En France, on tue tous les jours, toutes les heures. Les faits divers envahissent les journaux, les séries télévisées de médecine légale prolifèrent, les histoires criminelles, réelles ou fictives, exercent sur le public une fascination sans borne. Michel Sapanet est médecin légiste. Sa vie, c'est la mort. Sur sa table en inox, avec un immense respect, il pratique son autopsie: exploration des boîtes crâniennes, inspection des chairs meurtries, ouverture des coeurs. Égorgés, poignardés, étranglés, pendus, tués par balle, toutes les victimes finissent par parler. Voici le quotidien extraordinaire d’un homme ordinaire. Quelle vérité habite ces corps anonymes, bien souvent méconnaissables ? Au médecin légiste d’aller la chercher. Suicide déguisé, sombre accident de chasse ou infanticide inexplicable, le docteur Sapanet passe en revue les nombreuses affaires criminelles survenues ces dernières années dans sa région poitevine. Avec humour, il propose une plongée en apnée dans son univers et accomplit cet art insolite de faire parler les morts. ©2010 Pocket, un département d'Univers Poche

Chroniques d'un médecin légiste

Quatre amis assassinés au bord d’un lac en Finlande, une famille de fermiers tuée en France, une jeune maman torturée en Grèce, une adolescente disparue en Australie… Les histoires que vous allez lire sont toutes vraies et ont fait les gros titres des journaux ces dernières années. Pour chacune, découvrez le déroulé des faits et de l’enquête, la psychologie des protagonistes, les débats pendant les procès et des focus sur les avancées de la criminologie. Comme il le fait si bien sur sa chaîne YouTube, McSkyz nous tient en haleine au fil de ces 10 affaires de true crime françaises et internationales, ultradocumentées et racontées comme si vous les viviez en direct.

Tremblez ! 10 histoires criminelles vraies et flippantes

L’incroyable destin de Coline, kidnappée à la naissance. « J’ai 34 ans, je suis mariée et mère de deux merveilleux enfants. J’aime jouer du piano et la photographie me passionne. Je suis presque comme tout le monde. Presque, car j’ai été adoptée. L’histoire dit que ma mère biologique, trop pauvre, m’aurait abandonnée. On est bien loin de la vérité. À 31 ans, j’ai entamé des démarches pour connaître mes origines et j’ai découvert l’indicible." Victime dans les années 1980 d’un trafic d’enfants au Guatemala, Coline Fanon a en réalité été enlevée à la naissance, puis séquestrée pendant onze mois avant d’être vendue sous le couvert d’une adoption internationale.

Maman, je ne suis pas morte

Le 2 novembre 2020, Caroline Darian reçoit un appel de la police de Carpentras. Son père est en garde à vue. La saisie de son matériel informatique révèle l’impensable : depuis 2013, il drogue sa femme avant de la livrer, inconsciente, à des hommes, de tous les horizons et sans contrepartie. Caroline Darian, femme debout, raconte cette déflagration, le périlleux vertige de découvrir qu’une personne aimée, son père, est capable du pire. Elle alerte aussi sur la soumission chimique, quand l’armoire à pharmacie du foyer se transforme en arme préférée des violeurs... Une voix forte, exceptionnellement courageuse, qui révèle une autre facette des violences faites aux femmes. À propos de l'autrice: Caroline Darian a 44 ans. Elle est responsable de communication dans le secteur privé. ©2022, Éditions Jean-Claude Lattès

Et j'ai cessé de t'appeler papa

« C’est l’histoire d’un violeur en série qui a toujours utilisé la soumission chimique pour commettre ses crimes. C’est l’histoire d’un système défaillant qui lui a permis d’échapper à la justice pendant de nombreuses années. C’est l’histoire d’une famille construite sur un mensonge, une famille qui a été pulvérisée et oubliée. C’est mon combat face à l’un des plus grands prédateurs pour obtenir la vérité. » Le 19 décembre 2024 s’est clos le procès de Mazan, inédit par son ampleur, son impact et par le courage de Gisèle Pelicot. Caroline Darian, la fille de la victime et du bourreau, nous offre son regard unique sur cette tragédie, révèle l’inachevé de l’enquête, et poursuit sans relâche son combat contre la soumission chimique et pour la manifestation de la vérité. Pour que l’on se souvienne de ce qui s’est joué à Mazan, avant et après. Pour que l’on n’oublie pas les victimes qui n’ont ni preuves ni souvenirs.

Pour que l'on se souvienne

En France, comme dans de nombreuses régions du monde, des adolescentes et des jeunes femmes sont encore contraintes d’accepter pour époux un homme qu’elles n’ont ni choisi, ni parfois même rencontré. Au nom de l’intérêt des parents. Leila a 21 ans lorsque ses parents la forcent à épouser un homme de quinze ans son aîné. Le mariage est arrangé au Maroc et enregistré légalement en France. Son mari, cet homme qu’elle n’aime pas, va la frapper et tenter de la soumettre. Avec un courage inouï, Leila se bat contre le poids de la tradition, pour conserver sa liberté et sa dignité. Aujourd’hui, Leila a divorcé de son mari, et livre son témoigne, pour que cesse cette horrible pratique. ©2004 Oh Éditions / XO Éditions

Mariée de force

Le témoignage bouleversant de Lydia Gouardo, séquestrée, violentée et violée par son beau-père pendant 28 ans. Six enfants sont nés de cette relation forcée, dans l'indifférence totale des voisins, des gendarmes, des services sociaux, de la justice et des médecins. « Pourtant, tout le monde savait ». Le calvaire de Lydia commence à l'âge de huit ans, lorsque Raymond Gouardo, son père non biologique mais légitime, commence à abuser d'elle quotidiennement. En plus de ces sévices, Lydia est régulièrement enfermée dans le grenier, parfois plusieurs mois de suite. Elle fugue à de nombreuses reprises et tente d'avertir les forces de l'ordre, mais à chaque fois, la police, impassible, la ramène à son bourreau. Ce n'est qu'après la mort de son beau-père en 1999, que Lydia commence à réaliser que ce qu'elle a vécu n'était pas normal. Suite à la révélation de l'affaire Fritzl, Lydia trouve enfin le courage de témoigner, afin que son calvaire soit connu de tous et « pour que de telles atrocités ne se reproduisent jamais ». Avec la collaboration de Jean-Michel Caradec’h, grand reporter, Prix Albert-Londres. ©Éditions Michel Lafon, 2008

