Books Reference Books Murder – the ultimate crime, & one that we have a macabre fascination with. The Murder Files takes a look at some of history’s most disturbing & horrific murders & explores the details which have gripped & disgusted in equal measure. Discover terrifying tales of gruesome murders including: Jack the Ripper’s reign of terror in Victorian London, O.J Simpson’s trial for the murder of his ex-wife & more. Each compelling case is explored with a concise account of what happened, including key facts about the victims & their killers. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781802420395 • Author: Sam Pilger • Publisher: Quarto Publishing • Format: Paperback   ...

It’s the most disturbing crime scene DCI Matilda Darke has ever seen…
 
The morning after a wedding reception at a

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One crime to solve. Over 70 killer conundrums to piece together the clues. A classic murder mystery game in a puzzle book. The first book in the br&-new Murder Mystery Club Puzzle Book series. Welcome to the Puzzle Murder Mystery Club: a puzzle book like no other. Dust off your deerstalker & get your pens at the ready as you join the team of amateur sleuths to solve over 70 cryptic puzzles & catch the culprit. Put your logic & reasoning to the test & master the art of deduction as you examine the clues, eliminate the suspects & piece together the evidence to catch the killer in their tracks. Do you have what it takes to make an accusation, & pin down WHO, WHY & HOW? Perfect for fans of Murdle & The Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781789296839 • Author: Dr Gareth Moore & Laura Jane Ayres • Publisher: Michael O' Mara • Format: Paperback • Pages: 224 • Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.5 x 1.7cm ...

Details: Thrust onto Egypt's throne when just nine years old, King Tut's reign was fiercely debated from the outset.
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A whole nation stood paralysed at the news of Princess Diana's tragic death after a car crash in Paris in August 1997.



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It's the height of summer, & the wealthy Finney family have gathered at the Manoir Bellechasse to pay tribute to their late father. But as the temperature rises, old secrets & bitter rivalries begin to surface. When the heat wave boils over into a mighty storm, a dead body is left in its wake. Chief Inspector Gamache, a guest at the Bellechasse, finds himself with a building full of suspects. With the hotel locked down, the murderer is trapped. But a cornered predator is always the most dangerous of all. ...

Eleven months after discovering a brutal double murder in a sleepy Northumbrian town, Detective Chief Inspector Kate Daniels is still haunted by her failure to solve the case. Then the brutal killing of a man on Newcastle's Quayside gives Daniels another chance to get it right, & her first case as Senior Investigating Officer. When Daniels recognises the corpse, but fails to disclose the fact, her personal life swerves dangerously into her professional life. But much worse, she is now being watched. As Daniels steps closer to finding a killer, a killer is only a breath away from claiming his next victim... ...

Sisters Lulu & Merry share a terrible past. When Lulu was an only child, she let her drunken father into the family home & watched him kill her mother
- & then turn on six year-old Merry. Years later, clinging to the wreckage of their childhood, the sisters try to make sense of what happened. Bound by their love for each other but divided by private grief, forgiveness comes at a higher price then either could have imagined. A gripping & moving story of the ramifications of one violent act & the endurance of family loyalty
- even when its stretched to the very limit.

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The recent News Corporation scandal has catapulted Murdoch & his global media empire into the public eye as perhaps never before. In the English-speaking world, & increasingly in 'untapped' but potentially lucrative markets such as China, Murdoch wields an influence as political kingmaker second to none. How did he do it? How did this empire, a loose 'archipelago' of media islands large & small, come to be so successful & influential? How did it all come to the current, disastrous state? & will the empire survive the recent scandal that has outraged people around the world & rocked the media? Building on many years' research & featuring many previously undisclosed revelations, THE MURDOCH ARCHIPELAGO is the most up-to-date & definitive survey of Murdoch's life & times; how power flows from influence; & whether this should (or if it can) be regulated. ...

After the Great War, life can never be the same again. Wounds need healing, & the horror of violent death banished into memory.

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