Criminals & Outlaws

'A deeply human read, wonderfully written, on the foibles of a fascinating, flawed, treacherous and sort of likeable character.' Philippe Sands Those people who were betrayed were not innocent people. They were no better nor worse than I am. It's all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345804518Author Deirdre BairFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 391gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

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...

As seen on Woman's Hour, BBC Newsnight and in the Daily TelegraphA hundred years ago, on the night of 3 October 1922, a thirty-two-year-old clerk named Percy Thompson was stabbed to death as he walked home to his suburban villa in Ilford. With him was...

'I WANTED TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE CARTELS. WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT HARD FOR YOU.BUT AS I WOULD SOON FIND OUT, THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE IT HARD FOR ME, TOO.'Infiltrating cartels and bringing down...

'I WANTED TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE CARTELS. WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT HARD FOR YOU.BUT AS I WOULD SOON FIND OUT, THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE IT HARD FOR ME, TOO.'Infiltrating cartels and bringing down...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681791302Author Arthur T BurtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Eakin PressPublisher Eakin PressWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 10mm

'The next stage meant that there was no going back. An Irish prisoner stepped forward and slipped a blade into my hand. I felt the ice cold metal and pressed it against the governor's cheek. I thought to myself: would they ever release me after...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425250518Author Steven F. MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 177g

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In 1973, Myra Hindley, the most notorious woman in Britain, is serving a life sentence for the moors murders - a case that shocked the world. Behind bars she has fallen in love.When Hindley is refused parole she persuades a sympathetic prison officer and...

Prizewinning journalist Janet Malcolm discovers the elements of Greek tragedy in a sensational New York City murder trial"Astringent and absorbing. . . . Iphigenia in Forest Hills casts, from its first pages, a genuine spell - the kind of spell to which...

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)...

A darkly funny, harrowing and heartbreaking look at the reality of prison life, with first-hand accounts from men who found themselves on the wrong side of the cell doors. Including a preface powerfully read by the author, Neil Samworth.Neil 'Sam'...

When FBI Special Agent Joe Pistone began a six-month" operation infiltrating New York's Bonanno crime family in 1975, he had no idea what was about to happen. Posing as jewel thief Donnie Brasco," Pistone spent the next six years undercover in the...

'Michael is living proof that love always has the power to bring you home.' Charlie Mackesy'A cracking read. Really gets to the bottom of the madness of a man fighting his demons.' Ray Winstone'His life may have had its ups and downs, but it is wonderful...

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...

A compelling, action-packed account of the only officially sanctioned I.R.A attack ever conducted on American soil. In 1922, three of the Irish Republican Army's top gunmen arrived in New York City seeking vengeance. Their target: "Cruxy" O'Connor, a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593237182Author Barry LevineFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648450631Author Jack RosewoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Lak PublishingPublisher Lak PublishingWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

'Indecently entertaining.' A Daily Mail Book of the Week An Amazon US Best Book of 2022 'A fascinating tale of poisons and poisonous deeds which both educates and entertains.' - Kathy Reichs As...

'REVELATORY' - DAILY TELEGRAPH *****'FASCINATING' - OBSERVER'ENGROSSING' - DAILY MAIL'You'll worry at your hunger to keep on reading, but you won't be able to stop' - GUARDIAN, Book of the Year David Litvinoff was one of the great mythic characters of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781960546401Author Cheryln CadleFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint CcpressPublisher CcpressWeight(grams) 445gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 17mm

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...

Detailed accounts of over 30 contemporary cases, or older cases reopened as a result of advances in forensic science. Crime scene investigations draw on a wide range of cutting-edge technology including genetic fingerprinting, blood splatter analysis,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952225642Author Robyn MaharajFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Wildblue PressPublisher Wildblue PressWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

#1 New Release in Forensic Psychology - Serial Killer? Your Neighbor, Friend, Even Your Spouse?Serial killers: Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Jeffrey Dahmer are often the first names that spring to mind. Many people assume serial killers are primarily...

A gripping account of the life and fate of the woman who almost assassinated Benito Mussolini. 7 April 1926: on the steps of the Capitol in Rome, surrounded by chanting Fascists, The Honourable Violet Gibson raises her old revolver and fires at the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250621467Author Oliver BulloughFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425209394Author Simon CrittleFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint 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 9780982327180Author Skipp PorteousFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Adventure Books of SeattlePublisher Adventure Books of SeattleWeight(grams)...

Born to a wealthy and powerful yakuza boss, Shoko Tendo lived the early years of her life in luxury. However, when she was six, everything changed: her father was jailed, and the family fell into debt. Bullied by her classmates because of her father's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915728029Author Daniela AirlieFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint City Sky PublishingPublisher City Sky PublishingWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993021596Author Shaun AttwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Shaun AttwoodPublisher Shaun Attwood

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781801010511Author Brian BerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint Halcyon Time LtdPublisher Halcyon Time LtdWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957288369Author N Leigh HuntFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint Wildblue PressPublisher Wildblue PressWeight(grams) 413g

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...

A collection of chilling stories of murders from Mexico, one of the world's most prolific hunting grounds for serial killers. 'If I was a serial killer looking for new victims, I'd head over the border to Mexico because life is cheap there and the police...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789380283777Author Hussain S. ZaidiFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Tranquebar PressPublisher Westland Publications LimitedWeight(grams)...

Jimmy Tippett Jnr was born into gangster aristocracy. Son of legendary boxer and South London heavy, Jimmy Tippett, he grew up rubbing shoulders with the most notorious faces in London. The result was a lifestyle amongst the criminal elite - and with an...