Le silence des autres

"Un corps retrouvé dans un arbre... Un avion disparu sans laisser de trace… Une fillette qui réapparaît dans son lit plusieurs semaines après s’être volatilisée… Dans ce deuxième ouvrage, la youtubeuse Victoria Charlton reconstitue pour vous 15 affaires criminelles jamais élucidées. De la France au Québec, du Mexique à l’Australie, ses talents de conteuse vous entraîneront au cœur de mystères toujours émouvants. Disparitions inexplicables, meurtres en série, enlèvements ou secrets d’État : les histoires qu’elle rapporte demandent toutes que justice soit faite. Avec elle, analysez les indices et confrontez les théories : qui sait, peut-être contribuerez-vous à faire la lumière sur ces ténébreuses affaires ? Addictif. – Télérama Victoria Charlton, youtubeuse, est la reine du true crime francophone. – 20Minutes.fr Victoria Charlton s’impose de plus en plus sur Internet comme une sorte de version 2.0 de Pierre Bellemare. – Le Parisien"

Gardez l'oeil ouvert - Tome 2

Une famille entière manipulée pour commettre les plus horribles crimes, une écolière froidement assassinée par son amie, une hôtesse de bar droguée puis mutilée, l’étrange dégustation d’un curry mortel… Toutes ces histoires réelles se sont déroulées au Japon et ont eu un retentissement important dans la presse nationale… Mais restent encore à découvrir en France ! À la manière d’une HVF, explorez-le déroulé des faits et de l’enquête, la psychologie des protagonistes, les débats pendant les procès et des focus culturels pour bien comprendre le contexte de ces glaçantes histoires nippones. Comme il le fait avec brio sur sa chaîne Youtube et dans ses deux premiers livres, McSkyz nous raconte 8 nouvelles affaires de true crime haletantes, dans une ambiance aussi terrible qu’angoissante.

Tremblez !

Tremblez ! Crimes au Japon

Ce livre n’est pas l’histoire d’un fait divers, mais celle de l’emprise criminelle d’un homme sur une jeune épouse qui a subi pendant onze ans le harcèlement moral, les humiliations, et la violence d’un mari qu’elle avait épousé par amour, à dix-huit ans. Sans doute Alexandra est-elle restée au début par amour. Il y a eu les promesses, également. Puis les coups, les insultes, les humiliations, les viols, les strangulations, la peur. C'est cette peur qui l'empêche de partir. Peur de se retrouver à la rue avec ses enfants, peur des représailles sur ses proches, peur des menaces de son mari : "Si tu fais ça, je te tuerai." Le soir du drame, Alexandra lui annonce qu'elle va partir. L'ultime tentative d'étranglement la terrifie au point qu'elle commet le geste fatal. Au delà de ce long calvaire, ce livre fustige aussi le silence des témoins de l’enfer vécu par la jeune femme, l’indifférence policière, et l’omerta indigne qui perdure face à la violence conjugale. © Éditions Michel Lafon, 2012

Acquittée - Je l'ai tué pour ne pas mourir

Soupçonnés à tort d'avoir gravement maltraité leur petite fille, Sabrina et Yoan Bombarde sont privés de la garde de Louna, placée en famille d'accueil. Ainsi commence une descente aux enfers qui durera quatre ans. Ce témoignage retrace leur combat contre les juges, les services sociaux et le corps médical pour être lavés de cette insupportable accusation, jusqu'à la décision d'aller reprendre leur petite fille contre le diktat des institutions. Ce livre, Sabrina et Yoan Bombarde l'ont écrit pour que ce genre d'erreur judiciaire ne se reproduise plus. Pour que leur calvaire serve de jurisprudence. Et pour que Louna, enfin, sache combien ils se sont battus pour elle. ©Éditions Michel Lafon, 2018

Plus jamais sans toi, Louna

Dans le cinquième volume de sa série True Crime, Adrian Langenscheid, auteur allemand de best-sellers sur les grandes affaires criminelles des dernières décennies, nous propose une fois de plus une lecture passionnante et addictive. Cette peinture à couper le souffle des abîmes glaçants de l'esprit humain réveille des émotions puissantes précisément en raison de la froideur et de la neutralité du récit.  Exemptes de tout sensationnalisme, les dix-huit nouvelles contenues dans ce livre relatent quelques-unes des affaires criminelles françaises les plus spectaculaires. C'est un recueil captivant de récits de meurtres, d'homicides involontaires, d'enlèvements, d'abus en tout genre, de fraudes, de trahisons et de vols qui conduisent le lecteur aux limites du supportable. Ces crimes ou délits impliquent des "gens comme vous et moi" ; des personnes dont la vie, en raison de circonstances tragiques, a basculé d'un jour à l'autre.  Avec une grande expertise et un sens remarquable de l'observation, l'auteur intègre dans de passionnants récits des éléments clés tirés d'audiences, de dossiers, d'évaluations psychologiques, d'interrogatoires et de rapports d'enquête.  La vie écrit des histoires terribles. Ce livre vous les raconte. Vous serez captivé, abasourdi, sidéré, bouleversé, vous remettrez en question tout ce que vous pensiez savoir sur la nature humaine.  Plongez, vous aussi, dans le monde hallucinant des vrais crimes bien réels. VRAI CRIME. Il suffit de faire défiler la page et de cliquer sur « ACHETER MAINTENANT EN 1 CLIC ».    Commentaires  « Angoissant ! Les récits d'Adrian Langescheid ne laissent rien au hasard. Pas même la ville de l'amour. » - Miss Tarantula's Network (blogueuse spécialisée dans les ouvrages non scientifiques et les crimes réels)    « Morbide, bizarre, triste.... Chair de poule assurée ! » - Leonie-Rachel Soyel (Couch Whispers Podcast)    « Le voyage sanglant dans les abîmes de l'esprit humain s'arrête désormais en France ! Lecture absolument recommandée ! » - Dave Grunewald (Musicien/Influenceur)

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Un bus d’enfants qui disparaît sans laisser de traces, une adolescente piégée sur Internet, une famille décimée par un tireur isolé, une mère et sa fille enfermées dans un placard pendant cinquante-trois jours… Toutes ces histoires sont arrivées et ont eu un retentissement important dans la presse de l’époque. À la manière d’une Histoire Vraie et Flippante (HVF), découvrez le déroulé des faits et de l’enquête, la psychologie des protagonistes, les débats pendant les procès et des focus sur les avancées de la criminologie. Comme il le fait avec brio sur sa chaîne Youtube et dans son premier livre, McSkyz nous raconte 10 nouvelles affaires de true crime haletantes, dans une ambiance aussi terrible qu’angoissante. Table des matières Introduction Les trois écolières et l'alphabet mystère Disparition paranormale à Chowchilla Cinquante-trois jours en enfer Un meurtre sans fin Piégée sur la toile Guet-apens en Australie Fusillade chez les Whitaker Shasta et le serial killer au marteau Un huis clos tragique Le road trip infernal

Tremblez encore !

