This true-crime original hardcover, published with the hit CBS news program "48 Hours," reveals the shocking story behind the Craigslist Killer.

In a luxury Boston hotel on April 14, 2009, police discovered the body of a beautiful young woman—her head battered, a bullet through her heart. Within hours, the story exploded, making headlines across the nation. The victim, a masseuse named Julissa Brisman, had advertised her erotic services on popular classified ads Web site Craigslist. A twenty-two-year-old medical student named Philip Markoff was her last-known client... The Boston Police Homicide Unit followed a digital trail that led to Markoff's home, where investigators found a gun, prepaid cell phones, plastic handcuffs, and other evidence linking Markoff to Brisman. They also uncovered a stash of women's undergarments, raising even more questions about their suspect: How many other women did Markoff meet before Brisman? And what happened to them? This is the true story of one woman's DATE WITH DEATH.

From a producer of 48 Hours Mystery and The Boston Globe reporter comes the full account of the shocking crime spree of the infamous Craigslist Killer. In this “detailed and absorbing” (The Boston Globe) true crime book, discover the many mysteries behind the secret life of the brilliant and well-liked Boston University medical student who came to be known as the Craigslist Killer. How was he able to conceal his dark side to all who knew him, even his sweet and trusting fiancée? What was his motivation to use the online bulletin board to find his victims? And what were the clues—pieces of an astonishing puzzle—that led Boston police to arrest the clean-cut, all-American young man with no criminal record who was in reality an out-of-control thrill seeker hiding a lethal sexual life?

Summit County, Ohio--a quiet midsize city that isn't really known for anything. In 2011, all of this changed when Summit resident Richard Beasley used Craigslist to create a job that didn't actually exist--it was all part of his plan to lure men in. It also examines how he convinced a 16 year old teen to help murder his victims. Through gripping, page-turning, narrative this book tells the story of one of the most notorious Internet killers.

Working on New York's Upper East Side for phenomenally rich and frighteningly skinny women who are suffering from BBS (Birkin Bag Syndrome - a muscle ailment due to carrying heavy accessories) has driven interior designer Charlotte Wolfe mad. It seems to her that the insatiable pursuit of luxury breeds monsters. She gets even angrier when she begins to encounter the same thing over and over again: these women are so cheap they go on Craigslist to sell things their husband kept from wife number one. As Charlotte's funds dwindle, her devious rage escalates...

A True Crime anthology featuring serial killers who used the Internet to stalk their victims. This series is headlined by The Craiglist Killer, Miranda Barbour. On December 3rd, 2013, Barbour was taken into custody by Sunbury, Pennsylvania police and charged with the murder of Troy LaFerrara, whom she had previously met through a Craigslist ad. Shortly afterward, she professed to have been a member of a satanic cult and murdering at least 22 people between the years 2008 and 2013. Whether her claims of being a serial killer are to be believed or not, the details surrounding Miranda Barbour's life, arrest, and incarceration reveal a life of abuse and addiction. How did this young woman from Alaska, former classmate of Willow Palin, wind up a convicted murderer and self-professed serial killer in Pennsylvania?

Stalkers, rapists, and murderers.... These criminals have all discovered uncharted territory through the open door of the internet, and the victims are piling up in their deadly playground. Murder. Kidnapping. Cannibalism. Suicide. All of these themes can be found in this collection of true stories about killers who have used the internet to locate, lure, stalk, or exploit their victims. These monsters are identified as people who are motivated by a psychological factor: some murderers are triggered by anger or jealousy, others kill as a way to seek attention, and some are merely in it for the thrill of the kill. Who is really on the other end of that Facebook friend request, or behind that dating profile, or posting that item for sale on Craigslist? How can you be safe if you plan to meet up with a stranger you met online? What precautions should you take? In this book, we have detailed more than thirty chilling true stories of killers that have used the internet to locate, stalk, lure, or exploit their victims. Facebook, Craigslist, MySpace, chat rooms, dating sites-it does not matter where you are online; killers are lurking in the shadows. They lurk in suicide chat rooms, search for escorts on Craigslist, and create fake social media profiles to fool and gain the trust of their victims. Someone you have been talking to for months or even years could be a completely different person from what you envisioned.