True Crime

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...

Pegasus is almost certainly the most powerful piece of spyware ever developed. Installed by as little as a missed WhatsApp call, once on your phone it can record your calls, copy your messages, steal your photos, and secretly film you. Those that control it can find out your daily movements: exactly where you've been, and who you've met. From a...

Science is a force for good in the world—at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the better of scientists, they twist a noble pursuit into something sinister. Under this spell, knowledge isn't everything, it's the only thing—no matter the cost. Bestselling author Sam Kean tells the true story of what happens when unfettered ambition pushes otherwise rational men and...

From the acclaimed author of Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters comes Sons of Cain, an in-depth exploration of sexual serial killers throughout human history. Peter Vronsky takes readers on a harrowing journey, tracing the evolution of these ominous figures from prehistoric times to our modern era, and examining why humanity remains both horrified and fascinated by their...

The doorbell rings in the middle of the night with no one there. The shower turns on by itself. So does the radio. Some rooms always stay colder than others, no matter how high the heating is turned up. Maybe it’s all down to an overactive imagination or settling into an unfamiliar house. But what would you do if you...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Art of the Con and The Rembrandt Heist comes the chilling and in-depth story behind the disappearance of Ana Walshe. On New Year’s Eve, 2022, Ana Walshe, a beautiful and successful young immigrant and mother of three, enjoyed a quiet but happy evening at home with her husband and their closest...

A series of violent and calculated murders, perpetrated across a six-day period in the heart of wartime London. A city plunged into utter darkness for fourteen hours at a time. An erratic and desperately charming RAF man with an overactive imagination and a penchant for lying. A tense and furious geopolitical background as the world reels from the effects of...

An explosive, inside account of the mysterious attacks on diplomats and spies around the world via an unseen, highly specialised weapon that has left dozens of victims with life-altering injuries, and the CIA's attempt to cover it up—with startling new evidence from an award-winning 60 Minutes team. For nearly a decade, diplomats, spies, and soldiers around the world have reported...

Based on extensive research and first-hand reporting, this gripping true crime investigation explores the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the arrest of Luigi Mangione, and the public reaction that turned the case into a global media phenomenon. The Inside Story of the Luigi Mangione Case On the 4th of December 2024, a healthcare executive was shot dead in...

For 150 years the Sicilian mafia, Cosa Nostra, exercised control through ruthless and systematic extortion and murder. It once seemed invincible. Now, thanks to the heroic sacrifice of police and public prosecutors, the most fearsome mafia bosses are dead or behind bars. This should be a success story. But the death of the mafia is no fairy tale... In Twilight...

The identity of Jack the Ripper is the most infamous mystery of the Victorian era. Montague Druitt was the original police suspect, but we have never had the full story before, and endless speculation has ensued in later books and documentaries. But it was him, after all: the toff in a top hat. Jack the Oxonian. The Victorian equivalent of...

The Pies beat the Saints and the city of Melbourne was still cloaked in black and white crepe paper when the rumour of a pack rape by celebrating footballers began to surface... And so, as police were confiscating bedsheets from a townhouse in South Melbourne, the trial by media began. What does a young footballer do to cut loose? At...

She protected her family from what she saw. She could not protect herself from what she carried home. On her second shift as a twenty-two-year-old police officer, Christine Odell watched a man with most of his face missing walk towards her. It was the beginning of a career spent inside the places most people could not bear to enter. Across...

Mowed them down wholesale! With these words, a judge summed up the last great punitive massacre of Aboriginal people in Australia. Coniston, Central Australia, 1928: the murder of an itinerant prospector at this isolated station by local Warlpiri triggered a series of police-led expeditions that ranged over vast areas for two months, as the hunting parties shot down victims by...

In Crossing the Rubicon, a three-year project, George Christie uses the metaphor of "crossing the Rubicon" to describe personal journeys and irreversible decisions. The book covers a variety of topics related to the outlaw motorcycle club culture, including: His complex relationship with the late Sonny Barger, the long-time public face of the Hells Angels; the escalating "war" between the Mongols...

