Crime 7 CRIME


One should forgive one’s enemies, but not before they are hanged.


- Heinrich Heine


73287 MAN WHO WOULD BE JACK: The Hunt for the Real


Ripper by David Bullock The Whitechapel murders and their perpetrator, Jack the Ripper, have been as source of public fascination for ever since those blood-soaked pea-souper nights over a century ago, spawning countless books, articles, films and TV shows. But according to David Bullock’s research, the police had their man


back in 1891. Inspector William Race was tasked with the apprehension of Thomas Cutbush, who has carried out savage knife attacks on two girls in east London and escaped from the Lunatic Ward of Lambeth Infirmary where he is awaiting trial. On 9 March Race gets his man, but during his hunt he has been struck by the wealth of similarities and connections with the 1888 Whitechapel murders and starts to wonder whether his has in fact just apprehended Jack himself. Bullock had unprecedented access to long-hidden records concerning Cutbush and his subsequent incarceration in Broadmoor. Here are all the necessarily gory details, police reports, coroner’s reports, court records. 310pp. £16.99 NOW £6


73280 FRENZY by Neil Root Subtitled ‘Heath, Haigh and Christie, the First Great Tabloid Murderers’. The cases of three serial killers, all apprehended and executed just after the end of WWII, which changed the nature of crime reporting in Britain forever. The loathsome trio were Neville Heath, a “charming” sadist who killed two women, John Haigh, who killed between six and nine people and disposed of their bodies


in an acid bath, and the necrophile John Christie, who killed between six and eight women, including his wife Ethel and one Beryl Evans and her 14 month old daughter Geraldine, a despicable crime for which Beryl’s husband Timothy was hanged in 1950 in one of the worse miscarriages of justice ever seen in this country. It was not just the miscreants themselves who captured the public imagination, but also the victims, detectives, judiciary and of course, the man who in each case concluded the whole dreadful business, legendary hangman Albert Pierrepoint. Court transcripts and newspaper reports. 314pp paperback. £12.99 NOW £5


73622 INTO THE HEART OF THE MAFIA: A Journey


Through the Italian South by David Lane


In a sensitive portrait of heroic, often isolated, individuals who have fought against 150 years of criminality, The Economist’s business and finance correspondent for Italy, who has lived in Rome for over 40 years, paints a richly coloured portrait of a European region under


siege, that is very much at variance with public images of food, sun and the beauties of heritage and culture for which the country is best known. Tragically, the hold of the Mafia on southern Italy - from Naples, through Calabria, to Sicily, the cradle of Cosa Nostra - is as strong as ever. The author has, over the years, and throughout his travels around the country, built up a huge network of contacts from all walks of life. He shows how globalisation has changed the Mafia into more than simply a local phenomenon. His book describes in painful detail the unceasing Mafia pressure endured by priests and politicians, trade unionists, businessmen and ordinary citizens, and the risks taken by police, magistrates and members of civil society whose commitment to their cause has weakened - but has not destroyed - the Mafia’s influence. A thought- provoking and emotive 261 pages with map and author’s note.


$24.99 NOW £6.50 73279 FACTS ARE


SUBVERSIVE: Political Writing from a Decade Without a Name


by Timothy Garton Ash Readers may think that a fact is a fact. After reading this controversial book, they may not be so sure. Consider the statement made by the head of Britain’s secret intelligence service, known only by his traditional moniker ‘C’. It is a


horrifying thought that, if the ‘facts’ about Saddam Hussein’s supposed weapons of mass destruction had been known instead of ‘fixed’, the British Parliament might not have voted to go to war in Iraq. A digital photo can be falsified at the tap of a keyboard. As we trawl the web, the author warns, ‘we have to be careful that what looks like a fact does not turn out to be a factoid’. 441 paperback pages, map. £9.99 NOW £3.50


73651 INVENTION OF MURDER: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and


Created Modern Crime by Judith Flanders Over the course of the 19th century, murder became ubiquitous - transformed into novels, broadsides, ballads, theatre, melodrama, opera and even puppet shows and performing dog acts. Detective fiction and the new police force developed in parallel, with Dickens’ Inspector Bucket, influencing Conan Doyle - the creator


of Sherlock Holmes - as well as modern writers. The author of this book displays a profound understanding of the age, an encyclopaedic knowledge of crime and criminals and the popular reactions towards both. She explores some of the most gripping and gruesome cases, both famous and obscure. Here are Greenacre, who transported his dismembered fiancée around London by omnibus, Burke and Hare, carrying out a flourishing dead body business in Edinburgh, Eleanor Pearcey, who murdered her lover’s wife and child, Tawell the Quaker, the first murderer caught by telegraph, and many more. The author uses the stories, from the brutal to the pathetic, to build up a rich and multi-faceted portrait of Victorian society. A huge 556 pages, lavishly illustrated in colour and b/w. £20 NOW £7


