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From the chilling In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, to Robert Sabbag's cocaine classic Snowblind via John Dickie's wonderful study of the Mafia, Cosa Nostra, here you’ll find our most popular true crime classics and the most chilling new real-life crime stories. Enjoy your reading and remember, don't have nightmares.

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Our Best True Crime Books

The Pembrokeshire Murders
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The Pembrokeshire Murders
Steve Wilkins
£8.99
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Fake Law
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Fake Law
The Secret Barrister
£20.00   £10.00
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The Secret Barrister
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The Secret Barrister
The Secret Barrister
£9.99   £7.99
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The Five
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The Five
Hallie Rubenhold
£9.99   £7.99
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Court Number One
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Court Number One
Thomas Grant
£10.99   £8.99
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Wicked Beyond Belief
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Wicked Beyond Belief
Michael Bilton
£12.99
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Killing For Company
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Killing For Company
Brian Masters
£8.99
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When the Dogs Don't Bark
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When the Dogs Don't Bark
Professor Angela Gallop
£9.99   £7.99
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Murder Maps
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Murder Maps
Drew Gray
£25.00
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Mindhunter
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Mindhunter
John Douglas
£9.99
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara
£9.99
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Talking with Serial Killers
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Talking with Serial Killers
Christopher Berry-Dee
£8.99
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Forensics
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Forensics
Val McDermid
£9.99
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The Killer Across the Table
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The Killer Across the Table
John E. Douglas
£9.99
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Catch and Kill
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Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow
£9.99   £8.99
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Murder Maps
Murder Maps
Drew Gray
£25.00
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An exhaustive, sumptuously presented guide to some of the nineteenth-century’s most iconic slaughters, Murder Maps delineates not just the cartographic angle to the crimes but also details developments in police methods and scientific and technological breakthroughs.
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Our Best New True Crime Hardbacks

The Last Days of John Lennon
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The Last Days of John Lennon
James Patterson
£20.00
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Fake Law
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Fake Law
The Secret Barrister
£20.00   £10.00
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We Own This City
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We Own This City
Justin Fenton
£14.99
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The Unusual Suspect
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The Unusual Suspect
Ben Machell
£16.99   £14.99
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Son of Escobar
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Son of Escobar
Roberto Sendoya Escobar
£14.99
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Fall
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Fall
John Preston
£18.99
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From Crime to Crime
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From Crime to Crime
Richard Henriques
£25.00
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Justice on Trial
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Justice on Trial
Chris Daw
£16.99
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Broken Blue Line
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Broken Blue Line
Alistair Livingstone
£16.99
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Murder Under the Microscope
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Murder Under the Microscope
James Fraser
£18.99   £16.99
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Flash Crash
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Flash Crash
Liam Vaughan
£20.00   £17.99
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The Mind of a Murderer
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The Mind of a Murderer
Richard Taylor
£20.00
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These Are Not Gentle People
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These Are Not Gentle People
Andrew Harding
£16.99
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We Keep the Dead Close
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We Keep the Dead Close
Becky Cooper
£18.99
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We Are Bellingcat
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We Are Bellingcat
Eliot Higgins
£20.00   £17.99
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The Organ Thieves
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The Organ Thieves
Chip Jones
£18.99   £16.99
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Relentless Pursuit
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Relentless Pursuit
Bradley J. Edwards
£20.00
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The Phantom Prince
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The Phantom Prince
Elizabeth Kendall
£19.99
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Our Best New True Crime Paperbacks

