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Murder, Mystery and My Family: A True-Crime Casebook from the Hit BBC Series by Karen Farrington
£9.09Five Women. Five families' search for justice. All Sarah Chesham wanted was to survive, at a time when crops were poor and money was tight. By the time she died she was branded a merciless child killer.All Emily Swann wanted was the love of a man who... -
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
RRP: £21.00£14.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812994384Author Truman CapoteFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 510gDimensions(mm) 212mm... -
Captive: One House, Three Women and Ten Years in Hell by Allan Hall
RRP: £10.99£7.77One monster. Three innocent girls. Ten years in captivity.22 August 2002: 21-year-old Michelle Knight disappears walking home. 21 April 2003: Amanda Berry goes missing the day before her seventeenth birthday. 2 April 2004: 14-year-old Gina DeJesus fails... -
Black Klansman: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE by Ron Stallworth
RRP: £10.99£7.77* ADAPTED AS A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE BY SPIKE LEE* NOMINATED FOR SIX 2019 ACADEMY AWARDS & WINNER OF 'BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY' BAFTA* WINNER OF THE GRAND PRIX AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2018* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWhat happens when a black detective goes... -
Sonny: The Last of the Old Time Mafia Bosses, John Sonny Franzese by S. J. Peddie
RRP: £25.99£16.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806541600Author S.J. PeddieFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. -
Midnight in Peking: The Murder That Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French
RRP: £10.99£7.77Midnight in Peking is a gripping true murder mystery by Paul FrenchTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4'A first-rate murder story, a thrilling narrative. Hurtles along from one cliffhanger to the next' SpectatorPeking, 1937:The teenage... -
The Innocent Man by John Grisham
RRP: £10.99£7.77__________________***NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES***A gripping true-crime story of a shocking miscarriage of justice, from international bestselling thriller author John Grisham, author of A Time to Kill, The Firm and The Whistler.In the baseball draft of... -
The Spy Who Painted the Queen: The Secret Case Against Philip de Laszlo by Phil Tomaselli
RRP: £9.99£7.55Was Philip de Laszlo a secret agent and was MI5's source really as they claimed? Did an enemy spy really paint the portrait of the young Princess Elizabeth? In 1917, noted society portrait painter Philip de Laszlo, who painted such luminaries as the... -
The Crossing: The shocking truth about gang wars in Brexit Britain by Wensley Clarkson
RRP: £9.99£6.85The Dartford Crossing: a vital transport hub connecting Kent and Essex, the busiest river crossing in Europe, and the site of some of the most vicious organised crime today...For the last decade, there has been a intense turf war in the south-east of... -
Betrayal: The Crisis In the Catholic Church: The Findings of the Investigation That Inspired the Major Motion Picture Spotlight by The Investigative Staff of the Boston Globe
RRP: £8.99£6.45THE BOOK WHICH INSPIRED SPOTLIGHT, 2016 WINNER OF THE BEST PICTURE OSCAR AND THE BEST SCREENPLAY OSCAR This is the true story of how a small group of courageous journalists uncovered child abuse on a vast scale - and held the Catholic Church to... -
The Hunt for the Silver Killer: The Shocking True Story of a Murderer who Remains at Large by David Collins
RRP: £9.99£6.41*HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR BEST AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2023*'A truly astonishing murder mystery - this is proper journalism' Jeremy Clarkson Following a long investigation by the world-famous Sunday Times Insight team, David Collins... -
The Last Narco: Hunting El Chapo, The World's Most-Wanted Drug Lord by Malcolm Beith
RRP: £10.99£7.77Mexico, April 2009. The bodies of pair of undercover military intelligence agents, disguised as campesinos (farmers), are dumped by the side of the road. Beside the corpses is a message on a scrap of paper: "You'll never get El Chapo."Authorities did -... -
Duplicity: My Mothers' Secrets by Donna Freed 9781739879433
