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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 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]] 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| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|=isbn=Winn_Hello|title=[[Hello, Shadowlands by |author=Patrick Winn]]|rating=4|genre==True Crime[[image:4star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] ''Hello''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]]}}{{Frontpage<!-- Orth -->|isbn=Orth_Versace|-title=Vulgar Favours: The Assassination of Gianni Versace| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Maureen Orth[[image:Orth_Versace.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785943103?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASINrating=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 What is it about true crime which makes it so fascinating to such a wide audience? I guess it about true crime which makes it so fascinating to such a wide audience? I guess it's wanting to try '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]]}}<!-- {{Frontpage|isbn=Masters -->Killing|-title=Killing for Company| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Brian Masters|rating=5[[image:Masters Killing.jpg|left|linkgenre=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1784759422?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1784759422]] True Crime| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|=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 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|Full Review]]}}<!-- Grisham -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Grisham_Innocent| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|The Innocent Man|author=John Grisham[[image:Grisham_Innocent.jpg|left|linkrating=https://www4.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1784759414?ie5|genre=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1784759414]] True Crime| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Innocent Man Many readers may be drawn by the fact that the internationally bestselling John Grisham]]=== [[image:4is the author here. I, however, must admit that although I have enjoyed some of the films based on his books, I have never actually read any of them.5starThis hasn't been due to deliberate avoidance, I just haven't gotten around to it.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}I was keen then to read this True Crime title and see what Grisham would bring to the table, so to speak.}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]]{{FrontpageMany readers may be drawn by the fact that the internationally bestselling John Grisham is the |isbn=Nelson Red|title=The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial|author here. I however, must admit that although I have enjoyed some of =Maggie Nelson|rating=4|genre=True Crime|summary=Maggie Nelson is the films based on his books, I have never actually read any author of four volumes of poetry and five wide-ranging works of them. This hasn't been due to deliberate avoidancenonfiction that delve into the nature of violence and sexuality. From what I'd heard about her writing, I just haven't gotten around knew to it. I was keen then 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. [[The Innocent Man by John Grisham|Full Review]] <!-- Nelson -->|-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.}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Carrere_Adversary|title=The Adversary[[image:Nelson Red.jpg|leftauthor=Emmanuel Carrere and Linda Coverdale (translator)|linkrating=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1784705799?ie4|genre=UTF8&tagTrue Crime|summary=thebookbagOn 9th January 1993, Jean-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1784705799]]  | style="vertical-align: top; textClaude Romand orchestrated a horrifying chain of events which exposed a shocking double life, a history of lies and a breath-align: left;"|===[[taking capacity for deceit. The Red Parts: Autobiography Adversary dissects the choices and actions of a Trial by Maggie Nelson]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]]Romand which led to the brutal murders of his wife, children and parents and the attempted murder of his mistress, [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] Maggie Nelson is the author impact of four volumes of poetry his deception on those around him and five wide-ranging works his sensational trial. Carrère is as integral a part of nonfiction that delve into the nature this story as Romand, his coverage of violence the trial and sexuality. From what I'd heard about her writing, I knew to expect an important and unconventional thinker correspondence with a distinctive, lyrical style. Now Vintage is making some him whilst in prison form a 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. [[The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial by Maggie Nelson|Full Review]]}}<!-- Carrerre -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Grann_Killers| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Killers of the Flower Moon[[image:Carrere_Adversary.jpg|left|linkauthor=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1784705802?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASINDavid Grann|rating=1784705802]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"True Crime|summary===[[The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrere and Linda Coverdale (translator)]]=== [[image:4star''Killers of the Flower Moon'' tells the story of the Osage tribe, forced to settle in the rocky, uninhabitable wilds of Oklahoma in what would become Osage County.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] On 9th January 1993 Jean-Claude Romand orchestrated a horrifying chain In an unexpected turn of fortune, prospectors struck oil, instantly catapulting the Osage into unimaginable wealth and fortune making them some of events which exposed a shocking double life, a history the richest people in the world. Then members of lies and a breath-taking capacity for deceitthe tribe start to die, slowly at first of apparently natural causes then, in increasingly violent ways. The Adversary dissects An investigation into the choices matter stalls and actions is beset by incompetence and a general lack of Romand which led to interest in the brutal murders fate of his wife, children and parents and the attempted murder of his mistress, Osage until the impact of his deception on those around him FBI becomes involved and his sensational trial. Carrère is as integral draws together a part team of this story as Romandbattle-scarred, his coverage of unorthodox agents led by former Texas Ranger Tom White. As pressure on White increases, from both the trial FBI and correspondence with him whilst in prison form a significant part of the story as do his feelings increasingly angry Osage, the race to find the truth becomes increasingly difficult, with more twists and response to Romand's justification for his actions. [[The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrere and Linda Coverdale (translator)|Full Review]]double-crosses than any murder mystery.