The Five
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The Five
Hallie Rubenhold
£9.99   £7.99
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Court Number One
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Court Number One
Thomas Grant
£10.99   £8.99
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Killing For Company
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Killing For Company
Brian Masters
£8.99
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When the Dogs Don't Bark
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When the Dogs Don't Bark
Professor Angela Gallop
£9.99   £7.99
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The Killer Across the Table
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The Killer Across the Table
John E. Douglas
£9.99
Paperback
Krays: The Final Word
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Krays: The Final Word
James Morton
£8.99   £7.49
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Catch and Kill
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Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow
£9.99   £8.99
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Furious Hours
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Furious Hours
Casey Cep
£9.99   £8.49
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Chaos
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Chaos
Tom O'Neill
£9.99   £6.99
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From Russia with Blood
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From Russia with Blood
Heidi Blake
£9.99
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The Prison Doctor: Women Inside
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The Prison Doctor: Women Inside
Dr Amanda Brown
£8.99
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Traces
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Traces
Patricia Wiltshire
£8.99
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I Survived
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I Survived
Victoria Cilliers
£8.99   £7.49
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Know My Name
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Know My Name
Chanel Miller
£9.99
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Dopeworld
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Dopeworld
Niko Vorobyov
£9.99
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Drug War
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Drug War
Peter Walsh
£11.99
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The Arsonist
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The Arsonist
Chloe Hooper
£9.99
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Criminal Masterminds

The best true crime classics

Wicked Beyond Belief
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Wicked Beyond Belief
Michael Bilton
£12.99
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Mindhunter
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Mindhunter
John Douglas
£9.99
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara
£9.99
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In Cold Blood
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In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
£8.99   £7.99
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Helter Skelter
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Helter Skelter
Vincent Bugliosi
£9.99
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Papillon
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Papillon
Henri Charriere
£9.99
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
Kate Summerscale
£10.99
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Marching Powder
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Marching Powder
Rusty Young
£9.99
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Hell's Angels
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Hell's Angels
Hunter S Thompson
£8.99
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The Jigsaw Man
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The Jigsaw Man
Paul Britton
£8.99
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Homicide
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Homicide
David Simon
£12.99
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
John Berendt
£10.99
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The Executioner's Song
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The Executioner's Song
Norman Mailer
£14.99
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Columbine
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Columbine
Dave Cullen
£14.99
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Hell's Angel
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Hell's Angel
Sonny Barger
£9.99
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Ghettoside
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Ghettoside
Jill Leovy
£10.99
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The People V. O.J. Simpson
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The People V. O.J. Simpson
Jeffrey Toobin
£9.99
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Cruel Britannia

The best British true crime books

The Pembrokeshire Murders
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The Pembrokeshire Murders
Steve Wilkins
£8.99
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Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son
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Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son
Gordon Burn
£9.99
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Yorkshire Ripper
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Yorkshire Ripper
Chris Clark
£8.99
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Somebody's Mother, Somebody's Daughter
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Somebody's Mother, Somebody's Daughter
Carol Ann Lee
£18.99
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Killing For Company
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Killing For Company
Brian Masters
£8.99
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The Murders at White House Farm
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The Murders at White House Farm
Carol Ann Lee
£8.99
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Murder in the Graveyard
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Murder in the Graveyard
Don Hale
£9.99
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My Sister Milly
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My Sister Milly
Gemma Dowler
£7.99
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The Sleep of Reason
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The Sleep of Reason
David James Smith
£10.99
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The Great Train Robbery
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The Great Train Robbery
Nick Russell-Pavier
£12.99
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The Who's Who of British Crime
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The Who's Who of British Crime
Jim Morris
£9.99
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Sexy Beasts
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Sexy Beasts
Wensley Clarkson
£9.99
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ROSE WEST: The Making of a Monster
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ROSE WEST: The Making of a Monster
Jane Carter Woodrow
£12.99
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Face to Face with Evil
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Face to Face with Evil
Chris Cowley
£8.99
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The Black Widow
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The Black Widow
Linda Calvey
£8.99
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Manhunt
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Manhunt
Colin Sutton
£8.99
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In Search of the Rainbow's End
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In Search of the Rainbow's End
Colin Caffell
£9.99
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The Babes in the Woods Murders
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The Babes in the Woods Murders
Paul Cheston
£8.99
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The Past is a Dangerous Place

