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Clash of the Clans: The Inside Story of the Kinahan-Hutch Gangland Feud by Nicola Tallant 9781915306197
RRP: £8.99£6.45CLASH OF THE CLANS is a story that traces the emergence of the Irish mafia from the streets of Dublin to the highest echelons of global organised crime and right into the heart of professional boxing. When a weigh-in turns into a gangland bloodbath, ... -
Forensic Casebook: The Science of Crime Scene Investigation by N.E. Genge
RRP: £19.99£15.58Filled with intriguing true stories, and packed with black-and-white illustrations and photographs, The Forensic Casebook draws on interviews with police personnel and forensic scientists - including animal examiners, botanists, zoologists, firearms... -
Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers by Anabel Hernandez
RRP: £10.99£8.94The product of five years of investigative reporting, the subject of intense national controversy, and the source of death threats that forced the National Human Rights Commission to assign two full-time bodyguards to Anabel Hernandez, The Lords of el... -
The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime by Judith Flanders
RRP: £12.99£8.48'We are a trading community, a commercial people. Murder is doubtless a very shocking offence, nevertheless as what is done is not to be undone, let us make our money out of it.' Punch Murder in the 19th century was rare. But murder as... -
Murder Isn't Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie by Carla Valentine
RRP: £10.99£7.40Fascinating - PrimaEngaging and informative - GuardianAgatha Christie is one of our most beloved authors - a storyteller unparalleled in her clever plots and twisting tales. But Agatha was also a forensic expert; in each of her books she employs an... -
Criminal Psychology: A Beginner's Guide by Ray Bull
RRP: £10.99£7.00It is a conundrum that has vexed societies throughout history: how do you deal with those that break the law? If their aim is to evade you, how do you identify them? If their aim is to lie, how do you interview them? If they don't see their actions are... -
Legacy: Gangsters, Corruption and the London Olympics by Michael Gillard
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Reveals criminal corruption on a scale that the Kray twins would never have dreamt of' John Pearson, Profession of Violence, The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins 'Gillard's detailed investigation makes for a stunning and shocking read' Barry Keeffe,... -
Chasing the Scream: The Search for the Truth About Addiction by Johann Hari
RRP: £10.99£7.51THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE INSPIRATION FOR THE FEATURE FILM THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY 'Screamingly addictive' STEPHEN FRY 'Superb ... Thrilling story-telling' NAOMI KLEIN 'A powerful contribution to an urgent debate' GUARDIAN ... -
The Oxford Handbook of Criminology by Alison Liebling 9780198860914
RRP: £49.99£46.80With contributions from leading authorities, this is the definitive guide to current criminological theory, research, and policy. The Oxford Handbook of Criminology provides a comprehensive collection of chapters covering the core and emerging topics... -
Mary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer by David Wilson 9781904380917
£19.95As one of the UK's leading commentators, David Wilson shows how some serial killers stay in the headlines whilst others rapidly become invisible - or "unseen". Yet Mary Ann Cotton is not just the first but perhaps the UK's most prolific female serial... -
Layer Cake by J. J. Connolly
RRP: £8.99£6.13Layer cake (n): a metaphor for the murky layers of the criminal world. Smooth-talking drug dealer X has a plan to quietly bankroll enough cash to retire before his thirtieth birthday. Operating under the polished veneer of a legitimate businessman,... -
The Cocaine Diaries: A Venezuelan Prison Nightmare by Jeff Farrell
RRP: £11.99£8.43'It won't happen to me. That's what I thought when I got on the plane to Venezuela. But it did - I got caught.'Caught smuggling half a million euros' worth of cocaine, Paul Keany was sexually assaulted by Venezuelan anti-drugs officers before being... -
The Mafia: The Inside Story of Organised Crime by George Carpozi Jr.