RRP: £14.99£9.80A powerful, poignant and pacey adoption memoir which reads like a thriller. When her adoptive mother died in 2009 Donna Freed set out to track down her birth mother. What she discovered was truly shocking - she was the daughter of a pair of infamous con... -
The Missing Monuments Murders by Judy Stove
RRP: £22.50£19.70In 1806, Jane Austen's relative, the Reverend Thomas Leigh, inherited huge estates and the mood in the extended Leigh/Austen family was jubilant. But within a few years, bizarre events were being reported: the removal and destruction of monuments in the... -
The Double-Cross System: The Classic Account of World War Two Spy-Masters by J. C. Masterman
RRP: £10.99£7.77J.C. Masterman was chairman of the Double-Cross Committee at the height of World War Two. This is his account of the double agents, deception and counter-espionage which were key to the victory of D-Day. Written as an official report for MI5 in 1945,... -
Perfect Spy: The Incredible Double Life Of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine Reporter And Vietnamese Communist Agent by Larry Berman 9780060888398
RRP: £14.99£11.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060888398Author Larry BermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 262gDimensions(mm)... -
Undercover Policing and the Corrupt Secret Society Within by Garry Rogers 9781526775399
RRP: £25.00£17.62Garry Rogers played a key role in one of the UK's most successful undercover policing operations, targeting the football hooliganism which blighted the domestic and international game. From Old Trafford to Turkey and Sweden to Sardinia, this working... -
Born Fi' Dead: A Journey Through the Yardie Underworld by Laurie Gunst
RRP: £10.99£7.32Among the ethnic gangs that rule America's inner cities, none has had the impact of the Jamaican posses. Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's politicians, the posses began migrating to the United States in the... -
Broadmoor: My Journey into Hell by Charlie Bronson 9781784181178
RRP: £17.99£12.39Broadmoor: My Journey into Hell documents the story of long-term prisoner Charlie Bronson and his five-year stay at Britain's most notorious mental hospital, Broadmoor. His journey has, until now, never been told. In the winter of 1979, aged just... -
My Sister Milly by Gemma Dowler
RRP: £12.99£9.09You've seen Manhunt, now read this powerful and personal account from Milly Dowler's sister Gemma . . . 'My name is Gemma Dowler. On 21 March 2002, a serial killer named Levi Bellfield stole my sister and sent our family to hell . . .' In My Sister... -
Law's Strangest Cases: Extraordinary but true tales from over five centuries of legal history by Peter Seddon 9781911622352
RRP: £12.99£8.48A rollicking collection of barely believable stories from five centuries of legal history - you'll be gripped by these tales of murder, intrigue, crime, punishment and the pursuit of justice. Meet the only dead parrot ever to give evidence in a court of... -
Deep Deception: The story of the spycop network, by the women who uncovered the shocking truth by Helen Steel
RRP: £20.00£13.50Groomed. Gaslighted. Ghosted.They thought they'd found their soulmate. They had no idea he was spying on them.These five motivated, independent women each thought they'd met their perfect partner - someone who shared their values, ambitions and goals.But... -
Racing Rogues: The Scams, Scandals and Gambles of Horse Racing in Wales by Brian Lee 9781902719313
RRP: £14.99£12.55Horse racing may be famously known as the 'sport of kings' but, in the pursuit of prize money and getting one over the bookies, it also has attained a notoriety for some underhand, corrupt and downright illegal practices. Horse racing in Wales is not... -
The Berman Murders: Unraveling the Mojave Desert's Most Mysterious Unsolved Crime by Doug Kari 9781538186381
RRP: £25.00£22.89At daybreak on January 6, 1986, a couple on a camping trip in the Mojave Desert set out for a stroll and never returned. The local sheriff's office eventually discovered that Barry and Louise Berman had been murdered. As years passed and the double... -
Murder at Roaringwater by Nick Foster 9781913406561
RRP: £12.99£9.09Murder at Roaringwater is the inside story of the final days of young Frenchwoman, Sophie Toscan du Plantier. This is a violent, unresolved murder, where the victim seemed to have a premonition of her own terrible end. For six years, Nick Foster has... -
Mary Ann Cotton: The West Auckland Borgia by Martin Connolly 9781473876200