This is a chronicle of 30 notorious New England murder cases spanning from the 1800s to 2000, from well-known cases that shocked the country to lesser-known cases that petrified the small towns they were committed in. At one point in the 1970s, there were so many murders in one small Connecticut county that a New York newspaper openly asked if...

Deadly Desserts is the incredible but true story of Nannie Doss—the most prolific female serial killer in history. Over a twenty-year period beginning in the 1930s, she murdered husbands, lovers, and family members throughout the country—as well as countless other innocent individuals—with rat poison baked into her delicious desserts. A Baptist pastor’s wife and grandmother in a small rural town...

In August 9-10, 1969, ex-convict, musician, and charismatic leader Charles Manson ordered members of his countercultural “family” to kill some of Hollywood's wealthy, white, “beautiful people.” He also told them to leave clues that would implicate black radicals, in hopes of thereby triggering an apocalyptic race war. Rather than a race war, however, the violence only unleashed terror. Once “the...

The Penguin Book of Cults offers a chilling documentary history of the most notorious cults over the past two thousand years. From the Celtic druids, whose ritual sacrifices inspired the folk horror film The Wicker Man, all the way up to the Peoples Temple and Heaven's Gate. The word "cult" conjures images of people in thrall to a charismatic leader...

The Idaho Murders by James Patterson, a Sunday Times bestselling true crime account, offers unprecedented insight into the 2022 Idaho murders and the subsequent arrest of Bryan Kohberger. "A disturbing, necessary portrait of a killer and his victims... a mesmerizing read and a great detective story, yet sadly all true." THE GUARDIAN On 13th November 2022, in the small quiet...

No bond is more sacred than that between a mother and child. And no one is more sympathetic than a mother whose child faces a life-threatening illness. But what if the mother is the cause of the illness? What if the sympathy is the point? Munchausen by proxy (MBP) has fascinated and horrified both professionals and the general public since...

Dubious ninja training. A scam religion. Swords, guns and homemade bombs. Extortion gone wrong. All cooked up in a cosy lounge room over a nice cuppa in Australia's least-likely-to-succeed capital, Hobart. Criminally Bad is journalist and comedian Claire Sullivan's deep dive into the jaw-dropping true story of a cult-ish ninja crime gang that self-imploded in 1990s Tassie. Drawing on old...

What’s it really like to be related to a murderer? Beyond the shock value of crime dramas and documentaries, there are real people who know this painful reality, yet their voices often go unheard. What if the son you took to Little League grew up to kill your grandchildren? What if your Nana who served you cookies also served time...

One woman’s explosive true story about her romance with President John F. Kennedy, her role as his liaison to the criminal underworld, and the terrible aftermath that followed. A Dangerous Beauty reveals the harrowing story of the woman at the centre of one of America’s greatest political scandals. In 1960, Hollywood socialite Judith Campbell Exner was introduced to Senator John...

A pacy legal thriller, packed with a colourful cast of characters – Telegraph One winter afternoon in 2003, art critic Richard Dorment answered a telephone call from Joe Simon, an American film producer and art collector, ringing at the suggestion of his neighbour, David Hockney. The Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board had declared the two Warhols in Simon's collection to...

Can you catch a killer or find a missing person? Australia is 'the lucky country'. But not for everyone. Unsolved Australia: Lost Boys, Gone Girls tells thirteen stories of people whose luck ran out in the most mysterious of circumstances. It's a journalistic deep-dive into Australia's dark heart by one of Australia's premier true crime writers, Justine Ford, the acclaimed...

Australia's most baffling homicides and mysterious missing persons' cases are uniquely explored in this stunning true-crime book where you, the reader, are invited to play armchair detective. Featuring 18 infamous cases, Unsolved Australia unearths a host of jaw-dropping new evidence via in-depth interviews with police, families, and criminals. Along the way, you'll meet the 'Unsolved Squad'—the humble heroes and dedicated...

Fast-paced and eye-opening, Undercover Copper is an exciting account of life as a covert investigator by Danni Brooke. For over a decade, Danni Brooke was one of the most effective female undercover cops in the UK, one of a very small number of women in the Met's elite unit. She was so successful at taking down criminals she was seconded...

