True Crime

Discover the darker side of Halifax with this chilling collection of true-life murders from the town's past. Featuring all factions of the criminal underworld, this macabre selection of tales includes the case of a husband who boasted that he had played...

King of Heists is a spellbinding and unprecedented account of the greatest bank robbery in American history, which took place on October 27, 1878, when thieves broke into the Manhattan Savings Institution and stole nearly $3 million in cash and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250861405Author Gregg OlsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

"A personal how-to guide for investigative journalists, a twisted tale of a scam of huge proportions, and a really good read" (Bethany McLean, author of The Smartest Guys in the Room), this spellbinding true story follows a pair of award-winning CNN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736580073Author Robert GraysmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 454Imprint Monkey's Paw Publishing, Inc.Publisher Monkey's Paw Publishing, Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781859839409Author John J. EddlestonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

An engaging account of an extraordinary, trailblazing woman - Australia's first female detective - LILLIAN ARMFIELD is also the vivid and gripping story of the origins of Sydney's organised crime underbelly.'Special Constable' Lillian Armfield was...

**WINNER OF THE 2020 DANGER PRIZE**From the acclaimed author of THE SUITCASE BABY and THE SUICIDE BRIDE, the fascinating story of a series of horrific murders that began in 1930s Sydney - and a killer who remained at large for over two decades.In...

In March 2012, eccentric antiques dealer Raymond Scott was found dead in his prison cell, apparently after having cut his own throat. It was the final tragic act in one of the most bizarre criminal cases ever held in England. The story begins in 1998...

Criminal investigators have learned how to interpret vital testimony that is written in the language of fingerprints and flakes of skin, gradients of teeth and bone, splashes of blood, flecks of paint and traces of chemicals, a splinter of glass, or a...

Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), a brilliant physicist and the principal designer of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, later became a human rights activist and-as a result-a source of profound irritation to the Kremlin. This book publishes for the first time ever...

The incredible story of a 1958 murder that ended with the last woman to ever be executed in California-a murder so twisted it seems ripped from a Greek tragedy. Deborah Larkin was only ten years old when the quiet calm of her California suburb was...

The case was closed, but for journalist Nancy Rommelmann, the mystery remained: What made a mother want to murder her own children? On May 23, 2009, Amanda Stott-Smith drove to the middle of the Sellwood Bridge in Portland, Oregon, and dropped her two...

Before Charles Manson, there was Tony Costa-the serial killer of Cape Cod1969: The hippie scene is vibrant in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Long-haired teenagers roam the streets, strumming guitars and preaching about peace and love... and Tony Costa is...

The "uncommonly trenchant account of the only known FBI agent to confess to murder" (Kirkus Reviews). When rookie FBI agent Mark Putnam received his first assignment in 1987, it was the culmination of a lifelong dream, if not the most desirable location...

What's it like to have the legal sanction to shoot and kill? This compelling and often startling book answers this, and many other questions about the oft-times violent world inhabited by our nation's police officers. Written by a cop-turned university...

Winner of the 2004 New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance Book Award for Scholarly Non-Fiction | Named a 2005 Honor Book by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities Essential reading for anyone interested in the most famous American crime of the twentieth...

Available at any corner shop for little money and, because tasteless, difficult to detect in food or drink, arsenic was so frequently used by potential beneficiaries of wills in the first half of the nineteenth century that it was nicknamed "the...

In the wake of the 2003 Iraq War, the term 'intelligence failure' became synonymous with the Blair Government and how it had used intelligence to construct a case for war. This book examines British secret intelligence over the thirty years preceding its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621454946Author Reader's DigestFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Trusted Media BrandsPublisher Trusted Media BrandsWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorC. Michael Hiam, Ph.D., is the author of Dirigible Dreams: The Age of the Airship; A Monument to Deceit: Sam Adams and the Vietnam Intelligence Wars; and Eddie...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948724142Author Jayfri HashimFormat PaperbackPage Count 26Imprint Tidalwave ProductionsPublisher Tidalwave ProductionsWeight(grams) 59gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451418135Author Joe McGinnissFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060846206Author Kathryn CaseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

This absorbing collection delves into the villainous deeds that have taken place in Stirling during it's long history. Cases of murder, robbery, assault and fraud are all examined as the darker side of this historic city's past is exposed. From cases as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538763209Author James PattersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476687308Author Michael P BurnsFormat PaperbackPage Count 159Imprint Exposit BooksPublisher Exposit BooksWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733995573Author Peter BronsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Chilidog Press LLCPublisher Chilidog Press LLCWeight(grams) 458gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062918000Author Doris PayneFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780910659Author Derek YarwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

The true story of how federal law enforcement flipped the playbook and convicted a corrupt unit of Baltimore police.In 2015 and 2016, Baltimore was reeling after the death of Freddie Gray and the protests that followed. In the midst of this unrest, a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982114107Author Rachel Deloache WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Gallery BooksPublisher Gallery BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 226mm...

Spy-masters, moles, and double-agents. Ciphers, saboteurs, and atomic secrets. The shady world of real-life espionage is as alarming and mysterious as any John Le Carre novel or James Bond movie. This outstanding book chronicles the international...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910551196Author Stephen WadeFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Bradwell BooksPublisher Bradwell Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609493813Author Jeffrey WellsFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Dr Anthony Pignataro was a cosmetic surgeon and a famed medical researcher whose flashy red Lamborghini and flamboyant lifestyle in western New York state suggested a highly successful career. But appearances, as this shocking insider account of...

An Inside View into the Dark Side of a Music Icon He was the King of Pop, a superstar without equal, the idol of millions of young people around the world. But was Michael Jackson also a sexual predator without equal, someone who preyed on the very fans...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451607475Author Stephen SingularFormat PaperbackPage Count 394Imprint Pocket StarPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 428gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

Yes, this is the absolutely official guide to lockpicking from the US government and the Central Intelligence Agency. This is the same information that active agents in the field use to get what they need-even when it's locked away. With this clever...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925816631Author David PriceFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Fremantle PressPublisher Fremantle PressWeight(grams) 256gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 154mm *...