True crime

The naturalist author Theodore Dreiser was obsessed with true crime, keeping track of articles and cases in the early 20th century.

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887.

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887.

Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML)The Death of Ivan Ilyich was first published in 1886.

Content :- The Innocence of Father Brown- The Wisdom of Father Brown- The Donnington Affair- The Incredulity of Father Brown- The Secret of Father Brown- The Scandal of Father Brown- The Mask of Midas

This ebook brings together some of the best horror writings by Bram Stoker.

This glittering, ';wild romp of a story, boldly and beautifully told' (Neal Thompson, author of The First Kennedys) explores the intertwined fates of literary icon Truman Capote and infamous socialite Ann Woodwardfeatured in the hit TV series Feud: Truman Capote vs.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER As exciting as any spy novel (Daily News, New York), The Princess Spy follows the hidden history of an ordinary American girl who became one of the OSSs most daring World War II spies before marrying into European nobility.

An immersive account of a commercial fishing disaster at sea whose repercussions haunt its survivors to this day, lauded by New York Times bestselling author Ron Suskind as ';an honest and touching book, and a hell of a story.

Gloria Norris's KooKooLand is a memoir written on the edge of a knife blade.

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Nine bodies, one loophole.

The Wife I Won is No.

This powerful, unforgettable and uplifting story is one part wrenching family memoir, and one part inspirational journey towards healing and forgiveness but most of all, its an unputdownable journey through one familys tragedy and how they refused to let it define them.

'Compelling' TELEGRAPH'Such a compelling account of a small but significant dark corner of history.

Four children by her father.

This is the true crime account of the man known as Eugenia Falleni, who in 1920 was charged with the murder of his wife.

HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2023'Jaw-dropping' -Val McDermid'A police memoir like no other' -Kerry Daynes, bestselling author of The Dark Side of the Mind'Honest, shocking and funny' - Barbara Machin, creator of Waking the DeadWhen Jackie Malton joined the police force in 1970, male recruits were given a truncheon and female recruits were given a handbag.

THE SENSATIONAL NEW BOOK FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE DARK SIDE OF THE MIND.

For most of human history, sudden and unexpected deaths of a suspicious nature, when they were investigated at all, were examined by lay persons without any formal training.

Meet Micky Gluckstad.

Charles 'Lucky' Luciano was a vicious mobster who rose to become the multimillionaire king of the New York underworld.

Philip Carlo's successful and acclaimed books reveal the truth about notorious characters such as LA serial killer Richard Ramirez, Mafia contract killer Richard Kuklinski and crime-family boss Anthony Casso.

This is the story of the most successful cocaine dealers in the world: Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Jorge Luis Ochoa Vasquez, Carlos Lehder Rivas and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha.

Published in the 1920s, this is a fascinating and engrossing account of the southern prison system as told by a man on the inside.

On New Year's Eve in New Orleans, 1972, Mark Essex began one of the most violent and deadly sniper attacks on policemen that any American city had ever seen.

The original train-hopper's memoir.

First published in 1914, this detailed account of female hobos is a rare and beautiful example of early American storytelling.

It is recommended the reader drink moonshine before reading this hardnosed edition of A No.

Connie Krauser Chaney had a troubled childhood that she hoped to escape by creating her own stable and caring family.

On the night of April 7, 1990, newlyweds Nancy and Richard Langert were brutally shot in the basement of their suburban Chicago home.

The Snare of the Road was first published in 1916 by A-No.

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Published in 1912, The Curse of the Tramp is the third book in the series by A-No 1 "e;The Famous Tramp"e; who traveled 500,000 miles for only $7.

Postman Larry Griffin vanishes during his rounds in Stradbally on Christmas Day 1929.

I took some good shots from him and then I opened up my arsenal and we traded toe to toe.

The Carandiru House of Detention, in the teeming city of So Paulo, was the largest and most crowded prison in Latin America.

Before Al Capone and Lucky Luciano, there was the one-fingered, cunning Giuseppe Morello and his murderous coterie of brothers.

On 22 February 2006, GBP53 million was stolen from a cash warehouse belonging to the Securitas company in Tonbridge, Kent.

Scotland is rich in folklore, with stories of white ladies, fairies, ghostly horrors and phantom sightings, as well as poltergeists.

Scotland's worst and most infamous murders: Includes accounts of the infamous Burke and Hare, cannibalistic Sawney Bean, child murderer Jessie King, still-unidentified Bible John and the present-day crimes of Peter Tobin.

Every murder is shocking, but few crimes shock society more than when the killer is a woman.