La plus grande affaire de pédophilie jamais révélée en France. Pendant près de cinquante ans, sous l'apparence d'un établissement d'excellence, l'institution catholique Notre-Dame de Bétharram a fait vivre un enfer aux enfants qui y étaient élèves, dès leur plus jeune âge. Brimades, humiliations, violences physiques et sexuelles ont libre cours dans la plus totale impunité, avec la complicité de tous ceux qui n'ont pas voulu voir ni parler. Les victimes, Pascal, Alexandre, Hélène, et des centaines d'autres, se sont tues à défaut de pouvoir être crues, entendues, sauvées. Il aura fallu la colère inextinguible et le courage d'un homme, Alain Esquerre, pour qu'enfin la parole se libère et, qu'avec elle, surgisse l'insoutenable vérité.

Le silence de Bétharram - Le récit choc du lanceur d'alerte et ancien élève

Le témoignage courageux empreint de résilience d'une jeune femme victime d'un réseau pédophile pendant son enfance. Stéphanie Y. Fischer a été abandonnée par sa mère à l’âge de 5 ans. Un traumatisme qu’elle portera toute sa vie. Vers 10 ans, ce sont des actes pédophiles d’une extrême violence qui s’ajouteront à son mal-être et qu’elle tiendra secrets jusqu’à l’âge de 35 ans. Un drame salvateur mettra un terme à son silence: le syndrome de stress post-traumatique qui la frappera dans sa trentième année et qui lui fera prendre quarante-cinq kilos. Cependant, Stéphanie Y. Fischer insiste: son histoire ne se réduit pas à la maltraitance sexuelle. Si cette jeune femme combative, au parcours souvent qualifié d’hors du commun, a connu des drames, elle a aussi su sublimer sa souffrance et remporter des victoires auxquelles elle s’accroche.

Coupable d'être victime

Une femme marche sur le bord de la route. Le jour n’est pas encore levé, l’air est glacial. Un homme surgit derrière elle. Il porte un bonnet noir… Durant trente ans, dans la Sambre, une petite région industrielle du Nord de la France, des dizaines et des dizaines de femmes sont agressées sexuellement ou violées au petit matin. Elles portent plainte, parfois à quelques jours d’intervalles. Elles ne sont pas toujours crues. Un jour de février 2018, ces femmes apprennent l’arrestation d’un homme surnommé « le violeur de la Sambre ». Comment a-t-il pu commettre autant de crimes aussi longtemps sur un si petit territoire sans jamais être inquiété ? C’est par cette question qu’Alice Géraud débute son enquête. La journaliste s’est plongée dans ces dizaines de plaintes abandonnées dans les commissariats de la Sambre. Elle est allée à la rencontre de ces femmes, ces oubliées dont la vie s’est brisée un matin sur le bord d’une route. À elles toutes, elles racontent une histoire plus grande que la leur, celle d’une société et de ses institutions dysfonctionnelles face aux violences sexuelles. Bien au-delà du fait divers, ce livre est le récit de la lente bascule d’un système depuis la fin des années 80 jusqu’à l’ère #metoo. Il change définitivement le regard.

Sambre : Radioscopie d'un fait divers

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly - see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases. He is arguably the most famous fictional detective.

Sherlock Holmes: Collection

The heartbreaking true story of two families' thirty-year fight for justice for their murdered daughters On 9 October 1986, Russell Bishop sexually assaulted and strangled nine-year-old Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway, in woods near Brighton. He did not answer for his crimes for over thirty years. Bishop - a petty criminal known to both girls' families - was charged after his suspiciously close involvement in the search for the bodies. But a last-minute change of testimony from his then-girlfriend allowed him to go free, and the Babes in the Woods murders became one of Britain's most infamous cold cases. In this first book on the case, veteran crime reporter Paul Cheston brings to life this thirty-year saga of murder, betrayal and injustice - before three decades of hurt led, at last, to healing, justice and hope for the parents of two murdered girls. Written with the approval and cooperation of the Fellows family, The Babes in the Woods Murders sheds light once and for all on the awful truth behind what happened on 9 October 1986, and how the courtroom dramas that unfolded over a generation finally brought down one of Britain's most depraved killers.

The Babes in the Woods Murders

It's a story that began in a rickety old home on a cold June morning in 1994, where five members of a seemingly ordinary New Zealand family were gunned down. There were two suspects. One lay dead from a single bullet to the head. The other was the only survivor: David Bain. Since then, the country has asked: Who killed the Bain family? David, or his father Robin? And why? Award-winning journalist Martin van Beynen has covered the Bain story closely for decades. Now, his book brings the story completely up to date: exploring the case from start to finish, picking through evidence old and new, plumbing the mysteries and motives, interviewing never-before-spoken-to witnesses, and guiding readers through the complex police investigation and court cases, seeking to finally answer the question: Who was the killer?

Black Hands

As a medical detective of the modern world, forensic pathologist Ryan Blumenthal's chief goal is to bring perpetrators to justice. He has performed thousands of autopsies, which have helped bring numerous criminals to book. In Autopsy he covers the hard lessons learnt as a rookie pathologist, as well as some of the most unusual cases he's encountered. During his career, for example, he has dealt with high-profile deaths, mass disasters, death by lightning and people killed by African wildlife. Blumenthal takes the reader behind the scenes at the mortuary, describing a typical autopsy and the instruments of the trade. He also shares a few trade secrets, like how to establish when a suicide is more likely to be a homicide. Even though they cannot speak, the dead have a lot to say – and Blumenthal is there to listen.

Autopsy

On 2 November 2023, in one of the largest fraud trials in history, Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty of stealing billions of dollars from the customers of his crypto-exchange, FTX. How did this 31-year-old Californian in flip-flops, board shorts and a T-shirt manage to become one of the most famous CEOs in the world? How did greed, fear and free money inflate the crypto bubble until it finally popped with devastating consequences for millions of people who lost money in the crash? Who were the enablers, investors and innovators who transformed the original promise of crypto into a digital Wild West? Hype Machine is the definitive story of the boom and bust of crypto, written by award-winning Financial Times journalist Joshua Oliver. Expansive, nuanced and eminently entertaining, it demystifies the crypto circus by following the journeys of its most influential participants and the trajectory of SBF, its enigmatic ringmaster. Oliver, who reported on the crypto crash with extensive access to SBF himself, introduces listeners to the people and ideas that shaped crypto's wild rise and fall, including Arthur Hayes, Changpeng Zhao and the coterie of acolytes who surrounded FTX. Through exclusive interviews, compelling research and with ringside seats at the trial of the decade, he paints a vivid, detailed and tragi-comic picture of this defining financial moment of our times.

