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Christy, Bryan. The lizard king: the true crimes and passions of the world's greatest reptile smugglers. 2009. TB 19270.

Michael J. Van Nostrand owns a business in Florida importing as many as 300,000 iguanas each year as well as hundreds of thousands of snakes, lizards, frogs, spiders, and scorpions. This book tells how, for years, Special Agent Chip Bepler has been trying to expose Van Nostrand's suspected crimes as a reptile smuggler.

Contains strong language.

Read by Stuart Milligan, 7 hours 38 minutes. TB 19270.

Colquhoun, Kate. Mr Briggs' hat: a sensational account of Britain's first railway murder. 2012. TB 20869.

On the 9th of July 1864, Thomas Briggs walked through Fenchurch Station and entered carriage 69 on the 9.45 Hackney-bound train – and so began what would become one of the most gripping murder cases of the age.

Read by Sean Baker. 9 hours 39 minutes. TB 20869.

Dugard, Jaycee Lee. A stolen life: a memoir. 2011. TB 19046.

This is Jaycee Dugard's raw and powerful memoir. It tells her own story of being kidnapped as an 11 year old and held captive for over 18 years.

Read by Stephanie Ellyne, 6 hours 42 minutes. TB 19046

Edwards, Ruth Dudley. Aftermath: the Omagh bombing and the families' pursuit of justice. 2009. TB 18651.

In Omagh, on Saturday, 15 August, 1998, a massive bomb placed by the Real IRA murdered unborn twins and 25 people. There was insufficient evidence to bring charges. Families of ten of the dead decided to pursue these men through the civil courts, where the burden of proof is lower, to win a famous victory. Contains strong language.

Read by Patricia Leventon, 19 hours 9 minutes. TB 18651.

Hall, Allan. Monster. 2008. TB 19097.

Getting to the heart of one of the most horrific cases of child abuse ever recorded, Allan Hall reconstructs the monstrous personality of Josef Fritzl from interviews with psychologists, neighbours, colleagues and friends. Contains strong language.

Read by Jonathan Oliver, 9 hours 2 minutes. TB 19097.

Hardberger, Max. Seized: a sea captain’s adventures battling pirates and recovering stolen ships in the world’s most troubled waters. 2010. TB 19349.

Max Hardberger recounts his adventures repossessing ships and sneaking them out of lawless, third world countries, often under the threat of death or imprisonment.

Read by Jay Benedict. 10 hours 43 minutes. TB 19349.

Hoskins, Richard. The boy in the river: a shocking true story of murder and sacrifice in the heart of London. 2012. TB 20336.

On 21st September 2001 the mutilated torso of a small child was found floating beside London’s Tower Bridge. So began a journey to identify the boy they called Adam and reveal the shocking events behind his death. Contains violence.

Read by Damian Lynch, 9 hours 32 minutes. TB 20336.

Keeble, Harry. Little victim: Britain's vulnerable children and the cops who rescue them. 2011. TB 18817.

Harry takes us through an extraordinary year in the life of Hackney's Child Protection Unit. Cases 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 paedophilia. Contains strong language.

Read by Damian Lynch, 8 hours 16 minutes. TB 18817.

Krakauer, Jon. Under the banner of heaven: a story of violent faith. 2004. TB 19426.

Brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty insist they were commanded to kill by God. Here, Jon Krakauer provides a riveting account of Taliban-like theocracies in the American heartland controlled by renegade Mormon prophets.

Read by William Hope, 15 hours 28 minutes. TB 19426.

Lopez, Ben. The negotiator: my life at the heart of the hostage trade. 2011. TB 19114.

Ben Lopez is an expert kidnap and ransom consultant who spends his life travelling the world, bartering with people who value money over life. Read by John Chancer, 10 hours 36 minutes. TB 19114.

MacKenney, Eileen. Borstal girl. 2011. TB 19624.

A unique female memoir of a tough, south London childhood, growing up in the 1940s and 1950s and spending time in borstal and among London's villains. Contains violence and strong language.

Read by Annie Aldington, 7 hours 14 minutes. TB 19624.

McLaughlin, Steven. Clubland UK: on the door in the rave era. 2013.

TB 21228.

At the height of the hedonistic 1990s rave era, Steven McLaughlin policed some of Blackpool's most dangerous and chaotic clubs. From clubland's front line, he witnessed door wars, gang grudges and ever-present drug dealers in the dark underbelly of club culture.

Read by Daniel York. 8 hours 4 minutes. TB 21228.

Mulgrew, Gary. Gang of one. 2012. TB 19924.

Imagine you’re a 35 year old, white, British, middle-class businessman sentenced to three years in Big Spring, one of America’s most notorious prisons. You’ve been told that if you get into any trouble, your sentence will be doubled. You’ve just said goodbye to your lawyer. You’re on your own. You are a gang of one.

Read by Tom Carter, 9 hours 52 minutes. TB 19924.

Nash, Tina. Out of the darkness. 2012. TB 20572.

Tina Nash, who was blinded by former partner Shane Jenkin in April 2011, and who survived domestic violence on a shocking scale, tells her full story. Contains violence.

Read by Annie Aldington. 7 hours 30 minutes. TB 20572.

O'Connor, Sean. Handsome brute: the story of a ladykiller. 2013.

TB 20570.

The killings of women by ex-RAF playboy Neville Heath were notorious in the 1940's. He was generally dismissed as a sadistic sex-killer but the story behind the tabloid headlines reveals itself to be complex and ambiguous.

Read by Peter Noble. 14 hours 39 minutes. TB 20570.

Russell-Pavier, Nick. The great train robbery. 2012. TB 20390.

The story of four villains who tried to commit the 'perfect crime'. It is also the story of ruthless policemen, determined to hunt the robbers down and make sure nobody slipped through the net, not even the innocent.

Read by Martin Reeve. 15 hours 39 minutes. TB 20390.

Summerscale, Kate. Mrs Robinson’s disgrace. 2012. TB 20035.

Mrs Robinson kept a diary in which she wrote of a short, secret affair but her husband found it and set in motion one of the most notorious legal cases of the day. Fidelity, insanity, fantasy and the boundaries of privacy are displayed in a Victorian society clinging to rigid ideas about marriage and female sexuality.

Read by Jenny Agutter, 8 hours 6 minutes. TB 20035.

Books read by volunteers

The books in this section are read by volunteers and may vary in quality.

Chandler, Michael. Norwich: murder & crime. TB 404327.

Cases of murder, robbery, assault and fraud are all examined as the darker side of the city's past is exposed.

2010. 3 hours 29 minutes. TB 404327.

Davis, Robert Leon. Running scared: for 22 years a fugitive - the corrupt cop busted by God. TB 404362.

The story of why Davis became a fugitive, how he lived and why he came to hand himself in.

2010. 6 hours 26 minutes. TB 404362.

Guttridge, Roger. Dorset murders. TB 404330.

Twelve local murders are described, all chosen for their strange or remarkable qualities.

1990. 8 hours 35 minutes. TB 404330.

McCann, Kate. Madeleine. TB 404661.

Kate McCann’s personal account of the disappearance and continuing search for her daughter Madeleine.

2011. 16 hours 32 minutes. TB 404661.

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