John Sanders - Inside The Mind Of The Sex Killer
Turnaround (September)
An in depth study examining just what drives men to kill. Illustrated with real-life murder cases, this title probes the psychological reasons why they happen. Some say there is a bit of sadomasochism in everyone, so are sexual killers actually responsible for the crime they commit?
Price: £6.99
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Kristina Sauerwein - Invisible Chains
Lyons Press (Available Now)
Riveting story of the kidnappings of two boys four years apart that startled the nation & catapulted the chilling reality of Stockholm Syndrome into the spotlight.
Price: £15.50
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Roberto Saviano - Gomorrah
Pan (October)
An account of the decline of Naples under the rule of the Camorra describes how this organised crime network has gained control of the Neapolitan region in such areas as construction, high fashion, illegal drug trafficking, & toxic waste disposal.
Price: £8.99
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Harold Schechter - Devil's Gentleman
Ballantine (October)
A compelling account of scandal, sex, jealousy, & murder in Gilded Age New York high society profiles the debonair Roland Molineux, the scion of a powerful American family, one of New York's most eligible bachelors, & possible killer who used poison to eliminate romantic & sports rivals.
Price: £13.50
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Jimmy Lee Shreeve - Human Sacrifice
Barricade Books (July)
Human sacrifice still goes on uncomfortably close to home - cases have been found in the U.S., Europe, & the United Kingdom. In other parts of the world, such as South America, ritual killing is almost commonplace. This investigates the terrifying current spate of human sacrifices & ritual killings.
Price: £13.50
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David Simon - Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets
Canongate (September)
An account of a year inside a city homicide unit focuses on 3 detectives investigating murders in Baltimore - a city torn by racial tensions & plagued by drugs & crime.
Price: £12.99
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Steve Sinclair - Blackpool Rock
Milo Books (July)
To the police, he was Public Enemy Number One. To drunken gangs of yobs intent on trouble, he was a nightmare come true. Steve Sinclair was the toughest doorman in the wildest resort in Britain. Sinclair & his closest associates fought hundreds of battles against football hooligans, drug dealers & rival hard-men.
Price: £9.99
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Carlton Smith - Poisoned Love
St. Martin's Press (September)
The sudden death of former Nevada State Controller Kathy Augustine & the discovery of the presence of a powerful drug in her system leads to the arrest of her second husband, Chaz Higgs, an ER nurse who had attended to her first husband during his final hours, raising the possibility that the stroke that had killed him may have been murder.
Price: £6.99
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Linda Spalding - Who Named The Knife
Anchor (October)
Murder. Hawaii's beautiful Hanauma Bay. The suspects: two young mainlanders on their honeymoon. Maryann Acker, a pretty young Mormon woman, is 18. William, just out of prison, is 28. The crime is robbery, ending in a killing. Before the spree is over, another robbery & murder a few days later in California. In 1982, Linda Spalding, a mainlander herself, living in Hawaii, is chosen as a juror for Maryann's trial there.
Price: £11.99
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Suzy Spencer - Wasted
Pinnacle (December)
In 1995, Austin, Texas was rocked by the brutal murder of a lesbian princess named Regina Hartwell. Even though Regina's body was burned beyond recognition, within days police had two suspects. One was the beautiful ex-cheerleader who was the object of Regina's desire. The other was a man who would take the fall for murder...
Price: £6.99
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Carlton Stowers - Open Secrets
St Martin's Us (December)
An account of the brutal 1983 murder of Rozanne Gailiunas follows the two-year police investigation of the crime, a probe that culminated in the pursuit of Joy Aylor, wife of Rozanne's contractor-lover.
Price: £6.99
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Kate Summerscale - Suspicions Of Mr. Whicher
Bloomsbury (September)
It is a summer's night in 1860. In an elegant detached Georgian house in the village of Road, Wiltshire, all is quiet. Behind shuttered windows the Kent family lies sound asleep. At some point after midnight a dog barks. The family wakes the next morning to a horrific discovery: an unimaginably gruesome murder has taken place in their home.
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