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Conscience be my guide: an anthology of prison writings. 1991. Read by Nigel Graham, 12 hours 14 minutes. TB 9616.

This remarkable collection of prison writings inspires us with the faith, humanity and vision of prisoners of conscience through the ages. Contributors range from early Christians persecuted for their belief, to modern day peace protestors, victims of labour camps, juntas, the holocaust and conscription. Some, like Sheila Cassidy, have won huge followings during the campaigns for their release. Contains violence. TB 9616.

FF8282. A prison diary. 2002. Read by Jeff Bellamy, 6 hours 38 minutes. TB 13241.

Prison Diaries; book 1. Jeffrey Archer was sentenced to four years' imprisonment at 12.07pm on Thursday 19th July 2001. Within six hours, Prisoner FF8282, as he is now known, was on suicide watch in the medical wing of Belmarsh top security prison in south London. This, he discovered, is standard procedure for first-time offenders on their first night in jail. By 6.00am the next morning, Archer had resolved to write a daily diary of everything he experienced while incarcerated. The diary should be of interest to anyone concerned with the improvement of our penal system, whether they are concerned citizens, politicians or workers in the prison service. Unsuitable for family reading. TB 13241.

FF8282. A prison diary. 2004. Read by Jeff Bellamy, 7 hours 46 minutes. TB 14133.

Prison Diaries; book 2. On 9 August 2001, twenty-two days after Jeffrey Archer was sentenced to four years in prison for perjury, he was transferred from HMP Belmarsh, a double-A Category high-security prison in south London, to HMP Wayland, a Category C establishment in Norfolk. He served sixty-seven days in Wayland and during that time, as this account testifies, encountered not only the daily degradations of a dangerously overstretched prison service, but the spirit and courage of his fellow inmates. Contains strong language. TB 14133.

FF8282. A prison diary. 2004. Read by Jeff Bellamy, 10 hours 39 minutes. TB 14371.

Prison Diaries; book 3. The final volume of Jeffrey Archer's prison diaries covers the period of his transfer from Wayland to his eventual release on parole in July 2003. It includes a shocking account of the traumatic time he spent in the notorious Lincoln jail and the events that led to his incarceration there - it also throws light in a system that is close to breaking point. Contains strong language. TB 14371.

Great British trials: Evans and Christie. 1999. Read by Ronald Pickup, 3 hours 12 minutes. TB 12341.

"Great British Trials" provides a fascinating glimpse into some of the most notorious crimes and trials of the last 500 years. Through the original trial transcripts, eyewitness accounts and contemporary newspaper reports, we witness the actual events that made each trial a cause celebre of its day. In March 1950 Timothy Evans, aged 25, was hanged for the murder of his wife and child. Sixteen years later the Queen was to grant him a full pardon. The shocking truth of the sordid and tragic events that took place behind the doors of number 10 Rillington Place was to horrify the nation. TB 12341.

Great British trials: Ruth Ellis. 1999. Read by Jemma Redgrave, 2 hours 16 minutes. TB 12012.

This series provides a glimpse into some of the most notorious crimes and trials of the last 500 years. Through the original trial transcripts, eyewitness accounts and contemporary newspaper reports, we witness the actual events that made each trial a cause celebre of its day. On Wednesday 13th July 1955, Ruth Ellis became the last woman to hang in Britain. Convicted of shooting her unfaithful lover in cold blood, the calm appearance of this mother of two and the furore that accompanied her sentence ensured this trial was to have a memorable place in the annals of British justice. TB 12012.

The Seaside murders. 1985. Read by Robert Ashby, 6 hours 29 minutes. TB 6037.

Thirteen classic true stories of crimes which took place on British beaches, they range from the pathos of the 40 year old heap of old bones discovered in 1961 which was all that remained of pretty Mamie Stuart, to the life and crimes of the infamous "Brides in the Bath" murderer, George Joseph Smith. Unsuitable for family reading. TB 6037.

Tales from the Newgate calendar. 1981. Read by Tom Crowe, 7 hours 52 minutes. TB 4318.

This selection from the famous calendar chronicles the exploits of infamous criminals such as Captain Kidd and Dick Turpin, who were held in Newgate prison before standing trial. TB 4318.

Altick, Richard D

Victorian studies in scarlet. 1970. Read by Eric Gillett, 14 hours 46 minutes. TB 2398.

The author examines the Victorian delight in murder as a social phenomenon, and classic murder cases that afford a vivid perspective of the way people lived. TB 2398.

Aspden, Kester

The hounding of David Oluwale. 2008. Read by Richard Teverson, 11 hours 4 minutes. TB 16849.

When the body of David Oluwale, a rough sleeper with a criminal record and a history of mental illness, was pulled out of the River Aire near Leeds in May 1969, nobody asked too many questions about the circumstances of his death. A year and a half later, rumours that the Nigerian man had been subject to a lengthy campaign of abuse from two police officers led to the opening of the grave and a difficult criminal investigation. Drawing on original archival material only just released into the public domain, and interviews with police officers and lawyers involved in the eventual prosecution of two Leeds City Police officers, Kester Aspden's book revisits one of the most notorious racist crimes in British history. Contains strong language. TB 16849.

Auger, Michel

The biker who shot me: recollections of a crime reporter. 2001. Read by Phil Taylor, 8 hours 30 minutes. TB 17441.

As a journalist, Auger has observed and reported upon the growth of the biker gangs and their increasing involvement in organized crime. He has written a number of articles that exposed the Hells Angels' links to the Mafia; articles that he knows enraged the bikers enough to have him killed. This is an account of his life as a crime reporter, with particular attention to his brush with death when he was shot in the back six times with a pistol equipped with a silencer, and the events that followed. Contains violence. TB 17441.

Baron, Stanley Wade

The contact man: the story of Sidney Stanley and the Linskey Tribunal. 1966. Read by John Richmond, 7 hours. TB 68.

A vivid description of Sidney Stanley and the Lynskey Tribunal of 1948, showing its effect on the Labour Party just after its sweeping victory in the post-war General Election. TB 68.

Bell, Josephine

Crime in our time. 1962. Read by Arthur Bush, 9 hours 56 minutes. TB 737.

Written for the layman, this is a comparison of crimes over the last 60 years, and an examination of criminals, the police, prisons, and detention centres. TB 737.

Bentham, Jeremy

Panopticon; or, The Inspection-House. 2008. Read by Greg Wagland, 2 hours 48 minutes. TB 18799.

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He was a political radical and a leading theorist in Anglo- American philosophy of law. He is best known for his advocacy of utilitarianism, for the concept of animal rights and his opposition to the idea of natural rights. TB 18799.

Bowden, Mark

Killing Pablo: the hunt for the richest, most powerful criminal in history. 2001. Read by Garrick Hagon, 12 hours 51 minutes. TB 13403.

This text charts the rise and fall of Pablo Escobar, the richest and most violent criminal in history. It exposes for the first time the massive covert operation by US Special Forces to hunt down and assassinate the man described as the billionaire godfather of international drug trafficking. This book also tells the story of the men of the special forces who ultimately destroyed Pablo Escobar. The author has had exclusive access to highly classified intelligence documents, secret surveillance footage and Escobar's wiretap transcripts, and has interviewed the major players in the manhunt. Contains violence. TB 13403.

