True crime

The tragic death of 13-year-old Danny Croteau in 1972 faded from headlines and memories for 20 years until the Boston abuse scandal--a string of assaults within the Catholic Church--exploded in the early 2000s.

Frank and Jesse James, the infamous brothers from Missouri, rode with marauding Confederate guerrillas during the Civil War.

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Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Katherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly--the five known victims of Jack the Ripper--are among the most written-about women in history.

From the files of Scotland Yard's "e;Black Museum"e; (open only to police officers) come true crime stories of some of the most infamous murder cases of the 19th and 20th centuries--the Lambeth Poisoner, "e;baby farmer"e; Amelia Elizabeth Dyer, the Gentleman Vampire of Bournemouth, the Brides in the Bath Murders, the Rillington Place murders and many others.

Florence Maybrick was the first American woman to be sentenced to death in England--for murdering her husband, a crime she almost certainly did not commit.

"e;You are about to enter a world of drug smuggling, drug greed, and drug murder.

Indiana State Police Captain Matt Leach led the hunt for John Dillinger during the violent early 1930s.

Why do Americans alternately celebrate and condemn gangsters, outlaws and corrupt politicians?

After high school graduation, Seely is forced to move out on her own.

Andra Reynolds was Claus von Bulows mistress from 1982 to 1987, and she helped him successfully appeal his conviction of attempted murder, for which he had been sentenced to thirty-two years in prison.

As Judge Robert Clive Jones enters the courtroom, plaintiff Frank Romano takes a deep breath.

Of the thousands of stolen vehicles each year, many are stolen along the Mexican and U.

A Deadly Silence tells a true story set in Annandale, an exclusive Pasadena neighborhood overlooking the Rose Bowlan unlikely backdrop for a triple homicide.

This book is a masterpiece.

Detectives and CSI crews may work for weeks, months, sometimes years searching and piecing together forensic evidence to find the vital clues in solving a crime.

Can a naive southern girl and single mother of three sons thrive in the glamorous world of the rich and famous?

Shakespeare had extraordinary intelligence, unheard-of powers of observation and interpretation, a soaring imagination, a way with words that defies description, and a defining interest in the theater.

Shakespeare had extraordinary intelligence, unheard-of powers of observation and interpretation, a soaring imagination, a way with words that defies description, and a defining interest in the theater.

Shakespeare had extraordinary intelligence, unheard-of powers of observation and interpretation, a soaring imagination, a way with words that defies description, and a defining interest in the theater.

Twenty-three-year-old Brooke Taylor is still trying to come up with her own definition of normal.

This is not fiction.

If youve ever wanted to get inside the mind of a police officer, then this candid book written by a former Chicago cop will take you there.

Three days before Christmas in 1831, Frankie Silver killed her husband, Charles Silver, with an axe and burned his body in the fireplace.

On May 5, 1993, second-graders Christopher Byers, Stevie Branch, and Michael Moore disappeared from their West Memphis, Arkansas, homes.

On 3 August 2012, as London was gripped by the Olympics, Tia Sharp, a 12-year old schoolgirl, was reported missing from her grandmother's home in New Addington, south London.

'THRILLING' Paula Hawkins'COMPULSIVE' The Times'SEARING' Brit Bennett'DEVASTATING' Observer'UNFORGETTABLE' Ashley Audrain'BRILLIANT' Chris WhitakerAnsel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours.

'A book that reaches so deeply into the human experience that to read it is to be forever changed'ELIZABETH DAYOne night in October 2015, twenty-year-old Morgan Hehir went out with friends and never came home.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWNDiamond thief, guerrilla fighter, spy, decorated hero, bohemian rogue and lover of several notorious women - all describe Major Harry Larkyns.

A Sunday Times top-five bestseller'This is a remarkable book .

Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time.

There is a deadly code of conduct that operates beyond the boundaries of the everyday.

Joaquín Ferrándiz era un buen hijo, un empleado sin tacha y un amigo en el que confiar.

A true crime account of the life, trial, death, and aftermath of Britain's first female serial killer.

Martin Baggoley was born in Eccles .

Maiming, brutal murders, crimes of passion, suicides and executions; Chesterfield has all these and more in 'Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Chesterfield'.

Martin Baggoley was born in Eccles .

Being a copper at the yard was definitely an exciting time for the author, John Woodhouse, but it did take it's toll on social and family life.

Whilst the passage of time can and has uncovered many secrets, killers could get away with their crimes in 1596 when Shakespeare penned these words and this is certainly the case in more recent times as Unsolved Murders in South Yorkshire clearly demonstrate.

Willem Holleeder is one of the most notorious criminals in contemporary history.

If you're lost she'll find youBut who will save her?

WHY BE YOURSELF WHEN YOU CAN BE PERFECT?

The Boy They Tried to Hide is the startling, true account about a troubled young boy who disappears into the woods by his house.

'Bizarre, dramatic, often funny and never less than compelling' Irish IndependentPeter Daly was nineteen when he left Donegal, bound for America.

'Luke Waters had more than 20 years on the job.

When Natascha Kampusch made her bid for freedom on 23 August 2006 after eight years held captive in a seemingly ordinary Austrian suburban house, her story horrified and astonished the entire world.

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2023'Wendy Joseph's gripping account of the law at work reads like a cliffhanger.

Shortlisted for the Book of the Year and Audiobook of the Year at the 2023 True Crime AwardsStreet kid turned undercover cop.

From the hit TV series come two true-crime stories where the bonds of matrimony and love can tear you brutally apartTILL MURDER DO US PART(with Andrew Bourelle)Kathi Spiars can't believe she's found such a good man to marry as Steven Marcum.

The killing took place outside a busy coffee bar in Naples in broad daylight.