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{{Frontpage|class-"wikitable" cellpaddingisbn="15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->1785150731|title=Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee|author=Casey Cep|rating=5|genre=True Crime|summary=Sometimes you begin reading a book and before you've got to the bottom of the first page you know that it's going to be brilliant. You sense the author's effortless grasp of her subject matter and you already know that her use of words is almost surgical in its precision. The hands holding you are safe, which considering that this is a book about two subjects where facts are in short supply, is somewhat surprising. Our first subject is the Reverend Willie Maxwell. Over seven years, six people close to the Reverend had died, with Maxwell benefiting substantially from insurance policies which he'd taken out on their lives.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=191240804X|title=The Murder of Harriet Monkton|author=Elizabeth Haynes|rating=5|genre=True Crime|summary=''But that's just it'', she said. ''It's ''not'' Harriet, is it? Not our Harriet. It's some manufactured creature, that exists only for this blessed inquest: something to be summed up like a spirit, to be examined and pored over, to be sneered at and judged. Harriet deserves to be remembered as she was to us, not picked at like carrion.''

<!And that was the problem: it seemed that there were two Harriets. There was the one her friends -a fellow teacher, her would- Winn -be lover, her seducer and the man who was her landlord who was also her lover ->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Winn_Helloknew.jpg|left|link=http://www Some spoke of her as kindly, virtuous and pious, but that was before her body was found behind the chapel which she regularly attended in Bromley.amazon She'd been poisoned - or had taken her own life.co.uk/dp/1785783475/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" After the inquest was opened another Harriet would emerge, one who was about six months pregnant and who had obviously not been living the chaste life expected of a young, unmarried woman in 1843.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Winn_Hello|title===[[Hello, Shadowlands by Patrick |author=Patrick Winn]]==|rating=4 [[image:4star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] summary=''Hello, Shadowlands'' chronicles a booming crime wave in South East Asia. It illuminates everything from the meth industry in Myanmar to the abortion pill black market in the Philippines using both Winn's personal accounts and historical context. It is devastating to imagine the very real human lives that are swept up in this cloud of refuse, and how the West helped create it and is doing nothing to prevent it. [[Hello, Shadowlands by Patrick Winn|Full Review]]}}<!-- Orth -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Orth_Versace| styletitle="widthVulgar Favours: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"The Assassination of Gianni Versace|author=Maureen Orth[[image:Orth_Versace.jpg|left|linkrating=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785943103?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1785943103]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"True Crime|summary===[[Vulgar Favours: The Assassination of Gianni Versace by Maureen Orth]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] What is it about true crime which makes it so fascinating to such a wide audience? I guess it's wanting to try to figure out what happened What is it about true crime which makes it so fascinating to such a wide audience? I guess it's wanting to try to figure out what happened to make these people partake in the awful crimes they committed, or else the same inexplicable impulse people have to slow down when they overtake a car crash on the motorway. Whatever it is, Maureen Orth's book, Vulgar Favours, taps right on into it. [[Vulgar Favours: The Assassination of Gianni Versace by Maureen Orth|Full Review]]}}<!-- Masters -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Masters Killing| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Killing for Company|author=Brian Masters[[image:Masters Killing.jpg|leftrating=5|linkgenre=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1784759422?ieTrue Crime|summary=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1784759422]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Killing for Company by Brian Masters]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] Killing for Company is a detailed criminal study of Dennis is a detailed criminal study of Dennis Nilsen, unique in that it was produced with Nilsen's full cooperation and includes material from Nilsen's prison diaries. Covering Nilsen's early life, his career and subsequent murders, this is a detailed analysis of the man behind the murder and an attempt, on Masters' part, to understand what shaped Nilsen and what could have caused such apparently senseless violence. [[Killing for Company by Brian Masters}}{{Frontpage|Full Review]]isbn=Grisham_Innocent|title=The Innocent Man<!-- |author=John Grisham -->|-rating=4.5| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|True Crime[[image:Grisham_Innocent.jpg|left|linksummary=https://wwwMany readers may be drawn by the fact that the internationally bestselling John Grisham is the author here.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1784759414?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1784759414]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Innocent Man by John Grisham]]=== [[image:4I, however, must admit that although I have enjoyed some of the films based on his books, I have never actually read any of them.