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Hard Time: A Brit In America's Toughest Jail
Shaun Attwood - Paperback - Mainstream
'Hard Time' is the harrowing yet often darkly humorous account of the time Shaun spent submerged in a nightmarish world of gang violence, insect infested cells and food unfit for animals. His remarkable story provides a revealing glimpse into the tragedy, brutality, comedy and eccentricity of prison life.
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The Killer Within: In The Company Of Monsters
Philip Carlo - Paperback - Mainstream
When true crime writer Philip Carlo learnt he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a terminal illness that causes all of the muscles in the body to atrophy over time, Carlo himself began to prepare for his own end. In 'The Killer Within', Carlo documents his difficult experiences with ALS.
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Face To Face With Evil: Conversations With Ian Brady
Chris Cowley - Paperback - John Blake
This title includes extracts from over 50 letters by Ian Brady to Dr Cowley plus details from interview transcripts. It is an unflinchingly detailed and highly emotional account of what it was like to be caught, tried and convicted of serial murder.
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Doctors Who Kill: Profiles Of Lethal Medics
Carol Anne Davis - Hardback - Allison & Busby
In a comprehensive study of violent crimes perpetrated by health care professionals, Carol Anne Davis offers valuable insights into 34 case studies involving doctors and nurses who have crossed the line from healer to killer.
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Villains: It Takes One To Know One
Paul Ferris - Paperback - Black & White
Murder, gunrunning, drug trafficking, kneecapping - Paul Ferris has been accused of many things in his life, some true, some not. What's not in dispute is that he spent 25 years as one of Britain's most feared gangsters. Out of prison and straight for five years, Paul hasn't forgotten the common thugs and big-time players that surrounded him.
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The Lost British Serial Killer: Closing The Case On Peter Tobin And Bible John
David Wilson - Paperback - Sphere
Peter Tobin was already serving a life sentence for murder when he was charged with the murder of two young women - Vicky Hamilton and Dina McNichol, in November 2007. Both girls went missing in 1991. Their bodies were discovered at a house in Margate, where Tobin once lived. This text examines this shocking case in detail.
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Snowblind: A Brief Career In The Cocaine Trade
Robert Sabbag - Paperback - Canongate
'Snowblind' is the true story of Zachary Swan, an American smuggler whose intricate scams rang rings around the police and customs officials for a few breathless years in the early 1970s, and his involvement with the cocaine trade.
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The Butcher: Anatomy Of A Mafia Psychopath
Philip Carlo - Paperback - Mainstream
Written by the best-selling author of 'The Ice Man', 'The Butcher' is a disturbing fly-on-the-wall account of the US Drug Enforcement Administration's four-year hunt to bring down Tommy 'Karate' Pitera, a drug-dealing, murderous capo in the Bonanno crime family.
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The Hate Factory: Thirty Years Inside With The UK's Most Notorious Villains
David Leslie - Paperback - Mainstream
Convicted murderer Billy Ferris has endured more than 30 years behind bars in many of Britain's prisons. In 'The Hate Factory', David Leslie documents Ferris's experiences in jail with some of the United Kingdom's most notorious criminals.
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McGraw: The Incredible Untold Story Of Tam 'The Licensee' McGraw
Reg McKay - Paperback - Black & White
Tam McGraw was one of Glasgow's most dangerous gangsters. He rose from poverty in the city's East End to amass a vast fortune from crime and, when he died in 2007, his empire stretched from Glasgow to the Canaries. This is the incredible untold story of 'the Licensee'.