The best historical true crime books

Furious Hours
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Furious Hours
Casey Cep
£9.99   £8.49
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The Five
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The Five
Hallie Rubenhold
£9.99   £7.99
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The Fatal Passion of Alma Rattenbury
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The Fatal Passion of Alma Rattenbury
Sean O'Connor
£9.99
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They All Love Jack
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They All Love Jack
Bruce Robinson
£10.99
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The Professor and the Parson
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The Professor and the Parson
Adam Sisman
£8.99
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Conan Doyle for the Defence
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Conan Doyle for the Defence
Margalit Fox
£9.99
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The Murderer of Warren Street
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The Murderer of Warren Street
Marc Mulholland
£9.99
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City of Light, City of Poison
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City of Light, City of Poison
Holly Tucker
£10.99
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
Kate Summerscale
£10.99
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The Wicked Boy
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The Wicked Boy
Kate Summerscale
£12.90
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The Devil In The White City
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The Devil In The White City
Erik Larson
£9.99
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Mr Briggs' Hat
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Mr Briggs' Hat
Kate Colquhoun
£8.99
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The Autobiography of Jack the Ripper
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The Autobiography of Jack the Ripper
James Carnac
£9.99
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The Napoleon of Crime
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The Napoleon of Crime
Ben Macintyre
£9.99
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Naming Jack the Ripper
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Naming Jack the Ripper
Russell Edwards
£10.99
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Digging in the Dark
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Digging in the Dark
Ben Johnson
£12.99
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Inside 10 Rillington Place
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Inside 10 Rillington Place
Peter Thorley
£8.99
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Victorian Murders
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Victorian Murders
Jan Bondeson
£10.99
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The Drugs Don't Work

The best books on the drug trade

County Lines
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County Lines
Jason Farrell
£8.99
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Kilo
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Kilo
Toby Muse
£16.99
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Mr Nice
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Mr Nice
Howard Marks
£10.99
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Drug War
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Drug War
Peter Walsh
£11.99
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Dopeworld
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Dopeworld
Niko Vorobyov
£9.99
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Drug Warrior
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Drug Warrior
Jack Riley
£8.99
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The Last Narco
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The Last Narco
Malcolm Beith
£9.99
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Amexica
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Amexica
Ed Vulliamy
£13.99
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Snowblind
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Snowblind
Robert Sabbag
£9.99
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American Kingpin
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American Kingpin
Nick Bilton
£12.99
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Marching Powder
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Marching Powder
Rusty Young
£9.99
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Zero Zero Zero
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Zero Zero Zero
Roberto Saviano
£10.99
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Powder Wars
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Powder Wars
Graham Johnson
£10.99
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Narcoland
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Narcoland
Anabel Hernandez
£10.99
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Cocaine Confidential
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Cocaine Confidential
Wensley Clarkson
£9.99
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Snowing in Bali
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Snowing in Bali
Kathryn Bonella
£9.99
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Killing Pablo
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Killing Pablo
Mark Bowden
£9.99
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Son of Escobar
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Son of Escobar
Roberto Sendoya Escobar
£14.99
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Books Behind Bars

The best prison books 

A Bit of a Stretch
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A Bit of a Stretch
Chris Atkins
£16.99
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My Life with Murderers
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My Life with Murderers
David Wilson
£8.99
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You'll Never See Daylight Again
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You'll Never See Daylight Again
Michaella McCollum
£12.99
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Don't Trust, Don't Fear, Don't Beg
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Don't Trust, Don't Fear, Don't Beg
Ben Stewart
£12.99
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Midnight Express
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Midnight Express
Billy Hayes
£9.99
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Banged Up Abroad: Hellhole
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Banged Up Abroad: Hellhole
James Miles
£8.99
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Life in Strangeways
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Life in Strangeways
Alan Lord
£8.99
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Orange Is the New Black
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Orange Is the New Black
Piper Kerman
£8.99
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Close But No Cigar
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Close But No Cigar
Stephen Purvis
£9.99
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The Parkhurst Years
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The Parkhurst Years
Bobby Cummines
£8.99
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Killing Time
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Killing Time
Karl Williams
£7.99
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Inside Alcatraz
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Inside Alcatraz
Jim Quillen
£8.99
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Hotel K
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Hotel K
Kathryn Bonella
£9.99
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A Prison Diary Volume I
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A Prison Diary Volume I
Jeffrey Archer
£9.99
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The Damage Done
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The Damage Done
W Fellows
£8.99
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Inside Broadmoor
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Inside Broadmoor
Jonathan Levi
£8.99
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War on the Street

