DI Sally Speckle gets a phone call from a man who calls himself Fred telling her that he has left a birthday present for her at the Old Mill. The call makes no sense, but it unnerves her particularly as the call is from a payphone in Loston Mental Hospital. Her present is the battered body of a faceless young woman. ...

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths Around Oxfordshire
- True Crime Books Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths Around Oxfordshire takes the
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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Bath takes the reader on a sinister journey through centuries of local crime & conspiracy, meeting villains of all sorts along the way
- cut-throats & poisoners, murderous lovers, assassins, prostitutes & suicides.

There is no shortage of harrowing
- & revealing
- incidents of evil to recount in the long dark history of this respectable town. Kirsten Elliotts fascinating book records crime & punishment in Bath in all its shocking variety.

Among the many acts of wickedness & despair the author records are robbery & revenge in Roman times, the brutal uncertainties of Bath in the dark ages & the highwaymen, gamblers & duellist of the Georgian period.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781845630294
• Author: Kirsten Elliott
• Publisher: Pen & Sword
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 170
• Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.5 x 1.5cm














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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Cardiff takes the reader on a sinister journey through the history of local crime & conspiracy, meeting villains of all sorts along the way
- casual or calculating killers, murderous husbands & lovers, gangsters, robbers, poisoners & suicides. There is no shortage of harrowing & revealing episodes in Cardiff's past, & Mark Isaacs' fascinating book recalls many grisly events & sad or unsavoury individuals whose conduct throws a harsh light on the history of the city. Among the many shocking
- & revealing
- cases the author describes are the murder of a Welsh Protestant by an Irish Catholic that provoked rioting; the double life of a respectable widow poisoned with arsenic; the exploits of a ' Jack the Ripper' killer in Cardiff's back streets; the throat-slashing revenge of the Cardiff Race Track Gang; the still-mysterious wartime murder of Alice Pittman; the case of the Somalian sailor arrested for the brutal slaying of an elderly shopkeeper; the demise of Granville Jenkins who was cut to ribbons by a machete, & the accidental or deliberate electrocution of Mrs Darling. Mark Isaacs' chronicle of Cardiff's hidden past
- the history the city would prefer to forget
- will be compelling reading for anyone who is interested in the dark side of human nature.




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The twin fascinations of death & villainy will always hold us in their grim but thrilling grip. In Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Suffolk the chill is brought close to home as each chapter investigates the darker side of humanity in cases of murder, deceit & pure malice committed over the centuries in this part of East Anglia. From crimes of passion to opportunistic killings & coldly premeditated acts of murder, the full spectrum of criminality is recounted here. The traditionally rural nature of Suffolk creates isolated, inward looking communities with their own peculiar customs & practices. While this is one of the more endearing aspects of country life, it can also spawn narrow-mindedness & parochialism that leads to conflict
- & occasionally even to death. In this collection of grisly crime stories Mark Mower takes us on a journey through the darker side of Suffolk folklore, with tales of poisoning, grave robbing, stabbing, shooting & larceny. On the way we meet highwaymen, cut-throats, murderous lovers, homicidal relatives, pirates & purveyors of human flesh. The dramas he describes are often played out in the most commonplace of circumstances, but others are so odd as to be stranger than fiction.
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Guaranteed to flummox the most fanatical of football fans, the Kickin' Quiz Book

Includes:: over 300 fiendish

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It's a new season & a new kit for Foul Football with this revamped new edition. Tackles the subjects that other football books leave on the bench. From the first mad matches with a pig's bladder to the faithful fans & cracking competitions of the 21st Century, this glorious guide knows the score. Readers can find out which foolish team played in their Y-fronts; which fearsome goalie dangled the opposing team by the ankles; & much more! Heaving with facts & cartoons. If you want to be in the game, get Foul Football! ...

Helen Dexter is enjoying the new four-star status of the Seaview Hotel. But she begins to wonder if this accolade is cursed when a series of disasters strike. It starts when a crazy golf team arrive to play in a Scarborough tournament. Their odd behaviour heightens when the rival team captain turns up. Yet, there's worse to come for Helen when one of the guests is murdered playing crazy golf. Then the Seaview's prize-winning cook Jean quits, leaving Helen devastated. & so, as Helen's fiftieth birthday approaches, the last thing she's in the mood for is a celebration. However, mysterious invitations arrive to a party that Helen doesn't want. Can Helen unmask the crazy golf killer, save the reputation of the Seaview, win Jean back & solve the mystery of the party invitations? With her rescue greyhound Suki by her side, Helen Dexter is on the case. Product Information:  •†ISBN: 9781472285751 •†Author: Glenda Young •†Publisher: Headline •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:†352 •†Dimension... ...

Andrew Jennings, an award-winning investigative sports reporter, spent four years delving into the dark side of 'the beautiful game'. The result is this explosive & damning expose of the officials that run football's world governing body, FIFA, now fully updated with the political fallout from World Cup 2006. ...

Vanishing without a trace, eleven year old Evan's parents have been plunged into their worst nightmare, especially when the police have no answers to their worries...

But unexpectedly, Evan is found months later.

But Evan is found, frightened & refusing to speak.

His loving family have realised that life will never be the same again.

Now it is up to DI Naylor to discover who took Evan, before other children are in danger.

However, with Evan silenced, it is a race against time to find those responsible.

' Brilliant... I was gripped'
- Peter James.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781472260772
• Author: Erin Kinsley
• Publisher: Headline Review
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 369
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 3cm






















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