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Wise Guy by Nicholas Pileggi
RRP: £18.99£10.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982129903Author Nicholas PileggiFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 211mm *... -
No Comment: What I Wish I'd Known About Becoming A Detective by Jess McDonald
RRP: £16.99£11.085 ***** Mail on Sunday 'An absolutely gripping read' Andrew Marr 'Probably the most important book on the state of British policing you'll ever read' Graham Bartlett Jess McDonald was a true crime junkie and Line of Duty sofa sleuth with a... -
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek
RRP: £10.99£7.25Just two months before the September 11 terrorist attacks, Dr. Judy Melinek began her training as a New York City forensic pathologist. While her husband and their toddler held down the home front, Judy threw herself into the fascinating world of death... -
Sleeping with the Devil by Carolyn Woods
RRP: £8.99£6.27THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER A Divorced Woman. A Dangerous Man. A Devastating Affair. 'You're right. It is totally extraordinary. My life is like a film; you couldn't make it up ... But... -
Blue: A Memoir - Keeping the Peace and Falling to Pieces by John Sutherland
RRP: £9.99£6.73A Sunday Times top-five bestseller'This is a remarkable book . . . profound and deeply moving . . . It has as much to tell us about mental illness as it does about policing' Alastair StewartJohn Sutherland joined the Met in 1992, having dreamed of being... -
American Cops by James Patterson
RRP: £20.00£14.29For these men and women, it isn't just a job. It's a calling.PROTECTThey are our eyes. Our ears. Our protectors. Those who wear a badge, doing their best to help people.SERVEThese cops serve their communities. They serve their country. They're in the... -
A Force Like No Other: The Real Stories of the Ruc Men and Women Who Policed the Troubles by Colin Breen 9780856409721
RRP: £9.99£8.42In 1983, Interpol named Northern Ireland the most dangerous place in the world to be a police officer. In 1968, the RUC was catapulted into the Troubles. Bombs, death threats and murder became a regular part of the day job. Working right at the heart... -
I Am Norwell Roberts: The story of the Met's first Black police officer by Norwell Roberts
RRP: £16.99£10.70Norwell Roberts, who became the Met's first Black police officer in 1967, found out he had a new job the same way the rest of the country did - from a Daily Telegraph headline that read 'MET TO HAVE FIRST COLOURED POLICEMAN'. From that day forward his... -
A History Of British Serial Killing: The Shocking Account of Jack the Ripper, Harold Shipman and Beyond by David Wilson
RRP: £10.99£7.30BE THE FIRST TO READ DAVID WILSON'S NEW TRUE CRIME BOOK "A PLOT TO KILL" BY PRE-ORDERING NOW Expanded and updated, this is the definitive history of British serial killing 1888-2020 - by the UK's leading criminologist, David WilsonIn this fascinating... -
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI Elite Serial Crime Unit (Now A Netflix Series) by John Douglas
RRP: £10.99£8.02________________________________________The bestselling true story and inspiration behind the hit Netflix show of how one underfunded FBI team became the first to explore the dark world of serial murderers.John Douglas is a former FBI Special Agent and... -
Undercover Copper: One Woman on the Track of Dangerous Criminals by Danni Brooke 9781035006724
RRP: £10.99£7.76Fast-paced and eye-opening, Undercover Copper is an exciting account of life as a covert investigator by Danni Brooke.For over a decade, Danni Brooke was one of the most effective female undercover cops in the UK, one of a very small number of women in... -
Strangeways: A Prison Officer's Story by Neil Samworth
RRP: £10.99£7.96This Sunday Times bestseller is a shocking and at times darkly funny account of life as a prison officer in one of the country's most notorious jails.'Authentic, tough, horrifying in some places and hilarious in others . . . the author's honesty and... -
Catching a Serial Killer: My hunt for murderer Christopher Halliwell, subject of the ITV series A Confession by Stephen Fulcher
RRP: £14.99£10.95The true story behind the ITV series, A Confession 'The gripping allure of long-form podcasts, such as Serial' Observer On the evening of Saturday, 19 March 2011, D.S. Stephen Fulcher receives a life-changing call that thrusts him into a race against the... -