The best books on gangs and gangsters

The Dirty Dozen
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The Dirty Dozen
Noel 'Razor' Smith
£8.99
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The Crossing
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The Crossing
Wensley Clarkson
£8.99
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The Vory
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The Vory
Mark Galeotti
£10.99
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The Mammoth Book of Gangs
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The Mammoth Book of Gangs
James Morton
£9.99
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Siberian Education
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Siberian Education
Nicolai Lilin
£12.99
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Hell's Angel
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Hell's Angel
Sonny Barger
£9.99
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Gang War
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Gang War
Peter Walsh
£7.99
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The Gangs Of Birmingham
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The Gangs Of Birmingham
Philip Gooderson
£10.99
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Gangster Warlords
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Gangster Warlords
Ioan Grillo
£9.99
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The Gangs Of Manchester
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The Gangs Of Manchester
Andrew Davies
£8.99
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Hoods
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Hoods
Carl Fellstrom
£7.99
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Young Blood
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Young Blood
Graham Johnson
£9.99
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Young Guns
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Young Guns
Steve Hackman
£7.99
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No Angel
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No Angel
Jay Dobyns
£9.99
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Ultra
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Ultra
Tobias Jones
£9.99
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Jimmy The Weed
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Jimmy The Weed
Jimmy Donnelly
£8.99
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Going to the Mattresses

The best books on the Mafia

Gomorrah
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Gomorrah
Roberto Saviano
£9.99
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Mafia Life
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Mafia Life
Professor Federico Varese
£8.99
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Mafia
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Mafia
Nigel Cawthorne
£6.99
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My Italians
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My Italians
Roberto Saviano
£9.99
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The Irishman
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The Irishman
Charles Brandt
£9.99
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The Ice Man
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The Ice Man
Philip Carlo
£9.99
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Cosa Nostra
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Cosa Nostra
Massimo Picozzi
£17.99
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The Mafia
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The Mafia
George Carpozi Jr.
£12.99
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The Honoured Society
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The Honoured Society
Norman Lewis
£12.99
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Lucky Luciano
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Lucky Luciano
Tim Newark
£11.99
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Vendetta
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Vendetta
John Follain
£8.99
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Gotti
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Gotti
Jerry Capeci
£14.99
Paperback

Keep it in the Family

The best books on the Krays

Krays: The Final Word
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Krays: The Final Word
James Morton
£8.99   £7.49
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The Twins - Men of Violence
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The Twins - Men of Violence
Kate Kray
£8.99
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The Profession of Violence
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The Profession of Violence
John Pearson
£8.99
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The Krays: The Prison Years
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The Krays: The Prison Years
David Meikle
£7.99
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Bringing Down The Krays
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Bringing Down The Krays
Bobby Teale
£10.99
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The Cult Of Violence
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The Cult Of Violence
John Pearson
£8.99
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Our Story
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Our Story
Reginald Kray
£9.99
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The Kray Madness
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The Kray Madness
Chris Lambrianou
£9.99
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Me and My Brothers
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Me and My Brothers
Charlie Kray
£9.99
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The Krays: A Violent Business
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The Krays: A Violent Business
Colin Fry
£12.99
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One of the Family
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One of the Family
Maureen Flanagan
£6.99
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