Britton, Paul

The jigsaw man: the remarkable career of Britain's foremost criminal psychologist. 1998. Read by Michael McStay, 17 hours. TB 12108.

The autobiography of Paul Britton, one of the foremost offender profilers in the world. Over the past dozen years, Britton has assisted the police in over 100 cases involving murder, rape, arson, extortion and kidnapping. He has also advised the FBI and the Russian Ministry of the Interior. Contains strong language. TB 12108.

Bronson, Charles

Bronson. 2008. Read by Gavin Crymble, 11 hours 6 minutes. TB 17798.

Charlie Bronson has spent 28 of the last 30 years in solitary confinement. When he is unlocked, up to 12 prison officers - sometimes in riot gear and with dogs - are standing by. Yet this is a man of great warmth and humour who has never killed anyone and has often dealt with his gruelling life with humour - during a siege in 1993 he demanded an inflatable doll and a cup of tea. Charlie reveals the truth about his extraordinary life behind bars. Contains strong language and violence. TB 17798.

Brown, Sandra

Where there is evil. 1999. Read by Carolyn Bonnyman, 8 hours 53 minutes. TB 12617.

An account of a woman's search for the truth about a child's disappearance and her own fathers' involvement. After Sandra Brown's 12 year old neighbour disappears the police investigation draws a blank. But 27 years later Sandra's father confesses to his involvement in the child's disappearance. Sandra delves into the case and in doing so discovers that her father was a known molester of children, whose activities were known not just to everyone in the local community but also to the police. Unsuitable for family reading. TB 12617.

Campbell, James

Gate fever: voices from a prison. 1986. Read by David Rider, 7 hours 36 minutes. TB 6474.

In order to bring together this unusual chorus of voices - murders, fraudsters, armed robbers, the wrongly imprisoned and the trusties, nonces and grasses - the author was granted two privileges: a room of his own inside a high-security prison, plus a pass which enabled him to wander at random talking to whoever he wished - not forgetting the screws. TB 6474.

Capote, Truman

In cold blood: a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences. 1966. Read by Marvin Kane, 13 hours 30 minutes. TB 234.

The lives and deaths of a family of four, brutally murdered in America in 1959, and two of their killers hanged in 1965. TB 234.

Carlo, Philip

The ice man: confessions of a Mafia contract killer. 2008. Read by Jay Benedict, 16 hours 25 minutes. TB 16853.

Top Mafia hit man, and doting father, for 30 years, Richard 'the Ice Man' Kuklinski led a double life, becoming one of the most notorious professional assassins in American history while hosting neighbourhood barbecues in suburban New Jersey. Kuklinski was Sammy 'the Bull' Gravano's partner in the killing of Paul Castellano, John Gotti hired him to kill his neighbour and he was also intimately involved in the killing of Jimmy Hoffa. By his own estimate, he killed over 200 men, taking enormous pride in his cunning and the ferocity of his technique. The "Ice Man" is an insight into the mind of one of the world's most prolific contract killers. Contains strong language and violence. TB 16853.

Carlson, L Wayne

Breakfast with the devil: the story of a professional jail breaker. 2001. Read by Phil Taylor, 15 hours 33 minutes. TB 17871.

In 1960, 18-year-old Wayne Carlson began his eventual three-decade stay in prisons across Canada and the U.S., managing to escape a record 13 times. Since his release he has become a respected activist for prison reform. These memoirs of the man known as "Houdini" are both a wild ride with an outlaw, and a firsthand look at life behind bars in North America. Contains strong language. TB 17871.

Carse, Robert

The age of piracy: a history. 1959. Read by Arthur Bush, 9 hours 19 minutes. TB 1264.

The history of an age of individualism and adventure from the early buccaneers of Tudor times to the final decline of piracy. TB 1264.

Cassels, Lavender

The Archduke and the assassin: Sarajevo, June 28th, 1914. 1984. Read by George Hagan, 11 hours 7 minutes. TB 5784.

The personalities of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir apparent to the Austrian Empire, and the student who shot him are assessed by investigating the influences which shaped their characters, together with the events which culminated in the encounter at Sarajevo. This "small news item" in a "distant country" was to prove the writing on the wall for a dynasty that had reigned for 600 years. TB 5784.

Charriere, Henri

Papillon. 1970. Read by Robert Gladwell, 24 hours 59 minutes. TB 1371.

Condemned in 1931 for a murder he did not commit Charriere, nicknamed Papillon, was transported to French Guiana. In this book he recounts his frequent attempts at escape from there and from Devil's Island, the bestiality of the treatment he endured, and the struggle to retain determination and the will to survive. Unsuitable for family reading. TB 1371.

Charriere, Henri

Banco: the further adventures of Papillon. 1973. Read by Michael Stirrup, 11 hours 33 minutes. TB 5022.

Sequel to: Papillon. Henri Charriere, nicknamed "Papillon" has finally won his freedom in Venezuela after thirteen years of escape and imprisonment. Despite his resolve to become an honest man he is soon involved in hair-raising exploits with goldminers and gamblers, bank robbers and revolutionairies. Contains strong language. TB 5022.

Cole, Harry

Policeman's patch. 1982. Read by Christopher Scott, 6 hours 56 minutes. TB 13154.

Autobiography; 1, (four more in series). Anything can happen to a policeman on his patch; he may find his neck entwined with the Rubenesque thighs of Rosie Rafferty; his search for a victim may become a Pied Piper tour of a whole tower block; the vandaliser of an old lady's flat may turn out to be the last person he'd imagined; he may even find himself on duty at a Royal Wedding. Contains strong language. TB 13154.

Collins, Steve

The good guys wear black: the true-life heroes of Britain's armed police. 1998. Read by Nigel Carrington, 7 hours 6 minutes. TB 13623.

SO19, the Metropolitan Police Special Firearms Wing, is a squad of gunfighters who daily defend the public from evil. Yardies, international drug barons, IRA enforcers and celebrity South London gangsters and hitmen have all been taken off the streets by the true-life heroes of SO19 either in handcuffs or in bodybags. Contains strong language. TB 13623.

Cornwell, Patricia

Portrait of a killer: Jack the Ripper - case closed. 2004. Read by Lorelei King, 12 hours 45 minutes. TB 13714.

Using the firsthand expertise she has gained through writing the bestselling Dr Kay Scarpetta novels, Patricia Cornwell utilizes the demanding methods of modern forensic investigation to re-examine the evidence in the Jack the Ripper murders. These include state-of-the-art DNA testing on various materials, computer enhancement of watermarks and expert examinations of hand-writing, paper, inks and other relics. She also uses her knowledge of profiling on the possible suspects, as well as consulting experts in the field. On presenting her conclusions to a very senior Metropolitan Police officer she learns that had the investigators of the time been presented with the facts she has unearthed, her suspect would definitely have been arrested and would probably have faced trial. Naming the killer as the artist, Walter Sickert, Cornwell details the reasons and evidence for this conclusion. Contains strong language. TB 13714.

Dickie, John

Cosa Nostra: a history of the Sicilian Mafia. 2004. Read by Jonathan Oliver, 17 hours 54 minutes. TB 14491.

