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'The pre-eminent historian of the secret world . . . His books have set the gold standard for accurate historical reporting, but read like heart-pounding thrillers' Mick HerronFrom the author of Sunday Times #1 bestsellers COLDITZ, SAS: ROGUE HEROES and...

*Now a forthcoming major TV series starring Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone*A future true crime classic featuring an introduction by Mary Gaitskill'Dreamy, mysterious and ultimately terrifying' Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me 'A swift, harrowing classic'...

FROM BRITAIN'S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER AND THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SUSPICIONS OF MR WHICHER A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: The Times/Sunday Times, Financial Times, Spectator, Independent, Tablet and New Statesman 'Once more, Kate Summerscale...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789187611360Author Christer HolmgrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Timaios PressPublisher Timaios PressWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm...

"As every amateur toxicologist knows, the difference between a poison and medicine is often simply the dose."There is no weapon as insidious, as seductive or as mysterious as poison. In this terrifying account of history's silent assassin, discover the...

‘Macintyre does true-life espionage better than anyone else’ John PrestonFrom the author of Sunday Times #1 bestsellers COLDITZ, SAS: ROGUE HEROES and THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR . . .On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312979232Author Joe BonannoFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 204g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250131591Author John BoesseneckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's GriffinPublisher Thomas Dunne Book for St...

The bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club pickThe Sunday Times Bestseller and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick'Dark, dramatic and full of danger' - Daily MailFor readers of Circe and The Handmaid's Tale, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Mercies is inspired by...

________________________________THE SHOCKING FOLLOW-UP TO MINDHUNTER, NOW A SMASH-HIT NETFLIX DRAMAJohn Douglas is the world's top pioneer and expert on criminal profiling. His lifelong work to understand and combat serial killers is legendary among law...

For 132 years the ghastly and horrific murders committed in London's East End by the infamous 'Jack the Ripper' have gripped and baffled the world. The Ripper commenced his series of atrocities at the end of August and continued freely until the...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION'METICULOUSLY RESEARCHED ... A GLORIOUSLY ENGAGING ROMP' JANICE HALLETT, THE SUNDAY TIMES'IMMERSIVE AND COMPELLING' DAVID KYNASTON'A PAGE-TURNER' ROBERT LACEYA brilliant narrative investigation into the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956566352Author Jason NealFormat PaperbackPage Count 450Imprint Idigital GroupPublisher Idigital GroupWeight(grams) 653gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956566093Author Jason NealFormat PaperbackPage Count 452Imprint Idigital GroupPublisher Idigital GroupWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

The true story of FBI agent Mike Campi who led some of the most relentless and successful attacks on organized crime in American history. A unique and unexpected set of circumstances caused former FBI agent Mike Campi to finally step forward and reveal...

Now a major TV series, Mary & George, starring Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine.The King's Assassin is the scandalous story of George Villiers, lover - and murderer - of King James I.The rise of George Villiers from minor gentry to royal power...

Learn about the world's most notorious cons, heists, and murders in The Crime Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Crime in this overview guide to the...

Learn about the world's most notorious cons, heists, and murders in The Crime Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Crime in this overview guide to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250184894Author John BoesseneckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's GriffinPublisher Thomas Dunne Book for St...

The true-crime cult classic that inspired the Netflix docuseries The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness and a companion podcast, The Ultimate Evil follows journalist Maury Terry s decades-long investigation into the terrifying truth behind the Son of...

In this captivating Jazz Age true crime about "the greatest jewel thief who ever lived" (Life Magazine), Arthur Barry, who charmed celebrities and millionaires while simultaneously planning and executing the most audacious and lucrative heists of the...

In war, there is no easy victory.When troops invaded Iraq in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein's regime, most people expected an easy victory. Instead, the gamble we took was a grave mistake, and its ramifications continue to reverberate through the lives of...

USA TODAY BESTSELLER"A wild ride beneath the glitz and glamour of 1950s Hollywood, proving once again that Casey Sherman is a master of the genre."-Ben Mezrich, New York Times bestselling author of Dumb Money, Bringing Down the House, and The Accidental...

London, 1888, and one-man's brutal campaign of violence has taken the lives of unsuspecting victims, cut London to the core and carved his name into history. Well, not his name, exactly. Whomever this man was, remains a mystery but there are few people...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956566222Author Jason NealFormat HardbackPage Count 452Imprint Idigital GroupPublisher Idigital GroupWeight(grams) 830gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 29mm

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Hums with living history, human warmth and indignation' New York Times Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept The mystery has haunted generations since the Second World...

'Private Inquiries is a must-read - a riveting mythbuster, with its revelations of the real histories of women PIs.' - Val McDermidThe female private detective has been a staple of popular culture for over 150 years, from Victorian lady sleuths to...

'A phenomenal insight... a fascinating read. I couldn't put it down' Jackie Malton, author of The Real Prime Suspect'A fascinating insight into the world of missing persons... a must-read' David Berridge, author of Inside ParkhurstEvery 90 seconds in the...

Startling new insights into the JFK assassination In Killing Kennedy: Exposing the Plot, the Cover-Up, and the Consequences, author Jack Roth interviews researchers, scholars, eyewitnesses, and family members of those who were part of the tangled web of...

'Grimly fascinating ... engrossing' Daily Mail NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION. In early modern England, murder truly was most foul. Trials were gossipy events packed to the rafters with...

The false teeth of a female serial killer from 1908, the cut-and-paste confession of the Black Dahlia killer, the newly cracked cipher of the Zodiac killer, the shotgun used in the Clutter family murders, which were made famous by Truman Capote's true...

New York Times 'Best Art Books' 2020 'Essential' - Sunday Times 'Brilliantly enraged' - New York Review of Books 'A real game-changer'- Economist Walk into any Western museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind...

MONEY, MURDER, AND MACHIAVELLIAN MAYHEM ... CONTAINS A NEW EPILOGUE Mafia Prince is the first person account of one of the most brutal eras in Mafia history, Little Nicky" Scarfo's reign as boss of the Philadelphia family in the 1980s,written by...

A Financial Times Best Summer Book 2023 A Waterstones Best True Crime Book Nagyrev, Hungary, 1929. Over 160 mysterious deaths. A group of local wives conspiring together, and one woman at the centre of it all... ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956566246Author Jason NealFormat HardbackPage Count 446Imprint Idigital GroupPublisher Idigital GroupWeight(grams) 821gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 29mm

THE NO 1 BESTSELLER***A true story of murder and vengeance, a shattered community and a miscarriage of justice that echoes down the decadesOctober 1971. Nineteen-year-old Una Lynskey vanishes near her home in Co. Meath. In the weeks that follow, and on...

The Number 1 Bestseller'A captivating account of lives previously ignored' Sunday Independent'An important, impeccably researched though eminently readable book that charts new territory' Irish Examiner* * *Ireland in the nineteenth and early twentieth...

The name "Hollywood" conjures up fantastical images of bright lights, glamorous dreams, and impossible riches. From its humble beginnings as a ranch sprawling northwest of Los Angeles in the late 1800s, Hollywood has spanned lifetimes as a factory of...

In the late 1800s, the city of Austin, Texas, was on the cusp of emerging from an isolated western outpost into a truly cosmopolitan metropolis. But beginning in December 1884, Austin was terrorised by someone equally as vicious and, in some ways, far...

The day is 8 August 1963. It is the early hours of the morning, and a group of men are waiting at a railway bridge in Buckinghamshire. They are about to rob a mail train, on its way to London from Glasgow, and they have no idea that on board they will...