* The Secret Life of Las Vegas (St. Martin's Press, 2012)
* Murder in Sin City: The Death of a Las Vegas Showgirl (Prometheus Books, 2008)
* The Deaths of Sybil Bolton: Rescuing the Children of Las Vegas' Most Notorious Madam (with James P. Richardson, Barricade Books, 2006)
* Hollywood's Eve: Unveiling the Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (with Douglas Kiker, Birch Lane Press, 1997)
* Queen Anne: Wife, Mother, Warrior (St. Martin's Press, 1995)
* The Wild West: The True Story of the Maverick Pioneers, Cattle Barons and Desperadoes Who Shaped America (Hyperion, 1994)
* Wild Women of the Wild West (Ballantine Books, 1988)
* Born to Run: The Legend of Jesse James (Dodd Mead, 1983)
Short Stories
* "The Telltale Heart" in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (April 1989)
Magazine Articles
* "The Secret History of Las Vegas" (Reader's Digest, December 2009)
* "The Lady and the Mobster" (Reader's Digest, August 2009)
* "America's Most Notorious Madam" (American History, August 2009)
* "A Deadly Gamble: The Last Days of a Las Vegas Showgirl" (Crime Library, 1997)
* "Inside Hollywood's Eve" (Good Housekeeping, April 1997)
* "The Scandal of Queen Anne" (Redbook, February 1996)
* "How the Wild West Was Won" (Cowboys and Indians, January 1995)
* "Wild Women, True Stories" (Country Extra, January 1995)
* "Jesse James: Born to Run" (True West, February 1983)