Hype Machine: Inside the Cult of Crypto

At 12.16 a.m. on Wednesday, June 5, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded in the service pantry of the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles. A 24-year-old Palestinian immigrant, Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, was found holding the smoking gun and convicted of murder. That is the official history - but Tim Tate and Brad Johnson have uncovered a different story. After 25 years spent scrutinising over 100,000 official documents and previously unknown recordings, and conducting new interviews with key figures, they show that Sirhan could not have fired the fatal bullets - and reveal evidence of a murderous conspiracy involving organised crime and the CIA....

The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

Read by the author. Explore fifteen life-truths gleaned from both contemporary murder investigations and ancient biblical wisdom. "Every murder investigation teaches two lessons: a death lesson and a life lesson." For decades, cold-case homicide detective J. Warner Wallace investigated the causes behind deaths and murders, chasing one lead after another as he attempted to solve the case. Several of these cases remain open, unsolved mysteries. . . But even those that haven't yet revealed the identity of the killer do expose the truths of human nature: what's important to us, what threatens our well-being, and what causes us to flourish. Join Wallace as he investigates life lessons he learned as a detective, so that you can: Better understand your own identity and the identity of your Creator.Rethink the nature of death so you can live a better life.Uncover life-truths gleaned from both contemporary murder investigations and ancient biblical wisdom.Discover profound attributes of human beings that will guide you down the path of true self-discovery. Each chapter introduces you to an investigation of a death as Wallace and his partner Rick chase down leads and along the way learn guiding principles to help you thrive and flourish as a human being created in the image of God. Illustrations can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download.

The Truth in True Crime

"Nothing is crueller than people themselves. A thrilling and shocking look into the abysses of the soul" - No Mercy (Keine Gnade)- The True Crime Podcast In 2019, Adrian Langenscheid's debut book, True Crime Deutschland, was published and rose from nowhere to the top of the winner's podium in the genre-relevant categories. Almost 2 years and 6 books later, Langenscheid is one of the best-known true crime authors in Germany. For the seventh work in his successful series, the bestselling author once again researched some of the most spectacular German criminal cases of recent decades. The result is a breathtaking and deeply harrowing portrait of human abysses that arouse powerful emotions precisely because of its cool and factually neutral descriptions. This gripping collection of accounts of murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, abuse, theft, and fraud will take you to the limits of what you can bear. They feature "people like you and me"; people whose lives no longer are what they were before due to tragic circumstances. With expertise and excellent mental cinema, the expert on true crime, in collaboration with thriller author Benjamin Rickert, summarizes the most important findings from court hearings, files, psychological reports, interrogations, and investigation protocols in his eventful narratives. Captivated, stunned, amazed, and moved to tears, you will question everything you thought you knew about human nature. True crime cases, true crimes, and thus the full force of reality hits you in ten detailed, familiar, and unfamiliar case histories! Click on "BUY NOW" to discover Germany's dark side. "A go-to for every True Crime fan"- True Crime Podcast

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING LUCAS HEDGES, RUSSELL CROWE AND NICOLE KIDMAN, AND WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JOEL EDGERTON ‘A necessary, beautiful book’ Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You ‘A brilliant memoir’ Guardian The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality. When Garrard was a nineteen-year-old college student, he was outed to his parents, and was forced to make a life-changing decision: either agree to attend a church-supported conversion therapy program that promised to “cure” him of homosexuality; or risk losing family, friends, and the God he had prayed to every day of his life. Through an institutionalised Twelve-Step Program heavy on Bible study, he was supposed to emerge heterosexual, ex-gay, cleansed of impure urges and stronger in his faith in God for his brush with sin. Instead, even when faced with a harrowing and brutal journey, Garrard found the strength and understanding to break out in search of his true self and forgiveness. By confronting his buried past and the burden of a life lived in shadow, Garrard traces the complex relationships among family, faith, and community. At times heartbreaking, at times triumphant, this memoir is a testament to love that survives despite all odds.

Boy Erased

A THRILLING MAGNUM OPUS ON AMERICA’S GREAT CRIME EPIC A Mystery Writers of America “Grand Master”—author of the gangster classic Road to Perdition, long-time Dick Tracy writer, and multiple Shamus Award winner—teams with an acclaimed rising young historian, in this riveting, myth-shattering dual portrait of Al Capone, America’s most notorious gangster, and Eliot Ness, the legendary Prohibition agent whose extraordinary investigative work crippled his organization. Written with novelistic pacing and underpinned by groundbreaking research, Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz's Scarface and the Untouchable delivers—at last—the definitive account of the “Battle for Chicago,” the iconic struggle between the mythic yet real combatants who have captivated the world for 90 years.

Scarface and the Untouchable

‘Both inspiring and disturbing, Sex Cult Nun unravels Jones’ complicated upbringing, the trauma she endured as a result and her eventual path to liberation.’ TIME ‘A moving story about family, courage, religious oppression, and more, and readers will have their heads spinning.’ SHONDALAND ‘Her gripping memoir—like Educated—takes you inside a disturbing childhood and leaves you marvelling at the resilience of the human spirit’ PEOPLE MAGAZINE Faith Jones was raised to be part of an elite army preparing for the End Times. Isolated on a farm in Macau, she practised devotions and read letters of prophecy written by her grandfather, the leader of the now infamous cult, The Children of God. A direct decedent of the founding family, Faith featured in international media coverage – she was celebrated as extraordinary and then published doubly as a sharp reminder that she was not. With indomitable grit, Faith created a world of her own, pilfering books and educating herself in secret. At the age of 23, she escaped, abandoning her history, her inheritance and her legacy. While her childhood friends succumbed to addiction, suicide and prostitution, Faith fought her way into Georgetown University and went on to establish a successful career in law. Sex Cult Nun is an enthralling coming-of-age story that gives fascinating insight into the closed and complex world of extreme belief. Exploring the issues of psychological and physical control, Faith draws on her hard-won insight to interrogate the binaries of good and evil, and shed light on the insidiousness of oppression. At its heart, this extraordinary story is a stark warning about the consequences of surrendering our rights and responsibilities.

