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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicherby: Kate Summerscale July 26, 2008 Best Selling > Books > True Crime |
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I eagerly awaited the arrival of this book..... and then struggled to make myself finish it.
The facts of the case of interesting but the book is massively padded out with all manner of facts on victorian life and morals which I found very boring and tedious. I thought I had bought a really gripping true crime story but I can't believe the author managed to make a whole book out of this. I really hate not finishing a book so I made my way to the end.... and then wished I hadn't bothered. The book went straight in the box for the charity shop I'm afraid. Dull dull dull! >>More Details |
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Gomorrah: Italy's Other Mafiaby: Roberto Saviano October 03, 2008 Best Selling > Books > True Crime |
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What could have been an excellent investigative book turns out to be a difficult to read book. The first chapter is riddled with metaphors and is written in such a florid style one begins to wonder if it is a different author. Maybe an author who was confused on whether he should be writing poetry or prose rather than hard fact.
Subsequent chapters are infused with far too many names and places for any reader to grasp. Once in a while there is a flash of light when the author concentrates on one character and gives an insight into his biography. Alas, these examples are too few. I was disappointed that Saviano didn't focus enough on the politicians in Italy. If he was prepared to put his life on the line for naming a few ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Gangs IIby: Ross Kemp September 25, 2008 Best Selling > Books > True Crime |
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Ross Kemp has spent the last few years travelling around the world to meet gangs from some of the most dangerous places on the planet.
This is Ross 2nd book on the subject and it accompanies the TV series shown on Sky1 In this book Ross documents his visits to Colombia, LA California, Poland, Kenya and Liverpool. In Colombia he goes to the slums to meet a group called the paramiltlies who claim they have laid down their arms in an attempt at peace but Ross discovers otherwise. In LA he meets up with the Black, Mexican and Latino gangs that are turning the southern part of LA into a war zone. In Poland he meets up with the hooligans of Polish football who are causing the same mayhem on terraces in Poland that the English ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Monsterby: Allan Hall November 06, 2008 Best Selling > Books > True Crime |
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I have no idea how Elisabeth survived 24 years underground, it's amazing really. Something terrible must have happened to Fritzl in his lifetime for him to so such a thing, what a sick individual.
The book is great, definitely worth reading, gives some good background and helps understand where this all came from and how he got away with it for so long. Surely this will teach people to be more observant and take action when suspicious of abuse taking place. I just hope now that Elisabeth and her family are able to make the most of their lives now they have their freedom. >>More Details |
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Hoods: The Gangs of Nottingham - A Study in Organized Crime: The Story of the Nottingham Gang Warsby: Carl Fellstrom December 04, 2008 Best Selling > Books > True Crime |
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i thought this was a great read...controversial but nevertheless thought-provoking.You may not agree with all the content of it but it does make you think about what is going on in our cities. I know a few people have read it already so it would be interesting to hear some feedback from you. Get your reviews out there even if you are critical of the book. I am really interested in getting a debate going here.
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How (Not) to Murder Your Motherby: Stephanie Calman September 05, 2008 Best Selling > Books > True Crime |
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Ms Calman hits the jackpot once more with How 'not' to murder your mother! Having nodded in agreement all the way through Confessions of a Bad Mother and Failed Grown up I wasn't sure if, given my own wonderful relationship with my mother, How 'not' to Murder Your Mother would ring true. My goodness me! I laughed, I cried and I did nod along! A very honest and heartfelt book that anyone who has ever had a mother should read!
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Muscleby: Carlton Leach March 14, 2003 Best Selling > Books > True Crime |
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I struggled mightily with this book and gave up half way through. Carlton Leach is a singularly unlikable individual with a rather strange outlook on life. I've enjoyed stories of hard men in the past (McLean, Shaw etc.) but Leach is just a mindless idiot pumped full of steroids and recreational drugs hiding behind a gun or a knife. I can't think of one redeeming quality he exhibits in the pages I choked down.
I'm sure he's tough enough and have no doubt that he did most (if not all) of what he claims, but by the time I gave up on the book I couldn't give a hoot. I don't mean Leach any harm; I just hope that he's exhausted his literary ambitions and will save an unsuspecting public from further assault. The book may have been ... Read More: >>More Details |
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The Innocent Manby: John Grisham November 15, 2007 Best Selling > Books > True Crime |
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It is very difficult to imagine such a complex set of events leading to the indictment of an innocent man. This piece by John Grisham is written with exceptional skill to collate together myriad characters and events to create a compelling narrative of a true story revolving around man wrongly convicted of a brutal rape and murder.
What is fascinating is that the events in the book actually occurred. John Grisham admits himself that he could not in his imagination have come up with such a story. However he does do well in creating an easy "docu-read". Overall it is a bit of a sad story, but it's certainly one of the best Grisham's I have read. >>More Details |
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McMafia: Crime without Frontiers: Crime Without Frontiersby: Misha Glenny April 03, 2008 Best Selling > Books > True Crime |
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An eye-opening look at how the globalisation of organised crime effects day-to-day life-whether we like it or not.
The timing of the liberalistion of the international financial markets and the coincidental collapse of communism in central and eastern Europe and the USSR means that the face of crime has changed for ever. And as the author points out, so long as the profits are so big and demands for illegal products so high, no amount of policing can ever stamp it out. In fact, the more resources poured in to the "War on Crime", the bigger organised crime becomes...... >>More Details |
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In Cold Blood : A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences (Penguin Modern Classics)by: Truman Capote February 03, 2000 Best Selling > Books > True Crime |
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So the general consensus seems to be that In Cold Blood is a masterpiece and Capote is a genius. Well I am sorry but I do not agree. In fact I think this is absolutely preposterous. The only way I can use the word genius in the same sentence as Capote is if I conclude that it was complete genius of him to make anyone believe this book is anything other than a badly written web of lies trying to disguise itself as something other than an unrequited love letter to a cold blooded psycopathic killer.
Let's look at what the book actually is. Difficult I know to do this because there seems to have been a completely new genre invented for this book. Why? I do not know, because the book is simply a novel based on a true story. Loosely based at that. Capote conducted interviews ... Read More: >>More Details |
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