Murder, Misadventure and Miserable Ends: Tales from a Colonial Coroner's Court by Catie Gilchrist
37.00 NZD
Category: True Crime
Murder, manslaughter, suicide, mishap - the very public business of determining death in colonial Sydney. Murder in colonial Sydney was a surprisingly rare occurrence, so when it did happen it caused a great sensation. People flocked to the scene of the crime, to the coroner's court and to the criminal ...Show more
The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird by Joshua Hammer
35.00 NZD
Category: True Crime
On May 3, 2010, an Irish national names Jeffrey Lendrum was apprehended at Britain's Birmingham International Airpost with a suspicious parcel strapped to his stomach. Inside were fourteen rare peregrine falcon eggs snatched from a remote cliffside in Wales. So begins a tale almost too bizarre to beli ...Show more
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
30.00 NZD
Category: True Crime
Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. John Berendt's sharply observed, ...Show more
Tremors in the Blood - Murder, obsession and the birth of the lie detector by Amit Katwala
35.00 NZD
Category: True Crime | Reading Level: very good
Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detectorHenry Wilkens burst through the doors of the emergency room covered in his wife's blood. But was he a grieving husband, or a ruthless killer who'd conspired with bandits to have her murdered?To find out, the San Francisco police turned to technology, and a ...Show more
Freezing Order: Vladimir Putin, Russian Money Laundering and Murder - A True Story by Bill Browder
29.00 NZD
Category: True Crime | Reading Level: good-very good
‘More explosive, compulsive and gasp-inducingly, spine-tinglingly, mouth-dryingly, heart-poundingly thrilling than any fiction I have read for years, but it is all true’ Stephen Fry ‘Mind-blowing...Browder's battle for justice is at times terrifying, at times deeply touching’ Catherine Belton ‘A jaw-dr ...Show more
Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders by Mike Rothmiller, Douglas Thompson
30.00 NZD
Category: True Crime
New evidence reveals the extent to which Frank Sinatra’s life and career were inextricably linked with the Mafia, and how innocent people died, simply because they knew Sinatra, or had upset himIn Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders Mike Rothmiller and Douglas Thompson draw on previously secret Los Ange ...Show more
The Fix - The story of one of New Zealand's biggest swindles by Scott Bainbridge
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Reference | Reading Level: very good
In 1966, international con-man Robert Gardner brought a highly skilled crew of grifters to New Zealand to pull off one of the biggest swindles in the country’s history. This was executed with professional precision, until two young office girls played detective and stumbled upon a crucial mistake – but ...Show more
The Adventurer's Son - A Memoir by Roman Dial
35.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A brave and marvelous book. A page-turner that will rip your heart out." --Jon Krakauer Gripping. --New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice) * Beautiful. --Washington Post * Destined to become an adventure classic. --Anchorage Daily News In the tradition of Into the Wild com ...Show more
The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey: A true story of sex, crime and the meaning of justice by Julia Laite
25.00 NZD
Category: No Category
An extraordinary story.
Under the Banner of Heaven (TV Tie-In) by Jon Krakauer
28.00 NZD
Category: True Crime
True crime in the American heartland. Under the Banner of Heaven is a riveting account of Mormon fundamentalism and renegade prophets, from the bestselling author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air.Brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty insist they were commanded to kill by God. Jon Krakauer's investigation into ...Show more
18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics by Bruce Goldfarb
38.00 NZD
Category: True Crime
'For most of human history, sudden and unexpected deaths of a suspicious nature, when they were investigated at all, were examined by lay persons without any formal training. People often got away with murder. Modern forensic investigation originates with Frances Glessner Lee - a pivotal figure in polic ...Show more
Very Bad People: The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World's Network of Corruption by Patrick Alley
38.00 NZD
Category: True Crime
*** "Part true crime tale, part investigative procedural, this is the account of the brilliant and necessary superheroes of Global Witness, whose superpower is the truth." - Edward Zwick, Director of Blood DiamondArms trafficking, offshore accounts and luxury property deals. Super-yachts, private jets a ...Show more