Crime

The story of the first policewomen in Britain, the prejudices they faced, and the impact they had on women's rights.

Packed with original case files, genuine crime scene photographs and original sketches, Mark Silverman's casebook is the ultimate insider's account of the fascinating world of forensic science.

When Isabel Eriksson wakes up she's not sure where she is. She's got a needle in her arm. Next to the bed a man is sitting and staring at her. He tells her that he intends to keep her locked up. Isabel realises that the only way for her to get out alive is to somehow make him release her and so a...

As a single 51-year-old woman, Elizabeth had given up hope of ever becoming a mother. When she was approved to adopt 10-year-old Lara, it was a dream come true. Elizabeth knew that that her new daughter had had a difficult past but when she found out that Lara had been abused, the extent of her e...

This is a work of narrative non-fiction based on the last days of the fugitive Raoul Moat, a Geordie bodybuilder and mechanic who became nationally notorious in Britain one hot summer's week when, after killing his ex-girlfriend's new lover, shooting her in the stomach, and blinding a policeman, ...

From shy, abused child to one of London's most wanted teenage armed robbers, this is the extraordinary story of one man's fight to leave his criminal past behind.

PC Mike Pannett returns with more tales of policing rural Yorkshire. He blends gentle humour with real-life action as he introduces the wonderful rural characters and breathtaking scenery on his local beat. It's a far cry from Mike's old job hunting down drug gangs and knife crime in Central London.