The President and the Assassin
For the fans of The War Lovers and The Imperial Cruise comes a new book on the assassination of President William McKinley and a pivotal, dramatic period of upheaval in American history. A SWEEPING TALE OF TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY AMERICA AND THE IRRESISTIBLE FORCES THAT BROUGHT TWO MEN TOGETHER ONE FATEFUL DAY In 1901, as America tallied its gains from a period...Paperback$7000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksThe Man from the Train
An Edgar Award finalist for Best Fact Crime, this “impressive…open-eyed investigative inquiry wrapped within a cultural history of rural America” (The Wall Street Journal) shows legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applying his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old mystery surrounding one of the deadliest serial killers in American history. Between 1898 and 1912, families across the country...Hardback$5400Elsewhere:$5899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Killer Book of Serial Killers
The Killer Book of Serial Killers presents the stories and trivia that cover notorious killers such as John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, the BTK Killer, Jack the Ripper, and the Green River Killer. It also explores serial killers from around the world and much more. This engaging format has been incredibly successful with bathroom readers, selling millions of copies. Now,...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Falcon Thief
A “well-written, engaging detective story” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about a rogue who trades in rare birds and their eggs—and the wildlife detective determined to stop him. On May 3, 2010, an Irish national named Jeffrey Lendrum was apprehended at Britain’s Birmingham International Airport with a suspicious parcel strapped to his stomach. Inside were fourteen rare peregrine falcon eggs snatched...Paperback$5600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksThe Butcher
9 July 1990: the DEA makes the gruesome discovery of nine bodies, dismembered, stuffed into cheap suitcases and buried in a secluded bird sanctuary near Gravesend, Brooklyn. It was Tommy Pitera's personal cemetery. When John Gotti put out a contract on informer Willie Boy Johnson, Pitera took it—he shot him fourteen times in broad daylight outside his home. Pitera not...Paperback$2800Elsewhere:$3100Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayThe Adventurer's Son
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Destined to become an adventure classic." —Anchorage Daily News Hailed as "gripping" (New York Times) and "beautiful" (Washington Post), The Adventurer’s Son is Roman Dial’s extraordinary and widely acclaimed account of his two-year quest to unravel the mystery of his son’s disappearance in the jungles of Costa Rica. In the predawn hours of July 10, 2014, the twenty-seven-year-old...Paperback$5600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksTalking With Serial Killers: World's Most Evil
Christopher Berry-Dee is back. In Talking With Serial Killers: World's Most Evil, the bestselling author delves deeper still into the gloomy underworld of killers and their crimes. He examines, with shocking detail and clarity, the lives and lies of people who have killed, and shines a light on the motives behind their horrific crimes. Through interviews with the killers, the...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksSlenderman
A devastating and gripping account of an internet meme, two twelve-year-old girls, and a brutal stabbing. 'A compelling yet harrowing read' Daily Mail 'One of the best true crime books of the year' CrimeReads The 2014 Slenderman stabbings in Wisconsin, USA, shocked the local community and the world. The violence of Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weiser, the two twelve-year-old girls...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksNo Angel: My Undercover Journey to the Dark Heart of the Hells Angels
Would you go to the gates of Hell for your job? American Federal Agent Jay 'Bird' Dobyns did. For nearly two years, Dobyns infiltrated the world's most notorious biker gang - the Hells Angels. An undercover agent for the US government, Bird left his family behind and immersed himself in the Angels' seductive web of organised crime, violence, and brotherhood....Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksMurder in Mississippi
'Say, John Safran,' he says. 'Yes?' I say. 'I can get you killed from right behind this door, man. Real talk.' 'You can get me killed from behind your door?' 'Real talk,' he says. 'I can get your ass killed from behind this door, if you playin'.' The internationally acclaimed true-crime story you have to read to believe. Taking us...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksManson in His Own Words
We called him a devil and quarantined him behind such labels as 'the most dangerous man alive.' But Charles Manson remains a shocking reminder of our own humanity gone awry. This astonishing book lays bare the life and the mind of a man whose acts left us horrified. His story provides an enormous amount of information about his life and...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksHelltown
The untold true story of the serial killer who terrorised Cape Cod and captivated a nation. Before Charles Manson, there was Tony Costa—the serial killer of Cape Cod. 1969—The hippie scene is vibrant in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Long-haired teenagers roam the streets, strumming guitars and preaching about peace and love... and Tony Costa is at the centre of it all. To...Hardback$7000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksGhosts of Honolulu
