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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 -->|-| style="width: 10%; verticalbe lover, her seducer and the man who was her landlord who was also her lover -align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Winn_Helloknew.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co 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.uk/dp/1785783475/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag She'd been poisoned -21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Helloor had taken her own life. After the inquest was opened another Harriet would emerge, Shadowlands by Patrick Winn]]===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.}}[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True CrimeFrontpage|True Crime]]isbn=Winn_Hello ''|title=Hello, Shadowlands|author=Patrick Winn|rating=4|genre=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[[image:Orth_Versace.jpg|left|linkauthor=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785943103?ie=UTF8&tagMaureen Orth|rating=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 What is it about true crime which makes it so fascinating to such a wide audience? I guess it's wanting to such a wide audience? I guess it's wanting to try 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?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1784759422]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"True Crime|==summary=[[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 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://www.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 Many readers may be drawn by the fact that the internationally bestselling John Grisham]]=== [[image:4is the author here.5starI, however, must admit that although I have enjoyed some of the films based on his books, I have never actually read any of them.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] Many readers may be drawn by the fact that the internationally bestselling John Grisham is the author hereThis hasn't been due to deliberate avoidance, I just haven't gotten around to it. I however, must admit that although I have enjoyed some of was keen then to read this True Crime title and see what Grisham would bring to the films based on his bookstable, I have never actually read any of themso to speak. This hasn't been due to deliberate avoidance, I just haven't gotten around to it. I was keen then to read this }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Nelson Red|title=The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial|author=Maggie Nelson|rating=4|genre=True Crime title and see what Grisham would bring to |summary=Maggie Nelson is the table, so to speak. [[The Innocent Man by John Grisham|Full Review]] <!author of four volumes of poetry and five wide-- Nelson -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Nelson Redranging works of nonfiction that delve into the nature of violence and sexuality.jpg|left|link=https://wwwFrom what I'd heard about her writing, I knew to expect an important and unconventional thinker with a distinctive, lyrical style.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1784705799?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1784705799]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Red Parts: Autobiography Now Vintage is making some of a Trial by Maggie Nelson]]===her backlist, including this book (originally published in 2007) and the uncategorisable Bluets, available for the first time in the UK.}}[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:AutobiographyFrontpage|Autobiography]], [[:Category:True Crimeisbn=Carrere_Adversary|True Crime]]title=The Adversary Maggie Nelson is the author of four volumes of poetry |author=Emmanuel Carrere and five wide-ranging works of nonfiction that delve into the nature Linda Coverdale (translator)|rating=4|genre=True Crime|summary=On 9th January 1993, Jean-Claude Romand orchestrated a horrifying chain of events which exposed a shocking double life, a history of violence lies and sexualitya breath-taking capacity for deceit. From what I'd heard about her writing, I knew to expect an important The Adversary dissects the choices and unconventional thinker with a distinctive, lyrical style. Now Vintage is making some actions of Romand which led to the brutal murders of her backlisthis wife, including this book (originally published in 2007) children and parents and the uncategorisable Bluetsattempted murder of his mistress, available for the first time in the UK. [[The Red Parts: Autobiography impact of a Trial by Maggie Nelson|Full Review]] <!-- Carrerre -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Carrere_Adversaryhis deception on those around him and his sensational trial.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1784705802?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1784705802]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrere Carrère is as integral a part of this story as Romand, his coverage of the trial and correspondence with him whilst in prison form a significant part of the story as do his feelings and Linda Coverdale (translator)]]===response to Romand's justification for his actions.}}[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True CrimeFrontpage|isbn=Grann_Killers|title=Killers of the Flower Moon|author=David Grann|rating=5|genre=True Crime]] On 9th January 1993 Jean-Claude Romand orchestrated a horrifying chain |summary=''Killers of the Flower Moon'' tells the story of events which exposed a shocking double lifethe Osage tribe, a history of lies and a breath-taking capacity for deceit. The Adversary dissects the choices and actions of Romand which led forced to settle in the brutal murders rocky, uninhabitable wilds of his wife, children and parents and the attempted murder Oklahoma in what would become Osage County. In an unexpected turn of his mistressfortune, prospectors struck oil, instantly catapulting the impact Osage into unimaginable wealth and fortune making them some of his deception on those around him and his sensational trialthe richest people in the world. Carrère is as integral a part of this story as Romand, his coverage Then members of the trial and correspondence with him whilst tribe start to die, slowly at first of apparently natural causes then, in prison form a significant part of increasingly violent ways. An investigation into the story as do his feelings and response to Romand's justification for his actions. [[The Adversary matter stalls and is beset by Emmanuel Carrere incompetence and Linda Coverdale (translator)|Full Review]] <!a general lack of interest in the fate of the Osage until the FBI becomes involved and draws together a team of battle-- Grann -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Grann_Killersscarred, unorthodox agents led by former Texas Ranger Tom White.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0857209027/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagAs pressure on White increases, from both the FBI and the increasingly angry Osage, the race to find the truth becomes increasingly difficult, with more twists and double-21]]crosses than any murder mystery.}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Talty_Black|title=The Black Hand|author===[[Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann]]===Stephan Talty[[image:5star.jpg|linkrating=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime4|genre=True Crime]] ''Killers |summary=History is a fascinating subject to study as there is so much of the Flower Moon'' tells the story of the Osage tribeit, forced so why do we keep going back to settle in the rocky, uninhabitable wilds same places? I feel like I have walked the steps of Oklahoma in what would become Osage County. In an unexpected turn Julius Caesar and married at least two of fortuneHenry VIII's wives, prospectors struck oil, instantly catapulting the Osage into unimaginable wealth and fortune making so often I have read about them some of the richest people in the world. Then members of the tribe start There are countless other tales out there to dielearn about that may be more obscure, slowly at first of apparently natural causes then in increasingly violent waysbut are just as exciting. Investigation into the matter stalls and is beset I don't know much about New York around 1900, but after reading ''The Black Hand'' by incompetence and Stephan Talty I now know it was a general lack of interest in the fate of the Osage until the FBI becomes involved and draws together a team of battle scarredviolent place to live, unorthodox agents led by former Texas Ranger Tom Whitebut an interesting one to learn about. As pressure on White increases, from both the FBI and the increasingly angry Osage, the race to find the truth becomes increasingly difficult, with more twists and double crosses than any murder mystery. [[Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Tierney_Doctor|Full Review]] <!