Dec 17, 2007 44 mins

Mark Winger, a husband and father, catches a man in the act of bludgeoning his wife to death.

Episode 8

Faye Kellerman 2

Mon, Dec 24, 2007

On the Yom Kippur holiday in 1985, an affluent Jewish-American couple is shot to death in the parking garage of their Brentwood, California condo.

Episode 9

Elizabeth George

Mon, Jan 7, 2008

Author Elizabeth George tells the true story of Dr. Kenneth Stahl and his wife, Dr. Carolyn Oppy-Stahl, who were shot to death in their car. The Stahl's double homicide crime scene at the side of the remote Ortega Highway in rural Orange County, CA has no physical evidence. The case digs deep into the lives of Ken and Carolyn to find an answer. Investigators find that underneath their facade of success is a crumbling, loveless marriage with financial difficulties.

Episode 10

Kathy Reichs

Mon, Jan 14, 2008 44 mins

Kathy Reichs recalls the murders of atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair and her son and granddaughter.

Episode 11

Jonathan Kellerman 2

Mon, Jan 21, 2008

College student Jarrod Davidson is shot and left to die on his front doorstep. Police wonder if his recent, tumultuous divorce is somehow related.

Episode 12

Lee Child

Mon, Jan 28, 2008 42 mins

When 44-year-old husband and father Jeff Zack is gunned down at a gas station by a mysterious masked man on a motorcycle, police are initially baffled.

Episode 13

Nicholas Santora

Mon, Feb 4, 2008 44 mins