- _One Dollar's Worth of Murder: The Trial and Execution of Helen Jewett (1974)_
- _Special Prosecutor (1977)_
- _The Complete Book of Death (1986)_
- _Best-Laid Schemes (1991)_
- _The Real CSI: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Real Crime Lab (2005)_
- _Murder in the First: The Trials of Crippen, Hawley Harvey Crippen (2006)_
- _American Murder: From the Lindbergh Kidnapping to the OJ Simpson Case (2008, with Fred L. Worth)_
- _Crippen: The Trial That Captivated London and the Birth of Modern Forensic Science (2011)_
- _Confessions of a Medical Examiner (2019)_
Television series
- _True Crime: New York City (1992–1995)_
- _The Real CSI (2005–2009)_
- _Forensic Files (2010–present)_