True Crime from Tom Heywood Books

A very nice copy of Gun's classic early work on the JFK assassination. Vg in VG DJ, NOT ex library, No markings or inscriptions. One of the earliest of the JFK assassination books. Rare in this sort of condition. This is the first edition. Pages are very nice: no markings, no stamps, no inscriptions, no foxing. Just a little natural… Read more about this item

Historian Trevor Hall looks at the locked room death of eminent Victorian and psychic researcher Edmund Gurney. Hall examines his death and a connected mystery around fakery in psychic circles. This is the 1980 edition. A really nice copy. Pages are clean and bright with no foxing, marking or inscriptions at all. DJ is unclipped and in first rate condition.… Read more about this item

A well known and respectfully produced overview of one of the darkest four days in US history. Clearly written, and profusely illustrated, we take the terrible journey from arrival in Dallas right through to the funeral itself. An impressive historical record and among the best of the early books after the shock of the assassination. Book is in very good condition.… Read more about this item

Benson's extensive encyclopaedia of the JFK Assassination is an A-Z of many of the diverse facts surrounding the case. Paperback. VG condition, See photos. A few age marks/rubbing on covers but no tears or crumpling. Pages are very bright and clean, and unmarked. Heavy book - may require additional postage cost. If so, you will be informed and given the… Read more about this item

One of the early JFK assassination books, Buchanan took a keen interest in the case immediately and spotted apparent inconsistencies in the media versions of what had happened. A French newspaper paid him to investigate further. Possibly the first writer to suggest an oil-industry backed assassination committed by two gunmen in Dealey Plaza. First publication was in France. Book is… Read more about this item

The real story of smuggling is just as exciting as the old tales of silent, sinister men risking their lives to bring comforts to an overtaxed population. Smugglers were often larger than life but rarely the gallant hero. Here, the aims and devices of hard-pressed smugglers, the conflicts between the Customs Service and the Royal Navy, and the new types… Read more about this item

This major investigative work marked an effort to re-open the flawed investigation into Robert Kennedy's slaying. Melanson uncovers startling evidence suggesting a murder conspiracy, despite the fact that alleged gunman Sirhan Sirhan was seemingly caught red handed. Melanson systematically and rationally goes through the numerous glaring inconsistencies in the case, and for over a decade painstakingly interviewed dozens of witnesses… Read more about this item

SIGNED Leading –and controversial- French intellectual BHL focuses here on the murder of Daniel Pearl, the US journalist kidnapped and beheaded in Pakistan. Lévy's discovery, or contention, is that Pearl's death was a 'state crime' committed in effect by the Pakistani government, because Pearl knew too much about the links between its secret service, nuclear scientists and al-Qaeda. The book led… Read more about this item

On the morning of January 30th 1889, Crown prince Rudolph of Austria, only son of Emperor Francis Joseph I, was found dead in his bedroom in a hunting lodge in Mayerling. Beside him, the body of Baroness Mary Vetsera. Thus begins one of the great mysteries of the late 19th century. Was it a double suicide, a murder and suicide,… Read more about this item

Murder is always abhorrent, but when the aggressor is a child, perhaps even more so. In a follow up to his excellent book 'Murderess', Patrick Wilson has collected over fifty global case histories in an attempt to show the underlying causes behind such child violence. Some cases are likely to be familiar to the reader (Mary Bell, for… Read more about this item

August Mencken, younger brother of the more famous H. L. Mencken, writes an intriguing book whose aim is to show how those who have been sentenced to death live through the hours until their time of execution. These fascinating case histories –some well known such as that of President Garfield's assassin- span over two decades and reveal all the tense… Read more about this item

Hanging has run like a dark thread through British history, from the first records after the Norman invasion up until the final sanctioned hangings in 1964. Potter examines the gruesome facts, the circumstances surrounding executions, and the changing national attitudes towards capital punishment. Potter writes an excellent and compelling account , a social commentary on a darkly fascinating part of… Read more about this item

Written as the centenary of the crimes approached, Underwood takes a comprehensive overview of the case. It contains a wealth of previously unpublished material with a detailed look at the possible suspects, the evidence and locations and, in keeping with Underwood's usual topics he also looks at the alleged ghosts and spirit contacts connected with the case. A really good copy.… Read more about this item

Chesney's comprehensive survey of the Victorian Underworld is an eye opening adventure into a shockingly different realm. As reviewer Kenneth Allsop put it: 'hordes of characters throng across Mr Chesney's huge and teeming stage… the value of his panorama of a hell more sulphurous than the preachers envisioned, is its scale of research and construction.' Chesney treats us to a… Read more about this item

An excellent and beautifully presented overview of the history and world of piracy. Mitchell asks and answers some stimulating questions, including: when and why did piracy begin?; who became pirates; what was the difference between 'pure' pirates and apparently more legitimate counterparts; and why did piracy start to decline? The author covers a huge range, not just the Spanish Main… Read more about this item

Pauline Chapman, archivist to Madame Tussaud's, here recounts the stories of more than fifty murders whose perpetrators have been among many felons modelled in wax for the collection. She relates the fascinating history of the chamber of horrors, which began and continues with crowds eager to gaze at the wax representations of notorious criminals. A really interesting read. An excellent copy.… Read more about this item

Posner – best known for his seminal and controversial book Case Closed on the JFK assassination, here turns his attention to the murder of Martin Luther King. Using explosive new interviews, confidential files, and previously undisclosed evidence, Posner tackles some of the major puzzles of the assassination, and thoroughly examines who James Earl Ray was and what led him to… Read more about this item

History professor Hartmann examines some of the most celebrated murderesses of the nineteenth century. She looks at thirteen French and English women accused of stabbing, shooting, beating and poisoning their victims. The book looks at the murderesses with the filter of women and their role in the social history of the times. Case studies include Madeleine Smith, Florence Maybrick, and… Read more about this item

The author, a well known authority in the field of international law and criminology, puts the case for treating the prevention, investigation, trial and punishment of air crime as a world problem, and one that must be resolved at an international level. By looking at specific cases he critiques how we currently deal with such incidents. An absorbing read. An excellent… Read more about this item