The Mafia has been given many names since it was founded in the mid-19th century - the Sect, the Brotherhood, the Honoured Society, and now Cosa Nostra. Yet as times have changed, the Mafia's subtle and bloody methods have remained the same. This book reconstructs the complete history of the Sicilian Mafia from its origins to the modern day, from the lemon groves and sulphur mines of Sicily, to the streets of Manhattan. Contains strong language. TB 14491.

Dunning, John

Cryptic crimes: a chilling catalogue of mysterious murders. 1990. Read by David Banks, 8 hours 39 minutes. TB 9254.

Twenty true murder mysteries, all set in Europe. Contains violence. TB 9254.

Fairclough, Melvyn

The Ripper & the Royals. 1992. Read by Peter Baker, 15 hours 6 minutes. TB 11987.

More theories have been put forward about the Whitechapel murders of 1888 than about any other unsolved crimes in the files of Scotland Yard. Who was Jack the Ripper? Was he some lone maniac 'down on whores'? Or were the Ripper murders, as this book shows, the joint enterprise of a group of high-ranking desperadoes acting to protect the Prince of Wales's heir, the Duke of Clarence, from blackmail? Many new facts are presented in this book which unravels the nexus of intrigue that has threatened the Royal family for three generations. TB 11987.

Ferris, Paul

Villains: it takes one to know one. 2007. Read by Jonathan Hackett, 9 hours 28 minutes. TB 16264.

Paul Ferris spent twenty-five years as one of Britain's most feared gangsters. Now Ferris recounts the stories of a tough existence that nobody knows better. The brutality you'd expect, the strangeness you might not. The stories cover the underbellies of London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Manchester and beyond, but the material couldn't be closer to home - from the job Paul's father, Willie Ferris, pulled with a school bus full of kids as the getaway vehicle, to the war Paul got caught up in between two of London's biggest teams. And, as you'll discover, when it comes to villains, it takes one to know one. Contains strong language. TB 16264.

Fordham, Peta

The robbers' tale: the real story of the great train robbery. 1965. Read by Arthur Bush, 7 hours 45 minutes. TB 111.

An enthralling, witty and true account of the Great Train Robbery of 1963, containing information supplied by some of the people actually concerned. TB 111.

Foreman, Freddie

Respect: autobiography of Freddie Foreman - managing director of British crime. 1997. Read by Steve Hodson, 12 hours 41 minutes. TB 15814.

Freddie Foreman's admission in this book that he was responsible for the gangland killings of Ginger Marks and Frank 'the mad axeman' Mitchell, who had been sprung from Dartmoor Prison by the Kray twins, made headlines around the world. Freddie's chilling but often humorous account of his life is a story from the inside of how some of Britain's most famous and daring robberies were committed, of bent coppers and the criminally insane, of loyalty and betrayal, and fights to the death. Contains strong language. TB 15814.

Forsyth, Neil

Other people's money. 2009. Read by Stephen Perring, 8 hours 51 minutes. TB 17339.

Elliot Castro was a gifted outsider, a working-class kid with ambitions who wanted to live the high life but lacked the money to do so. Until, at the tender age of sixteen, he worked out how to use the credit card system to his advantage. Identifying the banks' security weaknesses, utilising his intelligence and charm, Elliot embarked on a massive spending spree. From London to New York, Ibiza to Beverly Hills, he lived the fantasy life, staying in famous hotels, flying first class, blowing a fortune on designer clothes. Time and time again Elliot managed to wriggle free of the numerous authorities who were on his tail, while his life spiralled out of control. Meanwhile, from a police station at Heathrow, a detective was patiently tracking him down. TB 17339.

Fraser, Frankie

Mad Frank and friends. 1998. Read by Steve Hodson, 9 hours 30 minutes. TB 12694.

The text details Frankie Fraser's and his friends’ memoirs of life in and out of prison. The text includes figures such as `Ruby' Sparks, the famous pre-war burglar, and Spark's girlfriend, the `Bobbed-Haired Bandit', the first woman on a smash-and-grab team, with Billy Hill and Bert Marsh, the self-styled Bosses of the Underworld, and with the thieves they employed. Contains violence. TB 12694.

Ginzburg, Eugenia Semenovna

Into the whirlwind. 1967. Read by Gretel Davis, 15 hours 27 minutes. TB 7949.

This is the first of Eugenia Ginzburg's two volumes of memoirs looking at her experiences during the Stalin years in the Soviet Union. In 1937 she was wrongly accused of terrorism. She was then tried and spent two years in Butyrki prison in Moscow before being sent to the hard labour camps of Siberia in 1939 when this volume ends. Ginzburg describes her life in captivity and how she coped with it. TB 7949.

Gosch, Martin A

The last testament of Lucky Luciano. 1975. Read by Marvin Kane, 18 hours 43 minutes. TB 3741.

Lucky organised crime in America like an industrial tycoon. All-powerful, he controlled employers, unions and the police. Exiled at the end of the war to Italy, he was never to return to the States. TB 3741.

Goulding, Warren

Just another Indian: a serial killer and Canada's indifference. 2001. Read by Arlene Wilson, 7 hours 14 minutes. TB 18416.

John Martin Crawford was convicted for brutally murdering three Native Canadian women and is a suspect in the killing of at least one other. Crawford has staked his claim as one of the nation's most prolific sex killers, despite the fact that his deeds are virtually forgotten. Contains violence. TB 18416.

Grey, Anthony

Hostage in Peking. 1970. Read by Michael de Morgan, 13 hours 55 minutes. TB 1395.

The author, a journalist in China, was taken as a hostage by the Chinese communist regime, and this account of his two years' solitary confinement is based on the secret diaries he managed to keep during this time. TB 1395.

Grisham, John

The innocent man. 2010. Read by Vincent Marzello, 14 hours 33 minutes. TB 18400.

John Grisham's first work of non-fiction is an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry. If you believe that in America you are innocent until proven guilty, this book will shock you.. If you believe in the death penalty, this book will disturb you. If you believe the criminal justice system is fair, this book will infuriate you. Contains strong language. TB 18400.

Grovier, Kelly

The gaol: the story of Newgate. 2009. Read by Richard Burnip, 9 hours 48 minutes. TB 17103.

For over 800 years, Newgate was the grimy axle around which British society slowly twisted. From the Peasants' Revolt to the Great Fire, it was at Newgate that England's greatest dramas unfolded. This thrilling history goes in search of ghostly places, erased by time. TB 17103.

Haines, Max

Bothersome bodies. 1989. Read by Ronald Markham, 5 hours 55 minutes. TB 8096.

A collection of 17 true murder stories. The focus of these grisly tales is on the imaginative way in which each of the murderers and murderesses dispose of the body of their victim, the area which can mean the difference between walking free and the hangman's noose. TB 8096.

Halford, Alison

No way up the greasy pole. 1993. Read by Jacqueline King, 10 hours 2 minutes. TB 9898.

Alison Halford, the first woman to become an Assistant Chief Constable, failed on nine occasions to win the further promotion she wanted and believed she deserved. Backed by the Equal Opportunities Commission she took the police authorities to law, and received a pension and disability award. Here she reveals the extent of male domination in the force and the ineffectiveness of the Police Complaints Authority. TB 9898.

