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The true story of a detective, two bronze horses and the dictator who set the world on fire.When detective Arthur Brand is summoned to a meeting with one of the most dangerous men in the art world, he learns that a clue has emerged that could solve one...

WHEN PARADISE TURNS TO CHAOS, WHO WILL SURVIVE? An incredible true story of murder, romance and a fateful search for utopia in the Galapagos from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ghosts of...

Fully updated and revised, Donald Rumbelow's classic work is the ultimate examination of the facts, theories, fictions and fascinations surrounding the greatest whodunit in history.The Complete Jack the Ripper lays out all the evidence in the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578598441Author Richard EstepFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Visible Ink PressPublisher Visible Ink PressDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 12mm

A thrilling investigation of a true Victorian crime at Dublin railway station, shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2022.'All the shocks and surprises of the best crime fiction' The Times Crime ClubDublin, November 1856: George Little, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560253938Author David FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Thunder's Mouth PressPublisher Thunder's Mouth PressWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806541617Author S.J. PeddieFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781068645013Author John BrooklandFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Bitza BooksPublisher Bitza Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737098102Author Guy Leonard EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Brainjar MediaPublisher Brainjar MediaWeight(grams) 807gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781068645037Author John BrooklandFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Bitza BooksPublisher Bitza Books

An updated edition of the bestselling autobiography of Charlie Kray, elder brother of the Kray twins, Ronnie and Reggie, who are brought to the screen this autumn in a major motion picture. Charlie Kray was the only person who knew the truth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958727201Author Tony WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint Genius Book CompanyPublisher Genius Book CompanyWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781878923318Author John GilmoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Amok Books,U.S.Publisher Amok Books,U.S.

In March 1972, four young black men were arrested by a specialist pickpocket squad at Oval Underground Station and charged with theft and assault of police officers. Sentenced to two years in prison, the case seemed straightforward and credible to the...

'Carefully compiled' in 1867 'from prison documents, ancient papers, and other authentic sources,' this extremely rare book contains the full details of the crimes, trials and executions of every murderer, highwayman, rogue and rebel ever to swing from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887515531Author Bruce AitkenFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint One Hour Asia Media LtdPublisher One Hour Asia Media LtdWeight(grams)...

Even among the Mob, the Westies were feared. Out of a partnership between two sadistic thugs - James Coonan and Mickey Featherstone - the gang dominated the decaying slice of New York City's West Side known as Hell's Kitchen in the 1970s and '80s...

Over the past few decades, there has been a remarkable rise in the number of people who speak publicly about their experience of crime. These personal accounts used to be confined to the police station and the courtroom, but today bookshops heave with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789187611377Author Christer HolmgrenFormat HardbackPage Count 206Imprint Timaios PressPublisher Timaios PressWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm...

The Making of a Female Serial Killer"In America's First Female Serial Killer, McBrayer offers us a complex and terrifying portrait of a killer who seemed almost doomed from birth." Kate Winkler Dawson, author of American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956566048Author Jason NealFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Idigital GroupPublisher Idigital GroupWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 8mm

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

While the Midwest may be known for salt-of-the-earth folks, it's also home to murder and mayhem. In Murderous Acts: 100 Years of Crime in the Midwest, Keven McQueen explores a century of true crimes committed in 10 Midwestern states, from the 1840s to...

Designed as a city dwelling for the modern age, Dolphin Square opened in London's Pimlico in 1936. Boasting 1,250 hi-tech flats, a swimming pool, restaurant, gardens and shopping arcade, the complex quickly attracted a long list of the affluent and...

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 *...

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...

South-east England, 1740s: war and heated politics bring the old practice of smuggling to new and dangerous heights. Violent gangs of smugglers terrorise communities and confound government attempts to stop them. The most famous of these, the Hawkhurst...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806541600Author S.J. PeddieFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788793987012Author Karl BergFormat HardbackPage Count 138Imprint Korsgaard PublishingPublisher Korsgaard PublishingWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Walk into any European museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces of card offer a name, date and place of origin. They do not mention that the objects are all...

'A triumph . . . Babes in the Wood should be required reading for all budding detectives' – Malcolm Bacon, former DI and investigating officer on the caseUpdated with the latest twists in this notorious true-crime saga, Babes in the Wood by Graham...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593471364Author John OllerFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Everyone loves a romantic rogue whose exciting exploits feature a cheeky disregard for the law, narrow escapes and lots of love interest. Even at the height of highway robbery activity in the eighteenth century, it was thought that the death penalty was...

An explosive and historic book of true crime and an emotionally powerful and revelatory memoir of a man whose ten-year search for his biological father leads to a chilling discovery: His father is one of the most notorious-and still at large-serial...

Science is a force for good in the world-at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the better of scientists, they twist a noble pursuit into something sinister. Under this spell, knowledge isn't everything, it's the only thing-no matter the...

"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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956566079Author Jason NealFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Idigital GroupPublisher Idigital GroupWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528719001Author James BerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 9mm

Nero fiddled while Rome burned. As catchy as that aphorism is, it's sadly untrue, even if it has a nice ring to it. The one thing Nero is well-known for is the one thing he actually didn't do. But fear not, the truth of his life, his rule and what he did...