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Explore 24 books like Practice to Deceive by Ann Rule — a handpicked selection united by Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions, Criminals & Outlaws, Murder, and True Crime.

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Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Practice to Deceive.

A Rose For Her Grave & Other True Cases — Ann Rule

A Rose For Her Grave & Other True Cases

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • Murder

The Adversary A True Story of Monstrous Deception — Emmanuel Carrère

The Adversary A True Story of Monstrous Deception

Emmanuel Carrère

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • Murder

A Plot to Kill The Notorious Killing of Peter Farquhar, a Story of Deception and Betrayal That Shocked a Quiet English Town — David Wilson

A Plot to Kill The Notorious Killing of Peter Farquhar, a Story of Deception and Betrayal That Shocked a Quiet English Town

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • Murder

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: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • Murder

The Con Queen of Hollywood The Hunt for an Evil Genius — Scott C. Johnson

The Con Queen of Hollywood The Hunt for an Evil Genius

Scott C. Johnson

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • Murder

The Best New True Crime Stories Partners in Crime — Mitzi Szereto

The Best New True Crime Stories Partners in Crime

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • Murder

Thomas Quick The Making of a Serial Killer — Hannes Råstam

Thomas Quick The Making of a Serial Killer

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • Murder

Deadwood’s Al Swearingen Manifest Evil in the Gem Theatre — Jerry L. Bryant

Deadwood’s Al Swearingen Manifest Evil in the Gem Theatre

Jerry L. Bryant

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • Murder

Hollywood Con Queen The Hunt for an Evil Genius — Scott C. Johnson

Hollywood Con Queen The Hunt for an Evil Genius

Scott C. Johnson

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • Murder

The Best New True Crime Stories: Crimes of Passion, Obsession and Revenge (True Crime Gift) — Mitzi Szereto

The Best New True Crime Stories: Crimes of Passion, Obsession and Revenge (True Crime Gift)

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • Murder

Unmask Alice LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World’s Most Notorious Diaries — Rick Emerson

Unmask Alice LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World’s Most Notorious Diaries

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

The Napoleon of Crime The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief — Ben Macintyre

The Napoleon of Crime The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Honor Killing Race, Rape, and Clarence Darrow’s Spectacular Last Case — David E. Stannard

Honor Killing Race, Rape, and Clarence Darrow’s Spectacular Last Case

David E. Stannard

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

I Did It The Largest Woman-Run Ponzi Scheme in American History — Neil Senturia

I Did It The Largest Woman-Run Ponzi Scheme in American History

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Confident Women Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion — Tori Telfer

Confident Women Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Go Down Together The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde — Jeff Guinn

Go Down Together The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Hype How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists are Taking Over the Internet–and why We’re Following — Gabrielle Bluestone

Hype How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists are Taking Over the Internet–and why We’re Following

Gabrielle Bluestone

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Epstein Dead Men Tell No Tales — Dylan Howard

Epstein Dead Men Tell No Tales

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

The Woman Who Wasn’t There The True Story of an Incredible Deception — Robin Gaby Fisher

The Woman Who Wasn’t There The True Story of an Incredible Deception

Robin Gaby Fisher

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Corruption Officer From Jail Guard to Perpetrator Inside Rikers Island — Gary L. Heyward

Corruption Officer From Jail Guard to Perpetrator Inside Rikers Island

Gary L. Heyward

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Fate Deals a Hand The Slippery Fortunes of Titanic’s Professional Gamblers — George Behe

Fate Deals a Hand The Slippery Fortunes of Titanic’s Professional Gamblers

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Catch Me If You Can The True Story of a Real Fake — Frank W. Abagnale

Catch Me If You Can The True Story of a Real Fake

Frank W. Abagnale

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Roll the Dice — Darius Guppy

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Sacco and Vanzetti The Men, the Murders, and the Judgment of Mankind — Bruce Watson

Sacco and Vanzetti The Men, the Murders, and the Judgment of Mankind

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Practice to Deceive by Ann Rule. Connected by Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions, Criminals & Outlaws, Murder. Authors featured include Ann Rule, Emmanuel Carrère, David Wilson, Casey Sherman, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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But I Trusted You Ann Rule’s Crime Files #14 — Ann Rule

But I Trusted You Ann Rule’s Crime Files #14

Too Late to Say Goodbye A True Story of Murder and Betrayal — Ann Rule

Too Late to Say Goodbye A True Story of Murder and Betrayal

In the Still of the Night The Strange Death of Ronda Reynolds and Her Mother’s Unceasing Quest for the Truth — Ann Rule

In the Still of the Night The Strange Death of Ronda Reynolds and Her Mother’s Unceasing Quest for the Truth

Kiss Me, Kill Me and Other True Cases — Ann Rule

Kiss Me, Kill Me and Other True Cases

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