True Stories

You've heard of Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy. But have you heard of Amy Archer-Gilligan? Or Belle Gunness? Or Nannie Doss? Women have committed so...

'Damien Lewis is both a meticulous historian and a born storyteller' Lee Child'Now that's a Great Escape! How 34 members of the SAS evaded 5,000 Na...

'This is an extraordinary book. It moves in and around you like a ghost. I feel lucky to have experienced it' -- Daisy Johnson - author of Everythi...

For readers of THE TEACHER'S PET and MISSING WILLIAM TYRELL. It's the maxim that every true-crime lover knows: One infant's death in a family is a ...

From his offices at Basinghall Street in the City of London, Henry Slater presided over Britain's best-known private detective agency, king of all ...

'A shocking story of serial killers, twisted idealism and a country that looked away' Rory Carroll, bestselling author of Killing That...

A woman who was sexually abused by her own father and later gave birth to his daughter is now running a support group which spans 30 countries and ...

From true-crime legend T. J. English, the epic, behind-the-scenes saga of Los Muchachos, one of the most successful cocaine trafficking organizatio...

On 2 November 1952, two teenagers, Derek Bentley and Christopher Craig, tried to break into a warehouse in Croydon, Surrey. The police were called ...

London has a history that emerges from the mist of time some 1500 years ago and is one that evolves yet never ends. It has always been a breeding g...

'Haunting and powerfully resonant... this is a story not just of remarkable individuals, but also a tribute to the wider indomitability of the huma...

How a 'nerdy' Australian flower farmer, barrister, scientist and engineer saved 41 people trapped in an Indian mine collapse that inspired the worl...

Entertaining, quirky and an enjoyable read Phil Liggett MBE 'Entertaining... Carlton shows no sign of running out of amusing anecdotes... A worth...

Rose West was, on the face of it, a mother living with her family in a semi in Gloucester. But behind closed doors, she was a monstrous killer who,...