Sex Cult Nun

Germany's award-winning true crime author Adrian Langenscheid kindles heart-pounding reading pleasure with his shocking short stories about true Austrian crimes. It is a breath-taking and deeply harrowing portrait of human abysses that arouses tremendous emotions precisely because of its cool, factually neutral depictions. Ice-cold serial killers, fatal family dramas, tragic kidnappings, vile torture, and unscrupulous abuse: fourteen shocking true-crime short stories about true crime cases from Austria await you on 300 pages. Captivated, stunned, amazed, and moved to tears. You will question everything you think you know about human nature. Life writes horrifying stories, and this book sums them up. Dive into the shocking world of true criminal cases and real crimes! "The tenth book by Adrian Langenscheid proves that things are also pretty bloody in beautiful Austria. As always, riveting to the last page! Franziska Singer (Podcast "Darf's ein bisserl Mord sein?") "Morbid, bizarre, sad...goosebumps!" Leonie-Rachel Soyel (Podcast Couchgeflüster)

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THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Times, Spectator and Waterstones Book of the Year 'Shocking and moving' Guardian 'Top marks for its searing frankness, framed in wistfully beautiful prose’ The Times At eight years of age, Charles Spencer was sent away to one of England's most England's most exclusive boarding schools. Here he reveals the strange secrets of the school, and the culture of cruelty and abuse he experienced in his five years there as pupil. Spencer reflects on the misery, hopelessness and abandonment he felt aged eight, viscerally describing the intense pain of homesickness and the vicious brutality of a boys' school in the 1970s. All these years later, Spencer's bafflement at the teachers' motivations to inflict such cruelty on young children in palpable. As is his fury that, even if somehow he had spoken up, he'd never have been believed. Charles Spencer's book 'A Very Private School' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 11-03-2024.

A Very Private School

The dust had yet to settle on the global financial crisis in 2009 when an unlikely Wharton grad set in motion a fraud of unprecedented gall and magnitude--one that would come to symbolize the next great threat to the global financial system. The nuts and bolts of the scheme were shockingly simple: A young, big-talking, huckster persuaded the Prime Minister of Malaysia to create an investment fund that he would direct from the shadows, raised more than ten billion dollars from global investors with the aid of Goldman Sachs and others, and over the next half decade siphoned off no less than $5 billion: money used to finance elections; to purchase luxury real estate in London, New York, and Los Angeles; to produce Hollywood films, including The Wolf of Wall Street--and to throw champagne-drenched parties around the world. Low's largesse also won him friendships with Hollywood actors, Victoria's Secret models, and even with a member of President Obama's inner circle. More staggering still, no one seemed to notice--not the global banks, such as Goldman and J.P. Morgan, who turned a blind eye to shady transfers of hundreds of millions of dollars; and not the international auditors, central bankers, and official financial-system watchdogs. At the centre of this fraud was Jho Low--a character so preposterous he seems made up. Federal agents who helped unravel Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme say the Jho Low affair, when its full contours become known, will become a textbook case for tracking transnational fraud in the modern age. BILLION DOLLAR WHALE will become a classic, harrowing parable about the financial world in the 21st century.

Billion Dollar Whale

Raising a serial killer A Father's search for answers In July of 1991, the country was shocked by the unfathomable crimes of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. But no one was more shocked than his parents. In A Father's Story, the listener becomes witness to the incremental unraveling of a parent's image of their child, and the thousand different reactions that follow. In his attempt to understand the nature of his son's psychosis, Lionel Dahmer methodically scrutinizes every possible contributing factor to his son's madness. His desperation is palpable as he searches for clues in the emotional, psychological, and genetic landscape of his son's life. Riveting and soul-wrenching, this unprecedented memoir is the confession of a father who must confront the saddest truth a human can know—that his child has somehow crossed the line that separates the human from the monstrous. ©1991 Lionel Dahmer. Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.

A Father's Story

In this fifth volume of his True Crime series, Germany's bestselling True Crime author, Adrian Langenscheid, unleashes a heart-pounding, addictive reading yet again. A breathtaking and deeply harrowing portrait of the human abyss, it arouses powerful emotions with its chilling, matter-of-fact descriptions.    Free from sensationalism, eighteen True Crime short stories retell some of the most spectacular French criminal cases in recent decades. A gripping collection of murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, abuse, fraud, betrayal, and theft accounts that take the reader to the limits of the bearable. These crimes involve "people like you and me", whose lives, due to tragic circumstances, are upended from one day to the next and no longer what they once were.    It takes expertise and excellent head-scratching, but the True Crime expert integrates key insights from court hearings, case files, psychological assessments, interrogations, and investigative protocols into his electrifying narratives.  Life writes terrible stories. This book sums them up. Captivating, stunning, amazing, and moved to tears, you will question everything you thought you knew about human nature.    Immerse yourself in the breathtaking world of true crime and real crime.  Just scroll up and click on "BUY NOW WITH 1-CLICK".

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A compelling blend of true crime and memoir tracing the author’s investigation into the kidnapping and murder of her great-grandfather in 1980s Louisiana and the reverberations on her family and community throughout the decades ""Riveting and atmospheric, Home of the Happy is also a heartfelt grappling with a trauma in the author’s family and her attempts to unravel its secrets once and for all. LaHaye Fontenot’s writing is urgent, fueled not just by a desire for justice but by love for her ancestors and the Cajun community of south Louisiana. A must-read for true crime and mystery fans.""— Ana Reyes, New York Times bestselling author of The House in the Pines On January 16, 1983, Aubrey LaHaye’s body was found floating in the Bayou Nezpique. His kidnapping ten days before sparked “the biggest manhunt in the history of Evangeline Parish.” But his descendants would hear the story as lore, in whispers of the dreadful day the FBI landed a helicopter in the family’s front lawn and set out on horseback to search for the seventy-year-old banker. Decades later, Aubrey’s great-granddaughter Jordan LaHaye Fontenot asked her father, the parish urologist, to tell the full story. He revealed that to this day, every few months, one of his patients will bring up his grandfather’s murder, and the man accused of killing him, John Brady Balfa, who remains at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola serving a life sentence. They’ll say, in so many words: “Dr. Marcel, I really don’t think that Balfa boy killed your granddaddy.” For readers of Maggie Nelson’s The Red Parts and Emma Copley Eisenberg's The Third Rainbow Girl, Home of the Happy unravels the layers of suffering borne of this brutal crime—and investigates the mysteries that linger beneath generations of silence. Is it possible that an innocent man languishes in prison, still, wrongly convicted of murdering the author’s great-grandfather? Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Home of the Happy

