True Crime

This is not your ordinary true crime book, filled with pictures of mutilated victims or an encyclopedia of the worlds most notorious serial killers. In this book you will be able to better understand why evil exists and why we have serial killers walking...

"T.J. English has the mastered the hybrid narrative art form of social history and underworld thriller. The Savage City is a truly gripping read filled with unexpected twists and turns."--Douglas Brinkley, author of The Great DelugeIn The Savage City, T.J. English, author of the...

Twelve extraordinary tales of crime and punishment: a collection of true crime writing by New Zealand's award-winning master of non-fiction. A court is a chamber of questions. Who, when, why, what happened and exactly how - these are issues of psychology and the soul,...

"Criminal identification by means of fingerprints is one of the most potent factors in obtaining the apprehension of fugitives who might otherwise escape arrest and continue their criminal activities indefinitely." -J. Edgar Hoover, Introduction, The Science of FingerprintsThe Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses...

CONTENTS Introduction The Identification Division of the FBI Types of Patterns and Their Interpretation Questionable Patterns The Classification Formula and Extensions Classification of Scarred Patterns-Amputation-Missing at Birth Filing Sequence Searching and Referencing How To Take Inked Fingerprints Problems in the Taking of Inked Fingerprints...

Discover the science of forensics through Agatha Christie's novels in the ultimate true crime investigationAgatha Christie is the bestselling novelist of all time, and nearly every story she ever wrote involves one--or, more commonly, several--dead bodies. And the cause of death, the motives behind...

The true story of how one dedicated forensic scientist restored the long-lost identities of the teenaged victims of the "Candy Man," one of America's most prolific serial killers "A masterwork of crime writing . . . Lise Olsen has taken a fifty-year-old story and...

A riveting true story of industrial espionage in which a Chinese-born scientist is pursued by the U.S. government for trying to steal trade secrets, by a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction. In September 2011, sheriff's deputies in Iowa encountered three ethnic Chinese...

Find out about one of the most heinous serial killers in the USA's history, his way of operating, murders and what happened to him afterward. Randy Steven Kraft, a Southern California man who appeared to be a normal computer programmer, spent his evenings seeking...

In the course of thirteen days in January 1999, four commercial clam boats sank in horrifying succession while working the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, taking the lives of ten men. Husbands, fathers, loners, and drug users, each man was lured to the nation's...

Robert Shapiro's account of the O.J. Simpson trial.Author: Robert L. ShapiroPublisher: Graymalkin MediaPublished: 05/17/2016Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.30dISBN: 9781631680755

In the 1980s and 1990s, forty-nine women in the Seattle area were brutally murdered, their bodies dumped along the Green River and Pacific Highway South in Washington State. Despite an exhaustive investigation--even serial killer Ted Bundy was consulted to assist with psychological profiling--the sadistic...

Author: Monica KingPublisher: Strategic Book PublishingPublished: 10/28/2012Pages: 158Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.53lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37dISBN: 9781609764517This title is not returnable

Espionage fact and fiction collide in this thrilling anthology, where you'll find some of the greatest spy stories ever written alongside genuine agent reports and instructions that changed the course of history.Author: Michael SmithPublisher: Biteback PublishingPublished: 10/01/2019Pages: 384Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.00w...

How did a serial killer from the 19th century almost get away with murder? At the end of the 19th century, Martha Needle became known as 'The Black Widow' of the Richmond poisoning case after secretly poisoning her husband and children. The Black Widow...

The world's great powers have waged discreet war in London's streets. This conflict has played out across the city, often in plain sight, in leafy parks, tube stations, office blocks, bars and even chain restaurants. The Secret City charts locations where the course of...

A Telegraph Book to Read for Autumn 2022 A Times Best Non-fiction Book for Autumn 2022 A Daily Mail Book of the Year 2022 A Waterstones Best Book of 2022: Biography The astonishing new portrait of the master of spy fiction, by the woman...

Marty Goddard dreamed up a new crime-solving tool--a kit that could help rape survivors fight for justice. This thrilling investigation tells the story of the troubled, heroic woman who kicked off a feminist revolution in forensics, and then vanished into obscurity. In 1972, Martha...

Murder by poison alarmed, enthralled, and in many ways encapsulated the Victorian age. Linda Stratmann's dark and splendid social history reveals the nineteenth century as a gruesome battleground where poisoners went head-to-head with authorities who strove to detect poisons, control their availability, and bring...

"An unusual and thoughtfully detailed perspective... the timing of horror stories and the hazy eerie nature of a nightmare." Kirkus Reviews ***** (5 star) Amazon reviews. "You feel like are there during the investigation. Great book "... "Fantastic..." "Wow..." Shortly after Bundy was executed...