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  • Bibliography:
    19 Books
  • First Book:
    March 1971
  • Latest Book:
    June 2020
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Book List in Order: 19 titles



  • If you are an outdoor enthusiast, wait until after your next backcountry excursion to read Night of the Grizzlies, Jack Olsen's true account of two deadly grizzly encounters in Montana's Glacier National Park during the summer of 1968. I read it on m...



  • When Margot Gamble suddenly disappears without a trace, the first of a series of strange disappearances, her husband Severn and two incompatible cops pursue the mystery to its final horrifying conclusion...



  • When her estranged husband disappears with their five-year-old son, Lael Pritcher embarks on a lonely, obsessed search that takes her through the northwestern United States, into Canada, and--finally--to Mexico...



  • An account of the life and crimes of convicted killer Arthur Shawcross describes how Shawcross, after being found guilty of the murders of two children, was released only to murder eleven prostitutes. Reprint....



  • Offers a startling picture of serial rapist McDonald Smith, who escaped conviction for his Seattle-area attacks for years, and what happened when a police officer arrested an innocent man for Smith's crimes...



  • Monte Sole -- Mountain of the Sun -- had the bad luck to lie on the main route of withdrawal of the retreating German armies in the fall of 1944. As the Allied advance stormed up Italy to the very shadow of Monte Sole, Axis frustration over their ret...



  • In The Killer's Own Words...I killed Tanya Bennett...I beat her to death, raped her and loved it. Yes I'm sick, but I enjoy myself too. People took the blame and I'm free.... . Look over your shoulder. I may be closer than you think.-Keith Hunter Jes...



  • They were a notorious gypsy family that seeped into their victims' lives like a deadly cancer. And they couldn't be stopped-- until one courageous woman took on the cases no one else would touch...THE VICTIMS:Elderly, well-to-do men and women who, du...








  • Updated ebook file 12/16/2014Award Winner!With a new introduction by bestselling true crime author Ron Franscell.For twenty-five years, the trusted family doctor in a small Wyoming town had been raping and molesting the women and children who most re...



  • In the heart of the Swiss Alps stand the three majestic peaks of the Bernese Oberland, Europe's most famous mountain range. The highest, at 13,638 feet, is the Jungfrau. Next is the Mönch, at 13,465 feet. But it is the smallest, the Eiger, rising 13...



  • File updated July 1, 2017Joe Gere said he died on the afternoon his twelve-year-old daughter Brenda disappeared. It was left to Brenda's mother Elaine to sustain her stricken family, search for her missing child, and pressure the authorities for just...



  • The war between society and the antisocial personality has long been a subject of fascination, and few have explored it as thoroughly as award-winning author Jack Olsen. In his national best seller Son: A Psychopath and His Victims, Olsen studied a p...









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    The author of Predator traces the story of George Russell, Jr., a bright, young, popular black man whose thirty-year psychological unravelling led to a shocking killing spree. 75,000 first printing. $65,000 ad/promo. Tour....



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    Night Watch is a superb evocation of the real world of big city police today. It is a rare combination of action and a novel of character. In telling this riveting story, Jack Olsen portrays a memorable man in Watch Commander Packer Lind, along with ...



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    From the award-winning author of Son: A Psychopath and His Victims comes the revealing confessions of fourteen college women and their free-swinging experiments outside of the classroom. If there were a Dean’s List for outspoken candor, the...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jack Olsen has published 19 books.

Jack Olsen does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Massy's Game, was published in June 2020.

The first book by Jack Olsen, Night of the Grizzlies, was published in March 1971.

No. Jack Olsen does not write books in series.