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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 be lover, her seducer and the man who was her landlord who was also her lover -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Winn_Helloknew.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co 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.uk/dp/1785783475/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag She'd been poisoned -21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"or had taken her own life. 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|isbn=Winn_Hello|title===[[Hello, Shadowlands by |author=Patrick Winn]]==|rating=4 [[image:4star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] summary=''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}}{{Frontpage|Full Review]]isbn=Orth_Versace|title=Vulgar Favours: The Assassination of Gianni Versace<!-- |author=Maureen Orth -->|-rating=5| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|True Crime[[image:Orth_Versace.jpg|left|linksummary=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785943103What is it about true crime which makes it so fascinating to such a wide audience?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1785943103]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Vulgar Favours: The Assassination of Gianni Versace by Maureen Orth]]===I guess it'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.}}{{Frontpage[[image:5star.jpg|linkisbn=Category:{{{Masters Killing|title=Killing for Company|author=Brian Masters|rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime=5|genre=True Crime]] What |summary=Killing for Company is it about true crime which makes it so fascinating to such a wide audience? I guess detailed criminal study of Dennis Nilsen, unique in that itwas produced with Nilsen's wanting to try to figure out what happened to make these people partake in the awful crimes they committedfull cooperation and includes material from Nilsen's prison diaries. Covering Nilsen's early life, his career and subsequent murders, or else the same inexplicable impulse people have to slow down when they overtake this is a car crash on detailed analysis of the man behind the motorway. Whatever it ismurder and an attempt, Maureen Orthon Masters's bookpart, Vulgar Favours, taps right on into itto understand what shaped Nilsen and what could have caused such apparently senseless violence. [[Vulgar Favours: The Assassination of Gianni Versace by Maureen Orth|Full Review]]}}<!-- Masters -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Grisham_Innocent| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"The Innocent Man|author=John Grisham[[image:Masters Killing|rating=4.jpg5|leftgenre=True Crime|linksummary=https://wwwMany readers may be drawn by the fact that the internationally bestselling John Grisham is the author here.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1784759422?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1784759422]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Killing for Company by Brian Masters]]=== [[image:5starI, however, must admit that although I have enjoyed some of the films based on his books, I have never actually read any of them. This hasn't been due to deliberate avoidance, I just haven't gotten around to it.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:I was keen then to read this True Crime|True Crime]]title and see what Grisham would bring to the table, so to speak.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Nelson RedKilling for Company is |title=The Red Parts: Autobiography of a detailed criminal study of Dennis Nilsen, unique in Trial|author=Maggie Nelson|rating=4|genre=True Crime|summary=Maggie Nelson is the author of four volumes of poetry and five wide-ranging works of nonfiction that it was produced with Nilsen's full cooperation delve into the nature of violence and includes material from Nilsen's prison diariessexuality. Covering NilsenFrom what I's early lifed heard about her writing, his career I knew to expect an important and subsequent murdersunconventional thinker with a distinctive, this lyrical style. Now Vintage is a detailed analysis making some of her backlist, including this book (originally published in 2007) and the man behind uncategorisable Bluets, available for the murder and an attempt, on Masters' part, to understand what shaped Nilsen and what could have caused such apparently senseless violencefirst time in the UK. [[Killing for Company by Brian Masters|Full Review]]}}<!-- Grisham -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Carrere_Adversary| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"The Adversary|author=Emmanuel Carrere and Linda Coverdale (translator)[[image:Grisham_Innocent.jpg|leftrating=4|linkgenre=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1784759414?