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account." — Publishers Weekly A U.S. naval counterintelligence officer working to safeguard Pearl Harbor; a Japanese spy ordered to Hawaii to gather information on the American fleet. On December 7, 1941, their hidden stories are exposed by a morning of bloodshed that would change the world forever. Scrutinizing...Hardback$4300Elsewhere:$4700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksDeliberate Cruelty
This glittering, “wild romp of a story, boldly and beautifully told” (Neal Thompson, author of The First Kennedys) explores the intertwined fates of literary icon Truman Capote and infamous socialite Ann Woodward—featured in the hit TV series Feud: Truman Capote vs. The Swans—sweeping us to the upper echelons of Manhattan’s high society, where falls from grace are all the more...Paperback$5400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksCults
Mystery. Manipulation. Murder. Cults are associated with all of these. But what really goes on inside them? More specifically, what goes on inside the minds of cult leaders and the people who join them? Based on the hit podcast Cults, this is essential reading for any true crime fan. Cults prey on the very attributes that make us human: our...Hardback$5400Elsewhere:$5899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksConan Doyle for the Defence
Just before Christmas 1908, Marion Gilchrist, a wealthy 82-year-old spinster, was found bludgeoned to death in her Glasgow home. A valuable diamond brooch was missing, and police soon fastened on a suspect - Oscar Slater, a Jewish immigrant who was rumoured to have a disreputable character. Slater had an alibi, but was nonetheless convicted and sentenced to death, later commuted...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBlood on Their Hands
The highly anticipated inside look at the collapse of the Murdaugh dynasty by the celebrated investigative journalist and creator of the #1 hit Murdaugh Murders Podcast, Mandy Matney. Years before the name Alex Murdaugh was splashed across every major media outlet in America, local South Carolina journalist Mandy Matney had an instinct that something wasn’t right in the Lowcountry. The...Hardback$5900Elsewhere:$6500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA Thread of Violence
In 1982, Malcolm Macarthur, the wealthy heir to a small estate, found himself suddenly without money. The solution, he decided, was to rob a bank. To do this, he would need a gun and a car. In the process of procuring them, he killed two people, and the circumstances of his eventual arrest in the apartment of Ireland's Attorney General...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Sleep of Reason
Friday, 12th February, 1993. Two outwardly unremarkable ten-year-old boys began the day by playing truant and ended it running an errand for the local video shop. In between, they abducted and killed a two-year-old boy, James Bulger. In search of an explanation, award-winning journalist David James Smith looks behind the misinformation, misunderstanding, and sensational reporting to present an exact account...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksShallow Graves
The murder of Sarah Payne, Adam the Thames Torso, the London bombings, the Night Stalker, and the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko... The solving of all these cases can be linked to one man: Ray Fysh, a beer-swigging Charlton Athletic fan from Woolwich, a natural raconteur, and also one of the finest forensic detectives the country has ever seen. Ray began...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksLying for Money
Financial crime seems horribly complicated, but there are only so many ways you can con someone out of what's theirs. In fact, there are four. A veteran regulatory economist and market analyst, Dan Davies has years of experience picking the bones out of some of the most famous frauds of the modern age. Now he reveals the big picture that...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksHomicide
A masterpiece - Martin Amis The best book about homicide detectives by an American writer - Norman Mailer Based on a year on the killing streets of Baltimore, David Simon's true crime masterpiece reveals a city few will ever experience. Day in, day out, citizens are shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the centre of this hurricane of crime...Paperback$3699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBeyond Evil - Inside the Twisted Mind of Ian Huntley
On a summer evening in 2002, ten-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman took a break from playing video games and left the house to go to buy some sweets, but they never came home. For weeks after they were declared missing, an image of these smiling young girls dressed in their matching Manchester United kit, taken just a couple of...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA Very Expensive Poison
1 November 2006. Alexander Litvinenko is brazenly poisoned in central London. Twenty-two days later he dies, killed from the inside. The poison? Polonium; a rare, lethal, and highly radioactive substance. His crime? He had made some powerful enemies in Russia. Based on the best part of a decade's reporting, as well as extensive interviews with those closest to the events...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$3699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAnother Day in the Death of America