Across the world, HSBC likes to sell itself as the world's local bank, the friendly face of corporate and personal finance. And yet, a decade ago, the same bank was hit with a record US fine of $1.9 billion for facilitating money laundering for 'drug kingpins and rogue nations'. In pursuit of their goal of becoming the biggest bank in...

The thrilling memoir of Special Operations Group bomb squad veteran John Taylor. The Special Operations Group are Australia's most elite policing unit. They are who we turn to in times of crisis: shoot-outs, armed robberies, terrorism. And when the threat gets explosive, enter the Bomb Response Unit. John 'JT' Taylor has seen it all, from backyard blow-ups to the largest...

A scrupulous piece of reporting, necessary, timely and very sobering — John Le Carré A Sunday Times Best Book of 2018 Agent. Prisoner. Target. Who is Sergei Skripal? 4 March 2018, Salisbury, England. A man and his daughter are found slumped on a bench, poisoned by the deadly nerve agent Novichok. He was a Russian national that became a MI6...

The bestselling non-fiction book from the definitive writer on Ireland's tumultuous past. A gruesome investigation into one of Britain's most brutal and horrifying murder cases, perpetuated by the infamous serial killers Murphy's gang. The bestselling investigation of one of Northern Ireland's most brutal and infamous murder cases. 'Makes for gripping but altogether terrifying reading' Washington Times 'Dillon is recommended reading...

Scattered across the world, an elite team of code-cracking techies is working tirelessly on your behalf to thwart the most notorious cyber scourge of our time. You've probably never heard of them. But if you work for a school, a business, a hospital, or a municipal government, especially if its cybersecurity is imperfect, chances are that you're painfully familiar with...

Scattered across the world, an elite team of code crackers is working tirelessly to thwart the defining cyber scourge of our time. You've probably never heard of them. But if you work for a school, a business, a hospital, or a municipal government, or simply cherish your digital data, you may be painfully familiar with the team's sworn enemy: ransomware....

True crime monsters, historic jerks, and Earth's lowest of the low get their due. There's no rest for the wicked! Darkly hilarious and deeply satisfying, The People You Meet in Hell takes comedy roasts to a whole new subterranean level. This definitive guide to humanity's most despicable individuals tempers their gasp-worthy true crimes with mockery and a big pinch of...

Caesar's back ... and this time Death rides with him. It's 2015. Legendary enforcer Caesar Campbell has been shot again. As the original Bandido wavers between life and death, he uses what may be his last gasps to reflect on four extraordinary decades in the Australian Badlands. The Outlaw and the Hitman is a brutal yet compelling descent into the...

On December 30th, 1970, at the age of 38, former heavyweight champion Sonny Liston died from what Las Vegas police suspected was a heroin overdose. When police arrived, they found a one-ounce balloon on Sonny's nightstand, but the coroner quickly labelled Sonny's passing as death by natural causes. To this day, Liston's death hovers over Las Vegas and the sports...

Soon to be a major Netflix movie starring Chris Evans and Emily Blunt "A pacey crime caper set against the backdrop of the opioid crisis... When I tell you that reading The Hard Sell is like watching a Scorsese film, you will assume I am exaggerating. Pick it up and tell me I'm wrong." - Patrick Radden Keefe, author of...

As seen on Foxtel's Logie winning The Good Cop and Channel 7's Homicide with Ron Iddles. 'A - Assume nothing. B - Believe nothing. C - Check everything.' - Ron Iddles In an incredible twenty-five year career as a homicide detective, Ron Iddles' conviction rate was 99%. Yet that only partly explains why Iddles is known to cops and crims...

Welcome to Eldey, an island with deadly secrets. Mona: a carefree artist, staying at the Cloister to work on her illustrations. Beth: the harried mother of a toddler, on the remote Welsh island for a weekend with her family. Charlotte: a reluctant stepmother who wanted a romantic getaway with her husband. One of them is a serial killer who poisoned...

