True Crime

**A Sunday Times Book of the Year**The closest you'll ever get to the most infamous drug kingpin in modern history, told by the person who stood by his sideThe story of Pablo Escobar, one of the wealthiest, powerful and violent criminals of all time has...

As a spy prepared to give away America's biggest secrets after the 9/11 attacks, an FBI agent raced to catch her.U.S. government officials knew they had a spy. But it never occurred to them it was a woman-and certainly not a superstar Defense...

'David Oluwale's story has a raw power...and Kester Aspden makes it relevant for the reader of today' Mishal HusainAn award-winning microhistory that examines the death of David Oluwale and institutionalised police racism in Britain.When, in May 1969,...

The No. 1 bestselling story of one of Ireland's top homicide investigators 'Thrilling and insightful' Ray D'Arcy, RTE 'Intriguing . . . a great read . . . it's the story of Ireland in a way' Nicola Tallant'Important and compassionate' Irish Times* * *'A...

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Over the years the high walls of Liverpool's Walton Gaol have contained some of the most infamous criminals from the north of England. Taking over from the fearsome Kirkdale House of Correction as the main centre of execution for Liverpool and other...

Who really murdered Bob Chappell? Veteran ex-detective and author of JFK: The Smoking Gun, Colin McLaren, uncovers disturbing new evidence that an innocent woman is in jail.Daybreak, Sandy Bay, Hobart, 27 January 2009. A yacht, the Four Winds, is seen...

John Massey's story is unique. Part of a notorious duo that the Flying Squad dubbed 'Laurel and Hardy', his criminal activities included hijacking a police car after robbing a bank of GBP25,000 and relieving the Sunday Mirror of GBP50,000 - and all...

This is the story of those who ended up on the end of the hangman's rope at Norwich Castle Prison, Norwich City Prison on Earlham Road and the later Victorian Norwich Prison on Knox Road. The executions included in this book range from some of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307588692Author Kevin PoulsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A gripping true story of violence, double-cross and corruption, Black Mass takes us deep undercover, exposing one of the most outrageous scandals in FBI history.Boston, 1975. Under a harvest moon, 'Whitey' Bulger, godfather...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501153075Author Peter MaasFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

Roy Shaw is the ultimate hardman. He has cult status and commands a respect that few, even in the violent world he moves in, can equal. To him, violence is simply an accepted part of his profession. He doesn't exaggerate it, he can't excuse it and he...

'I'm so sorry, Casey,' my link worker John said, sounding weary. 'I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.' It's the night before Christmas when Casey and Mike get the...

On 12 September 1973 a seventeen-year-old na ve and vulnerable young gardener Stephen Downing returning from a short lunch break encountered the badly beaten and unconscious figure of thirty-two year old Wendy Sewell lying on the footpath of Bakewell...

Why would a good person commit a terrible act? Fifteen years ago, Jeannie's relationship with a close friend ended in rape. With the rise of the #MeToo movement, recurring nightmares of the event that plagued her as a girl have returned. To process...

End of Innocence is the first in a non-fiction series ('Truly Unforgotten') exploring UK cold cases. The book focuses on the 1978 disappearance of Genette Tate. The 13-year-old schoolgirl vanished while out delivering newspapers on her bicycle in the...

'An extraordinary writer' James O'Brien'The best account of life as an undercover cop that I've read' Neil Lancaster, bestselling author of the DS Max Craigie series'A compelling and powerful account from the darker side of policing and the terrifying...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627310109Author Ian BradyFormat PaperbackPage Count 478Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.Weight(grams) 661g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739813611Author Mark DickensFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Hendry PublishingPublisher Hendry Publishing

Robert Mazur spent five years undercover infiltrating the criminal hierarchy of Colombia's drug cartels. The dirty bankers and businessmen he befriended knew him as Bob Musella, a wealthy, mob-connected big shot living the good life. Together they...