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:This hasn't been due to deliberate avoidance, I just haven't gotten around to it. I was keen then to read this True Crime|True Crime]] Many readers may be drawn by title and see what Grisham would bring to the fact that the internationally bestselling John Grisham is the author heretable, so to speak. I however, must admit that although I have enjoyed some }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Nelson Red|title=The Red Parts: Autobiography of the films based on his books, I have never actually read any a Trial|author=Maggie Nelson|rating=4|genre=True Crime|summary=Maggie Nelson is the author of four volumes of them. This hasn't been due to deliberate avoidance, poetry and five wide-ranging works of nonfiction that delve into the nature of violence and sexuality. From what I just haven't gotten around to it. d heard about her writing, I was keen then knew to read this True Crime title expect an important and see what Grisham would bring to the tableunconventional thinker with a distinctive, so to speaklyrical style. Now Vintage is making some of her backlist, including this book (originally published in 2007) and the uncategorisable Bluets, available for the first time in the UK. [[The Innocent Man by John Grisham|Full Review]]}}<!-- Nelson -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Carrere_Adversary| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"The Adversary|author=Emmanuel Carrere and Linda Coverdale (translator)[[image:Nelson Red.jpg|leftrating=4|linkgenre=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1784705799?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1784705799]] True Crime| stylesummary="verticalOn 9th January 1993, Jean-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Red Parts: Autobiography Claude Romand orchestrated a horrifying chain of events which exposed a shocking double life, a history of lies and a Trial by Maggie Nelson]]=== [[image:4starbreath-taking capacity for deceit.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]], [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] Maggie Nelson is The Adversary dissects the author choices and actions of four volumes of poetry Romand which led to the brutal murders of his wife, children and parents and five wide-ranging works the attempted murder of nonfiction that delve into his mistress, the nature impact of violence his deception on those around him and sexualityhis sensational trial. From what I'd heard about her writingCarrère is as integral a part of this story as Romand, I knew to expect an important his coverage of the trial and unconventional thinker correspondence with him whilst in prison form a distinctive, lyrical style. Now Vintage is making some significant part of her backlist, including this book (originally published in 2007) and the uncategorisable Bluets, available story as do his feelings and response to Romand's justification for the first time in the UKhis actions. 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An investigation into the matter stalls and is beset by Emmanuel Carrere incompetence and Linda Coverdale (translator)]]=== [[image:4stara general lack of interest in the fate of the Osage until the FBI becomes involved and draws together a team of battle-scarred, unorthodox agents led by former Texas Ranger Tom White.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] On 9th January 1993 Jean-Claude Romand orchestrated a horrifying chain of events which exposed a shocking double lifeAs pressure on White increases, from both the FBI and the increasingly angry Osage, a history of lies and a breath-taking capacity for deceit. The Adversary dissects the choices and actions of Romand which led race to find the brutal murders of his wifetruth becomes increasingly difficult, children with more twists and parents and the attempted double-crosses than any murder of his mistress, the impact of his deception on those around him and his sensational trialmystery. 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[[The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrere and Linda Coverdale (translator)|Full Review]] <!-- Grann -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Grann_Killers There are countless other tales out there to learn about that may be more obscure, but are just as exciting.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0857209027/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" I don't know much about New York around 1900, but after reading ''The Black Hand'' by Stephan Talty I now know it was a violent place to live, but an interesting one to learn about.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Tierney_Doctor|title=The Doctor's Wife is Dead|author=Andrew Tierney|rating=[[Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann]]==4.5|genre=True Crime [[image:5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] ''Killers of In 1849 a woman named Ellen Langley died at her home in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary Ireland. She was the Flower Moon'' tells the story wife of the Osage tribe, forced to settle a prosperous doctor and came from a well-respected family; so why was she buried in the rocky, uninhabitable wilds a pauper's coffin? Why had she been confined to the grim attic rooms of Oklahoma the house she shared with her husband and then exiled to rented lodgings in what would become Osage County. In an unexpected turn the most impoverished part of fortunetheir famine-ravaged town? Why had her death caused such uproar and ultimately, prospectors struck oil, instantly catapulting the Osage into unimaginable wealth why had her husband been charged with murder? }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Preston_Very|title=A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies and fortune making them some of a Murder Plot at the richest people in the world. Then members Heart of the tribe start to die, slowly at first of apparently natural causes then in increasingly violent ways. Investigation into Establishment|author=John Preston|rating=5|genre=True Crime|summary=Jeremy Thorpe was the matter stalls and is beset sort of person who