True Crime

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993426377Author David VidecetteFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Videcette LimitedPublisher Videcette LimitedWeight(grams) 140g

The reverberations from Fred West's crimes continue to this day. The story never dies.West was perhaps one of Britain's most evil, feared serial killers. His horrifying compulsion to kidnap, rape and torture his victims before murdering them showed a...

Since President John F. Kennedy's 1963 murder in Dallas, medical examiner and lawyer Dr. Cyril Wecht was initially inclined to accept the official theory that one person alone was responsible for the crime. But as Wecht delved into the evidence with...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Riveting and often shocking' Sunday Times 'Dripping with jaw-dropping revelations' Telegraph'Absorbing' New York Times In a dramatic account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781068645013Author John BrooklandFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Bitza BooksPublisher Bitza Books

Nigeria and Nigerians have acquired a notorious reputation for involvement in drug-trafficking, fraud, cyber-crime and other types of serious crime. Successful Nigerian criminal networks have a global reach, interacting with their Italian, Latin American...

LONGLISTED 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737098102Author Guy Leonard EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Brainjar MediaPublisher Brainjar MediaWeight(grams) 807gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

A century before the emergence of its cousin, the Sicilian mafia, the criminal organisation known as 'The Camorra' was establishing a deadly grip on Naples and Southern Italy. Its influence today is as strong as ever. This account of the organisation and...

'From cold cases and serial killers to the death of a spy, Peter's true life story is as gripping as the finest thriller' - Peter James, author of Picture You DeadDiscover the truth beyond the police tape in What Lies Beneath, the arresting memoir of...

THE CRIMES. THE STORIES. THE LAW 'Fascinating' - Sunday Times 'Masterful' - Judith Flanders 'A page-turning read' - Prof. David...

Synopsis coming soon.......Book InformationISBN 9780671792275Author StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 587Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250054791Author Steve ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 413Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999617103Author Sandra LeanFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Ngu BooksPublisher Ngu BooksWeight(grams) 531gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 20mm

You couldn't make it up: incredible real-life criminal casesA fascinating A-Z of murderous crimes which spans the globe and the centuries in uncovering the extremes of human criminality in all its strangeness.This collection of unusual, if not...

Murder - the most appalling crime of all. It comes in many guises and is as diverse as the victims and perpetrators themselves. But no matter how horrifying, it fascinates as much as it repels.In this updated edition of THE LAW KILLERS, journalist...

Inspiration for the Amazon Prime series BANG BANG BABY Marisa Merico, the daughter of one of Italy's most notorious Mafia Godfathers, was dazzled by her father, Emilio DiGiovine. To her he was all powerful,...

Susan Orlean first met John Laroche when visiting Florida to write for the New Yorker about his arrest for stealing rare ghost orchids from a nature reserve. Fascinated both by Laroche and the world she uncovered of orchid collectors and growers, she...

Over the last two decades, Brian Cockerill has ruled his world with an iron fist. Using nothing but his hands as weapons, he has patrolled the streets, clubs and raves of Britain in order to keep order and to 'tax' those whose ill-gotten gains he sees...

It seemed the case of the notorious Yorkshire Ripper was finally closed when Peter Sutcliffe was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1981. But in the early 1980s, Gordon Burn spent three years living in Sutcliffe's home town of Bingley, researching his...

Shortly after 12.30pm on 2 November 2007, Italian police were called to the Perugia home of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher. They found her body on the floor under a beige quilt. Her throat had been cut.Four days later, the prosecutor jailed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493071906Author Henry HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint The Lyons PressPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 223mm *...

A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier-shedding new light on a family of serial killers in Kansas, whose horrifying crimes gripped the attention of a nation still reeling from war. 'A carefully researched and horribly compelling...

In June 2017, a woman out picnicking in the Wicklow Mountains stumbled upon something in a ditch that would set in motion a chain of events that horrified the nation. It was the first of fifteen dismembered body parts belonging to retired hospital worker...

LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2019A devastating portrait of America's opioid painkiller epidemic - the deadliest drug crisis in US history. One hundred and fifty Americans are killed each day by the opioid epidemic. But, as Chris...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838462475Author Dean CavanaghFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint ZANIPublisher ZANI

A unique and unbelievable first-hand account of how one man fought his way to the top of the criminal underworld... and what he needed to do to stay there.As you read this, someone somewhere is buying drugs.Across the globe, millions of people are...

NOW A MAJOR AMAZON PRIME DOCUMENTARY SERIES'A real-life page turner more intriguing than anything on Netflix..' Matt Nixson, Mail on Sunday'[A story] almost too mad to make up, too good not to tell.' Ben Dirs, BBC World NewsIn July 1978, two bodies were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781068645037Author John BrooklandFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Bitza BooksPublisher Bitza Books

'Exceptional . . . This thoughtful and engrossing book is as much about law as it is about minds' THE TIMESWhat drives someone to commit murder? What makes some people lash out on those that they love? Can we predict whether a child will grow into a...

Badfellas is the definitive account by Ireland's most respected crime writer and journalist, Paul Williams, of how organized crime evolved in Ireland over the past four decades.Drawing on his vast inside knowledge of the criminal underworld, an...

The second book published in this series carries on from where The Moors Murderers' left off and continues the horrific story of the crimes perpetrated by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley and tells of what happened at their trial in 1966. We see how Brady...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312130572Author Paul Anthony WoodsFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 220g

Painstakingly honest, this chilling memoir reveals how a teenager became immersed in the bizarre life of legendary porn star John Holmes. Starting with a childhood that molded her perfectly to fall for the seduction of "the king of porn," this...

In the annals of espionage, one name towers above all others: that of H. A. R. "Kim" Philby, the ringleader of the legendary Cambridge spies. A member of the British establishment, Philby joined the Secret Intelligence Service in 1940, rose to the head...

NOW A MAJOR SKY ATLANTIC SERIES From the international bestselling author of Gomorrah, this searing expose reveals how dirty money and the drug trade are at the heart of our lives, our economy, and our worldIn many countries, 'zero zero' or double zero...

An updated edition of the bestselling autobiography of Charlie Kray, elder brother of the Kray twins, Ronnie and Reggie, who are brought to the screen this autumn in a major motion picture. Charlie Kray was the only person who knew the truth...

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, punishment was intended to be a short, sharp shock, often administered in public to discourage others from committing similar crimes. There were more than 220 crimes for which offenders could be hanged,...

'Kenny's story shows us that we all have the potential to achieve extraordinary things. What a hero.' Bear Grylls'If you are compelled by a hero's journey, then Kenny Imafidon is a hero for this generation.' Simon SinekFor fans of Poverty Safari and...

The first of two hard hitting, brutally honest accounts of police work during the late 1960s and 1970s. Whilst explicit, they are often humorous, refreshing and equally unbelievable. In this first book of a trilogy the author takes the reader through his...