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Wensley Clarkson
In what has been described as a true-life blend of Grumpy Old Men and Ocean’s Eleven, this book is an insider account of the 2015 Hatton Garden Heist, in which…
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Cocaine Confidential goes inside the lives of the coca farmers, the jungle sweat-shop workers, the smugglers, the suppliers, and, ultimately, the dealers who provide for the world’s hundreds of millions…
What drives a woman to kill? Obsession? Revenge? Desperation? Or Pure Evil?
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Wensley Clarkson explores the dark and sinister side of the multi-billion-pound hash smuggling business: one fuelled by a brutal underworld network of dealers, drug barons, bent cops and even terrorists.
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Billy Hill was Britain’s first celebrity gangster. Born in London’s King’s Cross, Hill was a charming character with a deadly edge who elevated himself to the top of the pantheon…
Gang Wars on the Costa reveals how this chilling criminal gang culture has evolved at a rate and intensity unlike anything seen before in Europe. It is a powerful and…
Shocking true accounts of abuse and human bondage include the horrors endured by Liza, who was forced to engage in orgies and be the personal sex slave of a man…
The shocking true story of Harold Shipman, the doctor who became Britain’s most prolific serial killer.
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A gripping true crime expose centring around The Dartford Crossing - the battleground of an intense war between old school British gangsters and Eastern European gangs in light of Brexit.
These mystifying and spine-tingling stories are just what the doctor ordered and they are all true. Doctors of Death presents ten hair-raising real life accounts of killing and mayhem in…
This is the extraordinary story of how Charlie Wilson - renowned as one of the leaders of the Great Train Robbery gang - turned his back on so-called traditional crime…
Contains information on Kenneth Noye’s criminal dealings, the truth of his life of crime. This book attempts to penetrate the inner sanctum of Noye’s closest family and criminal associates to…
The inside story of the life and death of Britain’s criminal kingpin and the empire he built
The old crimes of prostitution and extortion are being dropped in favour of multi-million pound drug deals, bringing gangsters more money and power than they’ve ever known. This book reveals…
To neighbors, she was the brave single mother…
Raising her five kids alone in a rundown section of Sacramento, Theresa Cross Knorr seemed like the ultimate survivor. But her youngest…
In Serial Killers of Russia, bestselling true crime author Wensley Clarkson reveals the inside stories and gruesome details behind the country’s most notorious and previously unknown murderers.
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This book delves into Mexico’s criminal underbelly to tell the stories of the psychopathic loners, professional narco assassins and the overwhelmed law enforcement trying desperately to hunt them down.
Best-selling author’s exploration of the lethal and murky world of Legal Highs. The first book on this highly controversial topic.
The inside story of the 20th century’s most lucrative armed robbery.
The definitive account of the old-school robbery that gripped Britain and the hunt for the gangsters behind it.
The real story of London street gangs that inspired the hit TV series: the events, the people and the gangs.
True stories of police corruption, bent coppers and the secret units who hunt them.
Wensley Clarkson,Martin King,Wensley Clarkson
Today’s gangsters are streets apart from the old-style gang lords of the Fifties and Sixties. The godfathers of old were seen by many as a stabilising influence. Their power inspired…
The Real Silent Witness includes testimony and accounts from real criminal forensics experts, the people who have worked on Britain’s most notorious and shocking cases.