True Crime

Abused as a child by his local priest, Brian Oi Dea, a once ordinary young man became a rebel, using and selling drugs for the escape and excitement they offered....

Palm Island may be the most beautiful tropical island in Australia, but its name is synonymous with violence. It is home to one of the country's largest Aboriginal communities, descendants...

These are the stories about Australia's hardest inmates, from Australia's hardest inmates- the true and uncensored account of life inside Australia's toughest prisons, from the country's number-one bestselling true crime...

The four cases of murder that are examined in this volume are remarkable in that they were all the focus of intense media interest at the time. The evidence given...

From matricide to mutilation, poisoning, and the cold-blooded murder of a police man, the case-studies in this collection made headlines in their time and remain as gripping today as then....

The four murder trials in this volume, each a cause celebre in its day, continue to fascinate and intrigue the reader decades later. Here are four different characters, led to...

'It is one of those tales about how life can turn on a sixpence: one minute everything is dandy, the next all is darkness.' - Joe Joseph, The Times In...

Real life stories of chilling killers.

Gateshead, April 1866. Five-year-old Sarah Melvin was walking along Split Crow Lane looking for her father when she disappeared. Later that night a couple walking home from the pub tripped...

Reloaded contains the latest stories from the Melbourne underworld, and provides an uncut account of how Tony Mokbel - aka fat Tony - ran Melbourne's gangland war. Also included in...

As seen in the HBO docuseries THE VOW: A jaw-dropping insider look into the world of the so-called "Hollywood Sex Cult" NXIVM chronicling the rise of enigmatic cult leader, Keith...

In the summer of 1889, young Southern belle Florence Maybrick stood trial for the alleged arsenic poisoning of her much older husband, Liverpool cotton merchant James Maybrick. 'The Maybrick Mystery'...

While research findings in this volume take an Australian perspective, they extend beyond national boundaries and are pertinent to readers in all societies. Contributors explore violence against women with disabilities,...

A true story of love and struggle and of living with secrets and a powerful tale of resilience. Karina and her mother live together in a small flat. Most weeks,...

MAFIA BROTHERHOODS is the enthralling new history of Italian organised crime by the author of the international bestseller COSA NOSTRA. Mafia. Camorra. 'Ndrangheta. The Sicilian mafia, or Cosa Nostra, is...

What big business has taught the drug lords. Everything drug cartels do to survive and prosper they've learnt from big business - brand value and franchising from McDonald's, supply chain...

What big business has taught the drug lords. Everything drug cartels do to survive and prosper they've learnt from big business - brand value and franchising from McDonald's, supply chain...

Drawn from rigorous research, this true crime title tells the story of Marilyn Monroe's extraordinary life and explores the shocking circumstances of her death. BORN IN THE SHADOWS. LIVED FOR...

A New York Times Bestseller, the real story of Damian Lewis's character in BILLIONS- The rise and fall of Steven Cohen and the largest insider trading investigation in the history...

Hacking, espionage, war and cybercrime as you've never read about them before Fancy Bear was hungry. Looking for embarrassing information about Hillary Clinton, the elite hacking unit within Russian military...

Author: Leonard Gribble; Illustrated by Derek William Binding: HardbackPublished: London: Arthur Barker, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling volume chronicles the clandestine lives...

Author: Jack BradshawBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Worker Trustees, 1924Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Yellowed cover with some foxing. Some creasing on cover....

Author: Gideon HausnerBinding: HardbackPublished: Nelson, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket price clipped, light staining on front and end pages from previous adhesiveJustice In Jerusalem:...

Author: Jordan BelfortBinding: HardbackPublished: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 2007Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Remainder markCondition remarks: 522 pages. Quarter yellow boards with black cloth, gilt lettering. Original DJ with...

Author: Truman CapoteBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Worn green boards. Light bumping on corners. Light foxing on book...

Author: Joseph WambaughBinding: HardbackPublished: William Morrow & Co, 1984Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsLines & Shadows chronicles the harrowing true story of...

Caesar's back ... and this time Death rides with him. It's 2015. Legendary enforcer Caesar Campbell has been shot again. As the original Bandido wavers between life and death, he...

Once I hear the clatter of chips I almost go into convulsions," said Dostoyevsky, while Anatole France wrote, "The gambler is driven by the fascination of danger at the bottom...

In 1994, the Rwandan government orchestrated a campaign of extermination, in which everyone in the Hutu majority was called upon to murder everyone in the Tutsi minority. Close to a...

'If this had to be Mo Hayder's legacy, then it's a fitting one. I inhaled this book ' Helen Fields, author of The Institution **THE FINAL NOVEL FROM THE INTERNATIONAL...

Look for Dan Abrams and David Fisher's new book, Kennedy's Avenger: Assassination, Conspiracy, and the Forgotten Trial of Jack Ruby . Instant New York Times bestseller! A Winner of the...

Dr. Samuel Mudd's guilt or innocence in the Lincoln assassination is debated by a distinguished group of jurists and Civil War historians recently convened by the University of Richmond School...

A Man Named Dave is the gripping conclusion to this inspirational trilogy. With extraordinary generosity of spirit, Dave takes us on a journey into his past. At last he confronts...

The inside scoop on the Gangland murders... and other Australian true crime stories. true crime with a twist. Here is the criminal underground at work: gangland warriors, serial killers, drug...

A youthful adventure. A bizarre confession. A dangerous obsession. "The Last Victim," a true story, is all three of these and something more: a unique view of our culture through...

It was luxurious Palm Beach, by the manicured lawns and Olympic-sized swimming pool, that financier Bernard Madoff ravaged the world of philanthropy and high society he had strived so hard...

Charlie Richardson, one of Britain's most notorious gangland bosses and rival to East End twins the Krays, sheds light on his extraordinary life story completed just weeks before his death...

'A masterpiece of biographical investigation' Richard Holmes In 1593, the brilliant and controversial young playwright Christopher Marlowe was stabbed to death in a Deptford lodging house. The circumstances were shady,...

A moving and inspirational true story of a little girl determined to make life better for her family 'If you say anything to your mother, I'll tell her it was...

Now a Broadway play 'Punch' by James Graham, playing at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre September 7 - November 2, 2025 In 2011 Jacob Dunne threw a single punch that...

Longlisted for the Andrew 2024 Carnegie Medal for Non-Fiction The shocking, never-before-told story of America's thalidomide victims In Germany on Christmas Day 1956 a baby girl was born without ears....

How an innocent man, who spent 30 years on death row, found nothing could destroy his capacity for hope, joy and love. **WINNER OF THE 2019 MOORE PRIZE ** **THE...

Turns out everyone can use a friendly neighbourhood gangster in their life now and again. Jay Malkoun isn't the type of man who lets a little thing like being blown...