Hancock, Robert

Ruth Ellis. 1963. Read by Syd Ralph, 6 hours 36 minutes. TB 5701.

When Ruth Ellis heard the death sentence passed on her she smiled and told her family that she was happy to die. The only thing that bothered her was the way in which the story had been told in court. Robert Hancock now reveals for the first time the full background to the story of the last woman to be hanged in Britain. TB 5701.

Harrison, Paul

Hunting evil: inside the Ipswich serial murders. 2008. Read by Matthew Field, 9 hours 43 minutes. TB 17803.

The murder of five women in late 2006 shocked the nation and kept many of us glued to our TV screens, horrified by the unfolding tragedy. Journalist Paul Harrison and Professor of Criminology David Wilson arrived in Ipswich just as the first body was discovered. Their on-the-scene access, and Professor Wilson's first-hand experience as a profiler, meant that they were first to put forward the explosive theory that a serial killer was at large. In Hunting Evil, Harrison and Wilson take the reader to the heart of the story. Contains strong language and passages of a sexual nature. TB 17803.

Hatherill, George

A detective's story. 1971. Read by Michael de Morgan, 7 hours 45 minutes. TB 1752.

The author's career in the C.I.D., some of the interesting cases on which he has worked, culminating with the Great Train Robbery. TB 1752.

Hepburn, James

The black flag: true tales of twentieth century piracy. 1994. Read by Michael Tudor Barnes, 8 hours 32 minutes. TB 10686.

Piracy died with the skull and crossbones: the world's navies have made the sea safe. Think again. Not so safe for the Sunning, caught in a nightmare on the China seas, nor for passengers on the Morro Castle, sunk in flames off the New Jersey coast with the loss of 134 lives. Nor for the Khalis III, found abandoned in the Bahamas, a corpse floating in the wreckage, the deck splattered with blood. This book shows that piracy is very much alive. TB 10686.

Hibbert, Christopher

The roots of evil: a social history of crime and punishment. 1963. Read by Duncan Carse, 19 hours 37 minutes. TB 1237.

A survey - containing some horrifying descriptions - of crime and punishment from the Middle Ages to the present day. TB 1237.

Hughes, Robert

The fatal shore: a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia, 1787-1868. 1987. Read by Nigel Graham, 31 hours 45 minutes. TB 8548.

In describing Australia's painful transition from prison camp to open society, Robert Hughes draws on a wealth of documents, private and official, never before consulted. Their vivid testimony adds to the most complete account yet written of how 160,000 men, women and children, some innocent, some not, were shipped off the face of the known world to suffer, to die, to succeed and to go on to found a new nation. TB 8548.

Innes, Brian

Serial killers. 2008. Read by Jon Cartwright, 9 hours 45 minutes. TB 17791.

This book explores, chronologically, the stories of over 50 of the most vicious murderers in world history. For each, we hear of their formative experiences, double lives, gruesome crimes and, for those that did not - chillingly - evade capture, the psychological profiles and forensic techniques used to ensnare them. From Jack the Ripper, Ed Gein and The Boston Strangler to Ted Bundy, the Moors Murderers and Jeffrey Dahmer, the story of the serial killer is revealed, offering a shocking insight into the extremes of cruelty and depravity to which man, or sometimes even woman, can sink. TB 17791.

Irving, Clifford

Daddy's girl: the Campbell murder case: a true tale of vengeance, betrayal and Texas justice. 1988. Read by Robert Gladwell, 27 hours 53 minutes. TB 7507.

In 1982 James and Virginia Campbell were murdered in the middle of the night. This Houston murder remained unsolved for over two years - no leads, only speculation. The most likely suspects, their daughter Cindy and her boyfriend, David West, but their alibi cannot be cracked for a long time - a true case of vengeance and betrayal. TB 7507.

Jackett, Sam

Heroes of Scotland Yard. 1965. Read by Robin Holmes, 6 hours 45 minutes. TB 1188.

Tales of the courage and resource shown by the Metropolitan Police in protecting the public from criminals. TB 1188.

Jackson, Richard

Occupied with crime. 1967. Read by David Broomfield, 10 hours 28 minutes. TB 342.

Sir Richard, formerly Assistant Commissioner at Scotland Yard, and President of Interpol, recalls his work and some interesting cases. TB 342.

Jonker, Joan

Victims of violence. 2004. Read by Nerys Hughes, 13 hours 33 minutes. TB 17481.

The innocent victims of violent crimes are often old, frail and defenceless. Indignant at their plight, Joan Jonker founded 'Victims of Violence' to help them. Here she tells of how she gathered support, establishing two shelters in Liverpool. TB 17481.

Kampusch, Natascha

3,096 days. 2010. Read by Laura Murray, 8 hours 15 minutes. TB 18296.

On 2 March 1998 ten-year-old Natascha Kampusch was snatched off the street by a stranger and bundled into a white van. Hours later she found herself in a dark cellar, wrapped in a blanket. When she emerged eight years later, her childhood had gone. In "3,096 Days" Natascha tells her incredible story for the first time: her difficult childhood, what exactly happened on the day of her abduction, her imprisonment in a five-square-metre dungeon, and the mental and physical abuse she suffered from her abductor, Wolfgang Priklopil. Contains violence. TB 18296.

Keeble, Harry

Baby X: Britain's child abusers brought to justice. 2010. Read by Harry Keeble, 9 hours 1 minutes. TB 18144.

When super-tough cop Sergeant Harry Keeble announced he was joining Hackney's ailing Child Protection Team in 2000, his colleagues were astounded. Known as the 'Cardigan Squad', its officers were seen as glorified social workers dealing with domestics. The reality was very different. In this book, Harry describes how his team - working alongside dedicated but chronically underfunded social workers - operated at the sharp end of child protection. This is a shocking and unforgettable story of how some of the UK's most disadvantaged children escaped their tormentors - and explains why some cases, similar to that of Baby P's, ended in tragedy. Contains strong language. TB 18144.

Keeble, Harry

Crack house: the incredible true story of the man who took on London's crack gangs and won. 2008. Read by Damian Lynch, 7 hours 40 minutes. TB 17692.

Narrated by the leader of the Haringey Drugs Squad team, this book describes a series of breathtaking raids as well as arrests, beatings, stabbings and shootings. Featuring a colourful team of family men who regularly faced death, Crack House takes the reader into the dark heart of our cities' most violent and terrifying places, showing how the war on drugs can only be won by constant and forceful vigilance. Contains strong language. TB 17692.

Keeble, Harry

Little victim : Britain's vulnerable children and the cops who rescue them. 2011. Read by Damian Lynch, 8 hours 16 minutes. TB 18817.

In Baby X we learned how super-tough cop Harry Keeble and his colleagues in Hackney's Child Protection Unit rescued dozens of kids, faced lynch mobs and undertook the impossible job of interviewing paedophiles. Now, in Little Victim, Harry takes us through an extraordinary year in the life of the unit, as the team investigates some of the worst cases of child abuse they've ever encountered. These include a middle-class mother who shook her baby to death, the children kept in a cage, the rape of a three-year-old boy and an innocent grandfather falsely accused of paedophila. Little Victim provides a unique insight into the complex issue of child abuse in the UK. Continuing his battle to bring Britain's child abusers to justice, Harry is pushed right to the edge as he confronts horrors past and present. Contains strong language. TB 18817.

