True Crime

A natural subject for the UK's bestselling true-crime author: a study of people who randomly kill large numbers of others (spree killers), or who set out to do so in specific places or situations (mass killers). Because of the ease of obtaining firearms...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788793987005Author Karl BergFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Korsgaard PublishingPublisher Korsgaard PublishingWeight(grams) 154gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

The No.1 BestsellerThe definitive account of the rise of the Kinahan gang and the deadly feud that shocked a nation and brought the gang to the edge of destruction.__________February 2016. A daring gun attack in the Regency Hotel brings Dubliner Christy...

A Sunday Times top-five bestseller'This is a remarkable book . . . profound and deeply moving . . . It has as much to tell us about mental illness as it does about policing' Alastair StewartJohn Sutherland joined the Met in 1992, having dreamed of being...

Bonnie and Clyde were responsible for multiple murders and countless robberies. But they did not act alone. In 1933, during their infamous run from the law, Bonnie and Clyde were joined by Clyde's brother Buck Barrow and his wife Blanche. Of these four...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER A Divorced Woman. A Dangerous Man. A Devastating Affair. 'You're right. It is totally extraordinary. My life is like a film; you couldn't make it up ... But...

The bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club pickThe Sunday Times Bestseller and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick'Dark, dramatic and full of danger' - Daily MailFor readers of Circe and The Handmaid's Tale, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Mercies is inspired by...

A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB SELECTION A SUNDAY TIMES NO 1. BESTSELLER 'Astonishing ... Sheds riveting new light on this breathtaking plan' Daily Mail 'A rollicking read' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'Brilliant and almost absurdly entertaining'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553387438Author Helen GarnerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint PantheonPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 601gDimensions(mm) 241mm * 160mm *...

The astonishing true story of Glasgow gangland confidant James McIntyre, aka Jimmy Two GunsJames 'Jimmy Two Guns' McIntyre was Glasgow's go-to gangland lawyer and consigliere to one of Scotland's foremost crime families. His maverick approach to the law...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954732134Author John PridmoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Transform Management LtdPublisher Transform Management Ltd

'An unmissable insight into the true lives behind the county lines gangs. You should read this.' Pippa Crerar, Daily Mirror Top Girl is the tell-all, true story of a grammar school girl turned county lines drug dealer. Danielle has a safe, happy...

'James Patterson and Mark Seal have brought Sin City to life' TELEGRAPHWhat happens in Vegas stays in Vegas - until now.Whether you're a Vegas regular or have only heard the city's tales through whispers, this book will surprise and astound you . . ...

This Sunday Times bestseller is a shocking and at times darkly funny account of life as a prison officer in one of the country's most notorious jails.'Authentic, tough, horrifying in some places and hilarious in others . . . the author's honesty and...

After in-depth research of the circumstances of that fateful night, investigative writer and former journalist Noel Botham finally reveals what he alleges to be the truth - Princess Diana fell victim to a ruthlessly executed assassination. Twenty years...

Gangster Paul Grimes was a one-man crimewave with a breathtaking capacity to steal. Any villains who got in his way were made to pay - often with their blood. But when his son died of a drugs overdose, the old-school mobster swore revenge on the new...

_____________ THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION _____________ 'John le Carre demystified the intelligence services; Higgins has demystified intelligence gathering itself' - Financial Times ...

Shortlisted for the Book of the Year and Audiobook of the Year at the 2023 True Crime AwardsStreet kid turned undercover cop. 'This time he wasn't getting up. Neither were the two young women he'd just murdered. The two unarmed young police officers he...

SHORTLISTED FOR TWO CRIMECON.UK 2024 TRUE CRIME AWARDS IN THE 'OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING' AND 'BOOK OF THE YEAR' CATEGORIES Behind one of the greatest tragedies in UK policing history lies an incredible political scandal 'An important...

Now with a new afterword covering the months-long landmark trials of Theranos founders Elizabeth Holmes and Sunny Balwani.'I couldn't put down this thriller . . . a book so compelling that I couldn't turn away' - Bill Gates'A story so incredible you'd...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063349285Author Howard BlumFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 454g

The murders in London between 1888-91 attributed to Jack the Ripper constitute one of the most mysterious unsolved criminal cases. This story is the result of many years meticulous research. The author reassesses all the evidence and challenges...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312995287Author Tina DirmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**OUT NOW: WHAT LIES BURIED. THE SENSATIONAL NEW BOOK BY KERRY DAYNES**'Enthralling and terrifying. The Dark Side of the Mind is a chilling glimpse into a world of miscreants, monsters and the misunderstood.' Professor Dame Sue...

From the bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat, now a major film SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 'Engrossing as any thriller' Daily Telegraph 'Superb. Meticulously researched, splendidly told, immensely entertaining' John le Carre ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250092113Author John GlattFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint St. Martin's PressPublisher St. Martin's Press

'Packed with insights and details that will both amaze and appal you' - Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland and Butler to the WorldFrom journalist Chris Blackhurst, Too Big to Jail unveils how HSBC facilitated mass money laundering schemes for brutal...

Now a major TV series 'A masterpiece that reads like a thriller' Time Out A gripping and probing account of the biggest criminal manhunt in British history. It is over 40 years since Peter Sutcliffe was convicted of...

INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OFFICIAL SECRETS FEATURING A NEW INTRODUCTION In January 2003, 28-year-old GCHQ translator Katharine Gun received an email from the US...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684513536Author J Michael WallerFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Regnery PublishingPublisher Regnery PublishingWeight(grams) 712gDimensions(mm) 235mm...

AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICKA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Once you start reading, be prepared, because you won't want to stop.' -Oprah WinfreyNew York Times bestselling author Lara Love Hardin recounts her slide from soccer mom to opioid addict to jailhouse...

On 28 November 2004, banker and father-of-two Alistair Wilson was shot three times on his doorstep in a killing more commonly associated with inner city gang wars than a sleepy seaside town in the Scottish Highlands. All these years later, the question...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385534260Author David GrannFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 669gDimensions(mm) 242mm *...

Christopher Berry-Dee is back. In Talking With Serial Killers: World's Most Evil, the bestselling author delves deeper still into the gloomy underworld of killers and their crimes. He examines, with shocking detail and clarity, the lives and lies of...

'An extraordinary story of grace, forgiveness and moral courage' Patrick Radden Keefe A 2024 HIGHLIGHT IN THE OBSERVER, GUARDIAN AND IRISH TIMES AN IMMEDIATE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The English language has no specific word for the parent that has...

The Stardust... The Fremont... The Marina. They ran them all.And they lost.Big time.No one knew more about casinos than Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal, the gambling mastermind who, along with his best friend and partner, Anthony 'the Ant' Spilotro, virtually...

New York Post and Toronto Sun crime reporter and author of Cold Blooded Murder, Brad Hunter has spent over thirty years writing about some of America's most horrific crimes. In this new book he enters the mind of John Wayne Gacy, the real-life 'Killer...

'The decision to publish this book has been very difficult, and taken with heavy hearts ... My reason for writing it is simple: to give an account of the truth ... Writing this memoir has entailed recording some very personal, intimate and emotional...

Organised crime puts on a smiley face.When the Summer of Love hit Britain in '88, Wayne embraced the bright new world of dance music, MDMA and all-night celebrations. But alongside the ecstasy, his natural East End entrepreneurial instincts kicked in,...