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She slept with the devil. She killed with the devil. She never stopped loving the devil. July 1963: All of England is rocking to the music of Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, and Elvis. It’s also the month when Myra Hindley and Ian Brady, two of England’s most prolific serial killers, would claim their first victim. He was a child they buried in the muddy, swampy moors near Manchester. Sleeping With The Devil: A Shocking True Crime Story of the Most Hated Woman in Britain is the tale of two bloody years in the 1960s. It was a time when British parents hugged their children a little tighter to ...

THIRD EDITION — Fully Revised, Fact-Checked and Updated to September 2026 The most current edition of Britain's strangest true crime collection — rewritten line by line, with three brand-new cases and every investigation brought up to date. In this expanded Third Edition of 50 Bizarre True Crime Cases That Shocked Britain, Julian Maddox returns to the darkest corners of British criminal history: the killers nobody stopped, the victims nobody believed, and the cold cases that refuse to close. From Dennis Nilsen's drains in Muswell Hill to a Victorian skull unearthed in a Richmond garden ...

Oxford colleges. Milton Keynes estates. Affluent Berkshire. Fifteen documented crimes that shattered the belief that serious violence always happens somewhere else. The Thames Valley is commonly presented as the safe side of England: prosperous commuter towns, respected institutions, carefully planned communities and quiet residential streets within easy reach of London. But respectability is not the same as protection. Spanning more than a century of British true crime, Thames Valley examines fifteen murders, attacks, miscarriages of justice and institutional failures from Oxfordshire, ...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone Lisa Jewell, two women's lives converge in a house containing devastating secrets that refuse to stay buried in this "deliciously dark, devilishly addictive" (Alice Feeney, bestselling author of...

This story of the Elgin marbles re-creates in full detail "the greatest art theft in history." Almost 200 years after they were "purchased" from Greece, the finest and most famous marbles of antiquity still remain a burning issue. This compelling, controversial story of the Elgin marbles re-creates in full and colorful detail "the greatest art theft in history", a steamy tale of obsession, intrigue, adultery, and ruin.

Britain's Haunted Highways is a gripping collection of real encounters with the supernatural on British Roads. Britain is a country steeped in history, folklore and legend. Here, even the most ordinary stretch of tarmac can hold secrets that defy rational explanation. From journeys with ghostly hitchhikers to terrifying encounters with hooded figures, this book blends historical research with eyewitness accounts to uncover the unnerving stories behind Britain's most haunted roads. Does a phantom bus thunder through the streets of London? Do unseen hands force cars off the road on Dartmoor? ...

*Shortlisted for best audiobook at the True Crime Awards 2026* In this groundbreaking new book from the UK's leading criminologist, David Wilson explores what our nation's most lethal murderers reveal about us in a thrilling blend of history and true crime. Professor David Wilson is renowned for...

A stranger telephoned a Liverpool chess club and left an address that did not exist. The next evening, while a husband walked the cold streets looking for it, his wife was beaten to death in their own front parlour. Nobody invented that. There is a court transcript. Britain keeps its horror in filing cabinets. Not in haunted castles, but in police files, inquest records, government documents and yellowing newspapers. This is a collection of thirty-one true stories that sound like fiction and are not — arranged as one story for every night of October, building towards Halloween itself. ...

What happens when the person who should be trusted becomes the person who causes the harm? This powerful and disturbing true-crime investigation examines cases of women across Britain convicted of serious sexual offences against children and teenagers. From teachers and nursery workers to mothers, tutors, online groomers and women who offended alongside men, these cases challenge some of society's most deeply held assumptions about sexual crime and victimhood.

Still Finding Myself in Britain read by author Amy Boucher Pye, is a spiritually infused memoir recounting how American Amy navigated the culture shock of life and faith as she made her home in an English vicarage. Updated and Revised 10th Anniversary Edition. Moving to the UK from America after marrying a British vicar, Amy Boucher Pye recounts some of the uniquely British things she negotiated as she settled into her new life. Working through the church year and seasons, Still Finding Myself in Britain captures the uniquely British take on life and faith from the outside looking in.

SECOND EDITION — Fully Revised and Expanded Twenty unsolved British crimes. Twenty killers who were never caught. Cold Britain is the definitive evidence-led guide to Britain's most enduring cold cases — now fully rewritten for its second edition. Every chapter has been rebuilt from the ground up: deeper forensic analysis, newly available investigative materials, and the inclusion of John "Goldfinger" Palmer, whose professional assassination in Essex in 2015 remains one of the most technically sophisticated unsolved murders in modern British criminal history. What's new in this edition:...

SECOND EDITION — fully revised and updated to September 2026, with new material on the reopened Bible John investigation and the 2026 breakthrough in the Thames Torso case. Britain's most haunting unsolved murders — from Jack the Ripper's London to a child's body in the modern Thames. When Darkness Fell investigates ten of Britain's coldest unsolved murder cases across 114 years, from the Victorian Thames Torso Killer to "Adam", the unidentified African boy whose torso was recovered from the river beside Tower Bridge in 2001. Evidence-based British true crime, built from police files, ...

Ghosts walk among us—dare to uncover their stories? From fog-drenched castles and haunted graveyards to restless spirits in historic inns, the United Kingdom is home to some of the world’s most chilling ghost stories. Across England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, spectral figures and whispered legends have left their mark on history—and continue to terrify visitors to this day. Inside Haunted UK, you’ll discover: 👻 The Tower of London’s Ghostly Prisoners – Apparitions of Anne Boleyn and the Princes in the Tower still roam the infamous stronghold. 👻 Leap Castle’s Sinister...

'When a robin appears, a loved one is near' In 2019, Tony Putman was working as a gardener in Edenbridge, Kent, when he noticed a bold robin sitting on a branch of an old plum tree. The robin glanced in his direction as he approached, but he didn't move, so Tony grabbed his camera and took a...

‘The Silk Code had me absolutely hooked… A great storyline full of bravery, trust, love, survival, betrayal and determination.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Based on the true story of ‘Englandspiel’, one woman must race against the clock to uncover a traitor, even if it means...

Brought to you by Penguin. WHAT MAKES A MURDERER? Unraveling the Dark Psychology Behind Britain’s Most Notorious Killers From Forensic Psychiatrist, Dr Duncan Harding SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2025 A young girl burns down the family home A man doesn’t remember...

Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced. Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty; inside the villain was a hero. The problem for Chapman, his spymasters, and his lovers was to know where...

‘A superbly plotted historical drama… highly recommended!’ The Wishing Shelf One woman must sacrifice everything to uncover the truth in this enthralling historical novel, inspired by the true World War Two campaign Radio Aspidistra… England, 1942: Having fled Germany after her father...

Second Edition — Radically Revised and Expanded for 2026 British true crime, unsolved murders and missing persons — fifteen cases where no conviction has ever answered the central question. Unsolved Shadows returns in a fully rebuilt second edition: every chapter rewritten, the case material rechecked, errors corrected, two chapters replaced, and the narrative sharpened into a victim-first account of Britain's unresolved cold cases. This is not a puzzle book or a catalogue of theories. It is documentary true crime about absence, evidence, failed opportunities, family endurance and the ...

In this fourth instalment of the bestselling series, historian Carl Chinn draws upon his decades of expertise and his own family history to reveal even more about these notorious gangs, going back to where it all began.