Maud West ran her detective agency in London for more than thirty years, having started sleuthing on behalf of society's finest in 1905. Her exploits grabbed headlines throughout the world but, beneath the public persona, she was forced to hide vital aspects of her own identity in order to thrive in a class-obsessed and male-dominated world. And—as Susannah Stapleton reveals—she...

'I couldn't stop reading it. Susannah Stapleton writes with beautiful clarity and has produced a classic of true crime' - Lissa Evans, author of Small Bomb at Dimperley A gripping, explosive murder mystery by acclaimed true crime writer Susannah Stapleton. In April 1929, the body of British artist Olive Branson was found submerged in a water tank outside her farmhouse...

A darkly funny, harrowing and heartbreaking look at the reality of prison life, with first-hand accounts from men who found themselves on the wrong side of the cell doors. Neil 'Sam' Samworth spent eleven years as a prison officer at HMP Manchester, better known as Strangeways. He has seen it all: from notorious criminals, dangerous gangsters and repeat offenders to...

From the internationally bestselling author of Hotel Kerobokan and co-author of Schapelle Corby's autobiography, this is the incredible inside account of Bali's hidden drug world. "A unique, uncensored insight into a hidden world." — The Chronicle It's snowing in Bali. Among Bali's drug dealers, it's the code for a huge cocaine shipment having just landed. For the men who run...

From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, 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 Orwell...

Reasonable Doubt by Dr Xanthé Mallett examines the good, bad and downright rotten parts of Australia's criminal justice system. With her clear-eyed logic and objectivity, this compelling book identifies reasonable doubts which must keep prosecutors and defence lawyers awake at night. — Hedley Thomas, host of the Teacher's Pet podcast We all put our faith in the criminal justice system....

Now a major film streaming on NETFLIX 'I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. A tour de force.' - Patrick Radden Keefe, award-winning author of Empire of Pain 'Everyone should read this book' - Sheelagh Kolhatkar, author of Black Edge John Kapoor had already made a small fortune in pharmaceuticals when he developed a highly potent fentanyl-based painkiller that was...

From the acclaimed author of true crime bestsellers Hotel Kerobokan and Snowing in Bali: Kathryn Bonella. Sex. Drugs. Danger. Death. This is the adrenaline-pumping, true crime story of the world's most audacious drug runners and the true life police hunt, Operation Playboy, to track them down. These drug-running criminals travel the globe: they ski in Europe, surf in Bali, hook...

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...

John Silvester has been reporting on crime from the cop stations, courthouses, back alleys and gangster mansions of Melbourne for forty years. His contact book is a who's who of both sides of criminal justice and the shadowy worlds between. He is the trusted confidant of cops, criminals, lawyers and judges. He knows where the cash is stashed and where...

Nurses and neighbours, partners and parents – all murderers who shocked Australia with the severity of their crimes. But what makes them tick? Society couple Michael O'Neill and Stuart Rattle had it all – their lavish country property, their interior design business – until Michael bludgeoned Stuart to death with a cooking pan. Akon Guode intentionally drove into a lake,...

. . . one of the most compelling storytellers in Australian journalism Australian Media Hall of Fame Journalist and podcaster Andrew Rule brings us eighteen Australian crime stories that have fuelled fears, fired outrage, and broken hearts and dreams. Among them are events so infamous that a word or phrase propels us back to a time and place. The disappearance...

The Townhouse Bar, midtown, July 1992: The piano player seems to know every song ever written, the crowd belts out the lyrics to their favourites, and a man standing nearby is drinking a Scotch and water. The man strikes the piano player as forgettable. He looks bland and inconspicuous. Not at all what you think a serial killer looks like....

Nick Stapleton is an actor, TV presenter, and expert on scams and fraud defence, working on the BBC’s award-winning Scam Interceptors. He also hosts a scam clinic on Morning Live, and writes for the Daily Mail, Saga, and the BBC. He has 20k Instagram followers.

