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hardcover. From real-life witches, to mad scientists and killer dwarves, this is a collection of twisted tales. It draws upon the material that has featured in the author's successful column, The murder file, in cult magazine "Bizarre". It is suitable for those who have got the stomach for the blood curdling, the deranged and the downright strange. Num Pages: 294 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 582. Good clean copy, with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000799
ISBN
9781844546671
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. As city editor of Pulitzer's New York Evening World, Charles E Chapin was the model of the take-no-prisoners newsroom tyrant: he drove reporters relentlessly - and kept his paper in the center ring of the circus of big-city journalism. This book tracks Chapin's rise from legendary Chicago street reporter to celebrity powerbroker in New York. Series: Communications & Media Studies. Num Pages: 470 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGB; BTC; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823222681
ISBN
9780823222681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.51

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099572312
ISBN
9780099572312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.75

Paperback. Series: Black Squirrel Booksy. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Edition
Revised and Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606352137
ISBN
9781606352137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.53

Paperback. Investigative reporting which possesses the resonance of a social history and the drama of a good mystery. Fox presents a well researched, lucidly written "last word" on the notorious case of the 1941 murder of the Earl of Erroll, found shot through the head in his car just outside Nairobi. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099766711
ISBN
9780099766711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Hardback. James Ellroy, the bestselling author and master of LA noir, takes a look at a notable year of crime and perversity in Los Angeles alongside compelling vintage photos from the LAPD archives. Num Pages: 208 pages, 85 duotone photographs. BIC Classification: AJC; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 225 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Abrams
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781419715853
ISBN
9781419715853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.54

Paperback. On 21 June 1958, Geneva Hilliker Ellroy left her home in California. She was found strangled the next day. Her ten year-old son James was informed of her death. Her murderer was never found, but her death had an enduring effect on her son. This autobiography takes you on a trip to America's underbelly and one man's tortured soul. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099537847
ISBN
9780099537847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Memoir of the author's career as an investigative reporter. Num Pages: 238 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press,
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824851644
ISBN
9780824851644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.15

Paperback. Behind the bars of Peterhead Prison, you'll find drugs, riots and fighting making the headlines, but there's also humour and stories aplenty as some of the most violent men in British crime do their time. Told by Britain's most wanted man in 1974, this is James Crosbie's insight into the other side of prison life. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BTC; JKVP1; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Black and White Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845021528
ISBN
9781845021528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.62

Paperback. "A brutal indictment of the American penal system and a plea for prison reform"--Cover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Three Rooms Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941110386
ISBN
9781941110386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.26

Paperback. A memoir that appears to have been written in the 1920s by someone who asserts that he was Jack the Ripper. Given the fact that the author also appear to have knowledge about aspects of the case not in the public arena at the time it could be that this actually is the autobiography of Jack the Ripper. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 pages b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGHA; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552165396
ISBN
9780552165396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. In 1995, a film called I D, about an ambitious young copper who was sent undercover to track down the 'generals' of a football hooligan gang, achieved cult status for its sheer brutality and unsettling insight into the dark and often bloody side of the so-called beautiful game. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKSW1; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091951528
ISBN
9780091951528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.37

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780684865638
ISBN
9780684865638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. Illustrated with more than 60 archive images, this collection of true tales from across the Ribble Valley gives a record of crime and punishment. It begins with the paranoid prisoner of Barnoldswick and passes through an alphabet of place names that ends within the haunted ruins of Whalley Abbey, where the execution of a martyred monk was staged. Series: Murder & Crime. Num Pages: 128 pages, approx 65. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 6. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752444956
ISBN
9780752444956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.45

Paperback. A catalogue of 365 ghastly tales from around the county dating from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries. It contains diverse tales of highwaymen, murderers, poachers, witches, rioters and rebels, as well as accounts of prisons, punishments and executions. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752456843
ISBN
9780752456843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 338 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGHA; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Feral House,U.S. United States
Number of pages
338
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Enlarged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936239610
ISBN
9781936239610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.65

Hardback. From the renowned chronicler of law-and-order in Gilded Age New York City, the sensational grave robbery of A. T. Stewart, "The Merchant Prince of Manhattan," one of the wealthiest men in American history Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BTC; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 34.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762778126
ISBN
9780762778126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.88

Paperback. Illustrated with a range of photographs and engravings - showing the criminals and their crimes, and the towns and villages of Yorkshire in days gone by. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BG; BTC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 8. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750947466
ISBN
9780750947466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. Located in central England, the Black Country is a distinctive industrial region encompassing numerous ancient towns and villages in a unique and diverse landscape, formed by centuries of mining and iron forging. This book contains stories behind some of the most heinous crimes ever committed in the Black Country. Series: Murders. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750950534
ISBN
9780750950534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.70

Paperback. A provocative blend of memoir and case study from Ireland's leading criminal psychologist. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JFFE; JKVC; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 205 x 19. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Gill Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780717170937
ISBN
9780717170937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 478 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 271 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Feral House,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9781627310109
ISBN
9781627310109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.71

Paperback. "Murder in Lancashire" provides a fascinating insight into policing in the north of England in the 1970s Num Pages: 128 pages, 36. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Carnegie Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781874181910
ISBN
9781874181910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.26

Paperback. The paperback debut of the bestselling book that tells the no-holds-barred story of Massachusetts' infamous Bulger Brothers, Whitey and Billy, unveiling an unprecedented criminal alliance. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 106 x 29. Weight in Grams: 262. Used paperback in good condition. May have some light shelfwear.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
SKU
KRF2232048
ISBN
9780446618885
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. From the bestselling author of Fred & Rose, Heistis the astonishing story of the GBP53 million Tonbridge Securitas robbery. Num Pages: 512 pages, 2 x 16pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 3JMC; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Pocket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1851
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847390554
ISBN
9781847390554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.50

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