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  Murder and Mayhem in Houston

  John Nova Lomax, Mike Vance

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  Houston, we have a problem. The largest city in Texas has a wild west past filled with dodgy criminals and murderous madmen. 
   
   
    
  When the Allen brothers sold Houston's first lots, the city became a magnet for enterprising tycoons and opportunistic crooks alike. As the young city grew, a scourge of crime and vice accompanied the success of oil and real estate. The Bayou City's seedy side—flashing Bowie knives, privileged bad boys, hardened prostitutes, and unchecked serial killers—established its hold. From a young Clyde Barrow to the Man Who Killed Halloween, Houston's past is filled with bloody tales, heartbreaking loss, and despicable deeds. Authors Mike Vance and John Nova Lomax shine a light on these dark days.

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  Peaky Blinders: The Real Story -...

  Carl Chinn

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  The Peaky Blinders as we know them, thanks to the hit TV series, are infused with drama and dread. Fashionably dressed, the charismatic but deeply flawed Shelby family blind enemies by slashing them with the disposable safety razor blades stitched in to the peaks of their flat caps, as they fight bloody gangland wars involving Irish terrorists and the authorities led by a devious Home Secretary, Winston Churchill.  
  But who were the real Peaky Blinders? Did they really exist?Well-known social historian, broadcaster, and author Carl Chinn has spent decades searching them out. Now he reveals the true story of the notorious Peaky Blinders, one of whom was his own great-grandfather and, like the Shelbys, his grandfather was an illegal bookmaker in back-street Birmingham.In this gripping social history, Chinn shines a light on the rarely reported struggles of the working class in one of the great cities of the British Empire before the First World War. The story continues after 1918 as some Peaky Blinders transformed into the infamous Birmingham Gang. Led by the real Billy Kimber, they fought a bloody war with the London gangsters Darby Sabini and Alfie Solomon over valuable protection rackets extorting money from bookmakers across the booming postwar racecourses of Britain.Drawing together a remarkably wide-range of original sources, including interviews with relatives of the 1920s gangsters, Peaky Blinders: The Real Story adds a new dimension to the true history of Birmingham's underworld and fact behind its fiction.

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  Samurai Sword Murder - The Morne...

  Nicole Engelbrecht

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  When 18-year-old Morné Harmse walked into his Krugersdorp high school, armed with a samurai sword on a Monday in 2008, he had one mission – to commit a massacre. Inspired by the Columbine high school killings, his fantasy to make people "take notice" had been brewing for more than a year. By the time his sword-slashing spree had ended, 16-year-old Jacques Pretorius was dead, and three others were brutally injured. 
  In the aftermath of what was described as “the most barbaric act of schoolboy violence in South African history” the country was left reeling. How does an ordinary boy from a "normal" family become a brutal killer overnight? Was Morné under the influence of a satanic cult? A protégée of mastermind Devilsdorp killer, Cecilia Steyn? Did his obsession with heavy metal band Slipknot drive him over the edge? Now, 14 years later, Morné Harmse is out on controversial parole. Written in mesmerising detail, Samurai Sword Murder finally puts together the pieces of this brutal tragedy.

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  Gypsy Rose Blanchard - The Price...

  Arthur Mael

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  Gypsy Rose Blanchard: The Price of Survival is a haunting true crime narrative that delves into one of the most shocking and heartbreaking cases of modern times. It tells the story of a young girl raised under the shadow of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, manipulated by a mother who fabricated illness after illness to keep her daughter dependent and confined. As the lies unravel, so does Gypsy’s sense of identity, leading to a desperate and deadly choice. This gripping account explores the blurred lines between victim and perpetrator, exposing the devastating cost of survival in a world built on deception.

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  Crime Chaos and Controversy -...

  Glen McEwen

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  There’s a point in every investigation where the information runs out, but the decision can’t wait. 
   
   
  For more than 35 years, Glen McEwen operated at the highest levels of policing, leading complex investigations across Australia and the region. In Crime, Chaos and Controversy, he offers a rare, insider perspective on what it takes to make decisions when the stakes are high, the information is incomplete, and the outcome is never guaranteed. 
   
  From dismantling international crime networks to responding to the 2002 Bali bombings, the 2019 Sri Lankan Easter Sunday attacks and serving as mission commander during the Tham Luang Cave rescue in Thailand, McEwen takes readers beyond the headlines and inside operations where plans shift without warning and pressure is constant. These are not just accounts of major cases, but of the moments behind them — where judgment must be swift, risks are weighed in real time, and the margin for error is narrow. 
   
  But the most difficult challenges are not always found in the field. As decisions are examined in hindsight and scrutiny intensifies, McEwen reflects on the weight of responsibility that comes with command. The successes that go unseen. The mistakes that do not. And the personal cost of a career spent confronting uncertainty. 
   
  Crime, Chaos and Controversy is an account of leadership, resilience, and the reality of operating in a world where chaos is constant, control is never absolute, and every decision leaves a mark. 
   
   
  ‘What stays with you isn’t just the scale of the cases, but the moments where everything could have gone another way.’ 
   
  ‘It’s the space between the information and the decision that defines this book.’

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  Mysteries of the missing - A...

  Edward Richardson

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  From the fog-shrouded streets of 1870s Philadelphia to the stormy depths of the Magellan Straits, history is littered with ghosts—people who simply stepped off the face of the earth. 
  In Mysteries of the Missing, author and narrator Edward Richardson painstakingly exhumes the most baffling vanishings of the 19th century. Through meticulously researched historical records, heart-wrenching ransom notes, and the wild public frenzy that followed, Richardson rebuilds the agonizing uncertainty that surrounded these legendary cases. 
  Discover the tragic truth behind the iconic abduction of little Charlie Ross, the very case that birthed the phrase "don't take candy from strangers." Trace the final, doomed sea voyage of Theodosia Burr, the brilliant and devoted daughter of Aaron Burr, whose tragic disappearance spawned decades of pirate legends and deathbed confessions. Unravel the political intrigue that led Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria to renounce his royal titles, take the name John Orth, and vanish forever into the tempests of Cape Horn. 
  Mysteries of the Missing is more than a historical recount—it is an exploration of the agonizing human curiosity that cannot let the lost remain lost. Perfect for true crime enthusiasts, history buffs, and anyone mesmerized by unsolved enigmas, this book proves that no mystery is sweeter, or more agonizing, than a person who leaves no trace behind.

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