So shocking it wasn't originally published - available for the first time in the UK. Filthy Rich is the definitive account of how Jeffrey Epstein used money, power and privilege to abuse girls and evade justice for years. The book behind the headlines. The story the powerful hoped would disappear. Written by the world's bestselling storyteller James Patterson, this is...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DANGER AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NON-FICTION 2025 Silvester is the doyen of Australian true crime. No one else comes close. – Nick McKenzie From madmen to matriarchs, stooges to heroes, eye-watering bungles to sweet justice — strap yourself in for a masterclass in storytelling from Australia's most formidable crime reporter. True crime icon John Silvester has been...

From the disappearance of the Beaumont children to the abduction of William Tyrrell to the double murder of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and her daughter Khandalyce, Xanthé is determined to expose the truth to maximise dignity for both deceased victims and those left behind. Xanthé talks to experts to uncover the how's and why's of tragic murders and haunting disappearances. Along the...

Broken Lives by Estelle Blackburn chronicles the chilling story of Eric Edgar Cooke, the last man to be executed in Western Australia. Between 1958 and his capture in September 1963, Cooke committed a series of 22 murders and attempted murders that transformed Perth from a friendly big country town into a city overshadowed by suspicion and fear. Cooke's dangerous fantasies...

Updated with the latest twists in this notorious true-crime saga, Babes in the Wood by Graham Bartlett with Peter James is both a gripping police procedural and an insight into the motivations of a truly evil man - Russell Bishop. It is the definitive account of a thirty-two year quest for justice. On 9 October 1986, nine-year-olds Nicola Fellows and...

They call her the gangbuster. The police force can be a tough place for a woman, but Detective Superintendent Deborah Wallace rose to the top with grace, humour and an iconic sense of style. In her incredible 36-year career with NSW Police, Wallace took on murderers and drug suppliers, and dismantled the state's most nefarious gangs. Tenacious, perceptive and sharp,...

Since its first publication in 2000, Australia's Serial Killers has become a true crime classic. This edition is fully updated, bringing all the cases covered up to the minute. A recognised authority on Australia's most notorious criminals, Paul B. Kidd covers in unwavering detail 33 true stories of serial murder. In this gallery of infamy are world-renowned killers - the...

The instant Sunday Times bestselling hardback - By the author of The Five, the acclaimed historical true-crime exploration of how a group of extraordinary women brought infamous wife-murderer Dr Crippen to justice. 'Terrific' - Ian Rankin The instant Sunday Times Bestseller by the award-winning author of The Five In this gripping examination of one of the most infamous murders of...

A landmark new book on the story of crime, and its contribution to the evolution of society, by the acclaimed historian Mark Galeotti, perfect for fans of Sapiens. Crime doesn't just pay, it tells. What we choose to ban, penalise or prosecute says something about us; and how far the mobsters and mafias are still able to ply their trades...

For the first time, Lisa Pratta shares her story of going undercover as a whistleblower at a Big Pharma company and standing up to systemic corruption, greed, and harassment—all while caring for her special needs son as a single mother. When Lisa Pratta started her career as a pharmaceutical sales representative, she had no idea of the industry’s depravity, and...

Forget what you think you know about the Winter Hill Gang; this is the ruthless truth of the Boston underworld and its most ominous figure — his tragic origins, unsolved murders, and his daughter who broke the silence around him. In 2020, author Springs Toledo set out to find a ghost in the Boston underworld whose name can end a...

When Laurel entered her father’s strip club at nine years old, she was dazzled by the kaleidoscope of lights, the shimmering silver of the disco ball. After an injury, Laurel’s father, Michael Woods, left the California Highway Patrol and took up a new career in high-profile adult entertainment, opening the Jet Strip Club and building a successful business with his...

NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES STARRING UZO ADUBA AND MATTHEW BRODERICK 'This is the book that started it all. Barry Meier is a heroic reporter and Pain Killer is a muckraking classic' — Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain Every catastrophe has a beginning. For the opioid crisis in America, the seed was a drug called OxyContin. First...

An incredible tale. – The Daily Mail Prolific armed robber. Close ally of Joey Pyle. Friend and fellow inmate of the Kray twins. Last man to stand trial with a Kray brother. First prisoner in the notorious Belmarsh Unit … Welcome to Ronnie Field's world. There was a code. It's not there now. The public weren't in general danger from...