» The diabolical awaits us at the bottom of the land of 1000 lakes. Unsparingly and with focus, Langenscheid reveals the darkest sides of Finland « – Dave Grunewald (Musician / Influencer) » Morbid, whimsical, sad ... Goosebumps!« – Leonie-Rachel Soyel (Podcast Couchgeflüster) » Why go to the basement to be creeped out? Lights off - reading lamp on!« – Harmke Horst (Podcast Mantrailing / Trainer for person detection dogs) » Nothing is as moving and churning as true stories. Langenscheid's books are a heartfelt recommendation for every true crime fan. « – TheKilla Podcast FINLAND TRUE CRIME - TRUE CRIMES - REAL CRIME CASES In this sixth volume of his True Crime series, Germany's bestselling True Crime author Adrian Langenscheid once again unleashes heart-pounding, addictive reading. This breathtaking and deeply harrowing portrait of the human abyss arouses powerful emotions due to its cool, factually neutral descriptions. Free of any sensationalism, sixteen True Crime short stories retell some of the most spectacular Finnish criminal cases in recent decades. A gripping collection of tales of murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, abuse, fraud, betrayal, and theft take the reader to their most unbearable limits. These are crimes involving "people like you and me"; people whose lives, due to tragic circumstances, are no longer what they once were. With his expertise and excellent imaginative writing, the True Crime expert integrates key insights from court hearings, case files, psychological assessments, interrogations, and investigative protocols into his eventful narratives. Real life produces outrageous stories and this book sums them up. Captivated, stunned, amazed, and moved to tears, you will question everything you thought you knew about human nature. Click "BUY NOW WITH ONE CLICK" and join the author as he immerses you in his breathtaking world of true crime and real criminal cases. TRUE CRIME.

Finland True Crime

New York Times Bestseller • Now a Netflix Film The bestselling account of the lives of five young women whose fates converged in the perplexing case of the Long Island Serial Killer. “Rich, tragic...monumental...true-crime reporting at its best.”—Washington Post One late spring evening in 2010, Shannan Gilbert—after running through the oceanfront community of Oak Beach screaming for her life—went missing. No one who had heard of her disappearance thought much about what had happened to the twenty-four-year-old: she was a Craigslist escort who had been fleeing a scene—of what, no one could be sure. The Suffolk County police, too, seemed to have paid little attention—until seven months later, when an unexpected discovery in a bramble alongside a nearby highway turned up four bodies, all evenly spaced, all wrapped in burlap. But none of them Shannan’s. There was Maureen Brainard-Barnes, last seen at Penn Station in Manhattan three years earlier, and Melissa Barthelemy, last seen in the Bronx in 2009. There was Megan Waterman, last seen leaving a hotel in Hauppauge, Long Island, just a month after Shannon’s disappearance in 2010, and Amber Lynn Costello, last seen leaving a house in West Babylon a few months later that same year. Like Shannan, all four women were petite, in their twenties, and had come from out of town to work as escorts, and they all had advertised on Craigslist and its competitor, Backpage. Long considered “one of the best true-crime books of all time” (Time), Lost Girls is a portrait of unsolved murders in an idyllic part of America, of the underside of the Internet, and of the secrets we keep without admitting to ourselves that we keep them.

Lost Girls

» Morbid, whimsical, tragic ... Goosebumps! « – Leonie-Rachel Soyel (Podcast "Couchgeflüster") » Langenscheid's books are exciting, from the first page to the last! « – True Crime Podcast "Darf's ein bisserl Mord sein?" In the ninth volume of his True Crime series, Germany's bestselling True Crime author Adrian Langenscheid once again unleashes heart-pounding, addictive reading. It offers a breathtaking, deeply harrowing portrait of human abysses that arouses powerful emotions precisely because of its cool, factually neutral depiction. Free of any sensationalism, thirteen True Crime short stories retell some of the most spectacular Canadian criminal cases of recent decades. A gripping collection of accounts of murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, abuse, fraud, betrayal, and theft that take the reader to the limits of the bearable. These are crimes involving "people like you and me"; people whose lives, due to tragic circumstances, are no longer what they were before. With expertise and excellent head-spinning narration, the true crime expert, in collaboration with the well-known true crime podcasts "Eyes in the Dark," "Murder Whispers," and "Crime Overdose," summarizes the most important findings from court hearings, case files, psychological reports, interrogations, and investigative protocols in his eventful tales. Captivated, stunned, amazed, and moved to tears, you will question everything you thought you knew about human nature. True crime cases, true crimes, and thus the full force of reality will strike you in thirteen detailed case histories, both well-known and undiscovered! Click "BUY NOW" and discover Canada's darker side. » Langenscheid writes matter-of-factly, focused and detailed stories reflecting on the darkest aspects of our existence. Relentless entertainment that makes your blood run cold. « – Dave Grunewald (Musician / Influencer)

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"Brutal, factual, neutral in presentation... incredibly shocking." a reader    "Some of the most gruesome and exciting criminal cases that Britain has to offer. I could hardly put the book down." Franziska Singer (Actress)    "A riveting collection of reports that takes the reader to the limits of what is bearable." Jen Stohler    Cold-blooded murders, tragic kidnappings, cruel torture, ruthless abuse, devastating family dramas and a millennium robbery. Real criminal cases.      In the third volume of his book series True Crime International, bestselling author Adrian Langenscheid once again reports truthfully, factually and free of any sensationalism about shocking crimes in people' s immediate neighborhood. Crimes that have actually happened - and not so long ago.    Three excellent podcasts have contributed 5 cases to the book.    Captivated, stunned, amazed and moved to tears, you will question everything you think you know about human nature. Life surpasses all fiction and writes terrible stories. This true crime book sums them up.         Immerse yourself in the breathtaking world of true crime. Simply scroll up and click on "BUY NOW".           "Definitely a must for all fans of true crime fans!"  Katharina Urbanek

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'A raw, intimate story of trust and betrayal' - A. L. Kennedy, The Guardian 'It's heartbreaking. It's scary. It's beautiful' – Fredrik Backman, author of A Man Called Ove Will You Care If I Die? is a powerful memoir about social class, race, friendship and unexpected love, and a blazingly topical exploration of social polarization and the rise of the far right. In Sweden, where children murder children and where gun violence is the worst in Europe, Nicolas Lunabba's job as a social organizer with Malmö's underclass requires firm boundaries and emotional detachment. But all that changes when he meets Elijah – an unruly teenage boy of mixed heritage whose perilous future reminds Nicolas of his own troubled and violent past. Allowing Elijah into his home and then into his heart, Nicolas crosses one of his own red lines. With the odds stacked against them, and completely unprepared for the journey he and Elijah now set off on together, can Nicolas keep Elijah safe from harm and steer him towards a better future? Written as a letter to Elijah, Will You Care If I Die? tells Nicolas and Elijah’s story - and asks us to reimagine what it means to care for one another in an uncaring world. Translated from the Swedish by Henning Koch

Will You Care If I Die?