RRP: £16.99£12.28How did the Mob evolve from a disorganised gang of uncouth killers into the deadly 'international corporation' it is today?Tracing its beginnings as an underground society which sprang up in Sicily, to the Mob which went on to run organised crime... -
Leading the Police: A History of Chief Constables 1835-2017 Kim Stevenson 9781138217249
RRP: £135.00£117.68In 2015 the College of Policing published its Leadership Review with specific reference to the type of leadership required to ensure that the next generation of Chief Constables and their management approach will be fit for purpose. Three key issues were... -
Understanding Street Drugs: A Handbook of Substance Misuse for Parents, Teachers and Other Professionals by David Emmett
RRP: £27.99£27.63This fully updated edition of the essential reference Understanding Drugs provides a complete overview of the key facts and core issues surrounding substance misuse. All commonly-used street drugs are covered, with quick reference guides, helpful... -
City of Gangs: Glasgow and the Rise of the British Gangster Andrew Davies 9781444739794
RRP: £16.99£11.54**Includes fascinating stories about Billy Fullerton, leader of the Billy Boys, featured in the latest series of BBC's Peaky Blinders**'A new type of criminal is in our midst - a dangerous, ruthless, well-armed man, who will stick at nothing, not even... -
Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud Ben McKenzie 9781419766398
RRP: £19.99£12.63From a famous actor and an experienced journalist, a wildly entertaining debunking of cryptocurrency, one of the greatest frauds in history and on course for a spectacular crash. At the height of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie (The O.C., Gotham) was... -
Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel that Outwitted the CIA by Patrick Winn 9781785789731
RRP: £20.00£13.46Award-winning journalist - and author of Hello, Shadowlands - Patrick Winn reveals the inside story of a forbidden republic - the narco-state of the WaThe jagged mountains dividing China and Burma belong to the Wa, an indigenous group who have outwitted... -
Signs of Murder: A small town in Scotland, a miscarriage of justice and the search for the truth David Wilson 9780751578768
RRP: £10.99£7.40From the UK's leading criminologist comes the true story of Margaret McLaughlin, and the man he believes was fitted up for her murder 'Enthralling ... will leave true crime readers with more to ponder than they bargained for' - The HeraldBefore David... -
Lucky Luciano: Mafia Murderer and Secret Agent by Tim Newark 9781845967376 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£3.32Charles 'Lucky' Luciano was a vicious mobster who rose to become the multimillionaire king of the New York underworld. He was a legend - but also a fake master criminal without real power, his reputation manipulated and maintained by the government... -
One Of The Family by John Pearson
RRP: £10.99£7.77_____________________________At Ronnie Kray's funeral, London crime expert John Pearson saw a man he didn't recognise - but who all the notorious criminals present deferred to.This is the remarkable true story of that man: 'the Englishman'.Investigations... -
Essex Boys: A Terrifying Expose Of The British Drugs Scene Bernard O'Mahoney 9781840182859
RRP: £9.99£7.11ESSEX BOYS is the brand new edition of the shocking bestseller known as SO THIS IS ECSTASY?. It is the true story of the rise of one of the most violent and successful criminal gangs of the 90's whose reign of terror was finally terminated when the three... -
Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages - Revised Edition by Patrick J. Geary 9780691008622
RRP: £32.00£29.13To obtain sacred relics, medieval monks plundered tombs, avaricious merchants raided churches, and relic-mongers scoured the Roman catacombs. In a revised edition of Furta Sacra, Patrick Geary considers the social and cultural context for these acts,... -
The Gotti Wars: Taking Down America's Most Notorious Mobster by John Gleeson 9781982186937
RRP: £9.99£6.41"Riveting...an electrifying true crime story of the Mafia-smitten eighties and nineties. Suspenseful and multifaceted, The Gotti Wars can't be missed." -Esquire, The Best Nonfiction Books of the YearA "meticulous chronicle of good triumphing over evil"... -
Justice on Trial: Radical Solutions for a System at Breaking Point by Chris Daw
RRP: £10.99£8.38'Chris is a powerful force for good in the national debate on criminal justice.' -The Secret Barrister 'Extraordinary' - Krishnan Guru-Murthy Chris Daw QC has been practising criminal law for over 25 years, navigating Britain's fractured justice... -
The Littlehampton Libels: A Miscarriage of Justice and a Mystery about Words in 1920s England by Christopher Hilliard 9780198900061
RRP: £20.00£19.92The Littlehampton Libels tells the story of a poison-pen mystery that led to a miscarriage of justice in the years following the First World War. There would be four criminal trials before the real culprit was finally punished, with the case challenging... -
Underworld: The definitive history of Britain's organised crime by Duncan Campbell
RRP: £16.99£12.28Live on the wrong side of the law with Britain's gangsters, Peaky Blinders, godfathers, robbers, informers, kingpins, vice lords and career criminals***The Sunday Times Bestseller ***With stories of murder, theft, fraud and treachery, The Underworld is a... -
On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City by Alice Goffman
RRP: £15.00£13.05Forty years in, the War on Drugs has done almost nothing to prevent drugs from being sold or used, but it has nonetheless created a little-known surveillance state in America's most disadvantaged neighborhoods. Alice Goffman spent six years living in one... -
Outback: A stunning new crime thriller by Patricia Wolf 9781471414480
RRP: £8.99£6.22'Tense, gripping and atmospheric' - CHRIS WHITAKER'Gripped me from its shocking start' - SARAH YARWOOD-LOVETT'I highly recommend it' - LYNDA LA PLANTE CBE________________TWO MISSING BACKPACKERS. ONE VAST OUTBACK.DS Lucas Walker is on leave in his... -
The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer Philip Carlo 9781845963392
RRP: £10.99£7.77Top Mafia hit man. Doting father. For 30 years, Richard 'the Ice Man' Kuklinski led a double life beyond anything ever seen on The Sopranos, becoming one of the most notorious professional assassins in American history while hosting neighbourhood... -
Rigged: The Incredible True Story of the Whistleblowers Jailed after Exposing the Rotten Heart of the Financial System by Andy Verity
RRP: £25.00£18.94Rigged exposes a cover-up at the highest level on both sides of the Atlantic, upending the official story of the biggest scandal since the global financial crisis. It picks up where The Big Short leaves off, as the dark clouds of the financial crisis... -
The Real Prime Suspect: Crime. Sexism. Corruption. The Real-Life Inspiration for Jane Tennison by Jackie Malton
RRP: £8.99£6.20HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2023'Jaw-dropping' -Val McDermid'A police memoir like no other' -Kerry Daynes, bestselling author of The Dark Side of the Mind'Honest, shocking and funny' - Barbara Machin, creator of Waking... -
Boundless: The Rise, Fall, and Escape of Carlos Ghosn by Nick Kostov
RRP: £20.00£13.34The unprecedented rise and catastrophic fall of one of the world's most feared and admired business executives-Carlos Ghosn-a remarkable story of innovation, hubris, alleged crimes, and daring international escape, as chronicled by two Wall Street... -
Murder Machine by Gene Mustain
RRP: £16.99£12.28Meet the DeMeo gang - the most deadly killers the Mafia has ever known. They were a small-time Brooklyn corner crew who, headed by the notorious Roy DeMeo, became the hitmen of choice for the Gambino family. Killing for profit and pleasure, they were... -
Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman
RRP: £15.99£10.93Throughout the 1960's and 70's, Abbie Hoffman criss-crossed the country, ferreting out alternative ways of getting by in America-some illegal and all radical. Causing scandals with its advice on how to Survive!, Fight!, and Liberate! in the "prison that... -
The Real CSI: A Forensics Handbook for Crime Writers by Kate Bendelow
RRP: £16.99£14.10Who is allowed access to a crime scene? What happens when a body is discovered? Will a blood transfusion alter DNA? How can the distribution of gunshot residue inform your plot? The Real CSI - A Forensic Handbook for Crime Writers answers these... -
Secret Victory: The Intelligence War That Beat the IRA by William Matchett
RRP: £12.95£9.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527202054Author William MatchettFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint William MatchettPublisher William Matchett -
The Autobiography of a Thief: The Man Behind The Great Train Robbery B Reynolds 9780753539170
RRP: £16.99£12.288 August 1963; a railway track in Buckinghamshire. The moon shines clearly over Bruce Reynolds and sixteen other men robbing a train of its sacks of money. The Great Train Robbery has entered British folklore as one of the most audacious and... -
El Narco by Ioan Grillo
RRP: £12.99£9.09'War' is no exaggeration in discussing the bloodshed that has terrorized Mexico in the past decades. As rival cartels battle for control of a billion-dollar drug trade, the body count- 23,000 dead in five years - and sheer horror beggar the imagination... -
The Ferris Conspiracy by Paul Ferris
RRP: £10.99£7.77On Glasgow's meanest streets life started well for the young Paul Ferris. How did he become Glasgow's most feared gangster, deemed a risk to national security?Arthur Thompson, Godfather of the crime world and senior partner of the Krays, recruited young...