Criminals & Outlaws

On 6th September 1949, twenty-eight-year-old Howard Barton Unruh shot thirteen people in less than twelve minutes on his block in East Camden, New Jersey. The shocking true story of the first recorded mass shooting in America has never been told, until...

'A book that had to be written and it's really well written ... fascinating.' Ray D'Arcy, RTE Radio 1'A great book ... really comprehensive' Miriam O'Callaghan, RTE'Fascinating' Pat Kenny, Newstalk'It is very rare for murder to involve the degree of...

Bestselling author Douglas Century reveals the untold story of the epic rise and fall of Boris Nayfeld, also known as Biba, one of the most notorious Russian mob bosses of our era.Boris Nayfeld, a.k.a. "Biba," is the last living boss of the old-school...

The shocking, powerful true story of the lives of 7 young kids, marred by guns, gangs and violence on one of Britain's toughest estates. 'Eight years old. That's when life went downhill. From eight years old nobody looked after me. I just...

John Pearson, author of the bestselling definitive book on the Krays, THE PROFESSION OF VIOLENCE, re-examines the bizarre and frightening story of the Kray twins including new revelations about their criminal past, trial and their extraordinary...

Roy Shaw is the ultimate hardman. He has cult status and commands a respect that few, even in the violent world he moves in, can equal. To him, violence is simply an accepted part of his profession. He doesn't exaggerate it, he can't excuse it and he...

Roy Shaw is the ultimate hardman. He has cult status and commands a respect that few, even in the violent world he moves in, can equal. To him, violence is simply an accepted part of his profession. He doesn't exaggerate it, he can't excuse it and he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250204394Author Michael CannellFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Minotaur BooksPublisher Minotaur BooksWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm...

The No 1 Bestseller'A fascinating read' Sean O'Rourke, RTE Radio One'Fat' Freddie Thompson first appeared in court in 1997. He was sixteen and already aspiring to be a major crime boss. Over the next twenty years his criminal career would be marked by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504076494Author Damien LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Open Road Integrated Media LLCPublisher Open Road Integrated Media LLCWeight(grams)...

Observer's Best Art Book of the Year, 2018In 2007, Bolton Crown Court sentenced Shaun Greenhalgh to four years and eight months in prison for the crime of producing artistic forgeries. Working out of a shed in his parents' garden, Greenhalgh had...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785373497Author Eunan O'HalpinFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press

The scandalous debauchery of the playboy tenth Earl of Shaftesbury sent seismic shock waves through the British aristocracy. One of the richest men in the country and master of a Downton Abbey-style dynasty, he abandoned his loyal wife and two sons for...

This is-for the first time-the full and unedited story behind the sick life and mysterious death of Jeffrey Epstein that is being called one of the most significant scandals in American history He was the billionaire financier and close confidant of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060930967Author Peter MaasFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806539140Author Anthony M. DeStefanoFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Citadel PressPublisher Kensington PublishingWeight(grams) 335gDimensions(mm)...

The hugely acclaimed, best-selling life of Hawkwood, one of the outstanding figures of English and European history. John Hawkwood was an Essex man who became the greatest mercenary in an age when soldiers of fortune flourished - an age that also...

The hugely acclaimed, best-selling life of Hawkwood, one of the outstanding figures of English and European history. John Hawkwood was an Essex man who became the greatest mercenary in an age when soldiers of fortune flourished - an age that also...

__________________***NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES***A gripping true-crime story of a shocking miscarriage of justice, from international bestselling thriller author John Grisham.In the baseball draft of 1971, Ron Williamson was the first player chosen from...

A Few Kind Words and a Loaded Gun is the autobiography of convicted felon Noel 'Razor' Smith. An extraordinarily vivid account of how a tearaway kid from South London became a career criminal, it is both a searing indictment of a system that determinedly...

The true story behind hit BBC drama THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT'[A] real-life Midsomer Murder ... it's chilling, but [David Wilson's] explanation of how a psychopath thinks is masterly' The TimesTwo deaths.Three doors apart.An unsuspecting community about to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936239610Author Jack BlackFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.Weight(grams) 566g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593135938Author Tiffany JenkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Harmony BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

John Massey's story is unique. Part of a notorious duo that the Flying Squad dubbed 'Laurel and Hardy', his criminal activities included hijacking a police car after robbing a bank of GBP25,000 and relieving the Sunday Mirror of GBP50,000 - and all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781900486774Author John Lee BrookFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint HeadpressPublisher HeadpressWeight(grams) 334g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307588692Author Kevin PoulsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

On the eve of her hanging, Ruth Ellis wrote to a friend: 'I must close now but remember I am quite happy with the verdict, but not the way the story was told, there is so much that people don't know.' Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain...

Somebody just shot my kids!' Diane Downs brought her car to a halt in front of a Springfield, Oregon, hospital, her three gravely wounded children beside her. Thus begins the shocking tale of a truly unthinkable crime that shattered the tranquility of...

'A cracking read ... Ghislaine Maxwell's story has had endless column inches, but John gives such a great overview, and has mined so many sources that it still feels fresh and compelling.' Mail on Sunday Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess...

The extraordinary life and crimes of heiress-turned-revolutionary Rose Dugdale, who in 1974 became the only woman to pull off a major art heist.In the world of crime, there exists an unusual commonality between those who steal art and those who...

Criminal Women tells the stories of four women who, in attempting to become women of their own making, became deeply involved in crime.Throughout the book, tales from the underworld and the criminal business world are interspersed with inside accounts of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995552036Author Leroy SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Outoftheboxbook Publisher LtdPublisher Outoftheboxbook Publisher LtdWeight(grams)...

'In Dog We Trust'. The autobiography of cult hero Duane 'Dog' Chapman, the world's most successful bounty hunter.Duane 'Dog' Chapman entertains and inspires millions on DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER, his top-rated TV show, but there is more to his story. From...

Eddie Richardson was for many years a dominant figure in Britain's criminal underworld. He was at the top of his game at a time when he who packed the biggest punch survived. In his revealing autobiography, he explains how he and his family rose to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060518509Author James L. SwansonFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

The romance of the West is built on an endless armature of shootouts and train robberies, cowboys versus Indians, white hat versus black, and everybody versus the wilderness. From John Colter's harrowing escape from the Blackfeet to Hugh Glass's six week...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312280765Author Edward BunkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm)...

_______The shocking, gripping autobiography from one of the UK's most infamous criminals and gang leaders, and one half of the legendary Kray Twins, Reggie Kray.Reggie Kray is one of Britain's most notorious criminals. Together with his brother Ronnie,...

The Disturbing Inside Story of Women Who Are Driven to Kill Killer Women are the most disturbing yet compelling of all criminals, representing the very darkest side of humanity and subverting the conventional view of women as the weaker sex. From...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915728005Author Daniela AirlieFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint City Sky PublishingPublisher City Sky PublishingWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm)...