Kemp, Anthony

The secret hunters. 1986. Read by Stanley McGeagh, 3 hours 29 minutes. TB 6702.

When the SAS and SOE were disbanded after the war, some of them were determined to discover the truth about their comrades who had lost their lives and to bring justice to those responsible for crimes. Making use of the first official report on the Nazi concentration camps - written as early as 1944 but suppressed by Allied HQ - they searched for three years to establish the fates of these missing men and women, a horrific indictment of official inertia. TB 6702.

Keneally, Thomas

The commonwealth of thieves. 2007. Read by Richard Burnip, 15 hours 4 minutes. TB 15915.

In late18th-century Britain, people were hanged for petty offences, yet crime was rife. The gaols were bursting and over-flow prisoners were kept in notorious 'hulks': rotting old ships moored offshore. Out of this situation was born the 'solution' - 'The Sydney Experiment': criminals perceived to 'damage' British society would be transported to Australia. Thus, Sydney was founded as 'an open-air prison' with 'walls 14,000 miles thick'. There were orgies, diseases, court marshalls, hangings, escapes and hunger. Tom Keneally tells the fascinating story of how Governor Arthur Phillip, despotic ruler of New South Wales, imposed order between the convicts, sailors and native aboriginal tribespeople and how the 'open-air prison' eventually developed into one of the most vibrant cities in the world. Contains strong language. TB 15915.

Kennedy, Ludovic

The airman and the carpenter: the Lindberg kidnapping. 1985. Read by David Sinclair, 18 hours 41 minutes. TB 5812.

The airman is Charles Lindbergh, famous for his historic flight from New York to Paris in 1927; the carpenter a German immigrant, Richard Hauptmann. The tragic link between the two names is the kidnap and death of Lindbergh's baby son. The author investigates the justice or otherwise of the case. TB 5812.

Kirkpatrick, Sidney

A cast of killers. 1986. Read by John Rye, 8 hours 48 minutes. TB 6440.

Working on a biography of King Vidor, the famous 1920s film director, the author realised that, in an unusually well-documented life, the year 1967 alone was a blank. Intrigued, he found that Vidor had spent the year investigating the death of his friend and fellow director, William Desmond Taylor and that his findings were hidden - a true story that reads like a thriller. TB 6440.

Kray, Reginald

Our story. 1988. Read by Gene Foad and Peter Wickham, 6 hours 28 minutes. TB 7570.

The Kray twins are the most notorious criminals in British history. Convicted of murder in 1969 they write their story by turns; Ron is in Broadmoor and accepts this but Reg, in Gartree, burns with a fury to be free, convinced they have paid their debt to society. In this frank autobiography they seek to explode some of the myths that surround them. They succeed in describing a career of unabashed violence in a sub-culture more potent than any myth. TB 7570.

Lamothe, Lee

Bloodlines: the rise and fall of the Mafia's Royal family. 2001. Read by Paul Klippenstein, 14 hours 45 minutes. TB 18439.

A gripping tale that crisscrosses Europe, Latin America, and the United States and Canada, Bloodlines underscores the complexity and sophistication of organized crime at its highest levels. It illustrates how the Caruana-Cuntrera family operates in the netherworld where the financial engineering that supports the global economy bumps up against the billions of dollars of criminal proceeds that need to be laundered.

Lee, Carol Ann

One of your own: the life and death of Myra Hindley. 2010. Read by Victoria Gillmon, 16 hours 34 minutes. TB 17901.

On 15 November 2002, Myra Hindley died in prison, one of the rare women whose crimes were deemed so indefensible that 'life' really did mean 'life'. This book draws on a wide range of resources, including Hindley's own unseen writings, recently released prison files, fresh interviews and new research to provide an in-depth study of Hindley, returning her humanity to her and thereby revealing her crimes as even more incomprehensible. Contains violence. TB 17901.

Lewis, Kevin

The kid: a true story. 2004. Read by Steven Alexander, 7 hours 47 minutes. TB 16134.

The Kid; book 1. Kevin Lewis grew up on a council estate in South London. Beaten and starved by his parents, ignored by the social services and bullied at school, he was offered a chance to escape this nightmare world and was put into care. At the age of 17, not able to make a proper living, he became caught up in the criminal underworld of London, where he was known as "The Kid". Kevin tells the story of how he has managed to make a better life for himself. Contains strong language. TB 16134.

Low, Donald A

Thieves' kitchen: the Regency underworld. 1982. Read by Robert Gladwell, 9 hours 10 minutes. TB 4487.

A picture of the underworld of crime and vice that existed beneath the elegant Regency society of Nash terraces and Pride and Prejudice tea parties. TB 4487.

McKie, David

Jabez: the rise and fall of a Victorian scoundrel. 2004. Read by Robbie MacNab, 7 hours 51 minutes. TB 13963.

Jabez, as he was universally known, was a business man, philanthropist, politician, temperance campaigner and charmer. He was also an astonishing scoundrel - a liar, adulterer and cheat who perpetrated the most destructive fraud of the nineteenth century. When the Liberator building collapsed under the weight of its own extravagant malpractice, thousands of people were left defrauded and destitute. Jabez, the Liberator's moving spirit, immediately took flight to Argentina, accompanied (scandalously) by a female ward half his age. Eventually, a determined Scotland Yard detective caught up with Jabez, and kidnapped him on a high-speed train across South America from whence he was hauled back to justice. TB 13963.

McLean, Lenny

The Guv'nor. 1998. Read by Ian Redford, 8 hours 5 minutes. TB 11794.

Lenny McLean is the deadliest bare-knuckle fighter Britain has ever seen. In this autobiography he tells how the Mafia flew him to New York to take on their greatest bare-knuckle boxer in a multi-million pound illicit challenge bout. When the IRA fronted up a London gang in a money-laundering scam, Lenny was brought in to intimidate the terrorists. This is not a story glorifying violence, but a tale of one man's triumph against almost insurmountable odds. Contains violence. TB 11794.

Manchester, William Raymond

The death of a president: November 20-November 25, 1963. 1967. Read by David Broomfield, 36 hours. TB 1375.

A history of the assassination of President Kennedy and the days immediately preceding and following it. TB 1375.

Mark, Robert

In the office of constable. 1978. Read by Andrew Timothy, 14 hours 30 minutes. TB 3543.

The autobiography of the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police during two famous London sieges; a man who fought hard to root out corruption in the C.I.D. TB 3543.

Markman, Ronald

Alone with the devil: psychopathic killings that shocked the world. 1990. Read by John Rye, 14 hours 47 minutes. TB 8781.

Dr Markman, a forensic psychiatrist, frequently finds himself alone with someone who has killed without apparent reason, and he must determine the degree of their responsibility at the time of the crime. "Alone with the Devil" includes some of his toughest cases, where particularly vicious murders have occurred. Markman seeks to find why these men and women kill and how their minds work. Contains violence. TB 8781.

