True Crime

Someone must have known what happened to Matilda Hacker. For someone in that house had killed her.So how could the murderer prove so elusive? Standing four storeys tall in an elegant Bloomsbury terrace, No. 4, Euston Square was a well-kept, respectable...

'A compelling yet harrowing read' Daily Mail'One of the best true crime books of the year' CrimeReadsThe 2014 Slenderman stabbings in Wisconsin, USA, shocked the local community and the world. The violence of Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weiser, the two...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250621467Author Oliver BulloughFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781631680687Author Marcia ClarkFormat PaperbackImprint Graymalkin MediaPublisher Graymalkin MediaWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 142mm * 41mm

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...

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...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903854730Author Frank BovenkerkFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Milo BooksPublisher Milo BooksWeight(grams) 247g

The Bondurant Boys were notorious gangster brothers who ran liquor though Franklin County during Prohibition. LAWLESS is their story.Based on the true account of Matt Bondurant's grandfather and two granduncles, this is a gripping tale of bootlegging,...

In this memoir, Lana Wood investigates the mysterious drowning of her sister, the actress Natalie Wood, and clears up the myths and misconceptions behind one of the most notorious celebrity deaths of our time. On the night of November 29, 1981, Natalie...

The inside story of the world's most notorious cults.The strange and sinister world of cults is a source of endless fascination. Their secrets, rituals and shadowy hierarchies make for some of the most disturbing and shocking revelations in history. Most...

The questions have haunted our nation for half a century: Was the President killed by a single gunman? Was Lee Harvey Oswald part of a conspiracy? Did the Warren Commission discover the whole truth of what happened on November 22, 1963?Philip Shenon, a...

Five brutal murders shocked London in the summer and autumn of 1888. They have never been forgotten.The Jack the Ripper case has never been solved - the killer remains a blood-spattered silhouette. Although 'Jack' as an entity was almost certainly...

'Breaking Bad meets City of God' Roberto Saviano, author of GomorrahHUSBAND. This is the story of an ordinary man who became the king of the largest slum in Rio, the head of a drug cartel and Brazil's most notorious criminal. FATHER. A man who tried to...

Which of Edinburgh's most gruesome murders has happened in your street? And were they committed by Burke and Hare, by the Stockbridge Baby-Farmer, by the Demon Frenchman of George Street, by the Triple Killer of Falcon Avenue, or perhaps by one of the...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING BENICIO DEL TORO, PRODUCED BY LEONARDO DICAPRIOCuba, 1961.A failed invasion at The Bay of Pigs results in Fidel Castro tightening his hold over Cuba. Jose Miguel Battle Sr., a former cop and member of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age 2006.Book InformationISBN 9780767918800Author Frederick ZugibeFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Random House...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781726129Author Michael O'BrienFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales PressDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm * 19mm

Alex Hanscombe's powerful, inspirational account as seen on This Morning, BBC Breakfast, Newsnight and in The Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday and The Sun. 'I was the most famous child in the British Isles.....

The county of Essex has rolling arable farmland, Epping Forest, sleepy villages, busy market towns and secluded backwaters - a wide variety of settings for murder. This selection of crimes uncovers not only famous cases, but also previously unpublished...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312304683Author Robert K ResslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 226mm...

"A remarkable, indispensable book" - Sunday Telegraph In 1993 toddler James Bulger was beaten to death by two ten-year-old-boys. In the wake of this brutal crime, came one of the most public and shocking trials in living memory. Written in...

Q is for Quarry is the seventeenth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton and is based on a true crime.She was a 'Jane Doe', an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. The...

A captivating, eloquent and nuanced book, We All Go into the Dark is an absolute must-read for true-crime fans across the board. Three women were brutally murdered between early 1968 and late 1969, each after a night...

Professor Dick Hobbs is a leading commentator on the culture of crime and criminality. East End born and bred, he is a fascinating dichotomy of the criminal and the intellectual world, allowing him a unique insight into a subject that holds fascination...

True crime from Dundee, covering the most fascinating and chilling cases from the last century Every town has its monsters. But only when their rage explodes and unspeakable crimes are committed do we realise we hold them in our midst. Some are...

From the author of El Narco and Gangster Warlords, a searing investigation into the enormous black market for firearms, essential to cartels and gangs in the drug trade. Guns from America reach more than 130 countries, and inundate Mexico, with over...

Britain has its fair share of unsolved murders. Crimes that have both fascinated and horrified in equal measure, with many as baffling today as they were when the stories first hit the headlines in the national press. Spanning 100 years between...

Deepfake technology can create video evidence of just about anything: Hollywood superstar Margot Robbie in an orgy.Chinese president Xi Jinping declaring nuclear war.Basketball legend Michael Jordan winning the World Cup. The only limit is the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737895541Author Lynn WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Mzw PublishingPublisher Mzw PublishingWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm *...

The remarkable true story of a modern-day Robin Hood, from Times feature writer Ben MachellIt is 2007, a time of recession and impending climate crisis, and one young man decides to change the world.Meet Stephen Jackley, a British geography student with...

DEAD BY SUNSET is the extraordinary cautionary tale of Bradly Morris Cunningham, a real-estate entrepreneur whose misogyny and rampant egocentricity wrecked the lives of a succession of women. Over a period of years Cunningham duped, seduced, abused and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760689056Author Tony LoughranFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Five MilePublisher Five MileWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 153mm * 19mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780895267467Author Ion Mihai PacepaFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint Regnery Gateway Inc.,U.S.Publisher Regnery Gateway Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558616073Author Ann JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 455Imprint Feminist Press at The City University of New YorkPublisher Feminist Press at The City...

In the past, the east shore of Lincolnshire's long coastline was well adapted for smuggling and the rural quality of the county aided the transport and hiding of contraband goods. In addition to the pirates, coastal criminals and countryside rogues,...

Critically acclaimed author Kathryn Casey delivers a riveting account of the brutal murders of young women in the I-45/Texas Killing Fields-a chilling true story that has already helped police uncover evidence that may link suspected serial killer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593329238Author Matthew CampbellFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 465gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 159mm...

The book behind the Oscar- and BAFTA-nominated Netflix film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel'The movie event of the year' - Rolling Stone'One of Martin Scorsese's best films ever' -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425276976Author Peter VronskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc