True crime

Ambition, corruption, and murder in 1960s Mexico: the shocking novel behind Netflix's hit series.

'If you are susceptible to Miss Marple and Harriet Vane you must read The Adventures of Maud West.

The explosive memoir from ex-MI5 surveillance officer Tom Marcus, I Spy takes you on a non-stop, adenalin-fuelled ride as he hunts down those who would do our country harm.

An anonymous barrister offers a shocking, darkly comic and very moving journey through the legal system - and explains how it's failing all of us.

Meet Brick and Wax, two bright eighteen-year-olds looking for a route out of poverty.

Now a major TV series, Mary & George, starring Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine.

'Superb - one of the best real-life copy books ever written.

For many, the Kray twins are legends but for Chris Lambrianou they were something else entirely .

The Sahara Desert, February 1962: the wreckage of a plane emerges from the sands revealing, too, the body of the plane's long-dead pilot.

'Absolutely riveting' The Guardian'Heart-pounding' Elle'Excellent' The TimesIt's the summer of 1965, and the streets of Queens, New York shimmer in a heatwave.

A major work of investigation, Gideon's Spies: Mossad's Secret Warriors reveals the extent of the Israeli intelligence service's involvement in an astonishing range of world events.

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Sonny Liston was a legend, described by Mike Tyson as "e;the baddest man boxing ever produced"e;.

'Part memoir, part true crime, wholly brilliant' - Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train'As gripping as a thriller' - Literary ReviewWhen law student Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich is asked to work on a death-row hearing for convicted murderer and child molester Ricky Langley, she finds herself thrust into the tangled story of his childhood.

Dive into Brighton's darkest corners in Death Comes Knocking - uncovering the true crimes that inspire the bestselling Roy Grace series, by Peter James and long-serving detective Graham Barlett.

For fourteen years, Jayne Senior tried to help girls from Rotherham who had been groomed, raped, tortured, pimped and threatened with violence by sex traffickers.

Now the subject of the Discovery+ series Children of the Snow, a cold case murder investigation is cracked open by ';a powerful, confident voice in the new true crime memoir genre' (James Renner, author of True Crime Addict).

Serial killer H.

A rollicking true-crime adventure about a rogue who trades in rare birds and their eggsand the wildlife detective determined to stop him.

An ';entertaining' (Booklist) account of the mysterious, hair-raising, and heartbreaking cases handled by the coroner of Marin County, California throughout his four decades on the jobfrom high-profile deaths and serial killers to inmate murders and Golden Gate Bridge suicides.

';A personal how-to guide for investigative journalists, a twisted tale of a scam of huge proportions, and a really good read' (Bethany McLean, author of The Smartest Guys in the Room), this spellbinding true story follows a pair of award-winning CNN investigative journalists as they track down the mysterious psychic at the center of an international scam that stole tens of millions of dollars from the elderly and emotionally vulnerable.

The shocking true story of international intrigue ';a highly detailed, engrossing work' (Kirkus Reviews)involving the 1993 murder of CIA officer Freddie Woodruff by KGB agents and the extensive cover-up that followed in Washington and in Moscow.

Winner of Simon & Schuster’s memoir contest in conjunction with AARP and the Huffington Post, the memoir of a man’s coming-of-age as a civilian cook in a maximum-security prison.

This is the inspiring and ';page-turning' (Booklist) true story of a man who discovered that he had been kidnapped as a babyand how his quest to find out who he really is upturned the genealogy industry, his own family, and set in motion the second longest cold case in US history.

After the Glorious Revolution, a not so glorious age of lawlessness befell England.

At the age of twelve, my ambition was to become a gangster.

Many stories have been written about the exploits of Billy the Kid, the charismatic outlaw of the Old West.

The First Counterspyis the pulse-quickening and traumatic story of spy, counterspy, and an American family unwittingly caught in its web.

When it comes to historical mysteries, Texas offers numerous long-perplexing conundrums for readers.

During the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century a growing number of ordinary citizens had the feeling that all was not as it should be.

The YoungersBob, Cole, Jim, and Johntested the boundaries of the violent and turbulent post-Civil War society in which they lived.

Those interested in the history of the infamous Younger Brothers of Missouri know eldest brother Cole's story.

One of the most colorful parts of American History is the time of train robberies and the daring outlaws who undertook them in the period covering from just after the Civil War to 1924.

From the late 1870s to mid-1880s, Tombstone, Arizona, enjoyed impressive growth and prosperity as a result of the discovery of major silver deposits nearby.

Like a character in a Hitchcock movie, Dave McOmie travels the country breaking into bank vaults, cracking jewelry store safes, and decoding unbreakable codes secured deep in government facilities.

From the Gilded Age through WWII, America was rife with ne'er-do-wells on a never-ending search for the next big score.

In Standoff at High Noon, the sequel to Old West Showdown, coauthors Kellen Cutsforth and Bill Markley again investigate ten well-known, controversial stories from the Old West.

Begged, Borrowed, & Stolen is a collection of true stories detailing the different icons, historical documents, art, patents, ideas, and more that have been stolen throughout US history.

Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody were considered heroes and the greatest plainsmen of their time.

His name conjures images of the Wild West, of gunfights and gambling halls and a legendary friendship with the lawman Wyatt Earp, and he is probably most famous for his time in Tombstone.

**Winner of the 2021 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards (History, Other)**Lawman or Outlaw?

A late-nineteenth century rogues gallery of Americas foremost murderers, bank robbers, con men, forgers, embezzlers, and pickpockets.

From an author praised by the Wall Street Journal for his ';eye for a good story' comes an account of the Herbert Fuller tragedy of 1896, a tragedy that occurred on the high seas and involved the senseless slaughter of three of the twelve souls on board.

William Burns is best known as ';America's Sherlock Holmes' and became director at the Bureau of Investigation, to be immediately followed by J.

Crime does pay.

Longtime readers have come to understand that Outside's true gift is in chronicling misadventure.

Stories from the Civil War through WWIIIn The Greatest Spy Stories Ever Told, our editor has pulled together some of the finest writings about spies that capture readers imaginations.

Countless criminals have made their mark on Chicago and the surrounding communities.

Who was the biggest, baddest outlaw in the Old West?

From Farmer and Sailor to Mountain Man, Crow Killer, and Town Sheriff,One man's reputation lives past all othersWhen it came to western mountain men, no one on earth ever matched the physical prowess or will to survive of John ';Liver-Eating' Johnson.