Crime

In August 1963, Ruth First was arrested and detained in solitary confinement under the 90-day law for a total period of 117 days, following arrests of members of the underground ANC. This book tells about the 117 days.

Set in the year of the Armada, '1588' brings together five eBook exclusive short stories featuring Hew Cullan, together with Francesm Giles, Meg and other characters from the 'Hew Cullan' series.

A collection of four short stories featuring Logan McRae and Roberta Steel, from the bestselling author Stuart MacBride.

A collection of four short stories featuring Logan McRae and Roberta Steel, from the bestselling author Stuart MacBride.

At a dinner party given by his parents-in-law, Comissario Brunetti meets Franca Marinello, the wife of a prosperous Venetian businessman. He's charmed - perhaps too charmed, suggests his wife Paola - by her love of Virgil and Cicero, but shocked by her appearance. At a dinner party given by his p...

In this account of one of Britain's most notorious serial killers, Gordon Lowe makes use of recently released prison correspondence between John George Haigh and his parents, girlfriend and psychiatrist, to shed new light on his state of mind.

On February 28, 2000, Adnan Syed was convicted and sentenced to life plus 30 years for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, a high school senior in Baltimore, Maryland. From the moment of his arrest, Syed has consistently maintained his innocence. Rabia Chaudry, a family friend, always be...

From his Baker Street apartment, Sherlock Holmes wields his powers of deduction in pursuit of justice and truth, venturing out into foggy Victorian London accompanied by his faithful sidekick Dr Watson. Showcasing Arthur Conan Doyle's inimitable genius for mystery and storytelling, these tales ar...

On the Saturday morning of January 9, 1993, while Jean-Claude Romand was killing his wife and children, I was with mine in a parent-teacher meeting. Jean-Claude and Luc had been friends for 20 years: the former a leading figure in the world of research, hobnobbing with government ministers and at...

The shocking true story of a respectable doctor, 18 years of lies, and five murders that took place in France during the early 1990s. 'The Adversary' reveals the extremes to which ordinary people can go.