A moving, eye-opening polemic about the US-Mexico border and what happens to the tens of thousands of unaccompanied Mexican and Central American children arriving in the US without papers‘We are driving across Oklahoma in early June when we first hear about the waves of children arriving, alone and undocumented, from Mexico and Central America. Tens of thousands have been detained at the border. What will happen to them? Where are the parents? And why have they undertaken a terrifying, life-threatening journey to enter the United States?’ Valeria Luiselli works as a volunteer at the federal immigration court in New York City, translating for unaccompanied migrant children. Out of her work has come this book – a search for answers and an urgent appeal for humanity and compassion in response to mass migration, the most significant global phenomenon of our time. ‘So true and moving that it filled me with hopeless hope’ Ali Smith ‘Harrowing, intimate, quietly brilliant’ New York Times ‘The first must-read book of the Trump era’ Texas Observer ‘Angry and affecting. A slight book with a big impact’ Financial Times ‘There are many books addressing the plight of refugees. Tell Me How It Ends – lucid, plain-speaking and authoritative – is one of the most powerful’ Big Issue

Tell Me How it Ends

Sold is a terrifying, gripping and true story about a young Russian girl who dreams of a better life, but instead falls victim to trafficking. Seventeen-year-old Natasja is attracted by an offer to work as a nanny in Sweden. Her ticket to freedom turns out to be a worse nightmare than she ever could have imagined. Time and time again, she is sold to different men. But even though she is slowly falling apart, Natasja refuses to give up and silently starts to plan her escape. In Sold, she talks about how she managed to get free against all odds.

Sold

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE from director Ridley Scott, starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver The sensational true story of murder, madness, glamour, and greed that shook the Gucci dynasty, now fully updated with a new afterword On the morning of March 27, 1995, four quick shots cracked through Milan’s elegant streets. Maurizio Gucci, heir to the fabulous fashion dynasty, had been ambushed, slain on the steps to his office by an unknown gunman. Two years later, Milan’s chief of police entered the sumptuous palazzo of Maurizio’s ex-wife, Patrizia Reggiani—nicknamed “the Black Widow” by the press—and arrested her for the murder. Did Patrizia kill her ex-husband because his spending was wildly out of control? Did she do it because he was preparing to marry his mistress? Or is it possible Patrizia didn’t do it at all? The Gucci story is one of glitz, glamour, and intrigue—a chronicle of the rise, near fall, and subsequent resurgence of a fashion dynasty. Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and widely acclaimed, The House of Gucci is a page-turning account of high fashion, high finance, and heartrending personal tragedy

The House of Gucci

Groomed and procured by a woman, raped by several men and labelled ‘one of the most abused girl in Rotherham’, now Elizabeth Harper is fighting for answers as to why so many people paid to protect our children simply turned a blind eye. Aged just 15, lonely and bullied by her peers, Elizabeth ‘El’ Harper felt like an outcast. But then a chance encounter in the street with a friendly woman suddenly brought hope to her world. A friendship between El and this benevolent stranger blossomed, and life began to feel worth living again. As the months passed, El grew more and more distant from her family. One day, she didn’t return home to her parents at all … Snatched is the shocking true story of how a young girl was taken from the streets and groomed into Britain’s biggest sex-trafficking ring, all at the hands of a woman. It is also an inspiring account of how trauma can turn vulnerability to strength in the most extraordinary of ways.

Snatched

FOR VIEWERS OF THE NO.1 NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY - A TWISTING TALE OF MURDER AND SCANDAL 'Murdaugh Most Horrid...' Telegraph "Readers will be swept up in this account." -Booklist "Glatt has produced the equivalent of a juicy John Grisham novel, featuring a lead more 'dark and totally devoid of conscience' than anyone he's ever researched. This real-life Southern noir lingers." Publishers Weekly In Tangled Vines, bestselling true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigious Murdaugh family and the shocking double murder that led to the downfall of its patriarch, Alex Murdaugh. Among the lush, tree-lined waterways of South Carolina low country, the Murdaugh name means power. A century-old, multimillion-dollar law practice has catapulted the family into incredible wealth and local celebrity--but it was an unimaginable tragedy that would thrust them into the national spotlight. On June 7th, 2021, prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh discovered the bodies of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, on the grounds of their thousand-acre hunting lodge. The mystery deepened only months later when Alex himself was discovered shot in the head on a local roadside. But as authorities scrambled for clues and the community reeled from the loss and media attention, dark secrets about this Southern legal dynasty came to light. The Murdaughs, it turned out, were feared as much as they were loved. And they wouldn't hesitate to wield their influence to protect one of their own. As bombshells of financial fraud were revealed and more suspicious deaths were linked to the Murdaughs, a new portrait of Alex Murdaugh emerged: a desperate man on the brink of ruin who would do anything, even plan his own death, to save his family's reputation.

Tangled Vines

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER / OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT'S ORIGIN STORY ‘Essential reading for this moment in history’ New York Times 'You will not read a more important book about America this year' Economist ‘Brilliant … offers an acute insight into the reasons voters have put their trust in Trump’ Observer J. D. Vance grew up in the hills of Kentucky. His family and friends were the people most of the world calls rednecks, hillbillies or white trash. In this deeply moving memoir, Vance tells the story of his family’s demons and of America’s problem with generational neglect. How his mother struggled against, but never fully escaped, the legacies of abuse, alcoholism, poverty and trauma. How his grandparents, ‘dirt poor and in love’, gave everything for their children to chase the American dream. How Vance beat the odds to graduate from Yale Law School. And how America came to abandon and then condescend to its white working classes, until they reached breaking point. ‘A beautiful memoir but it is equally a work of cultural criticism about white working-class America … Vance offers a compelling explanation for why it’s so hard for someone who grew up the way he did to make it … a riveting book’ Wall Street Journal ** Now a major-motion picture directed by Ron Howard and starring Amy Adams, Glenn Close, and Gabriel Basso **

Hillbilly Elegy

Angie, 6, and sister Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive to stay with foster carer Cathy Glass. Their older half-sister Ashleigh has accused their father of something horrible, and the two young sisters have been removed from home to keep them safe. Cathy tries to comfort the girls, but they are inconsolable. They just want their mummy and daddy, whom they love dearly. The girls appear to have been well looked after, but as they settle and start to talk of life at home, it becomes clear something is badly wrong. Then a chance remark sets in motion a chain of events that eventually changes everything.

