True Crime

Roberto Saviano / Gomorrah: Italy's Other Mafia (Large Paperback)

 Roberto Saviano's groundbreaking and utterly compelling book is a major international bestseller, and has to date sold over 1 million copies in Italy alone, where it continues to sell strongly two years after original publication. Since publishing...

Jolene Babyak / Bird Man: The Many Faces of Robert Stroud (Large Paperback)

 Jolene Babyak lived on Alatraz while her father was working there.Meticulously reserched,her book includes never before published prison reports and Stroud's own writing with quotes from prisoners,officers and avian pathologists.It explodes the...

John Preston / Fall (Hardback)

 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2021'The best biography yet of the media magnate Robert Maxwell - by turns engrossing, amusing and appalling' Robert Harris, Sunday...

Sean Hartnett / Client Confidential (Large Paperback)

 Seán Hartnett left the British army in 2005, operating as a covert surveillance technician at JCU-NI, the top-secret counter-terrorism unit in Northern Ireland. His experiences were published in the bestselling Charlie One, the book the...

Willie Carlin / Thatcher's Spy : My Life as an MI5 Agent Inside Sinn Fein (Large Paperback)

   Early one morning in March 1985, as he climbed the six steps of Margaret Thatcher's prime-ministerial jet on the runway of RAF Aldergrove, little did Willie Carlin know the role Freddie Scappaticci played in saving his life. So began the...

Séamus McKendry / Disappeared: The Search for Jean McConville

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Marianne Thamm / I Have Life (Large Paperback)

 After an evening with friends in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Alison was kidnapped at knifepoint by two men. Recalling the events of that evening, Alison describes her feelings and thoughts as she defied death and denied her attackers the...

Gordon Kerr / Professional Killers (Hardback)

 This book explores the fascinating lives and careers of the world's most infamous hit men and women.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good...

John Preston / Fall

 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2021'The best biography yet of the media magnate Robert Maxwell - by turns engrossing, amusing and appalling' Robert Harris, Sunday Times'Electrifying... the supreme chronicler...

Peadar G Ó Máille - Murdar ar an Lochán Beag : Eachtra i gCogadh na Saoirse - PB - As Gaeilge - BRAND NEW;

Oíche an 2ú Feabhra 1920, achar siar ó theach ósta Tigh Mholly ar an Lochán Beag i gCois Fharraige i gCo. na Gaillimhe, d'eirigh idir beirt deartháir agus buíon Óglach.  Tamall ina dhiaidh sin,...

Lyndsey Harris / Betrayed (Hardback)

 A mother, a daughter, and a family torn apart - this title offers the heartbreaking true story of an unimaginable betrayal. For the first six years of her life, Sarah Harris was a normal, happy, popular little girl. But, from the age of six her...

Roberto Saviano / Gomorrah : Italy's Other Mafia (Hardback)

 Roberto Saviano's groundbreaking and utterly compelling book is a major international bestseller, and has to date sold over 1 million copies in Italy alone, where it continues to sell strongly two years after original publication. Since publishing...

True Crime: Crimes of Passion: Love Kills (Hardback)

   The consequences of Crimes of Passion are captured in this chilling book, which documents over 100 criminals who killed for love. Each case is accompanied by authentic, crime-scene photographs and action shots for trial. There is a fine...

Peter O'Shea - Historic Murders of South Cork - SIGNED PB - BRAND NEW - 2021 ( Murder Most Local - Book 4 )

This book, the fourth published in the ( ongoing) Murder Most Local Series, contains accounts of a large number of true life historical murders from the south Cork area .  This is true crime at a local level. 36 real life true historical murders in...

Peter O'Shea - Historic Murders of West Cork - SIGNED PB - BRAND NEW - 2020 ( Murder Most Local - Book 3 )

This book, the third published in the ( ongoing) Murder Most Local Series, contains accounts of a large number of true life historical murders from the west Cork area . True crime meets local history. This book contains 39 true historical murders in...

Peter O'Shea - Historic Murders of North Cork - SIGNED PB - BRAND NEW - 2019 ( Murder Most Local - Book 2 )

This book, the second published in the ( ongoing) Murder Most Local Series, contains accounts of over 30 true life historical murders from the north Cork area ( The wide area from Mitchelstown in the east , westwards to the Kerry border) . Some are well...

Peter O'Shea - Historic Murders of Mid Cork - SIGNED PB - BRAND NEW - 2022 ( Murder Most Local - Book 5 )

This book, the fifth published in the ( ongoing) Murder Most Local Series, contains accounts of 36 true life historical murders in mid Cork ( broadly covering the area bound by millstreet , Macroom, kanturk to Gougane barra)  , Some are well known...