Crossing the Line: Lessons From a Life on Duty by John Sutherland
RRP: £9.99£6.73A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A love letter to police officers and the most vulnerable people they protect and serve' CHRISTIE WATSON, author of THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS'Extraordinary . . . urgent and compelling. We all have lessons to learn from this... -
Strangeways Unlocked: The Shocking Truth about Life Behind Bars by Neil Samworth
RRP: £9.99£7.31A 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.Neil 'Sam' Samworth spent eleven years as a prison officer at HMP Manchester,... -
In Pursuit of the Truth by Clive Driscoll
RRP: £14.99£10.95The true story behind the ITV series, StephenFormer Detective Chief Inspector Clive Driscoll is most famous for being the man who finally secured convictions for the murder of Stephen Lawrence, a case previously mired by claims of institutional racism... -
Christine: A Search for Christine Granville by Madeleine Masson
RRP: £10.99£7.30Christine Granville, G.M., O.B.E. and Croix de Guerre, one of the most successful women agents of the Second World War and said to have been Churchill's 'favourite spy', was murdered, aged 37, in a London Hotel in 1952. Her actions as a British secret... -
Gangbuster by Peter Bleksley 9781786062482
RRP: £9.99£6.90'Four million quid. There it was, inches away from me on a hotel table. Not in conventional currency, but in the world's deadliest commodity. Heroin.' As part of Scotland Yard's undercover team, it was Peter Bleksley's job to infiltrate some of the... -
The Coppers' Lot: Frontline Policing in the UK by Rob Hindley
RRP: £9.99£7.36"Policing is a uniquely dangerous, harrowing and challenging profession where officers are expected to do far more than prevent and detect crime. To be a police officer is also to be a social worker, marriage guidance counsellor, mental health worker and... -
The Buyer: The making and breaking of an undercover detective by Liam Thomas
RRP: £17.99£12.95'An extraordinary writer' James O'Brien'The best account of life as an undercover cop that I've read' Neil Lancaster, bestselling author of the DS Max Craigie series'A compelling and powerful account from the darker side of policing and the terrifying... -
My Hero Theo by Gareth Greaves
RRP: £12.99£7.45'I'd been in so many scrapes with Theo and he'd always saved me. Those days were the hardest of my life so far and ... at the darkest point, those big brown eyes and that torn ear where I needed them to be. Right there next to me.' ... -
Along the Southern Boundary: A Marine Police Officer's Frontline Account of the Vietnamese Boatpeople and Their Arrival in Hong Kong by Les Bird
RRP: £17.99£11.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887554738Author Les BirdFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith BooksWeight(grams) 540g -
Wicked Beyond Belief: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper by Michael Bilton
RRP: £10.99£7.90Now a major TV series 'A masterpiece that reads like a thriller' Time Out A gripping and probing account of the biggest criminal manhunt in British history. It is over 40 years since Peter Sutcliffe was convicted of... -
Inside Strangeways: The shocking truth about life behind bars by Neil Samworth
RRP: £18.99£13.61A 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'... -
The Real Prime Suspect: Crime. Sexism. Corruption. The Real-Life Inspiration for Jane Tennison by Jackie Malton
RRP: £8.99£6.16HIGHLY 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... -
Calling Sergeant Crockford: The story of a pioneering policewoman in the 1960s by Ruth D'Alessandro 9781802793703
RRP: £10.99£7.30It's the dawn of the Swinging Sixties. The Cold War is at its height and support for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is building. The Berkshire Constabulary's Detective Gwen Crockford is promoted to Woman Police Sergeant in Newbury - the town at the... -
Closing Ranks: My Life as a Cop by Leroy Logan
RRP: £16.99£12.68Closing Ranks tells of an illustrious career, giving a behind the scenes look at the workings of the Metropolitan Police. One of the founder members of the Black Police Association Charitable Trust, Leroy Logan has had first-hand experience of race... -
