True Stories

Gathered together within the pages of this book is a roguish array of artful tricksters, fantastic fakers, rascally fraudsters and cunning conmen. ...

Life isn't perfect, but dogs certainly make it betterMeet the incredible dogs in this inspiring collection of true stories, championing the often u...

Murders and murderers fascinate us - and perhaps serial killers fascinate us most of all. In the twentieth century the term came to be used to desc...

Winner of the 2022 British Academy Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. Novelist Alia Trabucco Zeran has long been fascinated not only with th...

'Captivating, a John le Carre-esque yarn' Telegraph'A thoroughly good read' Michael Portillo, author of Portillo's Hidden History of Britain and pr...

The path of Grand Prix racing in America wound through raceways at Sebring, Riverside, Watkins Glen, Long Beach, and finally Caesars Palace in L...

'Moorehead paints a wonderfully vivid and moving portrait of the women of the Italian Resistance' MAX HASTINGS, SUNDAY TIMESThe extraordinary story...

For nearly 100 years, the question has repeatedly been asked: who was Jack the Ripper? The real question that should be answered, however, is why? ...

Criminal investigators have learned how to interpret vital testimony that is written in the language of fingerprints and flakes of skin, gradients ...

This true crime saga-with an eccentric Southern backdrop-introduces the reader to the story of a murder in a crumbling Louisville mansion and the d...

Victorian and Edwardian Jarrow was a boom town but it also had a dark side. The nineteenth century brought heavy industry to the town, transforming...

Discover the real-life inspirations behind historys most infamous serial killers: John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, and so many more...

'A powerful, inspiring book' ObserverGeorges Salines lost his daughter Lola in the attack on the Bataclan Theatre in Paris on 13th November 2015. A...

- DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE KIDS WHO FOUND A FERRARI BURIED IN THEIR GARDEN?- WHAT ABOUT THE MAN WHO SUED SATAN?- DO YOU KNOW THE LEGEND OF THE BUNNY ...

The shocking, true story of a soldier gone rogue, and the court martial case that divided America. This is the full story of Eddie Gallagher, a US...

Suspenseful...moving...equal to any fictional thriller. San Francisco Chronicle In August 1978, the Iron Curtain still hung heavily across Europe. ...

In 2004, Maggie Lane fell to her death from the cliffs at Beachy Head. While trying to come to terms with his wife's tragic death, Keith Lane sough...

The remarkable true story of one man''s escape from the depths of depression through his 3,000 mile walk across the country''A great and inspiratio...

''A hugely impressive achievement.'' - Hadley Freeman, author of House of Glass At 8.00am on Monday 18th June ...

The Dive is a thrilling narrative nonfiction in the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Apollo 13. They were ou...

After more than forty years, Charles Manson continues to mystify and fascinate us. One of the most notorious criminals in American history, Manson ...