When Natascha Kampusch made her bid for freedom on 23 August 2006 after eight years held captive in a seemingly ordinary Austrian suburban house, her story horrified and astonished the entire world. How did she survive a childhood locked in a cellar?...

Captain Charles Johnson's celebrated A General History of the Pirates (1724) is the most famous book about pirates ever written. Buoyed by the volume's runaway success Johnson followed up with the equally engrossing The Lives and Adventures of the Most...

There are many conflicting stories about who Ronnie and Reggie Kray were. Films depicting their lives have made the public vilify them, adore them and even admire them. This guide book will dig a little deeper into the places they spent their time. Many...

Horrific, horrendous, unspeakable, The Whitechapel Murderer, Jack the Ripper, stalked the streets of East London in 1888, slaughtering prostitutes and bewildering the police who were hunting him. They never succeeded in apprehending him, and to this day...

June Thomson and Giselle Ross are inextricably linked by two unspeakable acts of evil. On the same day, a few miles apart, their estranged husbands slaughtered their children. The murders were not driven by rage, or committed in moments of madness. They...

The legendary FBI criminal profiler and international bestselling author of Mindhunter and The Killer Across the Table returns with this timely, relevant book that goes to the heart of extremism and domestic terrorism, examining in-depth his chilling...

By an expert with over twenty-five years' experience interviewing more than thirty of the most dangerous male and female serial killers of contemporary times, this latest book from the bestselling author explores the darkest corners of these...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959947998Author Philip FairbanksFormat HardbackPage Count 454Imprint Is It Wet Yet PressPublisher Is It Wet Yet PressWeight(grams) 835gDimensions(mm)...

"An unforgettable nonfiction thriller, expertly reported...A tremendously revealing and twisted ride, where life and death are now mere cold cash commodities." -Michael Largo, author of Final Exits Award-winning investigative journalist and contributing...

Elissa. Alyssa. Alissa. Three girls meet at a boarding school for troubled teens. A few years later, they were dead. Elissa's best friend sets out to discover what happened to them, following the only clues they left behind: their uncannily similar...

In the summer of 1978, rumours emerged from the underworld that huge sums of money had been paid to the City of London Police to water-down evidence and arrange bail in cases of armed robbery. Then it was suggested that Scotland Yard's Flying squad was...

Kim Chown was just 11 when her father Bernard Beaumont took her from her mother to Kenya. There, he tormented Kim with extreme sexual and emotional abuse, safe in the knowledge that as a pillar of the expat community his word would be believed over hers...

They ruled the streets of London in the 1960s. Half a century later, Ronnie and Reggie Kray, unrepentant purveyors of violence and murder, hold more fascination than ever before. Portrayed as charismatic gangsters on the big screen, the saga of the...

In this powerful memoir, Tasoula Hadjitofi reveals her perilous journey orchestrating "The Munich Case"-one of the largest European art trafficking stings since WWII. With the Bavarian police in place, the Cypriots on their way, seventy under-cover...

FULLY UPDATED CENTENARY EDITION 'An important book' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'An intriguing history of covert surveillance ... thoroughly engaging' Daily Telegraph ...

Unlock the cultural obsession with high-stakes robberies in Heist, a collection of the world's greatest real-life break-ins. From the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's famous art heist to the disappearance of the Marie Antoinette watch, these 100% true...

TV's top fugitive hunter investigates the UK's worst unsolved murdersRoughly ten per cent of all murders in the UK go unsolved. Here, Britain's top ex-undercover cop shines new light on cases up and down the country in search of answers.Peter Bleksley's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997614022Author Stephen J GiannangeloFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Waterfront ProductionsPublisher Waterfront ProductionsWeight(grams) 508g

Five decades after one of America's greatest tragedies, this compelling book pierces the veil of secrecy to document the small, tightly held conspiracy that killed President John F. Kennedy. It explains why he was murdered, and how it was done in a way...