72504 ASYLUM: The Renegades Who Hijacked the


World’s Oil Market by Leah McGrath Goodman From treacherous boardroom schemes to strippers, from repeated terrorist attacks to FBI stings and from grand alliances to the obscene fortunes that brought the global economy to the brink of collapse, this shocking volume reveals how raw ambition and the endless quest


for wealth can change the very nature of both man and market. For the first time, this outspoken book unmasks the oil market’s self-described ‘inmates’ in all their dysfunctional glory. Here are the happily married father from Long Island, whose lust for money and power was exceeded only by his taste for cruel pranks, and the Italian Kung Fu-fighting gasoline trader whose ferocity in the trading pits earned him countless millions. What is even more appalling is the fact that many of the people who cornered the multi-trillion-dollar oil market and reaped outrageous riches, while bringing the economy to its knees, were from working-class families themselves. 398 pages, archive photos. £17.99 NOW £5


72377 BRIDGE OF SPIES: A True Story of the Cold War by Giles Whittell


In February 1962, the news bureaux in Berlin had all got wind of a previously unheard of event - a spy exchange between the Soviets and the Americans. The three men - Rudolf Abel, Soviet spy and master of disguise; Gary Powers, a US pilot captured when his U2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviets, and Frederic Pryor, a young idealistic doctor mistakenly identified as a spy and captured by the Soviets - in this three-way political swap had been drawn into the Cold War by duty and curiosity. The pilot and the spy were the original WMD seekers; the third was an intellectual, in way over his head. All three were rescued against daunting odds. Yet the fates of these three exemplified the pathological mistrust that fuelled the Cold War and arms race. Whittell meticulously traces the journeys of the three men and how these came to characterise the most dangerous years of the Cold War. 274pp, b/w photos. £18.99 NOW £4.50


72311 VILLAINS’ PARADISE: A History of


Britain’s Underworld by Donald Thomas Explores the shadowy ganglands where armed robbery, prostitution, drugs and protection flourished. It charts the paths of crooks and thugs like Johnny the Gent, the Ferret, the Hat and Big Albert, who stole, collected, peddled, pimped and killed, and the cops that they ‘bent’. Between 1944 and 1945, the incidence of armed robbery and violent crime increased by 40 per cent. By 1970, the UK crime rate had tripled. Why? This riveting narrative explains. 506 paperback pages, illus. $16.95 NOW £5


72116 HILLIKER CURSE by James Ellroy Born in Los Angeles in 1948, Ellroy is the author of The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential and White Jazz known as the LA Quartet. The year was 1958. Jean Hilliker has divorced her fast-buck hustler husband and resurrected her maiden name. Her son James was 10 years old. He hated and lusted for his mother and “summoned her dead”. She was murdered three months later. The Hilliker Curse is a predator’s confession, a treatise on guilt and the power of malediction, and above all a cri de coeur. A stark rendition of murder, this is a soul-baring piece of writing. 203pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £2.50


71578 WORLD’S WORST CRIMES: An A-Z of Evil Deeds by Charlotte Greig


The Acid Bath Murders, the Black Widow Killings, the Boston Stranglings, A Case Without a Corpse, the Düsseldorf Vampire, the Hitchhiker Killings, masochistic multiple murders, the Scottish Cannibals, the Vatican Fraud, the Woman in the Box and the Yorkshire Ripper are among the 90 evil deeds. Some kill for money, some for sexual kicks, some out of boredom and some have developed a taste for death. Photos, 382pp in paperback.