}}<!-- Grann -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Talty_Black| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|The Black Hand[[image:Grann_Killers.jpg|linkauthor=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0857209027/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Stephan Talty| stylerating="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"4|genre===[[Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann]]===True Crime[[image:5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] ''Killers History is a fascinating subject to study as there is so much of it, so why do we keep going back to the Flower Moon'' tells the story of the Osage tribe, forced to settle in same places? I feel like I have walked the rocky, uninhabitable wilds 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 scarred, unorthodox agents led by former Texas Ranger Tom Whiteviolent 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=4. As pressure on White increases, from both 5|genre=True Crime|summary=In 1849 a woman named Ellen Langley died at her home in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary Ireland. She was the FBI wife of a prosperous doctor and the increasingly angry Osage, the race came from a well-respected family; so why was she buried in a pauper's coffin? Why had she been confined to find the truth becomes increasingly difficult, grim attic rooms of the house she shared with more twists her husband and double crosses than any murder mystery. [[Killers of then exiled to rented lodgings in the Flower Moon by David Grann|Full Review]] <!most impoverished part of their famine-- TALTY -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|ravaged town? Why had her death caused such uproar and ultimately, why had her husband been charged with murder? }}{{Frontpage[[image:Talty_Black.jpg|linkisbn=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785037129/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Preston_Very| styletitle="vertical-alignA Very English Scandal: top; text-align: left;"|=Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment|author=John Preston|rating=[[The Black Hand by Stephan Talty]]5|genre===True Crime[[image:4star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] History is a fascinating subject to study as there is so much Jeremy Thorpe was the sort of it, so why do we keep going back to person who was generally liked by others. He was flamboyant and gregarious but could give the same places? I feel like I have walked the steps of Julius Caesar impression that meeting someone had made his day. He never seemed to forget a name and married at least two of Henry VIII's wiveshe was witty, charismatic and very charming. He appeared to be a decent man, so often with views with which I would have read about them. There are countless other tales out there to learn about that may be more obscureagreed on race, capital punishment and membership of the Common Market, but are just as exciting. I don't know much about New York around 1900, but after reading ''The Black Hand'' by Stephan Talty I now know it the European Union was a violent place to live, but an interesting one to learn aboutthen known. [[The Black Hand by Stephan Talty|Full Review]] <!-- Tierney -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"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[[image:Tierney_Doctor.jpg|linktitle=httpMrs Holmes://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1844883922/refMurder, Kidnap and the True Story of an Extraordinary Lady Detective|author=nosim?tagBrad Ricca|rating=thebookbag-21]] 3.5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Doctor's Wife is Dead by Andrew Tierney]]===True Crime[[image:4.5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] In 1849 a woman named Ellen Langley died at her home in NenaghGrace 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 in the most impoverished part of their famine-ravaged town? Why had be utterly hopeless cases. With her death caused such uproar flair for publicity, she made good copy and ultimately, why had her husband been charged with murder? [[The Doctorwas always good for a story in the papers. Her nickname 'Mrs. Sherlock Holmes's Wife is Dead by Andrew Tierney|Full Review]]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: SexI think I'd like Ludwigsfelde. I wouldn't have liked it when it was an industrial village, Lies with one or two huge mechanical plants and a Murder Plot at 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 end of East Germany, under the sort of person who was generally liked by others. He was flamboyant 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 manIt has dispensers for doggy poo bags, with views with which I would have agreed on raceso there's nothing as uncouth as taking your own. The mayor, capital punishment and membership of the Common Marketbless him, as even expanded the European Union was then knownmotorway to three lanes in each direction. For this was the nineteen sixties and Thorpe had entered Parliament at the age It is within touch of thirty Berlin, and by 1967 he would be party leaderin tune with so many business wants, yet is surrounded by woodland. 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;"|[[image:Ricca_Holmes.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1445663449/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Mrs Holmes: Murder, Kidnap and the True Story of an Extraordinary Lady Detective by Brad Ricca]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] Grace Humiston, an American lawyer and travelling detective in the early years of the twentieth century, was well ahead of her time. 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 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 Ricca|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]]  <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->|} {{newreviewLondon's Places of Execution

|genre=HistoryTrue Crime|summary= 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.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445667363</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Wilber_Good|title=A Good Month For Murder

|summary=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 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?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509830502</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Bell_AZ|title=The A-Z of Victorian Crime|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>