Crime category: 24427 books
There's a Sucker Born Every Minute
A Revelation of Audacious Frauds, Scams, and Cons -- How toSpot Them, How to Sto p Them
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
One in nine Americans will lose money as a victim of fraud
• Every man and woman in the country (and every child with an email address) will be targeted by professional fraudsters-multiple times.
• Seven out of every eight frauds go unreported.
• Most fraudsters will get away with their...
Fast Eddie
My 20 Years on the Run as Britain's Most Wanted Man
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
9.30am on 22 January 1993. The moment in crime history that one of Britain's most audacious thefts ever took place and the legend of 'Fast Eddie' was created.
This is the story of how Securicor guard Eddie Maher managed to pull off a £1.2 million heist, fled the country despite every port...
Redeemable
A Memoir of Darkness and Hope
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Born in Somerset in 1957 to itinerant Scottish parents, Erwin James lost his mother when he was seven. Shipped from home to home and subject to the whims of various caregivers after his father turned to alcohol and violence, he committed his first crime of breaking and entering when he was ten. His...
by Bob Drury, Charles J. Hynes
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011
INCIDENT AT HOWARD BEACH
A CASE FOR MURDER
BY
CHARLES J. HYNES and
Bob Drury
THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
The murder that shocked a city and nation and how our justice system works at its best.
Late on the night of December 19, 1986, four black men were driving through the all-white...
by Nigel Ross
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
An easy to read ebook of Business Identity Theft, which shows the beginner all they need to understand about this sometimes complex crime of the 20th century. This book addresses the facts that this is the fastest growing crime of all and that a third of all adults will experience in their life time.
by Lucy Worsley
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
The history of the evolution of the traditional English murder, from Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to the cozy crimes of the Golden Age.
Murder—a dark, shameful deed, the last resort of the desperate or a vile tool of the greedy. And a very strange obsession. But where did this fixation...
Broadmoor Revealed
Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
A fascinating introduction to the history of Broadmoor: Kate Summerscale, author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher. On 27 May 1863, three coaches pulled up at the gates of a new asylum, built amongst the tall, dense pines of Windsor Forest. Broadmoors first patients had arrived. In Broadmoor Revealed,...
City of Devils
The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Now one of Kirkus Reviews' "Best Books of the Year"
From Paul French, the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Peking—winner of both the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction—comes City of Devils, a rags-to-riches tale of two self-made...
The Quiet Don
The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
To what extent was Rosario “Russell” Bufalino involved in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa in 1975? In the CIA’s recruitment of gangsters to assassinate Fidel Castro? In organizing the historic meeting of crime chieftains in 1957? Even in the production of The Godfather movie?
Secretive—even...
Prodigal Father, Pagan Son
Growing Up Inside the Dangerous World of the Pagans Motorcycle Club
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
Winner of the USA Book News National Book Award for Best Nonfiction True Crime and Best Memoir/Autobiography
By the time he was thirteen, he already had attended thirteen funerals.
Abandoned by his mother, and with his father, "Mangy" Menginie—president of the Pagans Motorcycle...
The Andalucian Friend
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Enemies are everywhere in this monumental international crime thriller that Brad Thor calls "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo meets The Sopranos."
Hector Guzman has fooled many women. With his quiet charm, easy smile, and smooth demeanor it's easy to fall into his trap, and Sophie...
by Wensley Clarkson
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2007
Angel Matrino Resendez is one of history's most notorious serial killers. Found guilty of nine horrific murders, his seemingly random methods shocked the world, striking fear into the hearts of thousands who lived along the railroad that the twisted killer travelled in search of blood. For the first...
by David Hale Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Gritty all-new crime stories set in the bustling Texas city, by Ben Fountain, Kathleen Kent, James Hime, and many more.
In a country with so many interesting cities, Dallas is often overlooked—except on November 22 every year. On that day in 1963, Dallas became American noir. This collection...
Poison Candy
The Murderous Madam: Inside Dalia Dippolito's Plot to Kill
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
“This tale of greed and manipulation in Palm Beach County is impossible to put down” (Vanity Fair).
In August 2009, former madam Dalia Dippolito conspired with a hit man to arrange the murder of her ex-con husband. Days later, it seemed as if all had gone according to plan. Beautiful young...