True Crime

An urgent Penguin Special investigating the 2014 mass-kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls by the world's deadliest terroristsOn 14th April 2014, 276 girls disappeared from a secondary school in northern Nigeria, kidnapped by the world's deadliest terror group...

Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in Kent's history. Linda Stratmann re-examines some of the historic crimes that shocked not only the county but Britain as a whole. Among the gruesome cases...

"The Arctic trails do indeed have their secret tales, and one of the best is that of The Mad Trapper of Rat River, equal to the legends of Bonnie and Clyde or John Dillinger. Now author Dick North (of course) may have solved the mystery of the Mad...

A Grim Almanac of Lancashire 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...

Looming ominously over the city, the stony battlements of Nottingham Castle speak of a long and violent criminal history. Illustrated with more than forty photographs as well as chilling original artwork, this selection of true-crime stories provides a...

From America's most celebrated true-crime writer comes the heartbreaking real-life drama of a doomed young woman hopelessly trapped in a web of sexual intrigue, political manipulation and emotional deception by her charming and successful - but...

Award-winning student Randall Woodfield was every college girl's dream - and nightmare. This "boy-next-door" type cruised an 800-mile-long northwestern highway, the I-5 in search of his prey - woman of all ages. He subjected them to horrifying abuse and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143461296Author Lt Gen KJS 'Tiny' DhillonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin Random House IndiaPublisher Penguin Random House India

A New York Times Bestseller! For viewers of the hit Series I Am the Night and fans of the Root of Evil Podcast, the book that finally revealed the shocking identity of the Black Dahlia Killer-and the Police Corruption That Concealed It for So LongIn...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks meets Get Out in this landmark investigation of racial inequality at the core of the heart transplant race.In 1968, Bruce Tucker, a black man, went into Virginia's top research hospital with a head injury, only to...

The news of shocking crimes and the books and movies they inspire have made serial killers a topic of both tabloid attention and serious study. Renowned true-crime expert Harold Schechter and co-author David Everitt uncover the methods behind the madness...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952225277Author Rod SadlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 484Imprint Wildblue PressPublisher Wildblue PressWeight(grams) 553gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316396660Author Simon BaatzFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Mulholland BooksPublisher Mulholland BooksWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm...

He was the scion of a wealthy German textiles empire, an extravagantly successful day trader and a respected film producer. But he was also the cruellest of fraudsters. Over a period of 12 years, Felix Vossen conned his best friends and closest...

Interweaving his account of the Steven Avery trial at the heart of Making a Murderer with other high profile cases from his criminal defense career, attorney Jerome F. Buting explains the flaws in America's criminal justice system and lays out a...

Portsmouth's position on the south coast of England has meant it has been an important port for centuries, and the heavily fortified home of the Royal Navy. Industries surrounding the naval docks and shipbuilding led Portsmouth to become one of the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Young Reader's Choice Award (Grades 9-12) 1995.Book InformationISBN 9780440213420Author Lois DuncanFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell...

There are many myths about serial killers: that they are all dysfunctional loners; all white males; only motivated by sex; that they all travel and operate across a wide area; cannot stop killing; are all insane, or evil geniuses; and that they all want...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060921781Author Christopher AndrewFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640093881Author Peter HoulahanFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

In the quaint seaside town of Bude, Cornwall, a seemingly innocent afternoon tea in 1930 unravels into a sinister tale of arsenic poisoning and mysterious disappearances. When one of the three tea companions succumbs to the deadly toxin, suspicions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767905381Author Frank W. AbagnaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday DelPublisher Broadway Books (A...

In 1964 a woman was stabbed to death in front of her home in New York, a murder The New York Times called "a frozen moment of dramatic, disturbing social change". The victim, Catherine "Kitty" Genovese, became an urban martyr, butchered in sight of...

Human Trafficking: A Comprehensive Exploration into Modern Day Slavery examines the legal, socio-cultural, historical, and political aspects of human trafficking and modern-day slavery. While most texts only cover sex trafficking and labor trafficking,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853035251Author Anton KuenzleFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544512099Author Julie CleggFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Lioncrest PublishingPublisher Lioncrest PublishingWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679745587Author Truman CapoteFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806541976Author Charles Henry BosworthFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062441959Author Max Allan CollinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 862gDimensions(mm)...

In the early hours of a cold February morning in 1891, the murdered body of Frances Coles was discovered beneath a railway arch in London's Swallow Gardens. The nature of her wounds, the weapon used to inflict them, and the murder site itself were clear...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609491352Author Graham K. BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 123Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

This book offers user friendly lists of Arabic English intelligence terms with brief definitions, organised in thematic sections. In an era of globalised intelligence collection, analysis, sharing, training, and liaison, precise translations of terms...

Chief Superintendant Ian Hunter of the CID, retired, is a good old fashioned copper. He has been at the heart of the investigations into some of the Lancashire's most notorious murders, including the 'Handless Corpse' Case, the 'Black Panther', and the...

A powerful collection of stories about women who murdered-for revenge, for love, and even for pleasure-rife with historical details that will have any true crime junkie on the edge of their seat In every tragic story, men are expected to be the killers...

"This book is as engrossing as anything by Agatha Christie, as unsettling as a novel by Stephen King, and reported with a vigorous empathy that leaves Truman Capote in the dust. Scott Johnson's courage, his relentless quest for the truth behind a set of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560255598Author Frankie SaggioFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Thunder's Mouth PressPublisher Thunder's Mouth PressWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm)...

Discover 50 fascinating tales of female pirates, fraudsters, gamblers, bootleggers, serial killers, madams, and outlaws in this illustrated book of lawbreaking and legendary women throughout the ages.Many of us are familiar with the popular slogan...

Berkshire Murders is an examination of some of the county's most notorious and shocking cases. They include Hannah Carey, beaten to death by her husband at Warfield in 1851; young Hannah Gould, whose throat was cut by her father in a frenzied attack at...

Although much has been written about Al Capone, there has not been--until now--a complete history of organized crime in Chicago during Prohibition. This exhaustively researched book covers the entire period from 1920 to 1933. Author John J. Binder, a...