Broken Blue Line: How Life as Britain's Supercop Broke Me by Alistair Livingstone
RRP: £9.99£6.73'Broken Blue Line is a rollercoaster of a ride depicting the realities of twenty-first-century policing on the front-line. Its well written, honest and informative. Alistair Livingstone put his life on the line, and now he's put his heart on the line... -
I Am Norwell Roberts: The story of the Met’s first Black police officer *COMING SOON TO YOUR SCREENS WITH REVELATION FILMS* by Norwell Roberts
RRP: £10.99£7.30To appreciate the present and how far we have come we sometimes need to revisit the uncomfortable past, no matter how painful. Norwell Roberts, who became the Met's first Black police officer in 1967, found out he had a new job the same way the readers... -
Undercover by Joe Carter
RRP: £10.99£8.02A compelling true story of the reality of undercover police workFor over 20 years, Joe Carter has worked for the police as an undercover cop. Travelling the globe on different passports, fraternising with thieves and international drugs and arms dealers,... -
The Killer Across the Table: From the authors of Mindhunter by John E. Douglas
RRP: £10.99£7.50'John Douglas is the FBI's pioneer and master of investigative profiling' Patricia Cornwell GET INSIDE THE MINDS OF PSYCHOPATHS WITH THE GODFATHER OF CRIMINAL PROFILING ... -
Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders by Billy Jensen
RRP: £12.99£8.76***With a brand new chapter, updates on the investigations, 8 pages of exclusive photos, and a behind-the-scenes conversation between Billy Jensen and retired detective Paul Holes on the Golden State Killer, their favorite cold cases, and more***The New... -
The Secret Prison Governor by The Secret Prison Governor
RRP: £8.99£6.16An eye-opening, thought-provoking and mind-blowing account from a genuine prison governor of what it's really like behind bars.How do you bring order to the lawless?The Secret Prison Governor has spent decades surrounded by every type of prisoner known... -
The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer by John E. Douglas
RRP: £10.99£7.50The legendary FBI criminal profiler and international bestselling author of Mindhunter and The Killer Across the Table returns with this timely, relevant book that goes to the heart of extremism and domestic terrorism, examining in-depth his chilling... -
Frank Serpico: 44 Years With A Bullet In MY Head by Riccardo Lo Faro 9781725794368
RRP: £9.13£7.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781725794368Author Riccardo Lo FaroFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Broken Blue Line: How Life as Britain's Supercop Broke Me by Alistair Livingstone 9781472144768
RRP: £16.99£4.27'Broken Blue Line is a rollercoaster of a ride depicting the realities of twenty-first-century policing on the front-line. Its well written, honest and informative. Alistair Livingstone put his life on the line, and now he's put his heart on the line... -
Calling Detective Crockford: The story of a pioneering policewoman in the 1950s by Ruth D'Alessandro
RRP: £8.99£6.70This nostalgic and absorbing memoir tells the story of a real-life female police detective in post-war Britain, as she navigates a man's world.It's 1956, and the Berkshire Constabulary has never had a woman detective before. That is, until bright and... -
American Sherlock: Remembering a Pioneer in Scientific Crime Investigation by Evan E. Filby
RRP: £30.00£17.43Luke S. May played a significant role in the development of scientific methods of crime investigation. Although basically self-taught in scientific matters, May spent over a half century practicing scientific crime detection and built a solid reputation... -
Psychic Detectives: Using the Power of the Mind to Solve True Crimes by Jenny Randles
RRP: £19.99£14.34Crime investigation is not always a matter of gathering hard evidence. Just as police officers sometimes follow a "hunch", people with psychic abilities have often supplied invaluable leads to help crack the most baffling cases. Through dreams, visions,... -
The Real Prime Suspect: From the beat to the screen. My life as a female detective. by Jackie Malton
RRP: £20.00£18.02HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2023***'Jaw-dropping.' -Val McDermid'Pacy, witty... 4*' - The Telegraph'A terrific read!' -Baroness Helena Kennedy QC'Unputdownable. Searingly honest, shocking and funny.' -Barbara Machin,...