Peter O'Shea - Historic Murders of East Cork - SIGNED PB - BRAND NEW - 2019 ( Murder Most Local - Book 1 )

This book, the first published in the (ongoing) Murder Most Local Series, contains accounts of 47 true life historical murders in East Cork , Some are well known cases that have lived on in folklore, others are long forgotten, only to be revealed in this...

Kevin Pappas / Godfather of Night : A Greek Mafia Father, a Drug Runner Son, and an Unexpected Shot at Redemption (Hardback)

 What if you belonged nowhere and to no one? What if you learned as a teenager that the father who had mistreated you for years wasn’t your father at all–and that you were actually born to the mistress of a Greek gangster? And what if...

Ben Lopez / The Negotiator : My Life at the Heart of the Hostage Trade (Large Paperback)

 Ben Lopez spends his life travelling the world, bartering with people who value money over life. Working for governments, law enforcement agencies, multinational corporations and private clients, Ben is an expert K&R (Kidnap and Ransom)...

Julie Kavanagh / The Irish Assassins : Conspiracy, Revenge and the Murders that Stunned an Empire (Large Paperback)

 ONE OF THE TIMES' BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2021 'The tale of the Phoenix Park murders is not unfamiliar, but Kavanagh recounts it with a great sense of drama... Kavanagh's account reminds me of the very best of true crime.' The Times (Book of the...

Ruairi Kavanag / Firecall : True Stories of Irish Firefighting and Rescue (Large Paperback)

 Firecall is filled with stories of men and women who have chosen a career that often puts them into contact with some of the most distressing aspects of society. Daily, they deal with death, danger and tragedy. They are in the front line in...

Frank Greaney / Crowded House : The definitive story behind the gruesome murder of Patricia O'Connor (Large Paperback)

 In June 2017, a woman out picnicking in the Wicklow Mountains stumbled upon something in a ditch that would set in motion a chain of events that horrified the nation. It was the first of fifteen dismembered body parts belonging to retired hospital...

Ralph Riegel / A Dream of Death (Large Paperback)

 'It was French film-maker Sophie Toscan du Plantier's dream to have a holiday home in beautiful Schull in west Cork. But on 23 December 1996, she was brutally murdered outside that holiday home, the poetry book she had been reading chillingly left...

Furneaux, Rupert - Courtroom U.S.A 2 - Vintage Penguin PB

An account of a number of notable mid 20th century USA court cases - Ruth Snyder & Judd Gray, Alger Hiss, Leopold and Loeb. Harry Hoffman Published by Penguin Crime ( True Crime ) 1963, first thus

James H. Hodge / Famous Trials 6 (Vintage Paperback)

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Stephen Breen / The Hitmen (Large Paperback)

 The No 1 Bestseller!'A triumph' Nicola Tallant, Sunday World Crime World podcast'An incredible catalogue of mayhem ... amazing' Pat Kenny, Newstalk'Riveting' Irish TimesMeet the Wilsons - the deadliest family in crimeBrothers Eric, Keith and John...

Luke Harding / Mafia State (Signed by the Author) (Paperback)

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Cathy Wilson / Escape from Evil

  Cathy was just sixteen, and living on her own, when she met a charming older man called Peter Tobin. She saw him as a knight in shining armour, a man who made her feel safe. He saw a vulnerable girl whose troubled childhood made her the perfect...

Sarah Forsyth / Slave Girl : Abducted by traffickers. Sold as a sex slave. This is my true story.

 Sarah Forsyth has spent most of her life in fear. After overcoming the hurt and heartbreak of a horrific childhood, Sarah managed to build a new life for herself as a nursery nurse.Then, one day, she spotted a newspaper advert for a job in a creche...

Paul Williams / The Monk

 On the streets of the tough Dublin inner-city neighbourhood where he grew up, Gerry Hutch was perceived as an ordinary decent criminal, a quintessential Robin Hood figure who fought the law - and won. To the rest of the world he was an elusive...

Nick Foster / Murder at Roaringwater (Large Paperback)

 Murder at Roaringwater is the inside story of the final days of young Frenchwoman, Sophie Toscan du Plantier. This is a violent, unresolved murder, where the victim seemed to have a premonition of her own terrible end.For six years, Nick Foster has...

Paul Williams / Gilligan (Large Paperback)

 John Gilligan is one of the most notorious and hated criminal figures in Irish history. His name is indelibly etched in the national psyche a quarter of a century after he crossed the line to organise the execution of the fearless, high-profile...