£6.99 NOW £3 72791 TERRORIST HUNTERS: The Ultimate


Inside Story of Britain’s Fight Against Terror by Andy Hayman with Margaret Gilmore Andy Hayman was assistant commissioner, Special Operations, and in the thick of things with firstly the security implications of London winning the 2012 Olympics then, a few days later, the horrific tube and bus bombings of 7 July. Hayman sheds new light on the events of 7 July 2005 and the attempted bombings just two weeks later, the tragic killing of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell station, the murder of Alexander Litvinenko and a great many more cases that happened but were barely reported, and his dedicated team of men and women, committed to protecting the UK’s citizens from those who would cause them harm. Here is the pain when the terrorists succeeded and the pride when officers prevented attacks, the top-level crisis meetings and, for the first time, a no-holds-barred analysis and criticism of the way politicians and law- enforcers deal with terrorism, its many faces, causes and effects. 342pp. £12.99 NOW £5


71499 OPERATION KRONSTADT: The True Story of Honor, Espionage and the Rescue of Britain’s Greatest Spy, The Man with a Hundred Faces


by Harry Ferguson In May 1919, only months after the end of World War I, the Bolsheviks’ Red Army had begun to get the upper hand against the US and British-backed White Army. Paul Dukes, a 30-year old concert pianist, master of disguise, dubbed The Man With A Hundred Faces, was the only English spy in Russia and he was cut off in Petrograd after infiltrating the Bolshevik Government and stealing top-secret information. With the government in London desperately in need of the documents in Dukes’ possession, and the Bolshevik secret police closing in, a seemingly suicidal plan was hatched to rescue him. A naval lieutenant called Gus Agar, with his hand-picked team of seven men, boarded plywood boats, which were then the fastest naval vessels in existence. The strategy was to try to reach the island fortress of Kronstadt, the most well-defended naval target in Russia, right in the jaws of the Soviet fleet. Would it succeed? 363 pages with archive photos, maps.


$26.95 NOW £6


71423 MAPPING THE TRAIL OF A CRIME: by Gordon Kerr


Sub-titled ‘How Experts Use Geographic Profiling to Solve the World’s Most Notorious Cases.’ Here are the true stories of Jeffrey Dahmer, who killed and then ate 17 people, and The Ken and Barbie Killers, who murdered just for the sheer pleasure of it. Here, too, are The Night Stalker, who assaulted and then shot men, women and children in their homes, and the Beltway Snipers, who gunned down people at random from their van, killing 13 in all. 256 pages illus in colour and b/w with maps. ONLY £3


57795 WORLD’S STUPIDEST CRIMINALS by Rhian McKay


Whether storming into a bank having forgotten to put eye holes in the bag they are using as a disguise, or writing their ransom demand on the back of their own parole card, here are 100 true stories of the funny, bizarre and tragic exploits of the world’s most hapless and hopeless crooks. 128 page paperback. Illus. £4.99 NOW £1.75


72795 WORLD THAT NEVER WAS by Alex Butterworth


Interweaves biography, cultural history and meticulous detective work to create a revelatory account of the last years of the 19th century. This was an era that saw the birth of a new phenomenon - international terrorism. Bombings and assassinations shook the great cities of Europe and America, threatening the social order. Written with a novelist’s eye for detail, this volume is an engrossing journey into a murky, subterranean world involving such key players as Emma Goldman - leading figure of the anarchist movement, and William Morris - author, poet, artist and prominent socialist. 502 paperback pages with dramatis personae, timeline, b/w illus.


£9.99 NOW £4.50


72666 SECRET HISTORY OF MI6 1909-1949 by Keith Jeffery


Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service - also commonly known as MI6 - was born a century ago and the next few years saw it taking an increasingly important and, until now, mostly hidden role in shaping the history not only of Europe but of the whole world. During the war years, MI6 formed significant and highly influential ties with the US, a relationship that would become vital to both countries and their security agencies as the 20th century unwound. Familiar now as plot devices in a wealth of books and films, these early years also saw the development of new techniques vital to the work of the SIS. These included forgery, invisible ink, effective disguises, concealing mechanisms, secret communications and much more. But this is a warts-and-all view of MI6. Here are the challenges it faced trying to counter the spread of Communism and the growing threats from Germany, Italy and Japan - all this with inadequate resources. The war also brought the agency many of its greatest triumphs, among them the pioneering of cryptography on an industrial scale - such as the breaking of the Enigma codes - and the devising of some of the methods and equipment that would inspire Ian Fleming’s novels. By scouting sites for the D-Day invasion and contributing to stunning deception operations before the Allies landed, MI6 also uncovered crucial info on Germany’s V rockets. At one point MI6 estimated the life expectancy of its agents in Nazi Germany at three weeks. With a foreword by John Sawers, Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service. A compelling 810 pages, archive photos. $39.95 NOW £7


