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Discover the darker side of Norfolk with this remarkable collection of true-life crimes from across the county. Featuring tales of some of the most notorious, nefarious and murderous characters from the county's past, including pirates, smugglers,...

Shocked by a five-month arson spree that left a Virginia county reeling, reporter Monica Hesse drove to Accomack to cover the trial of Charlie Smith who pled guilty to 67 counts of arson. But Smith wasn't lighting fires alone: his crimes were galvanised...

When Anne Darwin told the world and her family that her husband, John, had disappeared while canoeing in the North Sea, her life changed forever.She had just lied to the police, the press, her friends and neighbours, insurance companies and her own sons...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062369291Author Peter SchweizerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 201mm...

Two true-crime cases from the hit TV series Murder is ForeverMURDER, INTERRUPTED. Rich, cheating financier Frank Howard wants his wife dead, and he's willing to pay Billie Earl Johnson whatever it takes. But when the bullet misses the mark, Billie Earl...

Now a major BBC TV series.The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The People V. O.J. Simpson is a prodigious feat of reporting that could have been written only by the foremost legal journalist of our time. First published less than a year...

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...

In this, the first book of its kind, Kate Kray, who married gangster Ronnie Kray, peers into the minds of the top twenty worst killers in criminal history and, sparing no detail, reveals the awful truth of their abominable acts. The extreme nature of...

Following a rash moment of insolence, Dr Siri Paiboun, Laos' reluctant national coroner, confused shaman and disheartened communist, is forced to go on a road trip with Judge Haeng and the Justice Department. While newly pregnant Nurse Dtui and Dr...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250146540Author Rabia ChaudryFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911412120Author Malcolm G NelsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Dolman ScottPublisher Dolman ScottWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm *...

In late eighteenth-century Yorkshire a powerful gang of counterfeiters held the local community in its spell. In a remote valley near Halifax called Cragg Vale, gold coins of the realm were clipped and filed, then returned to circulation, while the extra...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781869928681Author Jean Overton FullerFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Mandrake of OxfordPublisher Mandrake of OxfordWeight(grams) 369g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732181304Author Duane 'keffe D' DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint KingdomediaPublisher KingdomediaWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

The Monster of Florence, which was shortlisted for the prestigious CWA Gold Dagger Award for Non Fiction in 2010, is a true account of brutal serial murder in idyllic Florence. After settling in Italy in 2000, Douglas Preston discovered that the olive...

The Monster of Florence, which was shortlisted for the prestigious CWA Gold Dagger Award for Non Fiction in 2010, is a true account of brutal serial murder in idyllic Florence. After settling in Italy in 2000, Douglas Preston discovered that the olive...

A searing account of corruption, racism and mismanagement inside Britain's most famous police force Barely a week goes by without the Metropolitan Police Service being plunged into a new crisis. Demoralised and depleted in numbers, Scotland Yard is a...

Home is where the heart is. But home is also the most common site for murder. The grimly fascinating new book from the UK's leading criminologist David Wilson uncovers the dangers that exist where we least expect them - perfect for fans of The Dark Side...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734675009Author Nick YarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Escarpment PressPublisher Escarpment PressWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

One monster. Three innocent girls. Ten years in captivity.22 August 2002: 21-year-old Michelle Knight disappears walking home. 21 April 2003: Amanda Berry goes missing the day before her seventeenth birthday. 2 April 2004: 14-year-old Gina DeJesus fails...

During the autumn of 1888 a serial killer stalked, brutally murdering his way through the East End of London. Some called him the 'Whitechapel Monster', while locals referred to him as 'Leather Apron', but to the world he was known as Jack the Ripper. ...

Captivated by the hit ITV true crime drama DES? Uncover the truth behind the trial of Rosemary West, another of Britain's most infamous serial killers.'Anyone reading this brilliant book will wonder whether justice was really done.' Evening StandardIn...

On March 2nd, 2019, Yousef Makki, a scholarship pupil at Manchester Grammar school, was stabbed in the heart by one of his friends on a quiet, leafy street in the wealthy Manchester suburb of Hale Barns. The two boys who were with him as the...

One of the most original, moving and beautifully written non-fiction works of recent years, The Missing marked the acclaimed debut of one of Britain's most astute and important writers.In a brilliant merging of reportage, social history and memoir,...

Chasing the Devil is the gripping firsthand account of Sheriff David Reichert's relentless pursuit of the Green River Killer -- a 21-year odyssey full of near-misses and startling revelations. For eight years, Sheriff David Reichert devoted his days and...

'I'm interested in one thing and one thing only, and that's catching bent coppers.'Line of Duty: The Real Story is an astonishing expose from inside the secret world of police corruption, starring a cast of twisted cops more chilling than all four H's...

'I'm interested in one thing and one thing only, and that's catching bent coppers.'Line of Duty: The Real Story is an astonishing expose from inside the secret world of police corruption, starring a cast of twisted cops more chilling than all four H's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989530231Author Judith M MonseurFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Dayton Police History Foundation, IncorporatedPublisher Dayton Police History...

**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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316477543Author Tom O'NeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781878923141Author James O LongFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Amok Books,U.S.Publisher Amok Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 502g

'Endlessly fascinating...meticulously written and thoroughly absorbing book' Financial Times'Eye-opening' Daily MailOut now: The gripping new book by the UK's most eminent forensic scientists, Angela Gallop__________CRIME [Noun]: An action or omission...

Definitive account of the famous 1963 Great Train Robbery - and its aftermath. In the early hours of Thursday 8th August 1963 at rural Cheddington in Buckinghamshire, GBP2.6 million (GBP50 million today) in unmarked GBP5, GBP1 and 10-shilling notes was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956566062Author Jason NealFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Idigital GroupPublisher Idigital GroupWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

AS SEEN ON THIS MORNING'a fascinating and moving account of life working with people who too often society wants to forget'Dr Amanda Brown, author of THE PRISON DOCTOR'excellent and enlightening'Jonathan Levi and Emma French, authors of INSIDE...

James Berry was an ex-policeman who was Britain's hangman from 1884-92, throughout the period of the Whitechapel murders. Stewart Evans here takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the world of Victorian crime and punishment.About the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739325428Author Mark PlayneFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Wild TalesPublisher Wild Tales

The #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg Olsen solves a murder among the Amish and reveals the conspiracy to keep it a secret in a heartbreaking and horrifying true-crime story. In 1977, in an Ohio Amish community, pregnant...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993543944Author Chris ThrallFormat PaperbackPage Count 394Imprint Serf BooksPublisher Serf BooksWeight(grams) 386g

'An incredible debut' MEL SHERRATTShe is wanted by the FBI.She is a stone-cold killer.She remembers nothing.She is told her name is Reeta Doe, and that she's been in an accident. That she's in Florida. That the FBI have been following her since...