Marnham, Patrick

Trail of havoc: in the steps of Lord Lucan. 1987. Read by Christopher Saul, 6 hours 53 minutes. TB 6801.

The entry of a blood-stained and hysterical woman into the Plumber's Arms on the evening of the 7th November 1974 sparked off one of the greatest murder investigations since the war. Lady Lucan said that she had escaped from a murderer, her husband. But Lord Lucan subsequently disappeared - apparently off the face of the earth. The author explores what happened in the preceding years and draws some surprising conclusions. TB 6801.

Marrison, James

The world's most bizarre murders: true stories that will shock and amaze you. 2008. Read by James Parsons, 8 hours 9 minutes. TB 17749.

The stories in this collection range from high-profile cases to long-forgotten crimes buried in police archives all over the world. From real-life witches, to mad scientists and killer dwarves, all the stories have one thing in common - a uniquely bizarre twist. Contains strong language and violence. TB 17749.

Masters, Brian

'She must have known'. 1997. Read by Nigel Graham, 15 hours 41 minutes. TB 13925.

The trial of Rosemary West was the culmination of one of the century's most notorious murder investigations. When Frederick West hung himself, he seemed to have cheated justice. The trial of his wife for the same crimes was a media sensation. In this psychologically acute and legally penetrating account, the author looks at how and why an evil psychopath was able to ensnare so many. Contains violence. TB 13925.

Mendoza, Antonio

Killers on the loose: unsolved cases of serial murder. 2000. Read by Stuart Milligan, 8 hours 53 minutes. TB 13768.

This text tracks suspected serial killer cases from the end of the twentieth century. Alarmingly, most of the victims in this book are prostitutes. Authorities estimate that there are between 35 and 50 serial killers on the loose in the USA, and new reports of suspected killers are constantly surfacing all over the world. Contains violence. TB 13768.

Millen, Ernest

Specialist in crime. 1972. Read by Andrew Timothy, 10 hours 38 minutes. TB 2234.

An ex-deputy commissioner of the CID tells of his career, from his days on the beat in Knightsbridge to a desk in Scotland Yard with 2,700 men under his command. TB 2234.

Morrison, Blake

As if. 1997. Read by Steve Hodson, 10 hours 15 minutes. TB 11076.

The death of the infant Jamie Bulger at the hands of two ten-year-old boys raised the questions of why two innocent boys killed another, and whether childhood innocence is a myth. The author sought explanations in the boys' families, and looked at the violence that saturates the minds of modern children. He exposes the hollowness of condemnation divorced from understanding. TB 11076.

Morton, James

Gangland: London's underworld. 1993. Read by Gavin Crymble, 14 hours 23 minutes. TB 17974.

In this history of London's secret life, James Morton exposes some startling conclusions about exactly who lurked - and still lurks - in the powerhouses of the Underworld. From the Dover Road Gang of the 1880s to the era of the Krays and up to the Triads and Yardies of the present, Gangland reveals the people who ruled, robbed and regulated vast areas of the capital - and those who hold ominous power today. Contains strong language. TB 17974.

Nicholl, Charles

The fruit palace. 1985. Read by Robert Gladwell, 15 hours 51 minutes. TB 6429.

Nicholl's nervy quest for the truth about the cocaine underworld takes him from seedy backstreet bars of Bogota to the high hidden valleys of the Sierra Nevada passing, on the way, a kaleidoscope of Columbian towns and villages, mountains and jungles, shanty dockside barrios and fashionable resorts to meet fixers and smugglers. TB 6429.

Nightingale, Rita

Freed for life. 1982. Read by Anne White, 8 hours 41 minutes. TB 4671.

Rita Nightingale, a glamorous hostess in one of Hong Kong's exotic night clubs, was arrested in 1977 at Bangkok Airport and found to be carrying over three kilos of heroin in her luggage. She was sentenced to twenty years although still claiming to be innocent. Three years ago she was released but had already found a spiritual release while in prison and now works for the Prison Christian Fellowship. TB 4671.

O'Mahoney, Bernard

Essex boys: a terrifying expose of the British drugs scene. 1999. Read by Steve Hodson, 9 hours 40 minutes. TB 12344.

A new edition of the book previously published as "So this is Ecstasy?" It tells the story of one of the most violent and successful criminal gangs of the 1990s, whose reign of terror was finally terminated when the three leaders were brutally murdered. On their way they had built the drug-dealing organisation which supplied the pill that killed Leah Betts, and were responsible for a wave of intimidation, beatings and murder. Contains violence. TB 12344.

O'Neill, Gilda

The good old days: crime, murder and mayhem in Victorian London. 2006. Read by Michael Tudor Barnes, 7 hours 35 minutes. TB 14844.

Were things really better in the good old days? Only if you were healthy, wealthy and male. For most, life in London was one of grinding poverty, binge drinking, prostitution and gun-crime. Gilda O'Neill explores the teeming underbelly dwelling in the fog-bound streets, rat-infested slums, common lodging houses, boozers, penny gaffs and brothels in the heart of the greatest empire that the world has ever seen, revealing that Victoria's was actually a most unruly reign. Contains strong language. TB 14844.

O'Reilly, Emily

Veronica Guerin: the life and death of a crime reporter. 1998. Read by Maggie Cronin, 6 hours 32 minutes. TB 14185.

Veronica Guerin, a young crime reporter with the "Sunday Independent", was shot dead in Dublin in June 1996 as a direct consequence of her work - investigating the shadowy figures of Dublin's underworld. This is an account of one of the biggest and most shocking of Irish news stories. Contains strong language. TB 14185.

Payne, Sara

Sara Payne: a mother's story. 2005. Read by Annie Aldington, 7 hours 18 minutes. TB 18019.

Ever since the tragic events of 1st July 2000 when their daughter Sarah was snatched by known paedophile Roy Whiting, Sara and Mike Payne have lived their lives in the public spotlight. Sara Payne describes how Mike and she coped with the loss of their daughter and the stress placed upon them by the media campaign for Sarah's Law, and the rebuilding of a family in the aftermath of such a trauma. Guilt, anger and grief pushed the childhood sweethearts down into a spiral of alcohol abuse and violence. TB 18019.

Philbin, Tom

I, monster: serial killers in their own chilling words. 2010. Read by Thomas Grube, 9 hours 29 minutes. TB 18705.

This is a macabre and brutally honest journey into the minds of some of the world's most notorious serial killers - in their own words. What goes through the dark minds of notorious killers such as Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, David Berkowitz ('Son of Sam'), John Wayne Gacey, and Dennis Rader (the 'BTK Killer'). In this chilling book, you'll read in their own words exactly what they were thinking as they committed their horrible crimes. Using court transcripts and police interviews, veteran crime writer Tom Philbin has compiled the testimony of twenty of the world's most infamous serial killers - nineteen men and one woman. In each case, Philbin provides readers with a background profile of the killer and their crimes, offering a macabre glimpse into the most awful side of human nature. Contains strong language, violence and passages of a sexual nature. TB 18705.

Pierrepoint, Albert

Executioner Pierrepoint. 1974. Read by Robert Gladwell, 10 hours 37 minutes. TB 4290.

