True Crime Books

An indispensable introduction to the darker side of life, revealing the often strange and grisly stories behind the world's most infamous murderers, swindlers and crooks. 100 Most Infamous Criminals is an astounding compendium of crimes and their perpetrators. Here you will find the stories of some of history's most notorious criminals, the lives they led, the crimes they committed and the destruction and sorrow they left in their wake. This collection includes such notorious villains as Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy and others. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781398803527 • Author: Jo Durden Smith • Publisher:  Arcturus • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  208 • Dimensions: 23.5 x 1.8 x 15.3 cm

Check out this terrifying True Crime Stories book by Al Cimino! Learn more about the world's most monstrous murderers...  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781398827769 • Author:  Al Cimino • Publisher:  Arcturus Publishing Ltd • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  96 • Dimensions:  23.4  x 1.6 x 15.3 cm

History's greatest unexplained events revealed... Learn more about paranormal events with Leo Moynihan's incredible book! Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781802420920 • Author: Leo Moynihan • Publisher: New Burlington • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 160 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.2 cm

A gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny, charting his rise from spy to tsar, exposing the events that led to his invasion of Ukraine and his assault on Europe. In Killer in the Kremlin, award-winning journalist John Sweeney takes readers from the heart of Putin's Russia to the killing fields of Chechnya, to the embattled cities of an invaded Ukraine. In a disturbing exposé of Putin's sinister ambition, Sweeney draws on thirty years of his own reporting - from the Moscow apartment bombings to the atrocities committed by the Russian Army in Chechnya, to the annexation of Crimea and a confrontation with Putin over the shooting down of flight MH17 - to understand the true extent of Putin's long war. Drawing on eyewitness accounts and compelling testimony from those who have suffered at Putin's hand, we see the heroism of the Russian opposition, the bravery of the Ukrainian resistance, and the brutality with which the Kremlin responds to such acts of defiance, assassinating or locking away its critics, and stopping at nothing to achieve its imperialist aims. In the midst of one of the darkest acts of aggression in modern history - Russia's invasion of Ukraine - this book shines a light on Putin's rule and poses urgent questions about how the world must respond.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781804991206 • Author:  John Sweeney • Publisher:  Penguin • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  352 • Dimensions:  12.7 x 2.1 x 19.8 cm

Investigate 27 spine-chilling murder cases in the recent history of true crime… How murders are solved and the perpetrators brought to justice proves endlessly fascinating as we try to understand why people commit the ultimate taboo. Cases include: The St. Valentines Day Massacre, Death on the staircase – the demise of Kathleen Peterson, The faked suicide of actor/director Adrienne Shelly, Oscar Pistorius – from sporting icon to murderer. What motivated them to kill? Investigate the theories surrounding each case, media commentary and follow the trials. Look at forensic evidence and find out how the case was solved… Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781802420609 • Author:  Sam Pilger • Publisher:  Bright Press • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  176 • Dimensions:  23 x 17 x 1.2 cm

This highly revelatory book, based on original research and completely new analysis, presents a compelling new suspect as the most notorious serial killer of all time: Jack the Ripper. Using a different analytical approach, for the first time, Sarah Bax Horton identifies a named perpetrator as Jack the Ripper by linking eye-witness accounts of the killer’s distinctive physical characteristics to his official medical records. It argues that his broken left arm, which left him unable to work in early 1888, was one of his triggers to kill as part of a serious physical and mental decline caused by severe epilepsy. This new perpetrator fits the profile as stated by the police of the day: a local man of low class of whom they became aware after the final murder, when they launched an unsuccessful surveillance operation against him. As has never been done before, the author – an experienced former government researcher with specific expertise in research and analysis – formulates a complete analysis of the killer and his methodology, including how he accosted his victims, where he took them to their deaths, his unique modus operandi of a blitz-style attack, and how he escaped from each crime scene without detection. Each of the six murders – from Martha Tabram to Marie Kelly – is discussed and reconstructed as perpetrated by this man, with his escalating violence clearly demonstrated.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781789295160 • Author: Sarah Bax Horton • Publisher:  Michael O'Mara • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  304 • Dimensions:  15.3 x 2.66 x 23.4 cm