A Family Torn Apart

From eldest daughter Shari Franke, the shocking true story behind the viral 8 Passengers family vlog – now the subject of a new Disney+ docuseries – and the hidden abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother, and how, in the face of unimaginable pain, she found freedom and healing. Shari Franke’s childhood was a constant battle for survival. Her mother, Ruby Franke, enforced a severe moral code while maintaining a façade of a picture-perfect family for their wildly popular YouTube channel 8 Passengers, which documented the day-to-day life of raising six children for a staggering 2.5 million subscribers. But a darker truth lurked beneath the surface – Ruby’s wholesome online persona masked a more tyrannical parenting style than anyone could have imagined. As the family’s YouTube notoriety grew, so too did Ruby’s delusions of righteousness. Fueled by the sadistic influence of relationship coach Jodi Hildebrandt, together they implemented an inhumane and merciless disciplinary regime. Ruby and Jodi were arrested in Utah in 2023 on multiple charges of aggravated child abuse. On that fateful day, Shari shared a photo online of a police car outside their home. Her caption had one word: 'Finally'. For the first time, Shari will reveal the disturbing truth behind 8 Passengers and her family’s devastating involvement with Jodi Hildebrandt’s cultish life coaching program, 'ConneXions'. No stone is left unturned as Shari exposes the perils of influencer culture and shares for the first time her battle for truth and survival in the face of her mother’s cruelty.

The House of My Mother

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2023 ‘Grippingly vivid and pacey’ THE TIMES ‘A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing’ SIMON WINCHESTER 'An astonishing almost day-by-day account of [a] hazardous journey and its legacy’ TELEGRAPH ‘This is a story of an epic childhood journey, so exciting and so shocking it is hard to know whether you’re reading about a dream or a nightmare… Wavewalker is thrilling, horrifying, beautifully written – I couldn’t put it down’ ED BALLS Aged just seven, Suzanne Heywood set sail with her parents and brother on a three-year voyage around the world. What followed turned instead into a decade-long way of life, through storms, shipwrecks, reefs and isolation, with little formal schooling. No one else knew where they were most of the time and no state showed any interest in what was happening to the children. Suzanne fought her parents, longing to return to England and to education and stability. This memoir covers her astonishing upbringing, a survival story of a child deprived of safety, friendships, schooling and occasionally drinking water… At seventeen Suzanne earned an interview at Oxford University and returned to the UK. From the bestselling author of What Does Jeremy Think?, Wavewalker is the incredible true story of how the adventure of a lifetime became one child’s worst nightmare – and how her determination to educate herself enabled her to escape ‘A classic memoir of childhood. This is a book that every parent should read to consider the consequences of their midlife crises, and every child should read to learn how to deal with impossible mums and dads, as well as boils and barnacles’ Mail on Sunday 5* ‘An electrifying story about an extraordinary childhood, and Heywood tells it with remarkable clarity and assurance . . . an engrossing book that pitches the reader into the highs and lows of a young life spent in the “Wavewalker School of the Sea”’TLS

Wavewalker

And here I am. Totally alone in a cell with a convicted sex offender who is free to do what he wants. There is no officer. No handcuffs. No radio. Only the man across the desk and me. He looks more petrified than I do. HMP Graymoor. One of the UK’s most notorious prisons. Home to nearly 800 murderers, rapists and child molesters. Reporting for her first shift inside is Rebecca: twenty-two, newly graduated – and about to sit down with some of the country’s most dangerous criminals. In this gripping, hard-hitting memoir, forensic psychologist Dr Rebecca Myers revisits her time in the ‘Hot Seat’ with Graymoor’s infamous inmates – who might not be as different to us as we think. This is as close as we can get to knowing what really goes on inside the damaged minds behinds bars.

Inside Job

Performed by Jonathan Groff, star of the hit Netflix show Mindhunter, and featuring an exclusive conversation between John E. Douglas and Jonathan Groff at the end of the audiobook In The Killer Across the Table, John E. Douglas, the legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for Netflix’s Mindhunter delves deep into the lives and crimes of four of the most disturbing and complex predatory killers, offering never-before-revealed details about his profiling process, and divulging the strategies used to help crack some of America’s most challenging cases. The Killer Across the Table is narrated by Jonathan Groff, who plays Holden Ford on Mindhunter, the character inspired by John E. Douglas. The FBI’s pioneer of criminal profiling, former special agent John Douglas, has studied and interviewed many of America’s most notorious killers—including Charles Manson, ”Son of Sam Killer” David Berkowitz and ”BTK Strangler” Dennis Rader—trained FBI agents and investigators around and the world, and helped educate the country about these deadly predators and how they operate, and has become a legend in popular culture, fictionalized in The Silence of the Lambs and the hit television shows Criminal Minds and Mindhunter. Twenty years after his famous memoir, the man who literally wrote the book on FBI criminal profiling opens his case files once again. In this riveting work of true crime, he spotlights four of the most diabolical criminals he’s confronted, interviewed and learned from. Going deep into each man’s life and crimes, he outlines the factors that led them to murder and how he used his interrogation skills to expose their means, motives, and true evil. Like the hit Netflix show, The Killer Across the Table is centered around Douglas’ unique interrogation and profiling process. With his longtime collaborator Mark Olshaker, Douglas recounts the chilling encounters with these four killers as he experienced them—revealing for the first time his profile methods in detail. Going step by step through his interviews, Douglas explains how he connects each killer’s crimes to the specific conversation, and contrasts these encounters with those of other deadly criminals to show what he learns from each one. In the process, he returns to other famous cases, killers and interviews that have shaped his career, describing how the knowledge he gained from those exchanges helped prepare him for these. A glimpse into the mind of a man who has pierced the heart of human darkness, The Killer Across the Table unlocks the ultimate mystery of depravity and the techniques and approaches that have countered evil in the name of justice.

The Killer Across the Table

A heartbreaking account of a medical miracle: how one woman’s cells – taken without her knowledge – have saved countless lives. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a true story of race, class, injustice and exploitation. ‘No dead woman has done more for the living . . . A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book.’ – Hilary Mantel, Guardian Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells – taken without her knowledge – became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta’s family did not learn of her ‘immortality’ until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences . . . Rebecca Skloot’s moving account is the story of the life, and afterlife, of one woman who changed the medical world forever. Balancing the beauty and drama of scientific discovery with dark questions about who owns the stuff our bodies are made of, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an extraordinary journey in search of the soul and story of a real woman, whose cells live on today in all four corners of the world. Now an HBO film starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne.

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