72506 DIAL M FOR MURDOCH: News Corporation


and the Corruption of Britain by Tom Watson and Martin Hickman


This astonishing volume explains how the exposure of a particular global media company has changed the way we look at our politicians, our police service, our justice system and our ‘free’ press. It details the smears, the existence of


brave insiders who pointed the way towards pieces of secret info that cracked open the case. Murdoch’s newspapers had for years been hacking phones and casually destroying people’s lives but it was only after a couple of seemingly trivial reports that detectives stumbled upon a criminal conspiracy. Then a five-year cover-up concealed and muddied the truth. This exposé gives the first comprehensive account of the extraordinary lengths to which the News Corporation went to ‘put the problem in a box’, how its efforts to maintain and extend its power were aided by its political and police friends, and how it was finally exposed. 360 pages with colour and b/w photos. £20 NOW £7


CRIME FICTION


My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don’t know.


- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle


72348 FUNERAL IN BERLIN by Len Deighton


First published in 1964, Funeral In Berlin was Len Deighton’s most successful book, here with the author’s new introduction from 2009: ‘Berlin was soon a second home to me. I became obsessed by Berlin. I studied its history and collected old photographs of its streets, street life and architecture. I talked to many who had served and many who had suffered under


the Third Reich…’ In Berlin during the Cold War era, where neither side of the wall is safe, Colonel Stok of Red Army Security is prepared to sell an important Russian scientist to the West - for a price. British Intelligence is willing to pay provided that their own top secret agent acts as a go-between in Berlin. The events that follow unfold like a game of chess, but to win this match, deadly manoeuvres are essential. Because when a player offers one of his pieces for exchange or sacrifice, he surely has a subsequent move in mind that will give him an advantage. An impressive and witty book, 270pp in paperback with appendices covering the Official Secrets Act of 1911 and the French and Soviet security systems. $11.95 NOW £6


73295 THE LINEUP edited by Otto Penzler Subtitled ‘The World’s Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives’, here Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Robert Crais, Colin Dexter, Anne Perry, Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith and some of today’s top mystery writers reveal the genesis of their unforgettable characters like Inspector Morse, Precious Ramotswe, John Rebus, Charlie


Parker, Rambo et al. What was the real-life location that inspired Michael Connelly to make Harry Bosch a former Vietnam tunnel rat? Why is Jack Reacher such a giant of a guy? The 12 contributors are friends OF Penzler’s who mostly donated these stories to be sold in limited- edition collector’s items to prop up The Mysterious Bookshop owned by the editor in New York. What a worthy cause! These are short stories tucked into the biographies, interviews of the characters, revealing looks into the author’s lives and creative processes and even frequent insights into the characters that came as revelations to their creators. Plus splendid character sketches, 501pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £4


72963 BEFORE THE FACT by Francis Iles


This novel inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece ‘Suspicion’ and was first published in 1932, described as ‘one of the finest studies of murder ever written.’ It tells the tale of wealthy but plain Lina McLaidlaw who marries the charming and feckless Johnny Aysgarth against the advice of her father. Lina is certain she can change him for the better, until she


is forced to acknowledge that he is a compulsive liar, a crook and a murderer. But she still loves him, while fearing she will inevitably become one of his victims. An unjustly neglected work thankfully brought back in this 254 page paperback reprint. £6.99 NOW £3.50


73040 WHO SAW HER DIE?:


An Inspector Tibbett Mystery by Patricia Moyes


An extravagantly iced cake, two dozen dark red roses, and a case of vintage champagne - all gifts to celebrate socialite Crystal Balaclava’s 70th birthday. Strange that she should feel it necessary to invite Chief Superintendent Henry Tibbett to join the party as her bodyguard. Henry’s scepticism


turns to horror when Lady Balaclava drops dead in his arms, apparently poisoned. One in a new series of reprints which showcases once famous but now neglected classics of crime fiction. 256pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3.50


73148 THE LIFE by Martina Cole


Known for her gritty dialogue, shocking violence and gripping storylines, as well as her talent for mixing the characters so that the reader is never quite sure whom to trust, the author this time round produces an unflinching portrait of a family torn apart by brutality and betrayal, but ultimately bound by loyalty, by blood and by a burning desire for revenge. The Bailey


brothers are gangsters determined to make their mark in the world. Peter and Daniel are chalk and cheese in many ways but together they are unstoppable. From the late seventies on, they rule London’s East End and, when their sons join the business, it seems that no-one can touch them. However, it’s never easy at the top. There is always someone waiting to take you down,


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