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  Too Scared to Tell: Abused and...

  Cathy Glass

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  The true story of a 6-year-old boy with a dreadful secret. 
  Oskar’s school teacher raises the alarm. Oskar’s mother is abroad and he has been left in the care of ‘friends’, but has been arriving in school hungry, unkempt, and with bruises on his arms, legs and body. Experienced foster carer Cathy Glass is asked to look after him, but as the weeks pass her concerns deepen. Oskar is far too quiet for a child of six and is clearly scared of something or someone. 
  And who are those men parked outside his school watching him? 
  Cathy Glass, the Sunday Times bestselling author, delves into the harrowing world of abductions and missing persons. The narrative is a chilling exploration of the social implications of fostering and adoption, making it a top pick for readers interested in crime and family dynamics. 
  For fans of Ann Cusack (The Convent), Kat Ward (KERI 4), Linda Watson-Brown (Sins of the Father), Rachel Murphy (Loose Head), and Joe Cusack (Please Don't Leave Me).

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  Ten Notorious Crimes Solved by...

  Vivian Brightwell

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  Ten Notorious Crimes Solved by Accident 
  True stories of killers exposed through luck, timing, and one small mistake 
  By Vivian Brightwell & Beckett John 
  Some crimes are solved by brilliance. 
  Others—by pure chance. 
  In this gripping collection of real-life cases, fate becomes the greatest detective of all. Ten Notorious Crimes Solved by Accident explores how simple moments — a misplaced photograph, a wrong turn, a child’s curiosity, or a routine traffic stop — unraveled the darkest secrets hidden in plain sight. 
  From backyard discoveries to digital slip-ups, each chapter reveals how justice can emerge not from design, but from coincidence. With haunting realism and cinematic detail, Vivian Brightwell and Beckett John uncover the fragile line between order and chaos, truth and secrecy — and remind us that sometimes, evil is caught not by method, but by mistake. 
  Suspenseful, reflective, and unforgettable, this book invites readers into the eerie world where accidents expose murderers, and fate delivers justice in the most unexpected ways.

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  Allen Dulles: The Life of the...

  Editors Charles River

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  The 28-year period from 1933-1961, bracketed on one end by Hitler’s rise to power in Germany and on the other by the very height of the Cold War, was marked by a remarkably stable succession of American presidents. In fact, only three men held office in this period, and that predictability led to a general stability among government agencies. Conversely, the CIA had five different directors in its first 15 years, from 1946-1961, and then nine different directors in the next 20, with four of those directors serving less than a year. But of all the CIA’s directors, none wielded the immense influence or power of Allen Dulles, who, together with his brother, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, became arguably the two most powerful people in the government after the president.  
  	To this day, Dulles’ eight-year tenure in that office is the longest, and as one of the country’s leading experts in international law, intelligence, and spycraft, he became renowned for his unwavering anti-communist ideology and readiness to take decisive measures to counter what he perceived as a menace to American safety. As such, it would be Dulles who sanctioned many of the CIA’s most notorious operations, including the ousting of Iran's democratically elected government in 1953, spying and experimentation on American citizens, and the disastrous Bay of Pigs. That last episode cost him his job, though he continued to play a role in American political life after President John F. Kennedy forced him out of the CIA in 1961.  
  	By then, however, Dulles had already had an outsized influence on the direction of the country, and to this day his legacy can be felt, even as his reputation continues to be a source of much debate. 

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  To Hunt a Killer: The gripping...

  Julie Mackay, Robert Murphy

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  *Winner of Best New True Crime Author, CrimeCon UK True Crime Awards 2023* 
  *Shortlisted for the ALCS Gold Dagger award for non-fiction, Crime Writers’ Association Awards 2023* 
  The gripping true story of how Detective Superintendent Julie Mackay brought Melanie Road’s murderer to justice. 
  BATH, 1984 
  Jean Road, a 49-year-old mother of three, awakens to news that her daughter Melanie has been murdered in a nearby street as she walked home from a club in the early hours. 
  Britain’s biggest manhunt begins. A trail of blood is found leading away from the scene. It’s a rare blood type. But despite a year-long inquiry and 94 arrests, the case is wound down. No one is charged with Melanie’s murder. 
  AVON & SOMERSET POLICE HQ, 2009 
  Detective Sergeant Julie Mackay, a 41-year-old single mother of three who has been overlooked for promotion for years, transfers to the Cold Case Unit. She unearths a file from the original inquiry and becomes hooked by the details: the rare blood type, Bath on a summer’s night, the investigative wrong turns … She takes on the case, and with the help of Melanie’s inspirational mother works tirelessly to rebuild it. 
  This is the true story of how she did it. 
  Mackay's expertise in criminology and forensics, coupled with her deep understanding of grief and bereavement, paints a vivid picture of the relentless pursuit of justice. Her unique approach to the case, rooted in science and psychology, brings a fresh perspective to the genre. 
  For fans of David Wilson (Murder at Home), Gregg Olsen (Out of the Woods), John E. Douglas (When a Killer Calls), David Collins (Saffie), and M. William Phelps (We Thought We Knew You). 
  HarperCollins 2022

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  Ordinary Men Turning Into...

  Davis Truman

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  How can ordinary people, whom we consider "normal," unexpectedly commit repulsive and criminal actions that we would never have thought them capable of? The concept of evil is one of the great themes in history, philosophy, sociology, and psychology. We have always tended to categorize the perpetrators of evil as "the others," "them," bad people, monsters, and true villains who commit atrocities that "we" could never carry out. The German philosopher Hannah Arendt challenged this clear distinction between inherently good people and inherently bad people and introduced a new, original paradigm known as the "banality of evil." 
  Arendt's concept suggests that the vast majority of German soldiers who followed Hitler's orders and committed horrific crimes were not sadistic monsters but ordinary men, not much different from us. These normal men, placed within a context of hierarchy, modern bureaucracy, and obedience to authority, were capable of killings, abuse, torture, and inhumane treatment of victims. In essence, there were monsters, yes, but they were few, far fewer than commonly believed. Starting from here, we aim to answer how ordinary people can transform into real monsters. We will trace a path that leads up to the present day.

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  Daisy de Melker - Hiding among...

  Ted Botha

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  Mother. Nurse. Gold-digger. Cause célèbre. When Daisy de Melker stood trial in 1932, accused of poisoning her son and two husbands, the public couldn't get enough of her. Crowds gathered outside court baying for blood, and she waved to them like a celebrity.
  Against the backdrop of Johannesburg in its golden age, a booming metropolis of opulence and chaos nicknamed the 'City of Gold' and the 'University of Crime', she had quietly gone about her sinister business while around her sensational crimes grabbed the headlines. There was the marauding Foster Gang, which left at least ten people dead; a dashing German hustler; a local Bonnie and Clyde; an innocent student walking in Zoo Lake park at the wrong time and a man who escaped death row to become one of South Africa's most revered authors. These interlinking stories are told in the style of a thriller and with riveting, kaleidoscopic detail.
  In Daisy de Melker, Ted Botha weaves together a fantastic cast of killers and con men, detectives and lawmen, journalists and authors – even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Herman Charles Bosman – to depict a grand and desperate city. For almost twenty years Daisy hid in the shadows but when someone finally spoke up about the suspicious deaths around her, it led to a trial like nothing the City of Gold had ever seen and spread her name across the world.

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