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1784759414]] True Crime| stylesummary="verticalOn 9th January 1993, Jean-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Claude Romand orchestrated a horrifying chain of events which exposed a shocking double life, a history of lies and a breath-taking capacity for deceit. The Innocent Man by John Grisham]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] Many readers may be drawn by Adversary dissects the choices and actions of Romand which led to the brutal murders of his wife, children and parents and the attempted murder of his mistress, the fact that the internationally bestselling John Grisham impact of his deception on those around him and his sensational trial. Carrère is the author here. I howeveras integral a part of this story as Romand, must admit that although I have enjoyed some his coverage of the films based on his books, I have never actually read any trial and correspondence with him whilst in prison form a significant part of them. This hasn't been due the story as do his feelings and response to deliberate avoidance, I just havenRomand't gotten around to its justification for his actions. I was keen then to read this True Crime }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Grann_Killers|title and see what Grisham would bring to =Killers of the table, so to speak. [[The Innocent Man by John GrishamFlower Moon|Full Review]]author=David Grann <!-- Nelson -->|rating=5|-genre=True Crime| stylesummary="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Nelson Red.jpg|left|link=https://www''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.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1784705799?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1784705799]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Red Parts: Autobiography In an unexpected turn of fortune, prospectors struck oil, instantly catapulting the Osage into unimaginable wealth and fortune making them some of a Trial by Maggie Nelson]]=== [[image:4starthe richest people in the world.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]]Then members of the tribe start to die, slowly at first of apparently natural causes then, [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] Maggie Nelson is in increasingly violent ways. An investigation into the author of four volumes of poetry matter stalls and is beset by incompetence and five wide-ranging works a general lack of nonfiction that delve into interest in the nature fate of violence the Osage until the FBI becomes involved and sexuality. From what I'd heard about her writingdraws together a team of battle-scarred, I knew to expect an important and unconventional thinker with a distinctive, lyrical styleunorthodox agents led by former Texas Ranger Tom White. Now Vintage is making some of her backlistAs pressure on White increases, including this book (originally published in 2007) from both the FBI and the uncategorisable Bluetsincreasingly angry Osage, available for the first time in race to find the UK. [[The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial by Maggie Nelson|Full Review]]truth becomes increasingly difficult, with more twists and double-crosses than any murder mystery.}}<!-- Carrerre -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Talty_Black| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"The Black Hand|author=Stephan Talty[[image:Carrere_Adversary.jpg|leftrating=4|linkgenre=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1784705802?ieTrue Crime|summary=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1784705802]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrere History is a fascinating subject to study as there is so much of it, so why do we keep going back to the same places? I feel like I have walked the steps of Julius Caesar and Linda Coverdale (translator)]]=== [[image:4starmarried at least two of Henry VIII's wives, so often I have read about them.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] On 9th January 1993 Jean-Claude Romand orchestrated a horrifying chain of events which exposed a shocking double life There are countless other tales out there to learn about that may be more obscure, 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 was a history of lies and a breath-taking capacity for deceit. The Adversary dissects the choices and actions of Romand which led violent place to the brutal murders of his wifelive, children and parents and the attempted murder of his mistress, the impact of his deception on those around him and his sensational trialbut an interesting one to learn about. Carrère is as integral a part of this story as Romand, his coverage of the trial and correspondence with him whilst in prison form a significant part of the story as do his feelings and response to Romand's justification for his actions}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Tierney_Doctor|title=The Doctor's Wife is Dead|author=Andrew Tierney|rating=4. [[The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrere and Linda Coverdale (translator)5|Full Review]] <!