Saturday, November 23rd, 2013. It was just another day in America; an unremarkable Saturday on which ten children and teens were killed by gunfire. The youngest was nine; the oldest was nineteen. White, Black, and Latino, they fell in suburbs, hamlets, and ghettos. None made the national news. There was no outrage about their passing. It was just another day...Paperback$3000Elsewhere:$3299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Widow of Walcha
The Widow of Walcha is a shocking true story about death, love and lies in the small NSW town of Walcha. Shortlisted, 2023 Danger Awards, Nonfiction category All farmer Mathew Dunbar ever wanted was to find love and have a family of his own. That’s why, just months after meeting Natasha Darcy, the much-loved grazier didn’t hesitate to sign over...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Murder of Allison Baden-Clay
It began with a phone call to Brisbane police on 20 April 2012. Allison, wife of real estate agent Gerard Baden-Clay, was missing. When investigating officers arrived at the family home, in one of the city's wealthiest suburbs, a neatly dressed Gerard had been getting the couple's three daughters ready for school. Scratches on his face were shaving cuts, he...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Missing Cryptoqueen
The inside story of the biggest business scam of the 21st century, and the hunt for the woman who got away with it. An astonishing read, plunging you into a toxic world of Insta-wealth, betrayal and ruthless ambition... A con that made Theranos look like small fry - The Telegraph The largest financial scam ever - Fortune The story of...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$3700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe January 6 Report
The instant #1 New York Times bestseller. The official report and findings of the bipartisan Congressional investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and Donald Trump’s related coup conspiracies to overthrow the election, with an original foreword by attorney and Emmy-winning MSNBC anchor Ari Melber. This edition includes an exclusive breakdown of the coup conspiracy, based on Melber’s...Paperback$5600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksThe Gotti Wars
“Riveting…an electrifying true crime story of the Mafia-smitten eighties and nineties. Suspenseful and multifaceted, The Gotti Wars can’t be missed.” — Esquire, The Best Nonfiction Books of the Year A “meticulous chronicle of good triumphing over evil” (The Washington Post) from the determined young prosecutor who, in two of America’s most celebrated trials, managed to convict famed mob boss John...Paperback$3300Elsewhere:$3599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksOn the Trail of the Serpent
Now the subject of a major BBC TV drama, this is the only full-length study of Charles Sobhraj—one of the world's greatest conmen, and notorious serial killers. NOW THE SUBJECT OF A MAJOR TV SERIES DISCOVER THE INCREDIBLE TRUE CRIME STORY OF SERIAL KILLER, CHARLES SOBHRAJ, AND THE RACE TO BRING HIM TO JUSTICE Charles Sobhraj remains one of the...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksWhen a Killer Calls
From John Douglas—the legendary FBI criminal profiler, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the Netflix show Mindhunter—comes a chilling journey inside the mind and crimes of Larry Gene Bell, one of the most dangerous serial killers Douglas confronted, and the desperate effort to identify and catch him. On May 31, 1985, two days before her high school...Paperback$3000Elsewhere:$3299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Tall Man
The Tall Man is the story of Palm Island, the tropical paradise where one morning Cameron Doomadgee swore at a policeman and forty minutes later lay dead in a watch-house cell. It is the story of that policeman, the tall, enigmatic Christopher Hurley, who chose to work in some of the toughest and wildest places in Australia, and of the...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Red Parts
The genre-defying, thought-stirring memoir about America's obsession with violence, from the critically acclaimed author of The Argonauts. Selected as a Book of the Year 2017 in the Guardian. Maggie Nelson's short, singular books feel pretty light in the hand... But in the head and the heart, they seem unfathomably vast, their cleverness and odd beauty lingering on — Observer In...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Last Book On The Left
An equal parts haunting and hilarious deep-dive review of history's most notorious and cold-blooded serial killers, from the creators of the award-winning Last Podcast on the Left. Since its first show in 2010, The Last Podcast on the Left has barreled headlong into all things horror, as hosts Henry Zebrowski, Ben Kissel, and Marcus Parks cover subjects spanning Jeffrey Dahmer,...Hardback$5400Elsewhere:$6000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Barn
How forces from around the world converged on the Mississippi Delta to cause one of the most notorious murders in US history. Emmett Till's murder is one of the most infamous in American history; a moment that, more than any other, awakened the world to the racism of the Deep South. Yet despite growing up just a few miles from...Hardback$5400Elsewhere:$6000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Arsonist
