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The Dealer: Smuggling Drugs on the Costa del Crime by Maurice O'Connor
RRP: £7.99£5.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908479204Author Maurice O'ConnorFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Milo BooksPublisher Milo BooksWeight(grams) 255g -
The Haunting of Alma Fielding: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2020 by Kate Summerscale
RRP: £9.99£7.70SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'A page-turner with the authority of history' PHILIPPA GREGORY 'As gripping as a novel. An engaging, unsettling, deeply satisfying read' SARAH WATERS London, 1938. Alma Fielding, an ordinary young... -
Decision Advantage: Intelligence in International Politics from the Spanish Armada to Cyberwar by Jennifer E. Sims
RRP: £39.99£35.23A history of winning intelligence practices from the Spanish Armada to Cyberwar that offers timeless, practical lessons we ignore at our peril. According to conventional wisdom, strategic surprise and other intelligence failures are both inevitable... -
Mafia Republic: Italy's Criminal Curse. Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta and Camorra from 1946 to the Present by John Dickie
RRP: £12.99£8.60In MAFIA REPUBLIC, John Dickie, Professor of Italian Studies at University College, London and author of the international bestsellers COSA NOSTRA and MAFIA BROTHERHOODS, shows how the Italian mafias have grown in power and become more and more... -
The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe by Charles Nicholl
RRP: £14.99£10.95In 1593, the brilliant and controversial young playwright Christopher Marlowe was stabbed to death in a Deptford lodging house. The circumstances were shady, the official account - a violent quarrel over the bill, or 'recknynge' - long regarded as... -
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families by Philip Gourevitch
RRP: £10.99£8.49With an introduction by Rory StewartWinner of the Guardian First Book award, a first-hand account one of the defining outrages of modern history.All at once, as it seemed, something we could have only imagined was upon us - and we could still only... -
About A Son: A Father’s Search for Truth by David Whitehouse
RRP: £9.99£5.96'A book that reaches so deeply into the human experience that to read it is to be forever changed'ELIZABETH DAYOne night in October 2015, twenty-year-old Morgan Hehir went out with friends and never came home.In the aftermath of his funny, talented son's... -
Congratulations You Have Just Met the ICF: They Have Style, They Have Violence... The Intercity Firm Are All Your Worst Nightmares Come True by Cass Pennant
RRP: £8.99£6.22'People didn't talk about the team, they talked about the mob that came with them'Terrifyingly vicious, brilliantly organised, tremendously feared and highly fashionable, the InterCity Firm were the most notorious football hooligan gang the country had... -
Who They Was by Gabriel Krauze 9780008374990
RRP: £14.99£8.00Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020 A Spectator Book of the Year 'A literary rendering of the Top Boy generation... I cannot conjure another work which captures this... -
Chasing Shadows: A true story of drugs, war and the secret world of international crime by Miles Johnson 9780349128641
RRP: £25.00£16.78LONGLISTED FOR THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION 2024 ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR BEST NEW AUTHOR AT THE 2024 TRUE CRIME AWARDS'Read this powerful book by Miles Johnson right now. It will make you realise that what we call terrorism is... -
Great Train Robbery Confidential: The Cop and the Robber Follow New Lines of Enquiry by Graham Satchwell 9780750992329
RRP: £9.99£8.17IN 1981, Detective Inspector Satchwell was the officer in charge of the case against Train Robber Tom Wisbey and twenty others. The case involved massive thefts from mail trains - similar to the Great Train Robbery of 1963 where GBP2.6 million was taken... -
The Ultimate Jack the Ripper Sourcebook by Keith Skinner 9781841194523
RRP: £16.99£11.94Two experienced Ripperologists have applied their joint knowledge and expertise to the painstaking collation of all the known official records to produce the ultimate Ripper book - a narrative account of the murders encompassing all the known evidence... -
Once Upon a Time in Iraq by James Bluemel
RRP: £14.99£10.95In war, there is no easy victory.When troops invaded Iraq in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein's regime, most people expected an easy victory. Instead, the gamble we took was a grave mistake, and its ramifications continue to reverberate through the lives of... -
