Murder

Astonishingly, The Hagley Wood Murder is the first book solely on the subject (other than a selection of privately printed/self published offerings) ever written on this murder, which too place eighty years ago. In April 1943, four teenaged boys...

A steamy chronicle of life in Las Vegas investigates the murder of poker player Ted Binion, revealing a secret world of kinky sex, black magic, and science lurking at the heart of gambling's world series.Book InformationISBN 9780312422523Author James...

From her chilling personal account of knowing Ted Bundy to sixteen collections in her #1 bestselling Crime Files series-Ann Rule is a legendary true crime writer. Here, in Practice to Deceive, Rule unravels a shattering case of Christmastime murder off...

This compendium brings together thirty-three murderous tales - one from each of the capital's boroughs - that not only shocked the City but made headline news across the country. Throughout its history the great urban sprawl of Greater London has been...

From the bestselling true crime author comes the mesmerising true story of Debora Green, a beautiful, wealthy, successful doctor and mother of three whose murderous rage and jealousy brings death and destruction to her family. With direct access to all...

Harold Schechter, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Hell's Princess, unearths a nearly forgotten true crime of obsession and revenge, and one of the first-and worst-mass murders in American history. In 1927, while the majority of the township of...

Who Really Killed Claire? re-investigates the brutal yet apparently motiveless murder of 16-year-old Claire Tiltman in Greenhithe, Kent in 1993. It describes how police investigations faltered for almost 20 years until Colin Ash-Smith, due to be released...

Caroline Luard was shot near Ightham in Kent in 1908. Within weeks her husband, a respectable Major-General, committed suicide. Two years later John Nisbet, a colliery cashier, was robbed and murdered on a train in Northumberland. Police arrested a man...

An exploration of the minds of serial killers draws from interviews and correspondence that the author conducted as an eighteen-year-old student with such criminals as John Wayne Gacy and Charles Manson.Book InformationISBN 9780446608275Author Jason...

In which pub was the notorious murder that led to the Kray twins becoming Britain's most feared gangsters? Where is the hostelry in which Jack the Ripper's victims drank? How did Burke and Hare befriend their victims in a Scottish watering hole before...

Oprah Daily ranked #1 of the "best true crime books of all time." A riveting narrative that pieces together the life and murder of Black socialite Lita McClinton Sullivan-and the journey to bring her true killer to justice. The 1987 murder of Lita...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938633263Author Jeff KassFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint Bower HousePublisher Bower House

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767926898Author Robert MayerFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Crown Publishing GroupPublisher Crown Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 379gDimensions(mm)...

In March 1866, Janet Rogers travelled to the Perthshire-based farm of her brother, William Henderson, to help with chores while he looked for a new domestic servant. Three days later she was found dead in the farm kitchen, killed by multiple blows from...

The incredible story of a 1958 murder that ended with the last woman to ever be executed in California-a murder so twisted it seems ripped from a Greek tragedy. Deborah Larkin was only ten years old when the quiet calm of her California suburb was...

This book offers the first in-depth study of one of the most gripping trials of inter-war Britain, that of farmer's wife Beatrice Pace for the arsenic murder of her husband. A riveting tale from the golden age of press sensationalism, the book offers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957288888Author Margery B MetzgerFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Wildblue PressPublisher Wildblue PressWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734297706Author Lena DerhallyFormat HardbackPage Count 374Imprint Lena DerhallyPublisher Lena DerhallyWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

How many times have you seen a murder on the news or on a TV show like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and said to yourself, "How could someone do something like that?"Today, neuroscientists are imaging, mapping, testing and dissecting the source of the...

Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in Sussex's history. Based upon contemporary documents and illustrations, Johnnie Johnson re-examines some of the crimes that shocked not only the county...

A crusade to find a killer becomes a gripping, intensely personal investigation into a shocking cold case and the radicalization of a terrorist. In September 2011, Erik Weissman and two friends were murdered in a brutal triple homicide in Waltham,...

The scandalous debauchery of the playboy tenth Earl of Shaftesbury sent seismic shock waves through the British aristocracy. One of the richest men in the country and master of a Downton Abbey-style dynasty, he abandoned his loyal wife and two sons for...

Murder by poison alarmed, enthralled, and in many ways encapsulated the Victorian age. Linda Stratmann's dark and splendid social history reveals the nineteenth century as a gruesome battleground where poisoners went head-to-head with authorities who...

‘Dan Morrison has unearthed a fabulous true-crime story and embedded it within a fascinating work of micro history. David Grann has competition.’ ROBERT TWIGGER, author of Walking the Great North LineA crowded train platform. A painful jolt to the arm. A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996394314Author Michael ColeFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Twin Prime PublishingPublisher Twin Prime PublishingWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm)...

This chilling collection of cases brings together true-life historical murders that shocked not only the town of Bury but also made headline news across the country. Amongst those featured are a drunk who murdered a ploughman for loose change in 1866, a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956848918Author David CannFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Jay F Kay PublishingPublisher Jay F Kay PublishingWeight(grams) 267g

Ron and Reg. Violent men who brought a code of honour to the streets that is still observed today. Their deaths bring to an end the golden era of gangsters whose word was law and whose ferocity maintained the order of the streets...Nobody knew the twins...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648882756Author Eileen OrmsbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Dark Webs True CrimePublisher Dark Webs True CrimeWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm)...

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"This particular phase in my life is the most dangerous. My husband is planning 'an accident' in my car, brake failure and serious head injury in order to make the path clear for him to marry." -Letter written by Princess Diana, late 1996It is a moment...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101987421Author Matt BirkbeckFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 264g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612437620Author Christopher Berry-DeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416517016Author Lou EppolitoFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Pocket StarPublisher Pocket StarWeight(grams) 159g

A Thorough, Comprehensive Guide to Serial Killers for True-Crime Fans Equal parts fascinating and horrifying, the stories of serial killers like Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer have taken on a new cultural prominence with the rise of the true-crime genre...

As investigators brought out the bagged remains of several dozen young men from a small Chicago ranch home and paraded them in front of a crowd of TV reporters and spectators, attention quickly turned to the owner of the house. John Gacy was an...

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY GIRL IN THE PICTURESharon Marshall was a brilliant and beautiful student whose future was filled with promise-until her murderous, fugitive father drew her into a lifetime of deception that became one of the...

In the early hours of a cold February morning in 1891, the murdered body of Frances Coles was discovered beneath a railway arch in London's Swallow Gardens. The nature of her wounds, the weapon used to inflict them, and the murder site itself were clear...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781892523860Author Troy TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 342Imprint Whitechapel Productions PressPublisher Whitechapel Productions PressWeight(grams)...

Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in Kent's history. Linda Stratmann re-examines some of the historic crimes that shocked not only the county but Britain as a whole. Among the gruesome cases...