True stories: general

Eavesdropping on Evil details the police hunt for their two colleagues' killers and the emotion-charged courtroom drama of the two accused.

For 132 years the ghastly and horrific murders committed in London's East End by the infamous 'Jack the Ripper' have gripped and baffled the world.

For 132 years the ghastly and horrific murders committed in London's East End by the infamous 'Jack the Ripper' have gripped and baffled the world.

It is little known today that, in January 1939, the IRA launched a bombing campaign, codenamed The S - or Sabotage - Plan on mainland England.

It is little known today that, in January 1939, the IRA launched a bombing campaign, codenamed The S - or Sabotage - Plan on mainland England.

The disappearance of two boys during the summer of 1483 has never been satisfactorily explained.

A new investigation into the most infamous crime of the Middle Ages: the supposed murders of Edward V and his brother Richard of York in the 15th century.

Contains stories of just a few of the outlaws that terrorized the West in its formative years.

This true crime history of the American Frontier separates fact from fiction with in-depth profiles of thirty-eight career criminals and infamous outlaw gangs.

Without doubt it was one of the toughest jobs.

True stories of sheriffs, marshals, rangers, and others in frontier law enforcement who fought to bring order to the lawless West-includes photos.

A history of juvenile crime, punishment, and reform in England in the years before, during, and after the era of Charles Dickens.

In the late 1960s the Richardson Torture Gang and the Kray Twins were removed from the London scene by ACC Gerry McArthur and DS Nipper Read respectively.

Most people think they know the story of the Gunpowder Plot, and of how a bloody catastrophe was averted at the eleventh hour when Guy Fawkes was caught lurking in the shadows beneath the Houses of Parliament.

There is an ancient and quite baseless myth that the use of torture has never been legal in Britain.

There is an ancient and quite baseless myth that the use of torture has never been legal in Britain.

“A book that looks deeply into the lives of some of the convicts who were sentenced in court to be transported to Botany Bay.

On 12 April 1919, the Paris police arrested a bald, short, 50-year-old swindler at his apartment near the Gare du Nord, acting on a lead from a humble housemaid.

A fascinating historical survey of the world's most infamous outlaws.

Stephen Wynn's The Blackout Ripper is the true story of a serial killer who stalked London during World War II.

Stephen Wynn's The Blackout Ripper is the true story of a serial killer who stalked London during World War II.

Ian Brown spent almost thirty years in the police force, rising through the ranks to work on some of the best-known crimes of the twentieth century.

The Somerset town of Frome might top national polls as a great place to live and enjoy a reputation as the epitome of cool, with Hollywood A-listers regularly spotted on its street and global rock-stars playing its venues, but the place hasnt always been so chic and behind this modern-day faade lies a more sinister and foul past; full of murder, kidnapping, rioting, witchcraft and rebellion, among the other nefarious activities that have taken place over the centuries in the town and surrounding areas.

Death on the Victorian Beat is the first book dedicated solely to the murders of police officers in the Victorian era, recalling numerous cases from across the United Kingdom.

As long ago as the twelfth century, St Oswalds Priory at Nostell, near Pontefract, was home to canons of the order of St Augustine, and until it was dissolved during the reign of Henry VIII it was one of the wealthiest priories in the country.

**Now a major film, starring Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Penelope Wilson, Johnny Flynn and Jason Isaacs**A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB SELECTIONA SUNDAY TIMES NO.

'Magnificent.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA DAGGER IN TRANSLATION'Disturbing and powerful I loved it' - Le la Slimani, author of Lullaby'Icy and chilling.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA DAGGER IN TRANSLATION'Disturbing and powerful I loved it' - Le la Slimani, author of Lullaby'Icy and chilling.

FROM BRITAIN'S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER'A wonderful book' HILARY MANTEL'Gothic, dark and scandalous' SUNDAY TIMESSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTIONIt is 1938.

'Basu's account of how Arthur Conan Doyle set about trying to get a pardon for Edalji is in itself a fine piece of detective work.

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A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'The powerful story of a woman who was ahead of her time' Mishal Husain, presenter at BBC News'Terrific and necessary' Sonia Faleiro'This book is brilliant and terrifying' Meena Kandasamy_________________________ A beautiful woman in winged eyeliner and a low-cut top lies on a bed urging her favourite cricketer to win the next match.

*NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CAREY MULLIGAN AND ZOE KAZAN*'Explosive' Margaret Atwood'Seismic' Observer'Brilliant' Nigella Lawson'Gripping' Jon RonsonA FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, DAILY TELEGRAPH, METRO AND ELLE BOOK OF THE YEAROn 5 October 2017, the New York Times published an article by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey that helped change the world.

'I read this in one sitting.

'Victor Gregg is the most remarkable spokesman for the war generation' Dan Snow 'A classic' Mail on Sunday'Astonishing' James Holland Born in 1919, Victor Gregg enlisted in the Rifle Brigade aged just eighteen and began a life of adventure.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD'What a ride!

Winner of the Stonewall Young Adult Literature AwardOne teenager in a skirt.

This fascinating book looks at the phenomenon of murder and poisoning in the nineteenth century.

This fascinating book looks at the phenomenon of murder and poisoning in the nineteenth century.

This book offers the first in-depth study of one of the most gripping trials of inter-war Britain, that of farmer's wife Beatrice Pace for the arsenic murder of her husband.