True crime

A deep dive that "e;has brought together all the evidence"e; in the fascinating cold case of a millionaire widow, the Chicago horse mafia, and murder (Daily Mail).

Archibald Hall was one of Scotland's most enigmatic criminals.

Blood and Granite is a chronicle of the most notorious homicides committed in Aberdeen over the last hundred years.

Under Western Eyes (1911) is a novel by Joseph Conrad.

This is the shocking story of a doctor who was addicted to murder: a man who wickedly abused the trust of his patients with horrifying results.

An enthralling novel of Gaspar's inspirational rise from obscurity to light.

"'In Search of Lost Time' is widely recognized as the major novel of the twentieth century.

In 1981, Peter Sutcliffe, the 'Yorkshire Ripper', was convicted of thirteen murders and seven attempted murders.

A German boy who emigrates to America at the age of three, experiences severe sexual and physical abuse, ultimately ending up in this spiral of violence himself.

Hangman's Brae is a vividly written account of the blood-curdling crimes and brutal forms of punishment of north-east Scotland.

Gerard Gallacher served as a police officer in Glasgow from the 1980s and three decades onwards.

This carefully crafted ebook: "True Crime Ultimate Collection: The Stories of Real Murders & Mysteries" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

Posdnyschew, Morder seiner Frau, fruhzeitig ergraut, mit blitzenden Augen und nervosem Gebaren, hort auf einer langeren Zugfahrt, wie die Reisenden uber Liebe als Grundbedingung fur eine gluckliche Ehe diskutieren - eine Ansicht, die vor allem von einer nicht mehr jungen, halichen, rauchenden Dame vertreten wird.

A good many years ago there were several ships loading at the Jetty, London Dock.

Carstairs, the State Hospital in Lanarkshire, Scotland, is a hospital like no other.

An epic poem is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.

An achievement of reportorial diligence, this book tells a story that the most imaginative crime novelist would have been hard put to invent.

Murder - the most appalling crime of all.

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Oz!

Americans have long debated the cause of the December 7, 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Russie, 1880.

The story of Jack the Ripper has had continual interest since he stalked the streets of Whitechapel during the Autumn of Terror in 1888.

CONTENTS:HarriganRiders of the SilencesThe UntamedThe Night HorsemanGunman's ReckoningRonicky DooneThe Seventh ManAlcatrazBlack JackThe Rangeland Avenger

Isaac Newton was accorded a semi-divine status in the 18th and 19th centuries, whereby his image linked together religion and science.

Tam McGraw was one of the most feared gangsters in Glasgow.

The story opens with the delivery to a crowd gathered in Rotterdam of a manuscript detailing the journey of a man named Hans Pfaall.

A Tale of Jerusalem was written in the year 1832 by Edgar Allan Poe.

Although the nineteenth-century elite looked on the Highlands and Islands as a sporting paradise, for the indigenous population it was a turbulent place.

Paul Ferris was one of Britain's most feared gangsters for twenty-five years.

Almayer's Folly, Joseph Conrad's first novel, is a tale of personal tragedy as well as a broader meditation on the evils of colonialism.

"The Lagoon" is a short story by Joseph Conrad composed in 1896 and first published in Cornhill Magazine in 1897.

Robert Jeffrey, author of the bestselling "e;Barlinnie Story"e; and other true crime books, now tells the remarkable story of the infamous Peterhead Prison in Scotland's far north-east.

This novel is a gripping story of the courage of a group of youths from Detroit's Eastside, who stood up and faced down a vicious attempt by the Urban Renewal Program to physically remove them from their neighborhood during the destruction of Hastings Street in the early 1960's.

When Manny McDonnell was twelve, he awoke to discover British troops surrounding his home in the toughest area of trouble-torn Belfast.

Tells the horrifying story, through fact and fiction, of the gay-hate gangs that were responsible for the bashings, murder and disappearance of gay men in Sydney in the late 1980s.

For more than a decade, an intense gang war has been raging between British and foreign criminals in Spain's sunny coastal regions.

Ron and Reg.

In this heart-rending book, Jacqui Kirby tells of the devastating impact Colette's murder had on her life.

Born in Newcastle in 1976, from the age of three, the very people who meant to be looking after and protecting Sarah Forsyth were sexually abusing her.

New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police, houses the notorious Black Museum, a unique collection of exhibits, photographs and other items connected with some of the most famous crimes of the last century.

Meet the hardest men from a country where the streets are the most dangerous and the gangsters and criminals are the scariest in Britain.

Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories.

Set on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, the plot follows William Legrand, who was recently bitten by a gold-colored bug.

Un affresco storico appassionante sullo sfondo della guerra napoleonica nelle Langhe Piemontesi.

A rollicking collection of barely believable stories from five centuries of legal history - you'll be gripped by these tales of murder, intrigue, crime, punishment and the pursuit of justice.

The tale opens with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, having received a letter from him in a distant part of the country complaining of an illness and asking for his comfort.