was generally liked by incompetence others. He was flamboyant and a general lack of interest in gregarious but could give the fate of the Osage until the FBI becomes involved impression that meeting someone had made his day. He never seemed to forget a name and draws together a team of battle scarredhe was witty, unorthodox agents led by former Texas Ranger Tom Whitecharismatic and very charming. As pressure He appeared to be a decent man, with views with which I would have agreed on White increasesrace, from both the FBI capital punishment and membership of the increasingly angry OsageCommon Market, as the race to find European Union was then known. For this was the truth becomes increasingly difficult, with more twists nineteen sixties and double crosses than any murder mysteryThorpe had entered Parliament at the age of thirty and by 1967 he would be party leader. [[Killers of On the Flower Moon by David Grann|Full Review]] <!-- TALTY -->surface, he was a man who had everything going for him.}}|-{{Frontpage| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Ricca_Holmes[[image:Talty_Black.jpg|linktitle=httpMrs Holmes://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785037129/refMurder, Kidnap and the True Story of an Extraordinary Lady Detective|author=nosim?tagBrad Ricca|rating=thebookbag-21]]3.5|genre=True Crime| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Black Hand by Stephan Talty]]=== [[image:4starGrace Humiston, an American lawyer and travelling detective in the early years of the twentieth century, was well ahead of her time.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] History is a fascinating subject to study Long before women were readily accepted in the legal profession, she became the first female US District Attorney, taking on cases nobody else wanted, setting herself up as there is so much of itan advocate for the disadvantaged, so why do we keep going back charging minimal fees and working hard on what seemed to the same places? I feel like I have walked the steps of Julius Caesar be utterly hopeless cases. With her flair for publicity, she made good copy and married at least two of Henry VIIIwas always good for a story in the papers. Her nickname 's wives, so often I have read about themMrs. Sherlock Holmes' was an apt one. There are countless other tales out there to learn about that may be more obscure, but are just as exciting. I don't know much about New York around 1900, but after reading ''}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Osang_Scholl|title=The Black Hand'' by Stephan Talty Scholl Case|author=Anja Reich-Osang and Imogen Taylor (translator)|rating=5|genre=True Crime|summary=I think I now know it was a violent place to live'd like Ludwigsfelde. I wouldn't have liked it when it was an industrial village, but an interesting with one or two huge mechanical plants and nothing else to learn aboutits name. [[The Black Hand by Stephan Talty|Full Review]] <!-- Tierney -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Tierney_DoctorBut now, even with the constant hum of the autobahn (one of Hitler's) keeping it company, it must have an appeal.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.coIt has been rebuilt, refashioned and remodelled since the end of East Germany, under the most prosperous and forward-looking mayor in the state, if not the country.uk/dp/1844883922/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagHe, it was, who put in a mostly-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Doctornude swimming spa. It has dispensers for doggy poo bags, so there's Wife is Dead by Andrew Tierney]]=== [[image:4nothing as uncouth as taking your own.5starThe mayor, bless him, even expanded the motorway to three lanes in each direction.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] In 1849 a woman named Ellen Langley died at her home It is within touch of Berlin, and in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary Irelandtune with so many business wants, yet is surrounded by woodland. She was Woodland where, between Christmas and New Year a few years back, the mayor's own wife of a prosperous doctor and came from a well-respected family; so why was she buried in a pauper's coffin? Why had she dog were found, both having been confined to the grim attic rooms strangled… }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Bard_Capital|title=Capital Punishment: London's Places of the house she shared with her husband and then exiled to rented lodgings in the most impoverished part Execution|author=Robert Bard|rating=4|genre=True Crime|summary=The majority of their famine-ravaged town? Why had her death caused such uproar books on true crime and murder focus first and ultimatelyforemost on specific incidents. This concise volume takes a different approach, why had her husband been charged in dealing with murder? [[The Doctor's Wife is Dead by Andrew Tierney|Full Review]]them according to where the executioner completed his task.}}<!-- Preston -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Wilber_Good| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"A Good Month For Murder|author=Del Quentin Wilber[[image:Preston_Very.jpg|linkrating=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0241973740/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 2| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"True Crime|summary===[[A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies I like to read crime fiction in part because it allows me to keep the dark world of murder and a Murder Plot mayhem at the Heart of the Establishment by John Preston]]=== [[image:5stararms-length, whilst still enjoying the vicarious thrills.