-- TALTY -->title=The Doctor's Wife is Dead|-author=Andrew Tierney| stylerating="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|4.5[[image:Talty_Black.jpg|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785037129/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] True Crime| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Black Hand by Stephan Talty]]=== [[image:4starIn 1849 a woman named Ellen Langley died at her home in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary Ireland.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] History is She was the wife of a prosperous doctor and came from a fascinating subject to study as there is well-respected family; so much of it, so why do we keep going back why was she buried in a pauper's coffin? Why had she been confined to the same places? I feel like I have walked grim attic rooms of the house she shared with her husband and then exiled to rented lodgings in the steps most impoverished part of Julius Caesar and married at least two of Henry VIII's wivestheir famine-ravaged town? Why had her death caused such uproar and ultimately, so often I have read about them. 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 1900why had her husband been charged with murder? }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Preston_Very|title=A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment|author=John Preston|rating=5|genre=True Crime|summary=Jeremy Thorpe was the sort of person who was generally liked by others. He was flamboyant and gregarious but after reading ''The Black Hand'' by Stephan Talty I now know it was could give the impression that meeting someone had made his day. He never seemed to forget a violent place name and he was witty, charismatic and very charming. He appeared to livebe a decent man, but an interesting one to learn about. [[The Black Hand by Stephan Talty|Full Review]] <!-- Tierney -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Tierney_Doctorwith views with which I would have agreed on race, capital punishment and membership of the Common Market, as the European Union was then known.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1844883922/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|For this was the nineteen sixties and Thorpe had entered Parliament at the age of thirty and by 1967 he would be party leader. On the surface, he was a man who had everything going for him.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Ricca_Holmes|title=Mrs Holmes: Murder, Kidnap and the True Story of an Extraordinary Lady Detective|author=[[The Doctor's Wife is Dead by Andrew Tierney]]===Brad Ricca[[image:4.5star.jpg|linkrating=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime3.5|genre=True Crime]] In 1849 a woman named Ellen Langley died at her home in Nenagh|summary=Grace Humiston, Co. Tipperary Ireland. She was an American lawyer and travelling detective in the wife early years of a prosperous doctor and came from a the twentieth century, was well-respected family; so why was she buried ahead of her time. Long before women were readily accepted in a pauper's coffin? Why had the legal profession, she been confined to became the grim attic rooms of first female US District Attorney, taking on cases nobody else wanted, setting herself up as an advocate for the house she shared with her husband disadvantaged, charging minimal fees and then exiled working hard on what seemed to rented lodgings be utterly hopeless cases. With her flair for publicity, she made good copy and was always good for a story in the most impoverished part of their famine-ravaged town? Why had her death caused such uproar and ultimately, why had her husband been charged with murder? [[The Doctorpapers. Her nickname 's Wife is Dead by Andrew Tierney|Full Review]]Mrs. Sherlock Holmes' was an apt one.}}<!-- Preston -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Osang_Scholl| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|The Scholl Case[[image:Preston_Very.jpg|linkauthor=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0241973740/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagAnja Reich-21]]Osang and Imogen Taylor (translator)|rating=5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"True Crime|summary===[[A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at 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 Heart constant hum of the Establishment by John Preston]]=== [[image:5starautobahn (one of Hitler's) keeping it company, it must have an appeal.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] Jeremy Thorpe was It has been rebuilt, refashioned and remodelled since the sort end of person who was generally liked by others. He was flamboyant East Germany, under the most prosperous and gregarious but could give forward-looking mayor in the state, if not the impression that meeting someone had made his daycountry. He never seemed to forget a name and he , it was witty, charismatic and very charmingwho put in a mostly-nude swimming spa. He appeared to be a decent man, with views with which I would have agreed on race, capital punishment and membership of the Common MarketIt has dispensers for doggy poo bags, so there's nothing as uncouth as the European Union was then knowntaking your own. For this was The mayor, bless him, even expanded the nineteen sixties and Thorpe had entered Parliament at the age of thirty 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 1967 he would be party leaderwoodland. On the surface he was Woodland where, between Christmas and New Year a man who had everything going for him. [[A Very English Scandal: Sexfew years back, Lies the mayor's own wife and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment by John Preston|Full Review]]dog were found, both having been strangled… }}<!-- Ricca -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Bard_Capital| styletitle="widthCapital Punishment: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"London's Places of Execution|author=Robert Bard[[image:Ricca_Holmes.jpg|linkrating=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1445663449/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 4| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"True Crime|summary===[[Mrs Holmes: Murder, Kidnap The majority of books on true crime and the True Story of an Extraordinary Lady Detective by Brad Ricca]]=== [[image:3murder focus first and foremost on specific incidents.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{ratingThis concise volume takes a different approach, in dealing with them according to where the executioner completed his task.}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime{{Frontpage|True Crime]]isbn=Wilber_Good|title=A Good Month For MurderGrace Humiston, an American lawyer and travelling detective |author=Del Quentin Wilber|rating=2|genre=True Crime|summary=I like to read crime fiction in part because it allows me to keep the early years dark world of murder and mayhem at arms-length, whilst still enjoying the twentieth centuryvicarious thrills. After all, was well ahead of her timethis is fiction and therefore a made-up death. Long before women were readily accepted in the legal professionHowever, she became the first female US District Attorney, taking on cases nobody else wanted, setting herself up as an advocate for the disadvantaged, charging minimal fees sometimes it is important to have a reality check 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 read a bit of non-fiction. The problem is with true crime as a story in genre is that it is sometimes written the papers. Her nickname same as fiction, although it is 'Mrsreal’. Sherlock Holmes' was an apt one. [[Mrs Holmes: Murder, Kidnap and Is there a place to sensationalise actual death for the True Story entertainment of an Extraordinary Lady Detective by Brad Ricca|Full Review]]others?}}<!-- Osang -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Bell_AZ| styletitle="width: 10%; verticalThe A-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 Z of Victorian 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]]  <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->|} {{newreview|author= Neil R A Bell, Trevor N Bond, Kate Clarke and M W Oldridge|title=The A-Z of Victorian Crime

