True Crime


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  • Cover scan of The Cartel
    The Cartel: The Inside Story Of Britain's Biggest Drugs Gang
    Graham Johnson - Paperback - Mainstream
    The Cartel is Britain's biggest drugs organisation - a shadowy network stretching from the banks of the Mersey to the marinas of Marbella, and from the coffee shops of Amsterdam to the trading floors of Canary Wharf. It is run by godfathers as rich as Branson but kept in line by a new generation of teenage killers. This is their story.
  • Cover scan of The Dark Heart Of Hollywood
    The Dark Heart Of Hollywood: Glamour, Guns And Gambling - Inside The Mafia's Global Empire
    Douglas Thompson - Paperback - Mainstream
    This book reveals the sinister true story of the Mafia in Hollywood: it strips away the veneer of the movie studios' American Dream. Crammed with legends, myths, murders, madness, mayhem, superstar tantrums, super-sexed starlets, power brokers and politics, it is an ambitious account of Hollywood's hidden history.
  • Cover scan of A Fine Day For A Hanging
    A Fine Day For A Hanging: The Ruth Ellis Story
    Carol Ann Lee - Paperback - Mainstream
    In 1955, Ruth Ellis shot dead her lover, David Blakely. After a trial that lasted less than two days, she was found guilty and sentenced to death, becoming the last woman to be hanged in Britain. Despite her infamy, Ruth's story has never been fully told. Here, Carol Ann Lee examines the facts without agenda or sensation.
  • Cover scan of Empire Of Crime
    Empire Of Crime: Organised Crime In The British Empire
    Timothy Newark - Paperback - Mainstream
    In 1908, British reformers banned the export of Indian opium to China. As a result, the world price of opium soared and a century of lucrative drug smuggling began. Criminal producers in other countries exploited the prohibition and gang wars broke out. This book introduces the reader to a collection of heroes and villains.
  • Cover scan of Abandoned Women
    Abandoned Women
    Lucy Frost - Paperback - Allen & Unwin
    From the crowded tenements of Edinburgh to the Female Factory nestling in the shadow of Mt Wellington, dozens of Scottish women convicts were exiled to Van Diemen's Land with their young children. This is a rich and evocative account of the lives of women at the bottom of society 200 years ago.
  • Cover scan of Gang Of One
    Gang Of One
    Gary Mulgrew - Paperback - Hodder
    Imagine you're a 35 year old, white, British, middle-class businessman sentenced to three years in Big Spring, one of America's most notorious prisons. You've been told that if get into any trouble, your sentence will be doubled. You've just said goodbye to your lawyer. You're on your own. You are a gang of one.
  • Cover scan of The Black Widower
    The Black Widower: The Life And Crimes Of A Sociopathic Killer
    Charles Lavery - Paperback - Mainstream
    Award-winning journalist Charles Lavery examines the life and crimes of Malcolm Webster, the nurse who killed for money and attempted to cover his tracks with drugs and fire.
  • Cover scan of The Boy In The Attic
    The Boy In The Attic: The Chilling, Real-Life Story Of A Satanic Murder And The Truth That Haunts
    David Malone - Paperback - Mainstream
    On a bright and sunny June afternoon, a seven year old boy was left in the care of his teenage neighbour. No one knew, or would even have dreamed of suspecting, that the teenager was a Satanist. The two went out to the fields to look for rabbits. The child was never seen alive again.
  • Cover scan of The Gangster's Wife
    The Gangster's Wife: Life With A Notorious Crime Boss
    David Leslie - Paperback - Mainstream Publishing
    This is the life story of Mags McGraw, from being a London clippie through often hilarious days running an ice cream van during the infamous Glasgow ice cream wars to managing a notorious bar, being agony aunt to the toughest criminals around, hiding a secret love, and sharing a life with husband Tam, the notorious Licensee.
  • Cover scan of The Wicked Mr Hall

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    The Wicked Mr Hall
    Roy Archibald Hall - Paperback - John Blake
    These are the memoirs of thief and serial killer Roy Archibald Hall who, whilst working as a butler, murdered a former lover, his employers and his half brother.

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