True Crime

In April 2008, the world watched in horror as the news of Josef Fritzl made worldwide headlines. But for one British woman the story was not the stuff of unimaginable...

A fascinating historical investigation that brilliantly illuminates a macabre episode in 1830s London and brings the capital's underclass roaring back to life. Towards the end of 1831, the authorities unearthed...

Lee Child meets Stuart MacBride in this tense thriller from the author of The Old Religion In prison not everyone is guilty... Tom Killgannon, ex-undercover police officer and now in...

The genre-defying, thought-stirring memoir about America's obsession with violence, from the critically acclaimed author of The Argonauts Selected as a Book of the Year 2017 in the Guardian 'Maggie Nelson's...

Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, is one of the most notorious killers in British history. Held in Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital, he is one of a handful of prisoners who will...

This is the first book in the UK or US to set on record the recent cultural phenomenon of the use of certain dog breeds - both legal and illegal...

The essential account of R. Kelly's actions and their consequences, a reckoning two decades in the making. In November 2000, after receiving an anonymous fax that alleged R. Kelly had...

From true crime legend Ann Rule comes this riveting story of a young woman whose life ended too soon-and a determined mother's eleven-year crusade to clear her daughter's name. It...

For twenty-one years, Gary Ridgway carried out his self-described 'career' as a killing machine, ridding the world of women he considered evil. The world's most prolific serial killer's eerie ability...

DRAGON'S BREATH Blackmail, sabotage and murder shatter the calm of a Victorian bush town; unrelated acts of evil or evidence of a wider and deeper, Chinese Communist Party plot, to...

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIME SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE ?CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION ' A...

Mystery. Manipulation. Murder. Cults are associated with all of these. But what really goes on inside them? More specifically, what goes on inside the minds of cult leaders and the...

Let's get the story of Abraham Gilbert Saffron down. Just the facts, Your Honour. Wherever you find entertainers performing in neon-lit pubs and clubs, chances are you will find a...

Writing on Gravestones is a collection of reflective crime pieces, often approaching the events from different angles yet written by on-the-spot observers and reporters. The stories look at crime in...

In 1825 26 year old Bridget Cleary disappeared from her house in rural Tipperary. At first, some said that the fairies had taken her into their stronghold in a nearby...

Stripped of the familiar myths surrounding him, Jesse James emerges as a far more significant figure: a ruthless, purposeful and intensely political man who used crimes and notoriety to promote...

One Sunday morning in 1993 a 16-year-old girl named Eliza Claps goes missing from a church in the centre of Potenza, Italy. Shortly before her disappearance, Elisa had met Danilo...

Walker's SENSE AND NONSENSE was the first book to challenge common misconceptions about crime and remains the most effective at doing so. Described as a "masterful critique" of American policies...

Is violence an intrinsic component of contemporary sport? How does violence within sport reflect upon the attitudes of wider society? In this landmark study of violence in and around contemporary...

As the 1994 World Cup competition in the USA will again demonstrate soccer is one of the most popular participant and spectator sports around the world. The fortunes of teams...

Philosopher, cultural critic, and agent provocateur Slavoj Zizek constructs a fascinating new framework to look at the forces of violence in our world. Using history, philosophy, books, movies, Lacanian psychiatry,...

A wry, compelling look at the mania surrounding the sensational case of the "Monster" who terrorized eighteenth-century London. "Entirely fascinating"--Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post. "The facts in this case are so...

The Sunday Times bestselling author of Black-Eyed Susans returns with an atmospheric Texan thriller Ten years ago Trumanell Branson disappeared. Her brother, Wyatt, lives as a pariah, cleared of any...

Our culture, argues award-winning journalist Patricia Pearson, is in denial of women's innate capacity for aggression. When She Was Bad offers a fearless and timely look at female violence, as...

The 'Bonnie & Clyde' adventures of the world's most notorious dope smugglers - now in mass market paperback 'I have long wanted to write a book about my life and...

The police handling of the Yorkshire Ripper case, which spanned over 14 years, is investigated in this book. For the first time, the files have been opened, the detectives are...

An investigation into the deaths of six Aboriginal women and the police responses that left families reeling 'If you think it's hard being a white woman in Australia, try being...

Author: Vincent Bugliosi With Curt GentryBinding: HardbackPublished: The Bodley Head, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe seminal true crime work, The Manson Murders: An Investigation Into Motive, presents...

Author: Hugh AndersonBinding: HardbackPublished: Jacaranda Press, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light chipping to perimeter of DJ. Minor denting to...

The new fostering memoir from The Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson. With his young mother in and out of prison, Sammy has been in care since he was nine...

Author: Isser HarelBinding: HardbackPublished: ANDRE DEUTSCH, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis gripping historical account, The House On Garibaldi Street: The Capture Of Adolf Eichmann, chronicles the...

An extraordinary 'micro-history' which exposes the beginnings of institutionalised police racism in Britain. 'David Oluwale's story has a raw power...and Kester Aspden makes it relevant for the reader of today'...

The thirteenth entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from the "prolific and talented" ( Publishers Weekly ) Ann Rule focuses on crime victims who had no idea...

Author: Alec BrierleyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Unicorn Books, 1980Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account chronicles the notorious exploits of Australia's most...

Author: Harry NunnBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded spine and top front of DJ. Light chipping...

Author: Alan SharpeBinding: HardbackPublished: Brolga Books, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling non-fiction work chronicles a collection of Australia's most notorious criminal cases. It presents a vivid...

Author: Robert HarrisBinding: HardbackPublished: Pantheon, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis gripping account chronicles the sensational fraud that captivated the world, detailing...

Trauma and Recovery is the foundational text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a political frame, psychiatrist Judith L. Herman argues that psychological trauma is inseparable from...