On the day that became known as Black Saturday, one man deliberately lit two fires near the small town of Churchill, Gippsland, then sat on the roof of his house and watched the flames. The Arsonist, by the acclaimed author of The Tall Man, is the story of that man, the fire he lit, and the people who were killed....Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksMortal Danger
The thirteenth entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from the “prolific and talented” (Publishers Weekly) Ann Rule focuses on crime victims who had no idea they were in life-threatening danger, often from the very people they trusted the most. In this collection’s featured case, a family man dedicated to naturopathic healing embarks on a passionate affair with...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksJourney Into Darkness
The chilling sequel to the book that inspired the smash-hit Netflix drama, MINDHUNTER. The shocking follow-up to Mindhunter, now a smash-hit Netflix drama John Douglas is the world's top pioneer and expert on criminal profiling. His lifelong work to understand and combat serial killers is legendary among law enforcement circles. Now, following up on his first book, Mindhunter, Journey Into...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksHitler's Horses
How the Indiana Jones of the art world took on neo-Nazis and the criminal underworld to solve the mystery of Hitler's favourite statue. The true story of a detective, two bronze horses and the dictator who set the world on fire. When detective Arthur Brand is summoned to a meeting with one of the most dangerous men in the art...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA Taste for Poison
Indecently entertaining. A Daily Mail Book of the Week An Amazon US Best Book of 2022 'A fascinating tale of poisons and poisonous deeds which both educates and entertains.' — Kathy Reichs As any reader of murder mysteries can tell you, poison is one of the most enduring — and popular — weapons of choice for a scheming murderer. It...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA Beautiful Child
A Beautiful Child is the inspiration for the Netflix documentary Girl in the Picture. Sharon Marshall was a brilliant and beautiful student whose future was filled with promise—until her murderous, fugitive father drew her into a lifetime of deception that became one of the most baffling cases in the annals of American true crime. A student at Forest Park High...Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksTokyo Vice
Now a hit HBO Max TV series starring Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe & Rachel Keller. From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police Press Club, here is a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up. At the age of nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of...Paperback$4100Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Snow Girl
A gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller from the internationally bestselling phenomenon and inspiration behind the global no. 1 Netflix show. The Snow Girl poses the haunting question: Where is Kiera Templeton? Aaron and Grace Templeton will never forget the 1998 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade—the day their daughter Kiera got lost in the crowd. Investigative journalist Miren Triggs has spent years trying to...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Road to Jonestown
2018 Edgar Award Finalist—Best Fact Crime “A thoroughly readable, thoroughly chilling account of a brilliant con man and his all-too vulnerable prey” (The Boston Globe)—the definitive story of preacher Jim Jones, who was responsible for the Jonestown Massacre, the largest murder-suicide in American history, by the New York Times bestselling author of Manson. In the 1950s, a young Indianapolis minister...Paperback$5900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksThe Innocent Man
Murder and injustice in a Small Town NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES A gripping true-crime story of a shocking miscarriage of justice, from international bestselling thriller author John Grisham. In the baseball draft of 1971, Ron Williamson was the first player chosen from Oklahoma. Signing with Oakland, he said goodbye to his small home town and left for California to...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksGreen River, Running Red
Green River, Running Red is a provocative and eye-opening classic of investigative journalism by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and "America’s best true-crime writer" (Kirkus Reviews), Ann Rule. This book explores the nearly twenty-year-long search for America’s most prolific and horrifying serial killer. In 1982, the body of Wendy Coffield is discovered floating near the sandy shore of...Paperback$6100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksFinding Me
The number one international bestseller. The first book to tell what really happened in the so-called house of horrors. Documentary now available on Netflix! In 2002 Michelle Knight was kidnapped by a Cleveland bus driver named Ariel Castro. For over a decade, she endured unimaginable torture at the hands of her abductor. In 2003 Amanda Berry joined her in captivity,...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksChase Darkness with Me
True crime capers from the journalist turned cold case investigator who helped write the #1 New York Times bestselling true crime story, I'll Be Gone in the Dark. Have you ever wanted to solve a murder? Gather the clues the police overlooked? Put together the pieces? Identify the suspect? Journalist Billy Jensen spent fifteen years investigating unsolved murders, fighting for...Hardback$5000Elsewhere:$5500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAmerican Kingpin