Few gain entry to the privileged world of ultrafine wines, where billionaires flock to exclusive auction houses to vie for the scarce surviving bottles from truly legendary years. But Rudy Kurniawan, an unknown twentysomething from Indonesia, was blessed with two gifts that opened doors: a virtuoso palate for wine tasting, and access to a seemingly limitless (if mysterious) supply of...

In 2002, Rudy Kurniawan, an unknown twentysomething, burst into the privileged world of ultrafine wines. Blessed with a virtuoso palate, and with a seemingly limitless supply of coveted bottles, Kurniawan quickly became the leading purveyor of rare wines to the American elite. But in April 2008, at a New York auction house, dozens of Kurniawan's trophy bottles were abruptly pulled...

Get the full story in O.J. Simpsons own words! On July 31, 2007 Federal Court Judge A. Jay Cristol awarded the Goldman family the rights toIf I Did It.Thus began one of the strangest odysseys in publishing history. The book, called one of the most chilling things I have ever read by Barbara Walters, skyrocketed up bestseller lists across the...

A self-proclaimed vampire. His harem of "witches." And the small-town murder that shocked America. When twenty-four-year-old Sydney Loofe disappeared after a Tinder date, the quiet town of Wilber, Nebraska was stunned. Days later, her dismembered body was found scattered across nearby fields—and the horrifying truth began to emerge. Sydney hadn't just met the wrong man. She had crossed paths with...

Unravelling the greatest mystery of Myanmar by uncovering evidence through time and place. Who Killed the King of Bagan? tells the story of Bagan (and thus the founding of Myanmar) through the device of a murder mystery. Bagan's most important king was Anawrahta. According to the Myanmarese chronicles, he died under suspicious circumstances, and contemporary Burmese writers surmise he was...

The enthralling insight of We Are Bellingcat meets the human drama and compassion of The Devil You Know: this is the true story of those who go missing, and the people who dedicate their lives to finding out what happened. "The heart and soul of what it means to be human. Heart-rending but utterly uplifting" - PROFESSOR LADY SUE BLACK...

This collection of 50 scary but true stories features paranormal activity, abductions, alien encounters, true crime, and other strange and horrifying mysteries from internet true crime sensation Sebastian Krahl! Terrifying true tales to keep you up at night—from TikTok sensation Sebastian Krahl. This deeply horrifying collection of 50 chilling stories is not for the faint of heart. Collected and told...

New York Times Bestseller! Inside the Murdaugh Murder Mystery: Housekeeper Blanca Reveals Her Emotional Journey and Stunning Theories - Unraveling Bombshells That May Tilt Your Perception! Within the House of Murdaugh: Amid a Unique Friendship, Blanca and Maggie is much more than a sensational true crime tale. It's a gripping narrative from a unique perspective. Blanca, who was deeply entwined...

Discover the Dark Secrets of the 500 Serial Killers Encyclopedia! Looking for unique gifts for women and men who have everything? Dive into the 500 Serial Killers Encyclopedia—a chilling compilation that delves into the minds of history's most infamous criminals. Intriguing Insight: Explore detailed profiles of 500 notorious killers, revealing their chilling motives and methods. Captivating Stories: Each entry is...

This is not a novel. This book, like the other eight books of the WARDEN FORCE series, is a collection of short stories, all true, documenting the fascinating and often harrowing experiences of real game wardens pursuing armed violators in wild and remote places. TV shows such as WILD JUSTICE (National Geographic), NORTH WOODS LAW (Animal Planet) and LONE STAR...

A collection of 12 award-winning short stories concerning the true adventures of Game Wardens and the wildlife-destroying outlaws they pursue. Delta Ghosts - A team of wardens ambush outlaw gillnetters at Grizzly Bay, in the same Delta waters patrolled 80 years earlier by Fish Patrol Warden and famous writer, Taylor London. Smooth Operator - Wardens stalk a cagy and arrogant...