True Crime

The classic, bestselling account of the infamous Kray twins, now a major film, starring Tom Hardy. Reggie and Ronnie Kray ruled London's gangland during the 60s with a ruthlessness and viciousness that shocks even now. Building an empire of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140144567Author Peter MatthiessenFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint Penguin Books LtdPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 539gDimensions(mm) 214mm...

'Jason Moran was in his blue Mitsubishi van when he was gunned down with his friend, Pasquale Bardora, in front of up to 250 people in the car park of the Cross Keys Hotel. At least five children, including Moran's twin girl and boy, aged six, and his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316528696Author Jonathan LittmanFormat HardbackPage Count 8Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 431g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501154195Author Guy LawsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Pocket BooksWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 168mm * 104mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473033972Author Ian WishartFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Howling at the Moon Publishing LtdPublisher Howling at the Moon Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640095410Author Harry N. MacLeanFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 737gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 162mm *...

Hugging the coast and crammed between two rivers, Aberdeen grew up isolated from Scotland's other urban centres. Yet Aberdeen experienced its share of crime in the 19th century. The city was plagued by a plethora of prostitutes, ravaged by riots and...

What is the connection between the number 13 and Jack the Ripper? Why was the number 18 crucial in catching Acid Bath murderer John George Haigh? And what is so puzzling about the number 340 in the chilling case of the Zodiac killer? The answers to all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781586422615Author Michele R. McPheeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Steerforth PressPublisher Steerforth Press

Times change and not always for the better. Dick Kirby, a former experienced Met detective and now best-selling author, maintains that the current politically correct culture coupled with an inept Crown Prosecution Service and aided and abetted by the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956566246Author Jason NealFormat HardbackPage Count 446Imprint Idigital GroupPublisher Idigital GroupWeight(grams) 821gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 29mm

'I read everything he writes. Every time he writes a book, I read it. Every time he writes an article, I read it . . . he's a national treasure.' Rachel MaddowPatrick Radden Keefe's work has garnered prizes ranging from the National Magazine Award and...

The stakes are never higher when the charge is murder… Explore the riveting twists and turns of some of the most notorious and controversial murder trials in history, such as the O. J. Simpson, Phil Spector, and Oscar Pistorius cases.Each of the trials...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812988543Author Jeffrey ToobinFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 397gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451402103Author Jerry BledsoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

In this revised, updated and expanded edition, the author explores the life of Theodore Bundy, one of the more infamous-and flamboyant-American serial killers on record. Bundy's story is a complex mix of psychopathology, criminal investigation, and the U...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735275416Author Peter EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Vintage CanadaPublisher Vintage CanadaWeight(grams) 132g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988213852Author Brian WhitneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 410Imprint Strawberry BooksPublisher Strawberry BooksWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

A smuggler ... 'honest thief' or 'wretch'? Opinion was divided some 200 years ago when smuggling was in its heyday and known as 'that infamous traffick'. Charles Lamb, the essayist, was in favour when he wrote in the early 1800s, 'I like a smuggler;...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385521314Author Patrick Radden KeefeFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 771g

This chilling follow-up to Bristol Murders brings together more true-life historical murders that shocked not only the city but frequently made headline news throughout the nation. They include the brutal murders of policemen Patrick White in 1846 and...

"Russell King has written the most definitive account of this grand American saga. Rajneeshpuram is rich storytelling." -Chapman and Maclain Way, directors of Wild Wild Country In 1981, ambitious young Ma Anand Sheela transported the Indian guru...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455542642Author James PattersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint FaithWordsPublisher Time Warner Trade PublishingWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm)...

Journalist Nadia Fezzani spent years probing the minds of serial killers in search of answers to unsettling questions: What went on in their heads as they prepared for their next crime? What drove them to murder not once, but habitually? Were they born...

In the heart of Indianapolis in the mid 1960's, through a twist of fate and fortune, a pretty young girl came to live with a thirty-seven-year-old mother and her seven children. What began as a temporary childcare arrangement between Sylvia Likens'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593320822Author Corban AddisonFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995591707Author David N. AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint DOZPublisher DOZ

It is a sobering thought that until the closing years of the twentieth century, Britain's courts were technically able to impose the death penalty for a number of offences; both civil and military. Although the last judicial hangings took place in 1964,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953006103Author Mike MainsFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Friends of FatimaPublisher Friends of FatimaWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

'Carefully compiled' in 1867 'from prison documents, ancient papers, and other authentic sources,' this extremely rare book contains the full details of the crimes, trials and executions of every murderer, highwayman, rogue and rebel ever to swing from...

It recounts several notable cases, from the killing of Sarah and Edward Glass at Wadland Down in 1827 and the poisonings of Samuel Wescombe in Exeter in 1829 and William Ashford at Honiton Clyst in 1866, both by wives whose affections had gone elsewhere,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947951464Author Paula WoodwardFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint City Point PressPublisher City Point PressWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995779563Author Mark BridgemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Watermill BooksPublisher Watermill Books

New York Times Bestseller! "Sam Giancana tells all . . . Controversial . . . ties seven United States presidents to the mob."-Larry King, CNNOne of the most feared Chicago mobsters Sam Giancana clawed his way to the top of the Mafia hierarchy by starting...

Discover the shadier side of York's history with this remarkable collection of true-life crimes from across the city. Featuring all factions of the criminal underworld, this macabre selection of tales includes murders, poisonings, poaching, theft and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312928407Author Don DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 161gDimensions(mm) 173mm * 108mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983884279Author Candice BlackFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Sun Vision PressPublisher Sun Vision PressWeight(grams) 305g

"An achievement of reportorial diligence, this book tells a story that the most imaginative crime novelist would have been hard put to invent. It is a tale of death, intrigue, obstruction of justice, corruption and politics." -People Magazine A young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250067784Author Bruce PorterFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm)...