Crimes category: 7162 books
by Stephen Hayes
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
A sensational second book in The Biggest Gang trilogy from detective turned author Stephen Hayes. Fifty Shades Of Black 'N' Blue will not disappoint - the beatings go on, the culture of police corruption is further outlined with yet more real-life examples and there's yet more sex both in and out...
Crime Beat
A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2006
From #1 bestseller Michael Connelly's first career as a prizewinning crime reporter--the gripping, true stories that inspired and informed his novels.
Before he became a novelist, Michael Connelly was a crime reporter, covering the detectives who worked the homicide beat in Florida and Los...
by Bob Drury, Charles J. Hynes
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011
INCIDENT AT HOWARD BEACH
A CASE FOR MURDER
BY
CHARLES J. HYNES and
Bob Drury
THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
The murder that shocked a city and nation and how our justice system works at its best.
Late on the night of December 19, 1986, four black men were driving through the all-white...
How to Catch a Russian Spy
The True Story of an American Civilian Turned Double Agent
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
With an epilogue on recent Russian spying, a “page-turner of a memoir” (Publishers Weekly) about an American civilian with a dream, who worked as a double agent with the FBI in the early 2000s to bring down a Russian intelligence agent in New York City.
For three nerve-wracking years, from...
The Great Game
The Myths and Reality of Espionage
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
In this riveting insider’s account, a former inspector general of the CIA compares actual espionage cases and practices with classic and popular spy fiction, showing that the real world of espionage is nearly always stranger and more complicated than even the best spy fiction.Exploring everything...
The Terminal Spy
A True Story of Espionage, Betrayal and Murder
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
In a page-turning narrative that reads like a thriller, an award-winning journalist exposes the troubling truth behind the world’s first act of nuclear terrorism.
On November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko sipped tea in London’s Millennium Hotel. Hours later the Russian émigré and former...
Fugitives
Dramatic Accounts of Life on the Run
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
Heather Tallchief escaped from the USA with the man she loved and $2.5 million that didn't belong to her. She must have been on an incredible high. However, the buzz didn't last long. Soon after she and Roberto Solanis landed in Amsterdam to start their new life together, her lover vanished with the...
101 Interesting Facts on Bodyguards and Bodyguarding
Find out about bodyguards
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Do you know what is involved in the role of a bodyguard? Could you have what it takes to protect the rich and famous? Would you like to learn more about the people who watch over high-profile individuals and celebrities? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are sure to enjoy 101 Interesting...
The Forgotten Society
Lives Out of Sight in Nursing Homes, Prisons, and Mental Institutions: A Portfolio of 92 Drawings
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
A prominent artist ventured behind locked doors to portray three "forgotten" social classes: the elderly, people in mental institutions, and the prison population. Alan E. Cober began his career in the 1960s, when illustration took a turn toward a new expressionism. Influenced by the works...
by Michael Sheridan
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
On a fine calm morning in September 1852, a strikingly handsome man and his beautiful wife stepped onto a hired boat in Howth Harbour, Dublin, to set out on a day trip. The destination was Ireland’s Eye, a small uninhabited island less than a mile to the north of the harbour.
He was an...
Scotland Yard
The Methods and Organisation of the Metropolitan Police
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
This edition features
• a linked Table of Contents
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. The Silent Machine
CHAPTER II. Matters of Organisation
CHAPTER III. The Real Detective
CHAPTER IV. On the Trail
CHAPTER V. Making a Detective
CHAPTER VI. More about Investigation
CHAPTER VII. The "Crooks'" Clearing-House
CHAPTER...
Bandido Massacre
A True Story of Bikers, Brotherhood and Betrayal
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
On the morning of April 8, 2006, residents of the hamlet of Shedden, Ontario, woke up to the news that the bloodied bodies of eight bikers from the Bandidos gang had been found dead on a local farm. The massacre made headlines around the world, and the shocking news brought a grim light to an otherwise...
by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, John Howe
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
The timeless Carceri etchings of Piranesi (1720–1778) represent not only spectacular artistic accomplishments but also unforgettable expressions of psychological truths. Combining the influences of Tiepolo, Bibiena, and Rembrandt, these works of architectural fantasy challenge the boundaries of...
High
Confession of an International Drug Smuggler
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2009
In the early 1980s, Brian O’Dea was operating a $100 million a year, 120-man drug smuggling business, and had developed a terrifying cocaine addiction. Under increasing threat from the DEA in 1986 for importing seventy-five tons of marijuana into the United States, he quit the trade–and the drugs–and...