Murder – the ultimate crime, and one that we have a macabre fascination with. The Murder Files takes a look at some of history’s most disturbing and horrific murders and explores the details which have gripped and disgusted in equal measure. Discover terrifying tales of gruesome murders including: Jack the Ripper’s reign of terror in Victorian London, O.J Simpson’s trial for the murder of his ex-wife and more. Each compelling case is explored with a concise account of what happened, including key facts about the victims and their killers. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781802420395 • Author: Sam Pilger • Publisher: Quarto Publishing • Format: Paperback

Hidden among us live some of the most depraved and dangerous individuals one could ever imagine. Their enthusiasm for killing knows no bounds and their violent rampages often consume many victims before they are finally brought to justice. In Monsters Who Murder, crime writer Al Cimino explores the twisted motivations and horrifying crimes of some of the most evil men and women that have walked the earth. Find out more about Keith Hunter Jesperson, who drew smiley faces on his letters to the authorities as he boasted of his atrocious crimes, and Jeffrey Dahmer, the 'Milwaukee Monster' who dismembered his victims and kept a fridge full of body parts. Alongside Charles Albright, who removed the eyes from dolls and photographs before attempting the same surgery on his unfortunate victims, Joseph James DeAngelo, the rapist-murderer 'Golden State Killer' who evaded detection until a DNA match was found on an open-access genealogy website and many more. Featuring chilling black and white photographs, this gripping account is a must-read for true crime enthusiasts who want insight into the dark side of the human psyche.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781398828841 • Author: Al Cimino • Publisher:  Arcturus • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  256 • Dimensions:  3 x 15.3 x 23.4 cm

The Crime Files takes a look at some of history's most disturbing crime cases! Discover terrifying crimes! Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781802420937 • Author: Sam Pilger • Publisher: Quarto Publishing • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  160 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.2 cm

Enter the mind of John Wayne Gacy, the real-life 'Killer Clown', often said to be the inspiration for Stephen King's evil Pennywise in It. Gacy lured victims to his home with the promise of work or a warm bed and then duped them into putting on handcuffs, claiming he wanted to show them a magic trick. He would then rape and torture his victims before killing them by suffocating or strangling them. Twenty-six were buried in the crawl space beneath his home; others were buried elsewhere on his property, while a handful were dumped in the Des Plaines River. Gacy was executed for his crimes in 1994, but many questions remain unanswered. How many victims were there? Did Gacy act alone? And what drove John Wayne Gacy to murder? What caused the seemingly normal Gacy to sexually assault, torture and murder at least thirty-three young men and boys? Drawing on his many years' experience investigating and interviewing perpetrators of terrible crimes, Hunter seeks to understand what drove Gacy to unleash a reign of terror in suburban Chicago.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781802470765 • Author: Brad Hunter • Publisher:  Ad Lib Publishers • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  240 • Dimensions:  12.7 x 1.52 x 19.69 cm

How does it feel to be betrayed by your closest friend? A close friend who turns out to be the most prolific grifter in New York City... This is the true story of Anna Delvey (real name Anna Sorokin), the fake heiress whose dizzying deceit and elaborate con-artistry deceived the Soho hipster scene before her ruse was finally and dramatically exposed. After meeting through mutual friends, the 'Russian heiress' Anna Delvey and Rachel DeLoache Williams soon became inseparable. Theirs was an intoxicating world of endless excess: high dining, personal trainer sessions, a luxury holiday... and Anna footed almost every bill. But after Anna's debit card was declined in a Moroccan medina whilst on holiday in a five-star luxury resort, Rachel began to suspect that her increasingly mysterious friend was not all she seemed. This is the incredible story of how Anna Sorokin conned the high-rollers of the NYC social scene and convinced her close friend of an entirely concocted fantasy, the product of falsified bank documents, bad cheques and carefully edited online photos. Written by Rachel DeLoache Williams, the Vanity Fair photography editor who believed Anna's lies before helping the police to track her down (fittingly, deciphering Anna's location using Instagram), this is Catch Me If You Can with Instagram filters. Between Anna, Fyre Festival's Billy McFarland (Anna even tried to scam Billy) and Elizabeth Holmes, whose start-up app duped the high and mighty of Silicon Valley, this is the year of the scammer.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781787478305 • Author:  Rachel DeLoache Williams  • Publisher:  Quercus • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  304 • Dimensions: 19.2 x 2 x 12.8 cm