|summary= 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.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445647869</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Misha GlennyGlenny_Nemesis|title= Nemesis – The Hunt For Brazil's Most Wanted Criminal|author=Misha Glenny|rating= 4.5|genre= True Crime

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Garner_House|title=This House of Grief

|summary= 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.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1925240681</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Quillen_Inside|title=Inside Alcatraz: My Life on the Rock

|genre=AutobiographyTrue Crime|summary=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 a gun to the head one morning proved otherwise. The circumstances 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.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784750662</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Platt_Criminal|title=Criminal Capital: How the Finance Industry Facilitates Crime

|genre=Business and FinanceTrue Crime|summary=It used to be estate agents we reviled the most, but they've now achieved relative respectability. MPs briefly took the top spot, but for many years now the list has been topped by bankers following the 2008 financial crisis, when huge taxpayer-funded financial bailouts were required to keep the world's financial system afloat. Most people will think that we've heard the worst of what 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 ''still'' happening in the industry and that government attempts to counter the problems are misguided and unlikely to be effective.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>113733729X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Jayne Anne Phillips|title=Quiet Dell|rating=4|genre=Crime (Historical)|summary= Chicago – 1931. Asta Eicher is a widow, with three children and a crippling sense of loneliness. When Harry Powers asks her to marry him, she is delighted – and the new family soon leave in order to travel to West Virginia. They are never seen again. Back in Chicago, Emily Thornhill is one of the few women journalists in Chicago, and is sent to investigate the disappearance, trying to establish what happened to the family. As she becomes ever deeper involved with the investigation, Emily begins to discover things she never expected – both about the case, and herself. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099590255</amazonuk>