Book Reviews

Masking Evil by Carol Anne Davis examines 37 killers, all were in good solid professions but revealed their hidden capacity for the darkest of crimes.

In The Green Bicycle Mystery, historical true crime author Antony M. Brown reopens this cold case and painstakingly reviews the facts and the three theories on who killed Bella Wright in 1919.

In 1947 on board the ocean liner Durban Castle, actress Eileen (Gay) Gibson vanished. A search of the ship yielded no sign of the young woman leaving only one conclusion; Gay Gibson had gone overboard into the crashing seas below.

When a dying barrister is told by his doctors he has ingested a rare poison he seems strangely indifferent to his plight. Over a century later debate still rages: was Charles Bravo responsible for his own death or was his...

In 2010 the secret life of Jennifer Pan exploded in a murder plot leaving her mother dead and her father riddled with bullets, a case expertly explored by author Jeremy Grimaldi.

The story of Mary Ann Cotton, at first glance, mirrors that of the typical Black Widow; a woman who murders her husbands for financial reward. Known as the ‘Dark Angel’, the case of Mary Ann Cotton is a popular one...

Charlie Peace was a man who over time became a master criminal and a charismatic individual who used his unique skills to almost every advantage. He had determination, self-confidence, and a creativity which would serve him well...

The reasons why a woman would wish to attach themselves so tightly to a man who has committed unthinkable acts is undeniably curious.

Journalist Martha Elliott tells of her meeting and over time friendship with Michael Ross, a serial killer responsible for the brutal deaths of eight young women. She reveals the man beyond the monster...

In late January 1896 in Fort Thomas, Cincinnati, the headless corpse of a young woman is found partly hidden under some bushes in a farmer's field. A gruesome crime which drew in the crowds.

The London Underground Serial Killer is written by Geoff Platt, a former acting detective constable for the Metropolitan Police, and tells us of events that unfolded in the 1970 – 80’s. He examines a man who was just ‘ordinary looking’...

When caught in 2010, William Holbert confessed to the murders of five people in Panama and one in Costa Rica. His motive? Financial gain through taking over his victims properties after he had so callously taken their lives.