The thrilling inside story of the rise and fall of Ross Ulbricht, the founder of The Silk Road. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The unbelievable true story of the man now pardoned by President Trump. In 2011, a twenty-six-year-old programmer named Ross Ulbricht launched the ultimate free market—The Silk Road, a clandestine website hosted on the Dark Web where anyone...Paperback$2800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksCultish
The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power. What makes “cults” so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many of us binge Manson documentaries by the dozen and...Hardback$7400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksOliver Twist
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Oliver Twist 'Please, sir, I want some more.' An orphan boy of seemingly no consequence goes on an adventure that will change his life forever. Fleeing a cruel workhouse, Oliver finds himself taken under the wing of the Artful Dodger and caught up with a group of pickpockets...Paperback$1099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksChase Darkness with Me
The New York Times bestselling true-crime hit! Journalist Billy Jensen spent fifteen years investigating unsolved murders, fighting for the families of victims. Every story he wrote had one thing in common—they didn't have an ending. The killer was still out there. But after the sudden death of a friend, crime writer and author of I'll Be Gone in the Dark,...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$3700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksWhat Really Happens in Vegas
The notorious city as you've never seen it before. This non-fiction title featuring original interviews gets to the heart and soul of this desert metropolis - as well as its seedy underbelly. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas - until now. Whether you're a Vegas regular or have only heard the city's tales through whispers, this book will surprise...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Last Days of John Lennon
The Last Days of John Lennon is the story of John Lennon's life and career, from his earliest days up to his shocking assassination. 'Incredibly tense and thriller-like . . . I totally recommend it' LEE CHILD 'The dialogue is punchy, cinematic . . . we get inside the mind of Patterson's villain, the delusional Chapman, through periodic chapters from...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Consultant
Turns out everyone can use a friendly neighbourhood gangster in their life now and again. Jay Malkoun isn't the type of man who lets a little thing like being blown up slow him down. In March 2019, after his morning gym session, a car bomb detonated the Mercedes Jay was sat in. It was an explosion heard around the world,...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Cocaine Diaries
A shocking expose of drugs, riots, rape, kidnap and murder 'It won't happen to me. That's what I thought when I got on the plane to Venezuela. But it did - I got caught.' Caught smuggling half a million euros' worth of cocaine, Paul Keany was sexually assaulted by Venezuelan anti-drugs officers before being sentenced to eight years in the...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksMadeleine
Madeleine is Kate McCann's personal account of the disappearance and continuing search for her daughter, revised and updated for this edition. 'The decision to publish this book has been very difficult, and taken with heavy hearts... My reason for writing it is simple - to give an account of the truth... Writing this memoir has entailed recording some very personal,...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBlack Tunnel, White Magic
This is a book that is surely about killers, but they don't take the spotlight. That belongs to the detectives who work the case, whose eyes are not jaundiced and who steadily, methodically close in. In them, you find humanity and hope in a city where killers are often kings. — Michael Connelly 'A great true-crime story and a great...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Executioner's Song
The Executioner's Song is a Pulitzer Prize-winning account of murderer Gary Gilmore's desire to die. In the summer of 1976, Gilmore robbed two men and then shot them in cold blood. No one had been executed in America for ten years, but Gilmore, rather than have his sentence commuted to life imprisonment, wanted to die. His ensuing battle with the...Paperback$3500Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid NovemberThe Sleep Room
'A gripping medical biography that encompasses sex, drugs, brainwashing, intelligence operations, murder and several scandals' – Frank Tallis, author of Mortal Secrets: Freud, Vienna and the Discovery of the Modern Mind 'A devastating account of the effects one unchecked psychiatrist had on vulnerable mental patients.' – Lisa Appignanesi, author of Mad, Bad and Sad: A History of Women and the...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Bureau
Lorraine would say afterwards that she was smitten straight off with Paddy Farrell. You could tell that he was occupying the room in a different way; he found the spaces that fitted him. She was the kind of girl the papers called vivacious, always a bit of dazzle to her. Could she not see there was death about him? Could...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA Canoe Before the Wind