-- Grann -->|-| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|True Crime[[image:Grann_Killers.jpg|linksummary=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0857209027/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagIn 1849 a woman named Ellen Langley died at her home in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary Ireland. She was the wife of a prosperous doctor and came from a well-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Killers respected family; so why was she buried in a pauper's coffin? Why had she been confined to the grim attic rooms of the Flower Moon by David Grann]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{house she shared with her husband and then exiled to rented lodgings in the most impoverished part of their famine-ravaged town? Why had her death caused such uproar and ultimately, why had her husband been charged with murder? }}{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True CrimeFrontpage|True Crime]]isbn=Preston_Very ''Killers of |title=A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at the Flower Moon'' tells the story Heart of the Osage tribe, forced to settle in Establishment|author=John Preston|rating=5|genre=True Crime|summary=Jeremy Thorpe was the rocky, uninhabitable wilds sort of Oklahoma in what would become Osage Countyperson who was generally liked by others. In an unexpected turn of fortune, prospectors struck oil, instantly catapulting the Osage into unimaginable wealth He was flamboyant and fortune making them some of gregarious but could give the richest people in the worldimpression that meeting someone had made his day. Then members of the tribe start He never seemed to dieforget a name and he was witty, slowly at first of apparently natural causes then in increasingly violent wayscharismatic and very charming. Investigation into the matter stalls He appeared to be a decent man, with views with which I would have agreed on race, capital punishment and is beset by incompetence and a general lack membership of interest in the fate of Common Market, as the Osage until European Union was then known. For this was the FBI becomes involved nineteen sixties and draws together a team Thorpe had entered Parliament at the age of battle scarred, unorthodox agents led thirty and by former Texas Ranger Tom White1967 he would be party leader. As pressure on White increases, from both On the FBI and the increasingly angry Osagesurface, the race to find the truth becomes increasingly difficult, with more twists and double crosses than any murder mysteryhe was a man who had everything going for him. [[Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann|Full Review]]}}<!-- TALTY -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Ricca_Holmes| styletitle="widthMrs Holmes: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Murder, Kidnap and the True Story of an Extraordinary Lady Detective|author=Brad Ricca[[image:Talty_Black.jpg|linkrating=http://www3.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785037129/ref5|genre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] True Crime| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Black Hand by Stephan Talty]]=== [[image:4starGrace Humiston, an American lawyer and travelling detective in the early years of the twentieth century, was well ahead of her time.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] History is a fascinating subject to study as there is so much of itLong before women were readily accepted in the legal profession, so why do we keep going back to she became the first female US District Attorney, taking on cases nobody else wanted, setting herself up as an advocate for the same places? I feel like I have walked the steps of Julius Caesar 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 married at least two of Henry VIII's wives, so often I have read about themwas always good for a story in the papers. There are countless other tales out there to learn about that may be more obscure, but are just as excitingHer nickname 'Mrs. I don't know much about New York around 1900, but after reading ''The Black HandSherlock Holmes'' by Stephan Talty I now know it was a violent place to live, but an interesting apt one to learn about. [[The Black Hand by Stephan Talty|Full Review]]}}{{Frontpage<!-- Tierney -->|isbn=Osang_Scholl|-title=The Scholl Case| styleauthor="width: 10%; verticalAnja Reich-align: top; text-align: center;"Osang and Imogen Taylor (translator)|rating=5[[image:Tierney_Doctor.jpg|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1844883922/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] True Crime| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The DoctorI think I's Wife is Dead by Andrew Tierney]]=== [[image:4d like Ludwigsfelde.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] In 1849 a woman named Ellen Langley died at her home in NenaghI 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, Co. Tipperary Ireland. She was even with the wife constant hum of a prosperous doctor and came from a well-respected family; so why was she buried in a pauperthe autobahn (one of Hitler's coffin? Why had she been confined to ) keeping it company, it must have an appeal. It has been rebuilt, refashioned and remodelled since the grim attic rooms end of East Germany, under the house she shared with her husband most prosperous and then exiled to rented lodgings forward-looking mayor in the most impoverished part of their faminestate, if not the country. He, it was, who put in a mostly-ravaged town? Why had her death caused such uproar and ultimately, why had her husband been charged with murder? [[The Doctornude swimming spa. It has dispensers for doggy poo bags, so there's Wife is Dead by Andrew Tierney|Full Review]] <!-- Preston -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Preston_Verynothing as uncouth as taking your own. The mayor, bless him, even expanded the motorway to three lanes in each direction. 