The autobiography of a man who from 1931 until 1956 followed the careers of his father and uncle as Chief Executioner. During that time he carried out over 400 executions, travelled abroad teaching his methods and became converted to the abolition of capital punishment. TB 4290.

Randle, Michael

The Blake escape: how we freed George Blake and why. 1989. Read by John Livesey, 10 hours 24 minutes. TB 8565.

Saturday 22 October 1966; 7pm. Roll-call at Wormwood Scrubs and George Blake, the British double-agent serving a 42-year sentence for espionage, is discovered to be missing. His escape made headlines all over the world and led to an investigation that defied the experts for over 22 years. TB 8565.

Ratushinskaya, Irina

Grey is the colour of hope. 1988. Read by Gretel Davis, 15 hours 42 minutes. TB 7280.

Already a leading writer of her generation at 28, Irina Ratushinskaya was imprisoned for her "dissident" poetry and nearly died there from a series of protest hunger strikes. She was released through intense Western pressure after Gorbachev came to power. For the record she describes the horror and the humour, and above all, the selfless courage and mutual support of the other women prisoners which makes it a story of hope. TB 7280.

Robins, Jane

The magnificent Spilsbury and the case of the brides in the bath. 2010. Read by Sherry Baines, 10 hours 11 minutes. TB 17811.

In the dark opening months of the First World War, Britain became engrossed by 'The Brides in the Bath' trial. The nation turned to a young forensic pathologist, Bernard Spilsbury, to explain how it was that young women were suddenly expiring in their baths. TB 17811.

Robins, Natalie

Savage grace. 1985. Read by Christopher Saul, 17 hours 34 minutes. TB 7040.

The Baekeland family had everything: genius, wealth and beauty. At the turn of the century, Leo Baekeland made a fortune when he invented the plastic Bakelite. His grandson, Brooks, married the flamboyant society hostess, Barbara Daly. Brooks's son, Antony, was strikingly handsome. But scandal broke. Brooks was living in France with, everyone said, his son's girlfriend. In November 1972 Antony stabbed his mother to death. The author shows how their envied lives led to tragedy. TB 7040.

Rolph, C H

Living twice: an autobiography. 1974. Read by Alvar Lidell, 12 hours 15 minutes. TB 2615.

The author tells of his double life - as a policeman with sympathy for the man in the dock, and as a famous journalist. TB 2615.

Rolph, C H

Further particulars. 1987. Read by David Rider, 8 hours 30 minutes. TB 8354.

The life and career of C.H. Rolph has had a multitude of facets and these informal memoirs cover his varied experiences from the age of seventeen in 1918 until 1985. Policeman, journalist, editor, broadcaster, scriptwriter and crusader for law reform and civil liberty, he was always a confidant of major figures of his time, and many are embodied in this honest and perceptive book. TB 8354.

Rose, Andrew

Stinie: murder on the common. 1985. Read by Christopher Saul, 8 hours 28 minutes. TB 6484.

Sentenced to death for the murder of Leon Beron on Clapham Common in January 1911, Stinie Morrison was an odd man, even by criminal standards. The author reveals what may have been a miscarriage of justice: the motives of Edwardian officialdom seem to have been extremely dubious and there was a blatant suppression of facts to bolster a weak case for the prosecution. TB 6484.

Ruddick, James

Death at The Priory. 2008. Read by Alistair Petrie, 6 hours 20 minutes. TB 16717.

It took three tortured days in 1876 for Charles Bravo to die from the poison that burned its way through his body. The subsequent investigation revealed many people with a grudge against the young barrister. The dramatic inquest was covered in sensational detail by the press, but no one was convicted of his murder. Over a century later James Ruddick draws on new evidence to solve one of the most famous murders in criminal history. TB 16717.

Sachs, Albie

The jail diary of Albie Sachs. 1966. Read by Michael de Morgan, 12 hours 45 minutes. TB 94.

The author, a South African barrister, arrested for his part in the Anti-Apartheid movement under the Ninety Days Law, was in solitary confinement for 168 days. TB 94.

Shaw, Roy

Pretty Boy. 1999. Read by Jonathan Oliver, 7 hours 14 minutes. TB 12410.

Roy "Pretty Boy" Shaw is reported to be the most vicious man in England. But the heavy electric gates that protect the grounds of his Essex home cannot hide his chequered past - Roy has been in every secure institution in the country. Contains violence. TB 12410.

Simon, David

Homicide: a year on the killing streets. 2009. Read by Michael Fitzpatrick, 28 hours 16 minutes. TB 17040.

The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the centre of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of men confronted by the darkest of American visions. David Simon was the first reporter ever to gain unlimited access to a homicide unit, and his book is both an account of casework and an investigation into our culture of violence. Contains strong language. TB 17040.

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: an experiment in literary investigation. Vol. 1. 1973. Read by Stanley Pritchard, 28 hours. TB 2495.

An account, drawn from both personal experience and the testimony of others, of life in Soviet prisons and labour camps. TB 2495.

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: an experiment in literary investigation. Vol. 2. 1975. Read by Andrew Timothy, 28 hours 45 minutes. TB 2966.

Sequel to: The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: an experiment in literary investigation. Volume 1. The description of eight years after the arrest of the author in 1945. TB 2966.

Sounes, Howard

Heist: the true story of the world's biggest cash robbery. 2009. Read by Damian Lynch, 13 hours 29 minutes. TB 17895.

The world's biggest cash robbery took place in Tonbridge, Kent, in February 2006, when an armed gang burst into a high-security depot and stole GBH53 million. This is the full story that can be told for the first time. Contains strong language and passages of violence. TB 17895.

Stalker, John

Stalker. 1988. Read by Ray Jones, 10 hours 26 minutes. TB 7090.

In May 1984 John Stalker, Detective Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police Force, was asked to undertake an enquiry into the deaths of six men in Northern Ireland in 1982. He was removed from all duties only days before he was about to gain access to material highly embarrassing to the RUC. He reveals the circumstances surrounding this case and writes frankly about his relationships with Sir John Hermon, the RUC and James Anderton, his chief at Manchester. TB 7090.

Summerscale, Kate

The suspicions of Mr. Whicher: or, The murder at Road Hill House. 2008. Read by Beth Chalmers, 10 hours 26 minutes. TB 16062.

A true story that inspired a generation of writers such as Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens and Arthur Conan Doyle, this has all the hallmarks of the classic murder mystery - a body; a detective; and, a country house steeped in secrets. In "The suspicions of Mr. Whicher", Kate Summerscale untangles the facts behind this notorious case, bringing it back to vivid, extraordinary life. TB 16062.

Taylor, Laurie

In the underworld. 1984. Read by Christopher Scott, 6 hours 59 minutes. TB 5338.

The author set out with a tape recorder, plus John McVicar as protector and generally sympathetic guide, to explore London's criminal world. He was given privileged access to the clubs and pubs where "top" villains relax and gamble. He met every kind of criminal, from the armed raider to the conman and learnt various tricks of the trade. TB 5338.

Thompson, Shawn

Letters from prison: felons write about the struggle for life and sanity behind bars. 2002. Read by David Mills, 9 hours 56 minutes. TB 18793.