An extraordinary memoir of an immigrant son's story of a better future. In 1962, a Samoan family journeyed to New Zealand—a country immigrants once called 'the land of milk and honey'—in search of a better life. Instead, their eldest son, Vitale, arrived in an era of dawn raids by police and immigration officials, and faced endless racism and bullying at...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksIn Cold Blood
New edition of the Penguin Essential of the book that made Truman Capote's name. 'Dick became convinced that Perry was that rarity, "a natural killer" - absolutely sane, but conscienceless, and capable of dealing, with or without motive, the coldest-blooded deathblows.' On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, a wealthy farmer, his wife and their two...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Heist
One Friday evening in October 1984, a security truck pulled into the car park of the Foodtown supermarket in the Auckland suburb of Birkenhead. It had already made a few stops at other supermarkets that day, so there was plenty of cash on board. A few minutes later, as the security guards emerged from the supermarket carrying the day's takings,...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 weekTracers in the Dark
From the award-winning author of Sandworm comes the propulsive story of a new breed of investigators who have cracked the Bitcoin blockchain, exposing once-anonymous realms of money, drugs, and violence. "I love the book… It reads like a thriller… These stories are amazing.” (Michael Lewis) Over the last decade, a single innovation has massively fuelled digital black markets: cryptocurrency. Crime...Paperback$5400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksMad on Meth
Why cook at home when you can order in? Only 50 years ago, pure methamphetamine was legally prescribed in New Zealand to anyone looking for a boost. But it wasn't long before P was rebranded as the most dangerous and destructive drug in the world - and New Zealanders were cemented as among its biggest users. With dry wit and...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips early DecemberRogues
From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, comes twelve enthralling stories of skulduggery and intrigue by one of the most decorated journalists of our time. Patrick Radden Keefe's work has been recognised by prizes ranging from the National Magazine Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in the US to the...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Stranger Beside Me
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule is a gripping true crime masterpiece that delves deep into the chilling double life of one of America’s most infamous serial killers, Ted Bundy. This riveting account offers an unparalleled insight into the mind and actions of a seemingly charming man whose sinister deeds shocked the world. Ann Rule, a seasoned true crime...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt delves into the fascinating, complex world of Savannah, Georgia, a city steeped in history and southern charm. The book is a masterful blend of true-crime investigation and vivid travelogue, offering readers an unparalleled look at the quirky, colourful characters that inhabit this storied city. The narrative starts with the...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksCatch and Kill
In Catch and Kill, Ronan Farrow embarks on a perilous journey that begins with a routine television investigation but quickly spirals into an explosive revelation. Farrow uncovers a chilling story involving one of Hollywood’s most influential producers, a man whose predatory actions have long been veiled by a cloak of power, affluence, and systematic silence. As he inches closer to...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksUnmasking Monsters
Unmasking Monsters by Chook Henwood is a gripping memoir that offers readers a raw and authentic insight into the life of one of New Zealand's legendary detectives. Set against the backdrop of 1980s South Auckland, the book dives into the harrowing story of a serial rapist dubbed "The Ghost" by the police, who seemed to strike with impunity, leaving the...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksCult Following
Bexy Cameron grew up in the notorious Children of God cult, where the concept of family means something very different to what we are all used to. One of 12 children, her parents were the face of the cult in the UK, and through occasional glimpses of the world outside, she held on to a spark of resilience and resistance...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksUnderground
Underground by Haruki Murakami delves into the harrowing depths of one of Japan's most traumatic events: the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack that occurred on March 20, 1995. In this meticulously researched and profoundly moving work, Murakami steps away from his usual fiction to offer a compelling and intimate examination of the tragic event, methodically recounting it through the eyes...Paperback$2699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Seven Ages of Death
Forensic pathologist and bestselling author of Unnatural Causes, Dr Richard Shepherd, brings his unparalleled honesty and insight to a new book about life and death. Through 24 intriguing, never-before-told cases, Britain's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd, takes us on a journey through life in death. From old to young, murder to misadventure, and from illness to accidental death, each...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksHelter Skelter
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