Crime

On 7 November 1974, a nanny named Sandra Rivett was bludgeoned to death in a posh Belgravia basement. A second woman, Veronica, Countess of Lucan, was also attacked. The man named in court as perpetrator of these crimes, Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, disappeared next morning. The case,...

Taunton, 1817. What seems a simple newspaper report of elopement gone wrong turns out to be a rollercoaster story of crime, coercion, illusory triumph, and fraudulent defeat. Barrister George Tuckett wakes to discover that his 16-year-old niece Maria Glenn, reputedly the heiress to West Indian su...

The plan was to attach a Greenpeace pod to Gazprom's platform and launch a peaceful protest against oil being pumped from the icy waters of the Arctic. However, heavily armed commandos flooded the deck of the Arctic Sunrise and the Arctic Thirty began their ordeal at the hands of Putin's regime. ...

Ecstasy in London, crack in Los Angeles, LSD in Tokyo, heroin in Sofia, cocaine in Medellin, bounty hunting in Manilla, opium in Tehran. This is your next fix. This is 'Dopeworld'. 'Dopeworld' is a bold and eye-opening exploration into the world of drugs. Taking us on an unforgettable journey aro...

Mr Horace Dorrington, of the Dorrington & Hicks private inquiry agency, is a skilled investigator - though not what you might call a good one. For he is an inveterate and unrepentant scoundrel, out to feather his own nest, never mind if he fleeces the criminal - or, indeed, his client - in the pr...

Enter the Saint and his ruthless enemies. The Soho vice king who couldn't help winning. The murderous Spider and his horde of diamonds, buried for seven years on Dartmoor. Audrey alias the Countess Marova, and the yacht-load of millionaires she planned to fleece off the coast of Corsica!

This is the heartbreaking story of the murder of 16-year-old Bristol schoolgirl Becky Watts, a personal and heartfelt account of a crime that shocked the nation in a unique way and tore a family in two.

Here is a collection of the best of Max Carrados, a set of stories featuring a series of baffling puzzles to challenge the greatest of detectives.

At around 2am, PC Dave Wardell and his dog, PD Finn, were trying to apprehend a robbery suspect when he turned around and attacked them. Finn was stabbed with a ten-inch-bladed knife, both through his chest, via his armpit and then - the knife bound for Dave - through the top of his head. Finn no...