The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money by Frederik Obermaier
RRP: £10.99£7.77From the winners of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting 11.5 million documents sent through encrypted channels. The secret records of 214,000 offshore companies. The largest data leak in history. In early 2015, an anonymous... -
Churchill's Wizards: The British Genius for Deception 1914-1945 by Nicholas Rankin
RRP: £14.99£9.80The real story of how Winston Churchill and the British mastered deception to defeat the Nazis - by conning the Kaiser, hoaxing Hitler and using brains to outwit brawn. By June 1940, most of Europe had fallen to the Nazis and Britain stood alone. So,... -
The Crime Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
RRP: £19.99£15.28Learn about the world's most notorious cons, heists, and murders in The Crime Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Crime in this overview guide to the... -
Isle of Wight Villains: Rogues, Rascals and Reprobates by Jan Toms 9780752462196
RRP: £12.99£9.62Once renowned as a place to dump criminals, and with a past steeped in smuggling, the Isle of Wight provides copious tales of corruption, violence and delinquency. From the customs officer who had both his hands severed by smugglers, to Bembridge witch... -
Chieftain: British Cold War Main Battle Tank by Robert Jackson 9781526741424
RRP: £14.99£10.95The British Chieftain - designed in the late 1950s as the replacement for the Centurion - was perhaps the best main battle tank in service with Nato during the 1960s and 1970s. Its 120mm rifled main gun and advanced armour made it one of the most... -
One of the Family: 40 Years with the Krays by Maureen Flanagan
RRP: £10.99£7.7740 YEARS WITH THE KRAYS is the untold, intimate history of the twins and the woman who raised them. Told with humour and insight, it looks back across the decades at the life of this close knit, notorious East End family. Maureen Flanagan, a then 20 year... -
Remembered Forever: Our family's devastating story of domestic abuse and murder by Luke Hart
RRP: £8.99£5.45Praise for Luke and Ryan Hart's memoir:'A powerful, searing account from incredible brothers and an important contribution to our understanding of domestic abuse' Victoria Derbyshire'... a courageous account of domestic abuse and the devasting impact it... -
The Name Of Death by Klester Cavalcanti
RRP: £11.99£8.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609808280Author Klester CavalcantiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S. -
Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA by Amaryllis Fox
RRP: £9.99£7.11The instant New York Times Bestseller soon to be a major Apple TV series with Brie Larson.'Reads as if a John le Carre character landed in Eat Pray Love' - New York Times'Best book of the year' - Tom Marcus, author of Soldier, SpyDo you have what it... -
Hitler's Horses: The Incredible True Story of the Detective who Infiltrated the Nazi Underworld by Arthur Brand
RRP: £16.99£12.28The true story of a detective, two bronze horses and the dictator who set the world on fire.When detective Arthur Brand is summoned to a meeting with one of the most dangerous men in the art world, he learns that a clue has emerged that could solve one... -
Shamed: The Honour Killing That Shocked Britain - by the Sister Who Fought for Justice by Sarbjit Kaur Athwal
RRP: £12.99£9.09In 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... -
Crime Dot Com: From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global by Geoff White
RRP: £12.99£9.09On 4 May 2000, an email that read 'kindly check the attached LOVELETTER' was sent from Philippines. Attached was a virus, the Love Bug, and within days it had paralysed banks, broadcasters and businesses across the globe. The age of Crime Dot Com had... -
Killing Goldfinger: The Secret, Bullet-Riddled Life and Death of Britain's Gangster Number One by Wensley Clarkson 9781786484888
RRP: £10.99£7.40The inside story of the life and death of Britain's criminal kingpin and the empire he builtKILLING GOLDFINGER charts the extraordinary rise and spectacular bullet-riddled fall of John Palmer, the richest, most powerful criminal ever to have emerged from... -
Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem and Russia's Remaking of the West by Luke Harding