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] Jeremy Thorpe was the sort of person who was generally liked by othersAfter all, this is fiction and therefore a made-up death. He was flamboyant However, sometimes it is important to have a reality check and gregarious but could give the impression that meeting someone had made his dayread a bit of non-fiction. He never seemed to forget The problem is with true crime as a name and he was wittygenre is that it is sometimes written the same as fiction, charismatic and very charmingalthough it is 'real’. He appeared Is there a place to be a decent man, with views with which I would have agreed on race, capital punishment and membership sensationalise actual death for the entertainment of the Common Market, as the European Union was then known. For this was the nineteen sixties and Thorpe had entered Parliament at the age others?}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Bell_AZ|title=The A-Z of thirty and by 1967 he would be party leader. On the surface he was a man who had everything going for him. [[Victorian Crime|author=Neil R A Very English Scandal: SexBell, Trevor N Bond, Lies Kate Clarke and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment by John PrestonM W Oldridge|Full Review]] <!-- Ricca -->rating=4.5|-genre=True Crime| stylesummary="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Ricca_HolmesVictorian crime has never ceased to cast its spell.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1445663449/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagIs it because such terrible goings-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Mrs Holmes: Murder, Kidnap and on took place sufficiently long ago that they do not disgust us in the True Story same way as equally dreadful events from, say, the last few days of which we read from today's papers or online coverage? Whatever the reason, there is an Extraordinary Lady Detective by Brad Ricca]]=== [[image:3endless fascination with murders and other major transgressions of the law from the era of gas lamps and swirling fog – true Victorian melodrama, misbehaviour and horror from real-life writ large.5starIt is amply catered for in this title, the joint work of four authors.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]]{{FrontpageGrace Humiston, an American lawyer and travelling detective in the early years of the twentieth century, was well ahead |isbn=Glenny_Nemesis|title=Nemesis – The Hunt For Brazil's Most Wanted Criminal|author=Misha Glenny|rating=4.5|genre=True Crime|summary=Many of her timeus have had a 'Sliding Doors' moment. Long before women were readily accepted A single incident that grabs life by the shoulders and shoves it in the legal professiona completely new and unexpected direction. Few can have travelled quite so far, she became the first female US District Attorneyquite so quickly as Antonio Francisco Bonfim Lopes, taking on cases nobody else wanted, setting herself up as an advocate for the disadvantaged, charging minimal fees and working hard on what seemed to be utterly hopeless cases. With her flair for publicity she made good copy, and was always good for a story in the papers. Her nickname 'Mrs. Sherlock Holmes' was an apt one. [[Mrs Holmes: Murder, Kidnap and the True Story of an Extraordinary Lady Detective by Brad Riccaaka Nem.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Garner_House|Full Review]] <!-- Osang -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Osang_Scholl.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1925240932/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Scholl Case by Anja Reich-Osang and Imogen Taylor (translator)]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] I think I'd like Ludwigsfelde. I wouldn't have liked it when it was an industrial village, with one or two huge mechanical plants and nothing else to its name. But now, even with the constant hum of the autobahn (one of Hitler's) keeping it company, it must have an appeal. It has been rebuilt, refashioned and remodelled since the end of East Germany, under the most prosperous and forward-looking mayor in the state, if not the country. He it was who put in a mostly-nude swimming spa. It has dispensers for doggy poo bags, so there's nothing as uncouth as taking your own. The mayor, bless him, even expanded the motorway to three lanes in each direction. It is within touch of Berlin, and in tune with so many business wants, yet is surrounded by woodland. Woodland where, between Christmas and New Year a few years back, the mayor's own wife and dog were found, both having been strangled… [[The Scholl Case by Anja Reich-Osang and Imogen Taylor (translator)|Full Review]] <!-- Bard -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Bard_Capital.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1445667363/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Capital Punishment: London's Places of Execution by Robert Bard]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] The majority of books on true crime and murder focus first and foremost on specific incidents. This concise volume takes a different approach, in dealing with them according to where the executioner completed his task. [[Capital Punishment: London's Places of Execution by Robert Bard|Full Review]] <!-- Wilber -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Wilber_Good.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1509830502/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[A Good Month For Murder by Del Quentin Wilber]]=== [[image:2star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] I like to read crime fiction in part because it allows me to keep the dark world of murder and mayhem at arms-length, whilst still enjoying the vicarious thrills. After all, this is fiction and therefore a made up death. However, sometimes it is important to have a reality check and read a bit of non-fiction. The problem is with true crime as a genre is that it is sometimes written the same as fiction, although it is 'real’. Is there a place to sensationalise actual death for the entertainment of others? [[A Good Month For Murder by Del Quentin Wilber|Full Review]] <!-- Bell -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Bell_AZ.