Mark Bowden

Killing Pablo is a masterful work of investigative journalism by acclaimed author Mark Bowden. This meticulously researched book unveils the bloody ascent and dramatic downfall of Pablo Escobar, the notorious leader of the Medellín cocaine cartel. Bowden plunges readers into the treacherous world of Escobar, capturing the essence of a man who once held an entire nation in fear. Under...

Sandtown is one of the deadliest neighbourhoods in the world; it earned Baltimore its nickname Bodymore, Murderland, and was made notorious by The Wire. Drug deals dominate street corners and ruthless, casual violence abounds. Montana Barronette grew up in the centre of it all. The leader of the gang 'Trained to Go,' or TTG, when he was finally arrested, he...

By January 1968, the fighting in Vietnam seemed to be at a stalemate. Yet General William Westmoreland, commander of American forces, announced a new phase of the war in which 'the end begins to come into view.' The North Vietnamese had different ideas. In mid-1967, the leadership in Hanoi had started planning an offensive intended to win the war in...

On March 29, 1975, sisters Kate and Sheila Lyon, aged ten and twelve, disappeared during a trip to a shopping mall in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Three days later, eighteen-year-old Lloyd Welch visited the Montgomery County Police headquarters with a tip: he had seen the Lyon girls at the mall that day and had watched them climb into a...