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Readers who finished Homicide at Rough Point by Peter Lance and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Murder, True Crime, Historical, and Biography & Autobiography.

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Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

The Inheritance Poisoned Fruit of JFK’s Assassination — Christopher Fulton

The Inheritance Poisoned Fruit of JFK’s Assassination

Christopher Fulton

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

Blood on Their Hands Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty — Mandy Matney

Blood on Their Hands Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

The Most Dangerous Animal of All — Gary L. Stewart

The Most Dangerous Animal of All

Gary L. Stewart

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

Blood & Ink The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder that Hooked America on True Crime — Joe Pompeo

Blood & Ink The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder that Hooked America on True Crime

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

The Killer’s Shadow The FBI’s Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer — John E. Douglas

The Killer’s Shadow The FBI’s Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer

John E. Douglas

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

Hunting Whitey The Inside Story of the Capture & Killing of America’s Most Wanted Crime Boss — Casey Sherman

Hunting Whitey The Inside Story of the Capture & Killing of America’s Most Wanted Crime Boss

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

Hudson Valley Murder & Mayhem — Andrew K. Amelinckx

Hudson Valley Murder & Mayhem

Andrew K. Amelinckx

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

Isaac’s Storm The Drowning of Galveston — Erik Larson

Isaac’s Storm The Drowning of Galveston

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

Women Behaving Badly Cleveland’s Most Ferocious Female Killers: An Anthology — John Bellamy

Women Behaving Badly Cleveland’s Most Ferocious Female Killers: An Anthology

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

The Amish Wife Unraveling the Lies, Secrets, and Conspiracy That Let a Killer Go Free — Gregg Olsen

The Amish Wife Unraveling the Lies, Secrets, and Conspiracy That Let a Killer Go Free

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

A Lethal Legacy A History of Ireland in 18 Murders — Fin Dwyer

A Lethal Legacy A History of Ireland in 18 Murders

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

The Fox and the Flies The Secret Life of a Grotesque Master Criminal — Charles van Onselen

The Fox and the Flies The Secret Life of a Grotesque Master Criminal

Charles van Onselen

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

The Perfect Kill 21 Laws for Assassins — Robert B. Baer

The Perfect Kill 21 Laws for Assassins

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

The Inheritor’s Powder A Cautionary Tale of Poison, Betrayal and Greed — Sandra Hempel

The Inheritor’s Powder A Cautionary Tale of Poison, Betrayal and Greed

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

Beyond the Body Farm A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science — William M. Bass

Beyond the Body Farm A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science

William M. Bass

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

Murder in the Gulag The Life and Death of Alexei Navalny — John Sweeney

Murder in the Gulag The Life and Death of Alexei Navalny

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

Charles Manson: Conversations with a Killer Manson’s Life Behind Bars — Edward George

Charles Manson: Conversations with a Killer Manson’s Life Behind Bars

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

Marking Time — Jean Harris

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders — Mike Rothmiller

Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders

Mike Rothmiller

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

The Ghosts of Eden Park The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America — Karen Abbott

The Ghosts of Eden Park The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

Mad Madame Lalaurie New Orleans’ Most Famous Murderess Revealed — Victoria Cosner Love

Mad Madame Lalaurie New Orleans’ Most Famous Murderess Revealed

Victoria Cosner Love

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

True Crime Case Histories – (Books 4, 5, & 6) 36 Disturbing True Crime Stories (3 Book True Crime Collection) — Jason Neal

True Crime Case Histories – (Books 4, 5, & 6) 36 Disturbing True Crime Stories (3 Book True Crime Collection)

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

Authentic Story of Billy the Kid — Pat F. Garrett

Authentic Story of Billy the Kid

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

The Man Who Hunted Jack the Ripper Edmund Reid – Victorian Detective — Nicholas Connell

The Man Who Hunted Jack the Ripper Edmund Reid – Victorian Detective

Nicholas Connell

Themes: Murder • True Crime • Historical

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Homicide at Rough Point by Peter Lance. Connected by Murder, True Crime, Historical. Authors featured include Christopher Fulton, Mandy Matney, Gary L. Stewart, Joe Pompeo, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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