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The Barefoot Bandit tells the riveting true story of Colton Harris-Moore, America's twenty-first-century outlaw. Born into a poor family marred by alcohol abuse, Colt had the local sheriff after him before the age of ten. Colt survived by breaking into homes to forage...
Editeur :
Hachette Books
Parution :
2012-03-20
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The incredible bestselling true story of the rise and reign of the most wanted criminal in history, told by the one man who was with him every step of the way - his brother Roberto.Murderer, philanthropist, drug dealer, politician, devil, saint: many words have been...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
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2012-03-15
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Behind the fashionable bars and clubs of Soho lies a fascinating history of criminal activity, featuring some of London's most notorious gangsters. From the razor gangs of the 1920s to the post-war gangleaders Billy Hill and Jack Spot; from the pre-war French pimps and...
Editeur :
Piatkus
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2012-03-01
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In August 1955 two men fought on the corner of Frith Street and Old Compton Street, Soho. From the dreadful injuries they inflicted on each other it easily could have been a hanging matter, but ironically it became known as 'The Fight that Never Was'. It was, however,...
Editeur :
Piatkus
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2012-03-01
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The murders in London between 1888-91 attributed to Jack the Ripper constitute one of the most mysterious unsolved criminal cases. This story is the result of many years meticulous research.The author reassesses all the evidence and challenges everything we thought...
Editeur :
Robinson
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2012-03-01
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It remains one of the most enduring mysteries in gangland lore: in 1941, while Abe Reles and three other key informants were under round-the-clock NYPD protection, the ruthless and powerful thug took a deadly plunge from the window of a Coney Island hotel. The first...
Editeur :
Union Square & Co.
Parution :
2012-02-07
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THE MOST AMAZING TRUE STORY SINCE AGENT ZIGZAGOCCUPIED PARIS, 1944.A swastika crowns the Eiffel Tower.Nazis march through the streets.And in the dark heart of the city, a madman is at work . . .At a chic Right Bank address, a horrific pile of dismembered bodies is...
Editeur :
Sphere
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2012-01-19
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This is the story of an international group of drug smugglers, their criminal success and the hunt to bring them to justice. There were sixteen of them, from America, Britain, Australia and Thailand, and together they were called 'The Ring'. They first began exporting...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-12-21
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The incredible real life story of the world's first super spy'Full of stimulating detail... vivid glimpses of the world of Elizabethan espionage' GUARDIAN'Walsingham emerges from these pages as a hero of epic stature' DAILY TELEGRAPHFrancis Walsingham was the first...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2011-12-15
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'BRILLIANT AT CAPTURING THE MURDEROUS CHARMS OF RURAL FRANCE ' MirrorMillions of fans worldwide have discovered the world of Bruno, Chief of Police, and the lovely Perigord town that he looks after. Yet even in the depths of rural France, murder is never far...
Editeur :
Quercus
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2011-10-29
Collection :
The Dordogne Mysteries
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John Follain, who covers Italy for the Sunday Times, tells the definitive inside story of this extraordinary case. Shortly after 12.30pm on 2 November 2007, Italian police were called to the Perugia home of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher. They found her...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-10-25
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History remembers Arnold Rothstein as the man who fixed the 1919 World Series, an underworld genius. The real-life model for The Great Gatsby's Meyer Wolfsheim and Nathan Detroit from Guys and Dolls, Rothstein was much more -- and less -- than a fixer of baseball games....
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2011-09-13
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The 35 most famous trials of the 20th century, as recorded by the people who were there including Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Brian Masters, Damon Runyon and other star turns in true crime writing.
Among the cases featured: the longest ever US trial, of deadly duo...
Editeur :
C & r Crime
Parution :
2011-09-01
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Dangerous madmen or divinely inspired prophets? From murdering religious sects like the Assassins and the Thugs, to the orgies of the little known Khlysty and the self-mutilations of the Skloptzi; including modern day killers like the vicious Manson Family and the...
Editeur :
Magpie
Parution :
2011-08-18
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Karla Homolka attracted worldwide outrage in the early nineties. The Canadian Barbie-lookalike had, with her boyfriend Paul Bernardo, participated in the 1991 and 1992 rape and murder of two teenage girls, Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French, and the rape and killing of...
Editeur :
Magpie
Parution :
2011-08-18
Collection :
Murder Files
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The story of the killer Ed Gein is one of the weirdest, most disturbing ever, one that has inspired horror stories as diverse as Psycho andThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre. His crimes, which were committed in and around Plainfield, Wisconsin, included exhuming corpses from...
Editeur :
Magpie
Parution :
2011-08-18
Collection :
Murder Files
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Curiously for a serial killer and self-proclaimed cannibal, Arthur Shawcross's confessional accounts of his crimes were only partially believed. His stories changed frequently as he spoke with different people and almost everyone who interviewed him thought that he was...
Editeur :
Magpie
Parution :
2011-08-18
Collection :
Murder Files
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Close-up accounts of three of the weirdest and most disturbing cases of cannibalism in the twentieth century. The Murder Files is a series of individual titles, giving condensed accounts of some of the most appalling and notorious killers of all time.
Editeur :
Magpie
Parution :
2011-08-18
Collection :
Murder Files
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Jeffrey Dahmer was the Milwaukee serial killer who murdered, mutilated and cannibalized at least seventeen men and boys between 1978 and 1991.The Murder Files is a series of individual titles, giving condensed accounts of some of the most appalling and notorious killers...
Editeur :
Magpie
Parution :
2011-08-18
Collection :
Murder Files
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The lives and premature deaths of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker have been turned into films, songs and novels over the years. But the true story behind these fictions remains a touching and fascinating one.The Murder Files is a series of individual titles, giving...
Editeur :
Magpie
Parution :
2011-08-18
Collection :
Murder Files
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