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He never seemed to forget This concise volume takes a name and he was wittydifferent approach, charismatic and very charmingin dealing with them according to where the executioner completed his task. He appeared to be a decent man, with views with which }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Wilber_Good|title=A Good Month For Murder|author=Del Quentin Wilber|rating=2|genre=True Crime|summary=I would have agreed on race, capital punishment like to read crime fiction in part because it allows me to keep the dark world of murder and membership of the Common Marketmayhem at arms-length, as whilst still enjoying the European Union was then knownvicarious thrills. For After all, this was the nineteen sixties is fiction and Thorpe had entered Parliament at the age of thirty and by 1967 he would be party leadertherefore a made-up death. On the surface he was However, sometimes it is important to have a man who had everything going for him. [[A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies reality check and read a Murder Plot at the Heart bit of the Establishment by John Preston|Full Review]] <!-- Ricca -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Ricca_Holmesnon-fiction.jpg|link=http://wwwThe problem is with true crime as a genre is that it is sometimes written the same as fiction, although it is 'real’.amazon.co.uk/dp/1445663449/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]Is there a place to sensationalise actual death for the entertainment of others?}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Bell_AZ| styletitle="verticalThe A-align: top; text-align: left;"Z of Victorian Crime|author===[[Mrs Holmes: MurderNeil R A Bell, Trevor N Bond, Kidnap Kate Clarke and the True Story of an Extraordinary Lady Detective by Brad Ricca]]=M W Oldridge|rating=4.5|genre=True Crime [[image:3.5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] Grace Humiston, an American lawyer and travelling detective 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 early years of same way as equally dreadful events from, say, the twentieth century, was well ahead last few days of her time. Long before women were readily accepted in which we read from today's papers or online coverage? Whatever the legal professionreason, she became there is an endless fascination with murders and other major transgressions of the first female US District Attorney, taking on cases nobody else wanted, setting herself up as an advocate for law from the disadvantaged, charging minimal fees era of gas lamps and working hard on what seemed to be utterly hopeless cases. With her flair for publicity she made good copyswirling fog – true Victorian melodrama, misbehaviour and was always good horror from real-life writ large. It is amply catered for a story in the papers. Her nickname 'Mrs. Sherlock Holmes' was an apt one. [[Mrs Holmes: Murderthis title, Kidnap and the True Story joint work of an Extraordinary Lady Detective by Brad Ricca|Full Review]]four authors.}}{{Frontpage<!-- Osang -->|isbn=Glenny_Nemesis|-title=Nemesis – The Hunt For Brazil's Most Wanted Criminal| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Misha Glenny[[image:Osang_Scholl.jpg|linkrating=http://www4.amazon.co.uk/dp/1925240932/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"True Crime|summary===[[The Scholl Case Many of us have had a 'Sliding Doors' moment. A single incident that grabs life by Anja Reich-Osang the shoulders and Imogen Taylor (translator)]]===shoves it in a completely new and unexpected direction. Few can have travelled quite so far, quite so quickly as Antonio Francisco Bonfim Lopes, aka Nem.}}{{Frontpage[[image:5star.jpg|linkisbn=Category:{{{Garner_House|title=This House of Grief|author=Helen Garner|rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime=4|genre=True Crime]] I think I|summary=This is an account of a harrowing event in Australia'd like Ludwigsfelde. I wouldn't have liked it s recent history: the drowning of three young boys when it was an industrial villagethe car being driven by their father, Robert Farquharson, with one or two huge mechanical plants veered off the road and nothing else to its namefell into a dam. But now, even with the constant hum The father escaped unhurt. The tragedy was appropriated by the national media and led to a drawn-out prosecution of the autobahn (one of Hitler's) keeping it company, it must have an appealfather for murder. It has been rebuilt, refashioned and remodelled since }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Quillen_Inside|title=Inside Alcatraz: My Life on the end of East Germany, under the most prosperous Rock|author=Jim Quillen|rating=5|genre=True Crime|summary=It sounds like something from a Hollywood movie. A group of young prisoners make a daring escape from prison and forward-looking mayor in go on the staterun, cleverly evading capture thanks to quick wits and creative thinking. After managing to cover some distance, if not the country. He it was who put in a mostly-nude swimming spa. It has dispensers for doggy poo bags, so theremen began to feel ''s nothing as uncouth as taking your own. The mayorsmart, bless himconfident and quite comfortable, even expanded '' thinking that they had managed to outwit the motorway police. A rude awakening with a gun to three lanes in each directionthe head one morning proved otherwise. It is within touch The circumstances of Berlin, and in tune with so many business wants, yet is surrounded by woodland. Woodland where, between Christmas and New Year their escape meant that their capture would lead to a few years back, long incarceration in one of the mayor's own wife most notorious prisons in the world: Alcatraz. ''Inside Alcatraz'' is the story of one of those men, Jim Quillen, and dog were found, both having been strangled… [[The Scholl Case by Anja Reich-Osang and Imogen Taylor (translator)|Full Review]]his long road to redemption.