Curious about life in prison, journalist Thompson wrote to Canadian and American convicts and asked for their stories and insights. The letters he received explained such facets as the rules for prison survival, what life inside is like, and what it feels like to be exiled from the natural world. Includes Thompson's reflections on the brutally honest letters. Contains strong language, violence and passages of a sexual nature. TB 18793.

Thomson, Mary Turner

The other Mrs Jordan: a true story of bigamy and betrayal. 2008. Read by Carolyn Bonnyman, 6 hours 49 minutes. TB 15752.

In April 2006, Mary Turner Thomson received a call that was to blow her life apart. The woman on the other end of the line calmly told her that she and Will Jordan, Mary's husband and the father of her two younger children, had been married for fourteen years and had five children together. The Other Mrs Jordan is the shocking true story of how one man manipulated an intelligent, independent woman, conning her out of £200,000 and leaving her to bring up the children he originally claimed he was physically incapable of fathering. TB 15752.

Tinniswood, Adrian

Pirates of Barbary: corsairs, conquests and captivity in the seventeenth-century Mediterranean. 2010. Read by Gordon Griffin, 12 hours 43 minutes. TB 17813.

This is an extraordinary record of the European renegades and Islamic sea-rovers who terrorised the Mediterranean and beyond throughout the seventeenth century. Studying the origins of these men, their culture and practices - from pirate etiquette to intimidation tactics - the author recreates the twilight world of the corsairs in details, and uncovers a remarkable clash of civilisations. TB 17813.

Topping, Peter

Topping: the autobiography of the police chief in the Moors murder case. 1989. Read by Robert Ashby, 9 hours 24 minutes. TB 8154.

A Manchester policeman all his working life, Topping masterminded the search for two of the victims of Hindley and Brady - Pauline Reade and Keith Bennett. Topping reveals the astonishing confession of Hindley - who tells the truth as she saw it, about the murders - and a wealth of detail about Brady. Topping was once a colleague of John Stalker and as head of CID he had regular contact with James Anderton. Peter Topping's story is a fascinating insight. TB 8154.

Vallée, Brian

The torso murder: the untold story of Evelyn Dick. 2001. Read by Dorothy Hayward, 11 hours 10 minutes. TB 18425.

The "torso" murder trial of 1946 and 1947 grabbed headlines across Canada, after Evelyn Dick had been accused of killing, dismembering, and burning the head and limbs of her husband. When the remains of her newborn baby were later found, she was sent to prison. Released in 1958 with a new identity, rumours and sightings of Dick have abounded, resulting in this new account of the trial and her life after prison. TB 18425.

Walters, Guy

Hunting evil: how the Nazi war criminals escaped and the hunt to bring them to justice. 2009. Read by Richard Burnip, 18 hours 15 minutes. TB 16925.

At the end of the Second World War some of the highest ranking members of the Nazi party escaped from justice. Guy Walters has travelled the world in pursuit of the real account of how the Nazis escaped at the end of the war, the attempts, sometimes successful, to bring them to justice, and what really happened to those that got away. He has interviewed Nazi hunters, former members of Mossad, travelled the 'rat lines', and poured through archives across the globe to bring this period of our recent history to life. Contains strong language. TB 16925.

Wambaugh, Joseph

Echoes in the darkness. 1987. Read by John Chancer, 15 hours 57 minutes. TB 7667.

Bill Bradfield is an outstanding teacher and self-styled expert in Greek. He collects poetry and women. Dr Jay Smith, his Principal, has strange nocturnal habits. Both men are at the core of the Main Line Murder Case, the baffling murder of a colleague whose nude body is found in her car. Her two children have vanished, and seven years of investigation by the FBI result in a unique murder trial. TB 7667.

Watson, Katherine D

Poisoned lives: English poisoners and their victims. 2004. Read by Diana Bishop, 9 hours 51 minutes. TB 13965.

The book is based on the stories of 540 English poisoners, most of whom being poor and illiterate had previously been lost to history. Using original historical sources, it challenges old assumptions and breaks new ground, by studying the majority, rather than the small minority that journalistic true crime books tend to focus on. Most people assume that the typical English poisoner was a woman or a doctor, but this was not the case. A highly readable account of a subject that both fascinates and horrifies. Unsuitable for family reading. TB 13965.

Wells, Simon

Charles Manson: a chilling biography : coming down fast. 2009. Read by Benedick Blythe, 17 hours 35 minutes. TB 16926.

Collecting testimony from previous members of the Manson family alongside new evidence linking a cult member to a murder in London, and including never-before-published crime scene photographs, this book charts Manson's terrifying rise from petty-criminal drifter to one of the most recognisable icons in criminal history, and explores the long reach of his crimes that to this day, so vex and shock the public imagination. TB 16926.

Whittle, Brian

Prescription for murder: the true story of mass murderer Dr Harold Frederick Shipman. 2000. Read by David Banks, 12 hours. TB 12232.

Harold Shipman was a pillar of the community, serving on local committees, donating prizes to the rugby club, organising charity collections. His patients thought the world of him: he was attentive, kind and never too busy to chat. Yet Dr Shipman was also the most prolific serial killer the world has ever known, with between 200 and 300 victims. This text is an account of these crimes and the man who committed them. Contains violence. TB 12232.

Wideman, John Edgar

Brothers and keepers. 1985. Read by Raymond Adamson, 11 hours 30 minutes. TB 6977.

John and Robert Wideman grew up in the same family, went to the same schools, in the same area - Homewood - the black ghetto of Pittsburgh. Yet while John Wideman - champion basketball player, former Rhodes scholar and newly appointed professor of English at Wyoming - was beginning to make a new reputation as an outstanding novelist, his rebellious younger brother was involved in drugs and petty crime. Contains strong language. TB 6977.

Wiesenthal, Simon

Justice not vengeance. 1989. Read by Tom Crowe, 17 hours 37 minutes. TB 7934.

Simon Wiesenthal is the world's most famous Nazi-hunter. Here, at last, he tells his life story; his horrifying ordeals in Hitler's concentration camps, his near-miraculous survival of the Holocaust, and his unswerving devotion to a single sacred cause: justice. TB 7934.

Wilson, Colin

Mammoth book of true crime. 1998. Read by Charles Carroll, 25 hours 20 minutes. TB 12721.

The text describes and analyses some of history's most infamous crimes and their perpetrators: the Moors Murderers, William Heirens and the Chicago sex killings, the Lindbergh baby case, Machine Gun Kelly, John Christie and the death house at 10 Rillington Place, the Dusseldorf Sadist and other horrors from the dark side of human history. Contains violence. TB 12721.

Yallop, David

The day the laughter stopped: the true story behind the Fatty Arbuckle scandal. 1991. Read by Jon Cartwright, 12 hours 6 minutes. TB 9495.

The true story of the Fatty Arbuckle scandal when, in 1921, the fat film comedian stood accused of the rape and murder of a pretty screen actress. Arbuckle, born in poverty, rose to the heights and had his career snatched away by a wave of hysteria and bigotry, amid the political corruption of San Francisco and the immorality of a President. He saved Charlie Chaplin's career, and began Buster Keaton's. His is a life story ranging from comic heights to tragic depths. Contains passages of a sexual nature. TB 9495.

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