RRP: £12.99£8.56**Pre-order INVASION: RUSSIA'S BLOODY WAR AND UKRAINE'S FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL now**FROM THE AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST and #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF COLLUSION A gripping investigative account of how Russia's spies helped elect Donald Trump,... -
The Most Dangerous Animal of All by Gary L. Stewart
RRP: £12.99£9.70An explosive and historic book of true crime and an emotionally powerful and revelatory memoir of a man whose ten-year search for his biological father leads to a chilling discovery: His father is one of the most notorious-and still at large-serial... -
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale
RRP: £10.99£7.51_______________ WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK _______________ 'A remarkable achievement' - Sunday Times 'A classic, to my mind, of the finest documentary... -
Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia by John Dickie
RRP: £12.99£8.60Recognised as 'The first truly definitive English-language study of this myth-laden subject and a pleasure to read' (Sunday Times) COSA NOSTRA is the compelling story of the Sicilian mafia, the world's most famous, most secretive and most misunderstood... -
Bringing Down The House by Ben Mezrich
RRP: £10.99£7.77Real life all too rarely offers stories that are quite as satisfying as fiction. Bringing Down the House is one of the exceptions: a real-life action thriller oozing with money, sex and some extremely dodgy dealing... Cheating in casinos is illegal;... -
Sitdowns with Gangsters by Shaun Attwood 9781399607131
RRP: £8.99£6.20Featuring an introduction from the UK's bestselling true-crime author, Christopher Berry-Dee.Shaun Attwood is the man who talks to gangsters, drug lords and mafia bosses. Infamously known for his time as the head of an international ecstasy ring in... -
Somebody's Mother, Somebody's Daughter: True Stories from Victims and Survivors of the Yorkshire Ripper by Carol Ann Lee
RRP: £8.99£6.22'Original, intelligent and thought-provoking, Carol Ann Lee's book sheds new light on to the human stories behind the headlines. A touching and timely insight into all of Sutcliffe's victims.' - Roberta Kray___________________Much has been written about... -
The Complete and Essential Jack the Ripper by Paul Begg
RRP: £12.99£9.09Discover the truth behind the myth in The Complete Jack the Ripper by Paul Begg and John Bennett.Whitechapel, 1888: a spate of brutal murders becomes the most notorious criminal episode in London's history. The killer, chillingly nicknamed 'The... -
I Will Find You: Solving Killer Cases from My Life Fighting Crime by Detective Lt. Joe Kenda
RRP: £13.99£10.27Detective Lt. Joe Kenda, star of the wildly successful crime documentary series Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda, shares his deepest, darkest, and never before revealed case files from his 19 years as a homicide detective.TV viewers and readers alike are... -
Fred & Rose: The Full Story of Fred and Rose West and the Gloucester House of Horrors by Howard Sounes
RRP: £10.99£6.75FRED & ROSE IS THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT OF THIS INFAMOUS TRUE CRIME CASE - NOW UPDATED WITH A POSTSCRIPT FROM THE AUTHOR. AS FEATURED ON TV, AND IN THE PODCAST SERIES, UNHEARD: THE FRED & ROSE WEST TAPESFred and Rose West are virtually unique in British... -
Murder Investigation Team: Jack the Ripper: A 21st Century Investigation by Steven Keogh
RRP: £9.99£6.85London, 1888, and one-man's brutal campaign of violence has taken the lives of unsuspecting victims, cut London to the core and carved his name into history. Well, not his name, exactly. Whomever this man was, remains a mystery but there are few people... -
Talking with Female Serial Killers - A chilling study of the most evil women in the world by Christopher Berry-Dee 9781786069009
RRP: £9.99£6.85Christopher Berry-Dee, criminologist and bestselling author of books about the serial killers Aileen Wuornos and Joanne Dennehy, turns his uncompromising gaze upon women who not only kill, but kill repeatedly. Because female murderers, and especially... -
Eating Smoke: One Man's Descent into Crystal Meth Psychosis in Hong Kong's Triad Heartland by Chris Thrall 9780993543944
£10.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993543944Author Chris ThrallFormat PaperbackPage Count 394Imprint Serf BooksPublisher Serf BooksWeight(grams) 386g -
Murder in Notting Hill by Mark Olden
RRP: £11.99£10.15The truth about one of Britain's most infamous race murders has never been revealed. At around midnight on May 17 1959, a white gang ambushed 32-year-old Antiguan carpenter Kelso Cochrane on a Notting Hill slum street. After a brief scuffle one of them...