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Jailing the Johnston Gang
Barricade Books 2009; US$ 9.99Pennsylvania's Johnston Gang, led by Bruce Johnston Sr. and his brothers Norman and David, netted millions through a prolific burglary ring during the 1960s and '70s. But in 1978, fearing that younger members of the gang were going to rat them out to the authorities, the brothers killed four teenagers and nearly killed Bruce Sr.'s own son. This book... more...
Cold Blooded Evil
John Blake 2007; US$ 9.99On 2 December, 2006, the naked body of a woman was discovered in a brook at Thorpes Hill, Hintlesham, a sleepy village just south of Ipswich, Suffolk. She was identified as Gemma Adams, aged 25, who worked as a prostitute in Ipswich's red light district. While tragic and shocking, this seemed like an isolated event. But six days later, on 8 December,... more...
Rothstein
Basic Books 2011; US$ 18.99History remembers Arnold Rothstein as the man who fixed the 1919 World Series, an underworld genius. The real-life model for The Great Gatsby?s Meyer Wolfsheim and Nathan Detroit from Guys and Dolls, Rothstein was much more?and less?than a fixer of baseball games. He was everything that made 1920s Manhattan roar. Featuring Jazz Age Broadway with its... more...
The Voices of Serial Killers
Ulysses Press 2011; US$ 14.95HEINOUS MURDERS NIGHTMARISH CRIME SCENES THE KILLERS? OWN WORDS The Voices of Serial Killers provides blow-by-blow accounts of the killers? ruthless actions, and then goes even further to let you hear their own words. Wayne Adam Ford , who went on an uncontrollable spree of raping and dismembering prostitutes before turning himself in with... more...
Mad Dog Moxley
NewSouth 2011; US$ 23.95William Cyril Moxley was hanged at Sydneys Long Bay Gaol in 1932 the first execution in New South Wales for eight years. His crime was the brutal rape and murder of 21-year-old Dorothy Ruth Denzel and the vicious beating and killing of her boyfriend, Frank Barnby Wilkinson. How did this World War I army deserter, small-time thief, conman... more...
Cell 2455, Death Row
Da Capo Press 2009; US$ 15.95In June 1948, 27-year-old petty criminal Caryl Chessman was sentenced in California on two counts of sexual assault, receiving two death sentences as punishment in a case that remains one of the most baffling episodes in American legal history. Maintaining his innocence of these crimes, Chessman lived in Cell 2455, a four-by-ten foot space on Death... more...
Doing the Business - The Final Confession of the Senior Kray Brother
John Blake Publishing 2011; US$ 5.82The final confessions of the senior Kray brother. Only one man knew everything about Ronnie and Reggie Kray and that was their brother Charlie. Until now nobody has ever revealed the truth about the Firm.? Gossip and rumor have been rife, fact has blended into fiction and the unwritten law of the street meant that the real story was buried. But before... more...
Once Upon a Crime
John Blake 2012; US$ 9.99This is the true story of Jimmy Cryans. A story of growing up in Glasgow’s east end during the 1950s and 1960s and how he became involved in a life of crime. Jimmy speaks about the various characters he met and his dealings with some of Britain’s major criminals. He reveals how petty theft and shoplifting quickly snowballed into... more...
Doing the Business
John Blake 2011; US$ 9.99I've heard all the stories about my brothers, but I hope this book shows a different side of the twins. Only one man knew everything about Ronnie and Reggie Kray. Until now nobody has ever revealed the truth about the Firm. Gossip and rumor have been rife, fact has blended into fiction, and the unwritten law of the street meant... more...
A Few Kind Words and a Loaded Gun
Chicago Review Press 2012; US$ 21.99Brutal and violent, this tell-all is a personal account of the life of Razor Smith and the world in which he lived, where ruthlessness, viciousness, and savagery are prized and admired. In prison more than half of his life for assaults and armed robberies, Smith became confined in a peculiar kind of hell from which his only route of escape was to... more...