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1445647869/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The A-Z of Victorian Crime by Neil R A Bell, Trevor N Bond, Kate Clarke and M W Oldridge]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] Victorian crime has never ceased to cast its spell. Is it because such terrible goings-on took place sufficiently long ago that they do not disgust us in the same way as equally dreadful events from, say, the last few days of which we read from today's papers or online coverage? Whatever the reason, there is an endless fascination with murders and other major transgressions of the law from the era of gas lamps and swirling fog – true Victorian melodrama, misbehaviour and horror from real life writ large. It is amply catered for in this title, the joint work of four authors. [[The A-Z of Victorian Crime by Neil R A Bell, Trevor N Bond, Kate Clarke and M W Oldridge|Full Review]] <!-- Glenny -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Glenny_Nemesis.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0099584654/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Nemesis – The Hunt For Brazil's Most Wanted Criminal by Misha Glenny]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] Many of us have had a 'Sliding Doors' moment. A single incident that grabs life by the shoulders and shoves it in a completely new and unexpected direction. Few can have travelled quite so far, quite so quickly as Antonio Francisco Bonfim Lopes, aka Nem. [[Nemesis – The Hunt For Brazil's Most Wanted Criminal by Misha Glenny|Full Review]] <!-- Garner -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Garner_House.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1925240681/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[This House of Grief by Helen Garner]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] This is an account of a harrowing event in Australia's recent history: the drowning of three young boys when the car being driven by their father, Robert Farquharson, veered off the road and fell into a dam. The father escaped unhurt. The tragedy was appropriated by the national media and led to a drawn-out prosecution of the father for murder. [[This House of Grief by Helen Garner|Full Review]] <!-- QUILLEN -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Quillen_Inside.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1784750662/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Inside Alcatraz: My Life on the Rock by Jim Quillen]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]],[[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] It sounds like something from a Hollywood movie. A group of young prisoners make a daring escape from prison and go on the run, cleverly evading capture thanks to quick wits and creative thinking. After managing to cover some distance, the men began to feel ''smart, confident and quite comfortable,'' thinking that they had managed to outwit the police. A rude awakening with gun to the head one morning proved otherwise. The circumstances title=This House of their escape meant that their capture would lead to a long incarceration in one of the most notorious prisons in the world: Alcatraz. ''Inside Alcatraz'' is the story of one of those men, Jim Quillen, and his long road to redemption. [[Inside Alcatraz: My Life on the Rock by Jim Quillen|Full Review]]  <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->|} {{newreviewGrief|author=Stephen Platt|title=Criminal Capital: How the Finance Industry Facilitates CrimeHelen Garner

|genre=Business and FinanceTrue Crime|summary=It used to be estate agents we reviled the most, but theyThis is an account of a harrowing event in Australia've now achieved relative respectability. MPs briefly took s recent history: the top spot, but for many years now drowning of three young boys when the list has been topped car being driven by bankers following the 2008 financial crisistheir father, Robert Farquharson, when huge taxpayer-funded financial bailouts were required to keep veered off the world's financial system afloatroad and fell into a dam. The father escaped unhurt. Most people will think that we've heard The tragedy was appropriated by the worst of what has been going on, but Stephen Platt believes that excessive risk taking national media and misled to a drawn-selling might well be just a minor part out prosecution of what is ''still'' happening in the industry and that government attempts to counter the problems are misguided and unlikely to be effectivefather for murder.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>113733729X</amazonuk>

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|genre=True Crime (Historical)|summary= Chicago – 1931. Asta Eicher is a widowIt used to be estate agents we reviled the most, with three children and a crippling sense of lonelinessbut they've now achieved relative respectability. When Harry Powers asks her to marry himMPs briefly took the top spot, she is delighted – and but for many years now the list has been topped by bankers following the new family soon leave in order 2008 financial crisis when huge taxpayer-funded financial bailouts were required to travel to West Virginiakeep the world's financial system afloat. They are never seen again. Back in Chicago, Emily Thornhill is one Most people will think that we've heard the worst of the few women journalists in Chicagowhat has been going on, but Stephen Platt believes that excessive risk-taking and mis-selling might well be just a minor part of what is sent to investigate still happening in the disappearance, trying to establish what happened industry and that government attempts to counter the family. As she becomes ever deeper involved with the investigation, Emily begins problems are misguided and unlikely to discover things she never expected – both about the case, and herselfbe effective. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099590255</amazonuk>