}}<!-- Bard -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Platt_Criminal| styletitle="widthCriminal Capital: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"How the Finance Industry Facilitates Crime|author=Stephen Platt[[image:Bard_Capital.jpg|linkrating=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1445667363/ref4|genre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] True Crime| stylesummary="vertical-align: It used to be estate agents we reviled the most, but they've now achieved relative respectability. MPs briefly took the top; text-align: left;"|===[[Capital Punishment: Londonspot, 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 Places of Execution by Robert Bard]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] The majority of books on true crime 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 murder focus first and foremost on specific incidents. This concise volume takes mis-selling might well be just a different approach, minor part of what is still happening in dealing with them according the industry and that government attempts to where counter the executioner completed his taskproblems are misguided and unlikely to be effective. }}Move on to [[Capital Punishment: LondonNewest Women's Places of Execution by Robert Bard|Full Review]] <!-- Wilber -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Wilber_Good.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1509830502/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[A Good Month For Murder by Del Quentin Wilber]]=== [[image:2star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] 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 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? [[A Good Month For Murder by Del Quentin Wilber|Full Review]] <!-- Bell -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Bell_AZ.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1445647869/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The A-Z of Victorian Crime by Neil R A Bell, Trevor N Bond, Kate Clarke and M W Oldridge]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] 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. [[The A-Z of Victorian Crime by Neil R A Bell, Trevor N Bond, Kate Clarke and M W Oldridge|Full Review]] <!-- Glenny -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Glenny_Nemesis.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0099584654/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Nemesis – The Hunt For Brazil's Most Wanted Criminal by Misha Glenny]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] Many of us have had a 'Sliding Doors' moment. A single incident that grabs life by the shoulders and shoves it in a completely new and unexpected direction. Few can have travelled quite so far, quite so quickly as Antonio Francisco Bonfim Lopes, aka Nem. [[Nemesis – The Hunt For Brazil's Most Wanted Criminal by Misha Glenny|Full Review]] <!-- Garner -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Garner_House.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1925240681/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[This House of Grief by Helen Garner]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] 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. [[This House of Grief by Helen Garner|Full Review]] <!-- QUILLEN -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Quillen_Inside.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1784750662/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Inside Alcatraz: My Life on the Rock by Jim Quillen]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]],[[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] 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 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. [[Inside Alcatraz: My Life on the Rock by Jim Quillen|Full Review]] <!-- PLATT -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Platt_Criminal.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/113733729X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Criminal Capital: How the Finance Industry Facilitates Crime by Stephen Platt]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Business and Finance|Business and Finance]], [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] 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. [[Criminal Capital: How the Finance Industry Facilitates Crime by Stephen Platt|Full Review]] <!-- Phillips -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Phillips_Quiet.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0099590255/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Quiet Dell by Jayne Anne Phillips]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime (Historical)|Crime (Historical)]], [[:Category:True Crime|True Crime]] 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. [[Quiet Dell by Jayne Anne Phillips|Full ReviewFiction Reviews]] <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->|}