Two children of soul legend James Brown each have a new memoir, one detailing the domestic violence for which the singer was known to have a proclivity and the other alleging his murder, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

"Cold Sweat" is the title of a new book by the soul singer's daughter Yamma Brown. In the memoir, she vividly recounts her father's abusive treatment of her mother Dee Dee, who was the singer's second wife.

Meanwhile, Brown's son, Darryl, alleges in his book "Inside the Godfather" that the singer, known as the "Godfather of Soul," was murdered rather than succumbing to congestive heart failure, as was announced after his death at age the age of 73.

According to Darryl, Yamma's half-brother, he had "a gut feeling" that James, who died on Christmas Day in 2006, was killed by someone close to him. The author, however, provides no conclusive evidence for his claims.

He also alleges that other members of his family were murdered, too, including his brother Teddy Brown.  The official cause of Teddy's death was injuries sustained in a car crash in 1973.

Yamma's memoir is a detailed telling of James' abuses, which she witnessed as a child. A long excerpt of the memoir was recently published by Vulture.

"The beatings always begin the same way, with the same terrible sounds," she says in "Cold Sweat." "First comes the boom of my father's voice. 'Dee Dee! Goddamn it, Dee Dee!'Then I hear what sounds like thunder rolling through the house," she said.

"That's my mom hitting the wall. I wait for her to scream, but she doesn't. She whimpers. She must have learned long ago that screaming incites him," the author continued.

She narrates in her memoir a particular incident she witnessed when she was 5. "My mother was dressed in her blue and white robe. Her legs were splayed wide open and my father was straddling her, pummeling her with clenched fists... Blood spurted from my mother's face."

Yamma goes on to discuss her marriage to Darren Lumar, who was abusive like her father, she says.

"Cold Sweat" was released this month. "Inside the Godfather," meanwhile, was panned by The Chicago Tribune, for being rife with exaggerated claims of murder and the author's seeming goal of getting even with his foes who were close to his father.