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There are two parts to every crime story: how they did it and why they got caught.This book is about the second part, and how it changes the way we catch serial killers. No two stories about the capture of a serial killer are the same. Sometimes, the killers...
Editeur :
Union Square & Co.
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2021-07-13
Collection :
Profiles in Crime
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What’s scarier than a murderer? Someone with the charisma to compel others to kill for them . . . or to kill themselves. Meet these cult leaders—and get an inside look at their beliefs and how they controlled others. Some cults, led by leaders...
Editeur :
Union Square & Co.
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2021-06-29
Collection :
Profiles in Crime
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'Exceptional . . . This thoughtful and engrossing book is as much about law as it is about minds' THE TIMESWhat drives someone to commit murder? What makes some people lash out on those that they love? Can we predict whether a child will grow into a violent adult, and...
Editeur :
John Murray
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2021-06-24
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'[A] real-life Midsomer Murder ... it's chilling, but [David Wilson's] explanation of how a psychopath thinks is masterly' The TimesThe shocking story of the murder of Peter Farquhar and the churchwarden who groomed and betrayed him, from the UK's leading criminologist...
Editeur :
Sphere
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2021-06-17
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For fans of Christopher Berry-Dee's Talking with Serial Killers series, this chilling new book explores the dark heart of Russia.For decades, it has been assumed that the United States of America was the serial killer capital of the world.Now, criminologists believe...
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Headline Welbeck Non-Fiction
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2021-05-27
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Royal scandal, set against the background of the Jacobean court, involving love, bribery, poison, treachery and black magic - 'a hugely enjoyable book' Daily Telegraph'A gripping detective story ... Wonderfully dramatic ... Probably the juiciest court scandal of the...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2021-02-18
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WITH A FOREWORD BY NIGEL McCRERY, CREATOR OF SILENT WITNESSGoing beyond the popular TV show, this is the true story of forensic science from those who solve crimes without witnesses. How do you identify a serial killer?What are the tell-tale signs of guilt?Can we now...
Editeur :
Headline Welbeck Non-Fiction
Parution :
2021-01-21
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On the eve of her hanging, Ruth Ellis wrote to a friend: 'I must close now but remember I am quite happy with the verdict, but not the way the story was told, there is so much that people don't know.' Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain. This is her...
Editeur :
Seven Dials
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2020-11-26
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Soon to be a major Netflix seriesEvery catastrophe has a beginning. For the opioid crisis in America, the seed was a drug called OxyContin. First hailed as a miracle drug for severe pain in the early 1990s, OxyContin went on to ignite a plague of addiction and death...
Editeur :
Sceptre
Parution :
2020-10-29
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The unbelievable account of life as a hitman from a man who has been doing it for decades. Hitmen commit heinous crimes virtually every day of the week and, in most instances, we don't even realise.I've been a killer for hire for more than twenty years now, but life as...
Editeur :
Headline Welbeck Non-Fiction
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2020-10-29
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'Many of the world's great leaders request to come to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach. They like it. I like it. We're comfortable.' - Donald TrumpA bit too comfortable, perhaps.Donald Trump's opulent Palm Beach club Mar-a-Lago has thrummed with scandal since the earliest days...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2020-08-04
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'The Dictionary of Crime is now the first book I reach for when beginning a new novel. An essential resource, it's packed with explanations, insider information, contemporary and historical slang, as well as some downright bizarre laws and practices. It's funny,...
Editeur :
Robinson
Parution :
2020-07-23
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For readers of true crime and books such as See What You Made Me Do, a shocking and movingly told portrait of the murder of suburban mum Tara Costigan and an examination of why domestic violence affects us allTara Costigan was the woman next door. A hard worker. Quick...
Editeur :
Hachette Australia
Parution :
2020-06-30
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In the early hours of 7th August 1985, five members of the Bamber family were shot dead with a .22-calibre Anschutz rifle. Sheila Caffell, who was known to have struggled with mental illness, was at first thought to have murdered her twin sons and adoptive parents and...
Editeur :
Robinson
Parution :
2020-06-04
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It's time to rethink rape. Centuries of different approaches to rape - as inflicted by men on women - have got us nowhere. Rape statistics remain intractable: one woman in five will experience sexual violence. Very few rapes find their way into court. The crucial issue...
Editeur :
Hachette Australia
Parution :
2020-04-28
Collection :
On Series
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This is the gripping story of the real Charles Manson as told by his long-time prison administrator, counselor, unofficial "press agent," and confidant, Ed George. “Throughout my life, people have asked me about Manson. . . .‘Does he...
Editeur :
Union Square & Co.
Parution :
2020-04-17
Collection :
Conversations with a Killer
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*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* FROM THE AUTHOR OF EAST WEST STREETAs Governor of Galicia, SS Brigadeführer Otto Freiherr von Wächter presided over an authority on whose territory hundreds of thousands of Jews and Poles were killed, including the family of the author's...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2020-04-16
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For most of human history, sudden and unexpected deaths of a suspicious nature, when they were investigated at all, were examined by lay persons without any formal training. People often got away with murder. Modern forensic investigation originates with Frances...
Editeur :
Endeavour
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2020-04-02
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A psychopathic criminal on the run from prison.A family of five held hostage in their home.A frantic police manhunt across the snowbound Derbyshire moors. Just one survivor.The definitive account of the terrifying 1977 Pottery Cottage murders that shocked Britain. For...
Editeur :
Robinson
Parution :
2020-03-05
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The thrilling career of ATF agent Cynthia Beebe is told through the lens of six-high profile cases involving bombings, arson, and the Hell's Angels. Boots in the Ashes is the memoir of Cynthia Beebe's groundbreaking career as one of the first women special agents for...
Editeur :
Center Street
Parution :
2020-02-25
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