Mike James / Women Who Kill Viciously

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Robert Sabbag / Snowblind

  When it was first published in the mid-seventies, Snowblind established itself as an essential piece of true crime writing. The story of the legendary Zachary Swan, a mover in the cocaine trade in the sixties who set the standard for all who...

William C. Rempel / At The Devil's Table

 AN IMPOSSBLE CHOICEJorge Salcedo was trapped. For years, he had climbed the ladder inside the Cali drug cartel, the world's most powerful crime syndicate, and risen to Head of Security. But he'd kept clean, avoided the dirty work, managed to sleep...

Gerri Chanel / Saving Mona Lisa

 In August 1939, curators at the Louvre nestled the world's most famous painting into a special red velvet-lined case and spirited her away to the Loire Valley as part of the biggest museum evacuation in history.As the Germans neared Paris in 1940,...

Philippe Sands / The Ratline : Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive

 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Hypnotic, shocking and unputdownable' JOHN LE CARRE'Remarkable' THE SUNDAY TIMES'Breathtaking, gripping, shattering' ELIF SHAFAK'A taut and finely crafted factual thriller' OBSERVER'A triumph of research and brilliant...

James Durney / The Mob : The History of Irish Gangsters in America (Hardback)

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Gregg Hill / On The Run (Hardback)

  Henry Hill's business partner, Jimmy Burke has whacked every person who could possibly implicate him in the infamous Lufthansa robbery at JFK airport. On his way to prison, lifelong ganster Henry is given two options: sleep with the fishes, or...

Michael Sheridan / Murder at Ireland's Eye (Large Paperback)

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Ioan Grillo / Gangster Warlords (Large Paperback)

 In a ranch south of Texas, the man known as The Executioner dumps five hundred body parts in metal barrels. In Brazil's biggest city, a mysterious prisoner orders hit-men to gun down forty-one police officers and prison guards in two days. In...

Tom Marcus / Soldier Spy

 The first ever true story told by an MI5 officer - an explosive, shocking and honest account revealing never-before-seen detail into MI5's operation.'I do it because it is all I know. I'm a hunter of people and I'm damn good at it.'Recruited after...

T. Christian Miller / Unbelievable

 The real-life investigation behind the hit Netflix series, from two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists.SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLD DAGGER AWARDShe said she was raped.Police said she lied.She was made to retract the report - but the nightmare only got...

Kate Colquhoun / Mr Briggs' Hat (Hardback)

  In July 1864, Thomas Briggs was travelling home after visiting his niece and her husband for dinner. He entered a First Class carriage on the 9.45pm Hackney service of the North London railway. At Hackney, two bank clerks entered the carriage...

Bastian Obermayer / The Panama Papers (Large Paperback)

 Late one evening, investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer receives an anonymous message offering him access to secret data. Through encrypted channels, he then receives documents showing a mysterious bank transfer for $500 million in gold. This...

Ross Kemp / Ganglands: Russia

  Trojan Industries are in Russia and there's a new gang in their sights. Eagles 88, a twisted group of Neo-Nazi extremists, are terrorizing the streets of Moscow, attacking innocent civilians. Can Alexi Zukov, Trojan's latest teenage recruit,...

Tom Lyons / Fingers : The Man Who Brought Down Irish Nationwide and Cost US €5.4bn (Large Paperback)

 Michael Fingleton was an Irish banking legend, the ultimate big money lender. He took Irish Nationwide Building Society from an obscure mortgage provider to a multi-billion euro property-lending casino, leaving the taxpayer to pick up the tab for...

Christopher Berry-Dee / Talking with Female Serial Killers

 Christopher Berry-Dee, criminologist and bestselling author of books about the serial killers Aileen Wuornos and Joanne Dennehy, turns his uncompromising gaze upon women who not only kill, but kill repeatedly.Because female murderers, and...

Shirley Sleator / Private Investigator

 In 1979 Shirley Sleator set up her own private investigation agency in Dublin to do just that. The work came flooding in and Shirley soon found herself the detective of choice for many corporate clients, working on cases that took her the length...

Ken Boyle / The Murder of Dr Muldoon

 A priest and his housekeeper abandon a baby girl on the doorstep of a house near the Black Church in Dublin's north inner city in February 1923. Three local women notice the couple's suspicious behaviour and apprehend them. The two are handed over...

Marie Cassidy / Beyond the Tape - The Life and Many Deaths of a State Pathologist (Large Paperback)

 In 1997, Dr Marie Cassidy arrived in Dublin from Glasgow. There to discuss a possible deputy state pathologist post with Professor John Harbison, instead she was whisked by police escort to a Grangegorman murder scene. There was no turning back.She...