True stories: general

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

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In July 1943 the scorched and bloody body of multi-millionaire businessman, Sir Harry Oakes, was found in a partly burned bed in his home in the Bahamas.

Dorothea Gray Johanson Montalvo Puente was a female serial killer, an extremely rare phenomenon in the annals of American crime.

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.

Soldier Magazine's Book of the MonthFascinating.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The Nazis spared their lives because they were twins.

***'If you only read one book about the Falklands make sure it's this one.

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.

Exquisite and sumptuous, immaculately tailored, dignified and, above all, practical.

15 beautiful embroidery projects from the era of Jane Austen.

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.

Aged thirteen, Martha is rescued by the courts from the clutches of her evil stepfather, Jackser, and her feckless mother, Sally.

In the spring of 1892, Frank G.

Lance Corporal Martyn Compton's life was changed beyond recognition when he was blown up in a Taliban ambush that killed three of his colleagues.

This is an incredibly moving account of tragedy and its aftermath, as told by Gill Hicks, survivor of the London bombings in July 2005.

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.

"e;Self-published in 1918, The Mother of the Hoboes is an extremely rare book about the life of train vagabonds culled from the personal experiences of A-No.

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.

"e;This is the second book in the famous hobo series by A No.

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.

This title is firmly established as the most authoritative and sought-after guide to New Zealand wines.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAROn 1 April 2011, rower and adventurer Sarah Outen set off in her kayak from Tower Bridge for France.

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.

'It wasn't only Britain's biggest heist, it became the bloodiest' Mail on SundayThe inside story of the 20th century's most lucrative armed robbery.