RRP: £14.99£10.95A female thief, with four husbands, a lover and, reportedly, over twelve children, is arrested and tried for the murder of her step-son in 1872, turning the small village of West Auckland in County Durham upside down. Other bodies are exhumed and when... -
The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution by Dan Hicks 9780745341767
RRP: £25.00£16.78Walk into any European museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces of card offer a name, date and place of origin. They do not mention that the objects are all... -
Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore 9780385478007
RRP: £17.00£13.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Critics Circle Awards 1994.Book InformationISBN 9780385478007Author Mikal GilmoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Bantam... -
Behind Bars - Britain's Most Notorious Prisoner Reveals What Life is Like Inside by Charles Bronson
RRP: £8.99£6.22THE ULTIMATE GUIDE FOR SURVIVING LIFE IN PRISONCharles Bronson knows more about life in prison than anyone else in Britain - on either side of the bars. Jailed originally in 1974, his life since then has been once unbroken stretch of over forty-five... -
Vintage Crime: A Short History of Wine Fraud by Rebecca Gibb 9780520385931
RRP: £25.00£19.26"This slim yet insightful and entertaining volume documents the many instances where wine drinkers did not get what they paid for, sometimes with deadly consequences."-New York Times, Best Wine Books of 2023How fakes, fraudsters, and grape crusaders have... -
Murder in Hollywood: Solving a Silent Screen Mystery by Charles Higham 9780299203641
RRP: £19.95£15.54Charles Higham successfully presents the most plausible and convincing solution yet to the mystery of who killed William Desmond Taylor. In the process he paints a vivid portrait of Hollywood in the 1920s - from its major stars to its bisexual subculture... -
Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son: The Story of the Yorkshire Ripper by Gordon Burn
RRP: £10.99£7.32It 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... -
Darkness Falls: The unmissable new thriller in the pulse-pounding Kate Marshall series by Robert Bryndza 9780751572780
RRP: £19.99£5.71THE UNMISSABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE GIRL IN THE ICE, NINE ELMS AND SHADOW SANDS, ROBERT BRYNDZA'The third Kate Marshall thriller, is the best one yet!' The Times'An exciting, riveting read from a master... -
Tax Man by Brian Cockerill 9781844544882
RRP: £9.99£6.85Over 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... -
The Best I Could: 2015 by Subhas Anandan 9789814677813
RRP: £14.99£10.95The Best I Could traces the life and career of Subhas Anandan, an advocate whose tireless devotion to the Singapore criminal justice system is legendary. In this highly personal autobiography, first published in 2009, Subhas describes not only the many... -
A Forger's Tale: Confessions of the Bolton Forger by Shaun Greenhalgh
RRP: £10.99£7.32Observer's Best Art Book of the Year, 2018In 2007, Bolton Crown Court sentenced Shaun Greenhalgh to four years and eight months in prison for the crime of producing artistic forgeries. Working out of a shed in his parents' garden, Greenhalgh had... -
The Hidden History of the JFK Assassination by Lamar Waldron 9781619024397
RRP: £15.99£15.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619024397Author Lamar WaldronFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 663gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 36mm -
A Grim Almanac of Lincolnshire by Neil Storey 9780752457680
RRP: £14.99£11.55A Grim Almanac of Lincolnshire is a day-by-day catalogue of 365 ghastly tales from around the county dating from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries. Full of dreadful deeds, macabre deaths, strange occurrences and heinous homicides, this almanac... -
One of Us: The Story of a Massacre and its Aftermath by Asne Seierstad
RRP: £12.99£8.60THE STORY OF ANDERS BREIVIK AND THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX FILM 22 JULY, FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BOOKSELLER OF KABULOn 22 July 2011 Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 of his fellow Norwegians in a terrorist atrocity that shocked the world... -
Gangster Warlords by Ioan Grillo
RRP: £9.99£7.11In a ranch south of Texas, the man known as The Executioner dumps five hundred body parts in metal barrels. In Brazil's biggest city, a mysterious prisoner orders hit-men to gun down forty-one police officers and prison guards in two days. In southern...