True stories: general

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.

The first of John Master's evocative memoirs about life in the Gurkhas in India on the cusp of WWIIJohn Masters was a soldier before he became a bestselling novelist.

The second part of the bestselling novelist's dramatic autobiography about his time in the Gurkhas during the second world warThis is the second part of John Masters' autobiography: how he fought with his Gurkha regiment during World War II until his promotion to command one of the Chindit columns behind enemy lines in Burma.

'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.

The vivid account of how a brilliant plan turned into an epic tragedy - made into the BAFTA award-winning film A BRIDGE TOO FAR'Alive with the detail that evokes the smoking background' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Finely recorded.

'Describing narrow squeaks and terrible deprivations, Harris's unflowery account of fortitude and resilience in Spain still bristles with a freshness and an invigorating spikiness' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY'A most vivid record of the war in Spain and Portugal against Napoleon' MAIL ON SUNDAYBenjamin Harris was a young shepherd from Dorset who joined the army in 1802 and later joined the dashing 95th Rifles.

'In a later age he would have become a successful war correspondent .

Reissued for the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflictThe most in-depth and powerful account yet published of the first crucial clash of the Falklands war - told from both sides.

AS SEEN ON BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERSMontgomery, Alabama.

Never heard before real stories of soldiers who fought in WW2 'Extraordinary .

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.

The groundbreaking story of the BBC's first Black woman broadcaster - finally brought to light.

"e;Price not only rises above the hurt and hate, she uses her hard-won insights to shine a light for others.

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

'Just amazing and inspirational' Jeremy VineCan you imagine being trapped inside your own body?

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.

'Woodward's story is one of the most important of recent years.

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

Every year, more than 40,000 people climb Mount Kilimanjaro.

'A grisly treat' Financial Times'These mysteries are all the creepier for being true' TatlerBASED ON THE 'WORLD'S SPOOKIEST PODCAST' OF THE SAME NAME COMES UNEXPLAINED: A BOOK OF TEN REAL-LIFE MYSTERIES WHICH MIGHT BE BEST LEFT UNEXPLAINED .

A touching and warm-hearted memoir of a young health visitor in postwar England, for fans of Call the Midwife and The Language of Kindness.

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

'A shaggy dog story with a lovely happy ending' - BBC Breakfast on ArthurTHE SEQUEL TO THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ARTHURArthur and Friends is the continued adventures of Arthur, the plucky, scruffy stray dog from Ecuador who followed his owner Mikael through the jungle to find his forever home.

Jacques Peretti's mother Alina escaped death at Auschwitz as a young teenager, and rarely spoke of the horrors she experienced there.

'An incredibly personal story .

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

My Life in His Paws is the story of the amazing dog who gave back someone's freedom and confidence.

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

If it ever falls to you, my reader (though God forbid!

IN THE BEGINNING goes back to the poet's life before her arrest, interweaving her experiences of growing up in Odessa with those of her childhood friend and future husband Igor Geraschenko.

'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.

'Giles Milton is a man who can take an event from history and make it come alive .

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Make Your Bed: ten lessons on overcoming barriers, building confidence and finding new inspiration and motivation.

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.

SAS trooper and trainee pilot Jamie Hull was flying solo when his aircraft caught fire.

*THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*Four Hundred Souls is an epoch-defining history of African America, the first to appear in a generation, told by ninety leading Black voices -- co-curated by Ibram X.