True Crime

'I loved this book ... a beautifully told story about how incredible women can be, and I will never forget it Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Eat, Pray, LoveWith her career, live-in boyfriend and loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM PABLO ESCOBAR'S SONUntil now, we believed that everything had been said about the rise and fall of the most infamous drug lord of all time, Pablo Escobar - from books to film to the cult series 'Narcos'. But these...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956566291Author Jason NealFormat PaperbackPage Count 458Imprint Idigital GroupPublisher Idigital GroupWeight(grams) 667gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

People lie, cheat, steal and even kill for a variety of reasons, one of which is to go motor racing, a particularly expensive and egotistical sport. This intriguing book, the result of years of research, encompasses not just those who have been 'driven...

Filled with intriguing true stories, and packed with black-and-white illustrations and photographs, The Forensic Casebook draws on interviews with police personnel and forensic scientists - including animal examiners, botanists, zoologists, firearms...

As gripping as it is gruesome, How to Solve a Murder is a fascinating insight into the career of a forensic scientist. Includes a foreword from Dr Richard Shepherd, bestselling author of Unnatural Causes. FRACTURED SKULLS. GAS MASKS. BRAIN...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Hums with living history, human warmth and indignation' New York Times Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept The mystery has haunted generations since the Second World...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950347223Author Bill PeschelFormat PaperbackPage Count 434Imprint Peschel PressPublisher Peschel PressWeight(grams) 630gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

'Powerful, vivid and affecting' DAVID NICHOLLS 'Urgent, necessary and courageous' ELIZABETH DAY 'Brilliantly unsettling' GUARDIAN 'Will make you think about trauma in a new light' EVENING STANDARD ...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERHotel K - Bali's most notorious jail - is Hell in Paradise.Welcome to Hotel Kerobokan, or Hotel K, Bali's most notorious jail. Its walls touch paradise; sparkling oceans, surf beaches and palm trees on one side, while on the...

The classic, bestselling account of the infamous Kray twins, now a major film, starring Tom Hardy. Reggie and Ronnie Kray ruled London's gangland during the 60s with a ruthlessness and viciousness that shocks even now. Building an empire of...

'Pulse-pounding' Sinclair McKay | 'Truly masterful' Damien Lewis | 'Who needs spy fiction, when fact can provide as thrilling a story as this?' Lindsey HilsumThe Spymaster of Baghdad is the gripping story of the top-secret Iraqi intelligence unit that...

THE TRUE STORY THAT INSPIRED THE NETFLIX FILM THE RED SEA DIVING RESORT. 'Secret missions, brazen deceptions and thrilling, clandestine operations - Red Sea Spies has it all. But it has something more important, too - a genuine human mission that made a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957288826Author John Wesley AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Wildblue PressPublisher Wildblue PressWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

No criminal sparked as much fear and loathing among the public and law enforcement as underworld crime boss, Kenny Noye; a man with a central role in some of the most high-profile crimes of a generation. From the GBP125 million (current value) Brink's...

The name Reggie Kray remains synonymous with London's East End to this day, and yet although much is known about Reg and his brother Ronnie's life of crime in the '50s and '60s, to date precious little has been revealed about their formative years...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250814739Author Tim McBrideFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint GriffinPublisher GriffinWeight(grams) 413gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 16mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780952614760Author David IckeFormat PaperbackPage Count 517Imprint Bridge of LovePublisher Bridge of Love PublicationsWeight(grams) 816g

For decades now, serial killers have taken center stage in the news and entertainment media. The coverage of real-life murderers such as Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer has transformed them into ghoulish celebrities. Similarly, the popularity of fictional...

Discover the true story of a self-taught surgeon and trailblazing figure in medical history-Madame Restsell, a revolutionary surgeon who fought for women's rights and healthcare in Gilded Age New York. An industrious immigrant who built her business from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307279088Author Douglas StarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

In January 2012, the hacker collective Anonymous brought down the FBI website in response to planned American laws against internet piracy. In 2011, LulzSec, a sister organisation, broke into and blocked computer systems at VISA, Mastercard and PayPal...

For nearly 100 years, the question has repeatedly been asked: who was 'Jack the Ripper'? The real question that should be answered, however, is why? Why were five poor, defenceless women savagely murdered in the slums of Whitechapel in the autumn of...

'Private Inquiries is a must-read - a riveting mythbuster, with its revelations of the real histories of women PIs.' - Val McDermidThe female private detective has been a staple of popular culture for over 150 years, from Victorian lady sleuths to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761427961Author Sue WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Simon & Schuster AustraliaPublisher Simon & Schuster Australia

Do we have the law we deserve?Has justice improved for the victim, the accused and society?What even is justice?'Joseph is a natural storyteller.. but what makes it stand out is her point of view.' The Times'A compelling read' Lady Hale'A more cerebral...

The shocking true-crime story of two orphaned sisters who arrived at a health retreat as patients - but only one would ever make it out alive... An extraordinary and gripping account of the starvation doctor from the #1 New York Times bestselling author...

London, 1922. Orphan girl Alice dreams there's more to life than toiling long hours in Pink's jam factory. Inspired by stories about the legendary Queen of Thieves, Mary Carr, who terrorised the streets of Victorian London, Alice decides to set up her...

Shortlisted for the Crime Writer's Association Gold Dagger award for non-fiction.In September 1970, two boys met in the playground on their first day at secondary school in North London. They formed what would be described at the Old Bailey thirty years...

Live on the wrong side of the law with Britain's gangsters, Peaky Blinders, godfathers, robbers, informers, kingpins, vice lords and career criminals***The Sunday Times Bestseller ***With stories of murder, theft, fraud and treachery, The Underworld is a...

By the age of thirteen, vulnerable Sheffield teenager Samantha Owens had fallen through the cracks in the care system. Bounced around numerous foster carers after her home life became too chaotic, Samantha thought she had found a friend in the streetwise...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Edgar Award 2024.Book InformationISBN 9780593443811Author Zeke FauxFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin Young ReadersPublisher Penguin Young...

"It's me, love ... I'm The Yorkshire Ripper." When Peter Sutcliffe spoke those words to his wife Sonia following his arrest in 1981, it marked the end of a killing spree which had terrorised northern England for five years. The nation had been...

Explore Britain's dark criminal history through the fascinating objects that have been hidden away in the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard, a collection that, although world-famous, is so sensitive it is not open to public view. Each object tells its own...

In 1998, Sarbjit Athwal was called by her husband to attend a family meeting. It looked like just another family gathering. An attractive house in west London, a large dining room, two brothers, their mother, one wife. But the subject they were...

'It wasn't only Britain's biggest heist, it became the bloodiest' Mail on SundayThe inside story of the 20th century's most lucrative armed robbery.On 26 November 1983 six armed robbers escaped with GBP28 million worth of gold bullion from a Brink's-Mat...

Today's gangsters are streets apart from the old-style gang lords of the Fifties and Sixties. The godfathers of old were seen by many as a stabilising influence. Their power inspired respect and they well and truly kept the underworld in check. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903854525Author Tony O'NeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Milo BooksPublisher Milo Books

NOW SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION"Utterly gripping, timely and shocking" PHILIPPE SANDS"Compelling and disturbing . . . quietly devastating" DAMON GALGUT"This is a book of profound importance . . . A masterpiece" ALEXANDER...

'Death is my beat.' Those words, spoken by the narrator and hero of The Poet, Jack McEvoy, could also apply to Michael Connelly. Time and time again in these riveting true crime, non-fiction pieces, we make the connection between Connelly the crime...