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No-nonsense New York journalist, Joe Nocera investigates a strange 100-year-old British murder case featuring poisoned scones and weedkiller. How did the case, and others like it, inspire the bestselling writer of all time: Agatha Christie?

Op 22 maart 1986 verdwijnt Ludwig – multimiljonair en beroemd casinobaas met meer dan 26 casino's in de Benelux – op klaarlichte dag. Na zijn verdwijning krijgt zijn familie een brief waarin een geldsom van 3,2 miljoen Duitse mark wordt geëist. In haar boek LUDWIG onderzoekt Palmaccio wie Ludwig was en wat er met hem is gebeurd. Voor het eerst praat ze met haar vader over zijn verleden: hoe was het om als jonge jongen uit een gastarbeidersgezin opeens aan de top van de casinowereld te belanden?

Contrairement aux histoires imaginées par Arthur Conan Doyle, les douze enquêtes racontées par David Grann sont bien réelles. Que l'auteur se penche sur l'infiltration d'un gang de détenus dans le système carcéral américain ou la traque de l'un des grands imposteurs du XXe siècle, affabulateur caméléon aux multiples identités, qu'il retrace la folle cavale d'un vieux braqueur de banque, le démantèlement d'un empire mafieux dans une cité de l'Ohio surnommé "Crimetown"....

À travers ces pages, il plonge le lecteur au cœur de dix mois d'audience en revenant sur les dates et mécanismes qui l'ont le plus marqué : sa déposition, son statut de victime et chroniqueur pour France Info, la constitution partie civile de son épouse, les dépositions clés, la prise de paroles des accusés ou encore l'écoute déchirante de la bande-son de l'attentat du Bataclan... Son récit trace un chemin semé d'embûches où la justice, au-delà de la sanction contre les auteurs, répare les victimes et apaise les blessures.

Brought to you by Penguin. When does a bandit become a monarch? When does a gang become a government? And is organised crime at the heart of every modern state? On a thrilling whistle-stop tour of how the world's criminal underbelly has shaped state-making, capitalism, globalisation and all...

Philippa Langley reveals the findings of a remarkable new research initiative: ‘The Missing Princes Project'. In the summer of 1483, Edward V (aged 12) and his brother Richard Duke of York (aged 9), disappeared from the Tower of London. For over 500 years, history has judged that they were murdered on the orders of their uncle Richard III. Following years of intensive research in UK, American and European archives, astonishing new archival discoveries have been uncovered that change what we know about the fate of the Princes in the Tower.

Dr. William Sargant ran a lucrative private practice and published multiple books on psychiatry, and he was awarded the Starkey medal and prize by the Royal Society of Health for his work on psychiatric medicine. But what he was best known for was the apogee of his career: the Sleep Room in Ward Five. This was a dark gallery where patients selected by Sargant were subjected to deep narcosis, sleeping for more than twenty-one hours per day for weeks at a time, and roused only for sessions of electroconvulsive therapy.

Crime Scenes takes you behind the police tape and immerses you in the stories of astonishing crimes from around the world. A town created by Disney, a luxury yacht in the Caribbean, an impenetrable Australian forest, the backstreets of Liverpool and a bungalow in Wales all provide settings for a series of sinister, and at times unbelievable, true crimes.

Bonnie and Clyde: A Gangsters Guide, Book 1 is a gripping, quick-paced dive into the lives of Americas most infamous criminal couple. From their early days of poverty and hardship to their violent and tragic end, this book paints an unvarnished portrait of Bonnie and Clydes crime spree that captured the nation. Through daring bank robberies, deadly shootouts, and a trail of betrayel, their story is a mix of love, rebellion, and ruthless survival.

“A provocative and page-turning work of true crime.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A provocative, eerily lyrical study of the heyday of American serial killers . . . A true-crime story written with compassion, fury, and scientific sense.” —Kirkus (starred review) Named a Most...

Pain, torment, and torture. Cruelty, brutality, and violence. The twisted psyches, murder. and yes, even the ability to charm people. Take a deep dive into the terrifyingly real serial murderers, spree killers, and true faces of evil.

À une époque où la justice avançait à tâtons, sans empreintes digitales, sans ADN ni science médico-légale, les enquêteurs se fiaient à l’instinct, aux rumeurs… et aux erreurs.

MEURTRE INSOUTENABLE EN PAYS AMISH. Pennsylvanie, comté de Lancaster. Une jeune fille est arrêtée pour le meurtre de l'une de ses camarades de classe. La violence inouïe du crime la dirige tout droit vers les couloirs de la mort. L'enquête criminelle dissèque le passé de la jeune meurtrière, archétype des laissés-pour-compte de la société américaine, et met à jour les inavouables secrets de la communauté Amish voisine. Michel Moatti s'est inspiré de plusieurs cas réels ayant défrayé la chronique aux Etats-Unis pour imaginer cette histoire unique et effroyable.

Piacenza, 2019. Il maggiore dei carabinieri, Rocco Papaleo, riceve e trasmette al comando dei vigili urbani e non ai suoi superiori un'informazione di cui è venuto a conoscenza e che ha dell'incredibile: un carabiniere in servizio presso la caserma Levante, la seconda per importanza della città, è accusato di "condotte gravi e illecite". Le indagini della Procura di Piacenza scoprono cose incredibili, commesse non da uno ma da 7 carabinieri che popolano quella caserma: soprusi, pestaggi, sopraffazioni, festini privati, arresti illegali e persino spaccio di stupefacenti.

En diciembre de 1972, varios encapuchados secuestraron a Jean McConville, una viuda de 38 años con 10 hijos a su cargo. En aquel barrio católico de Belfast todos intuían que se trataba de una represalia del IRA, pero nadie se atrevía a decirlo por el terror y paranoia imperantes en la época más caliente del conflicto. El crimen no empezó a resolverse hasta 2003, cinco años después de los acuerdos de paz del Viernes Santo, al ser desenterrados los restos mortales de McConville en una playa solitaria.

12 maggio 1957, ventiquattresima edizione della Mille Miglia, la corsa degli italiani. Una Ferrari guidata dal marchese spagnolo Alfonso De Portago esce rovinosamente di strada uccidendo nove spettatori. Saranno colossali e travolgeranno la corsa, che verrà abolita. A Ferrari vengono ritirati il passaporto e la patente, come se alla guida dell'auto di De Portago ci fosse stato lui. Ferrari viene incriminato per omicidio colposo plurimo, e rischia di finire in carcere per qualche decennio.

Художественной литературе свойственно романтизировать и идеализировать преступный мир. Начиная с гуттенберговских времен и по сей день эта область человеческого бытия остается книгой за семью печатями.

Award-winning journalist Javier Sinay investigates a series of murders from the nineteenth century, unearthing the complex history and legacy of Moisés Ville, the “Jerusalem of South America,” and his personal connection to a defining period of Jewish history in Argentina.

Here are the stories of the great gangs that once terrorized New York City, from the Bowery Boys and the Dead Rabbits to the Gophers and the Eastmans—here are the infamous gangsters, from the days of the murderous Five Points Gangs to the later underworld mobs led by Mose the Bowery Boy, Monk Eastman, Paul Kelly, Kid Dropper, Dopey Benny, Gyp the Blood, and Owney Madden, and such feminine underworld luminaries as Gallus Mag and Sadie the Goat.

À Québec, en 1920, Marie-Anne Houde subissait un procès au cours duquel ont été étalés les détails scandaleux des supplices qu’elle aurait infligés à sa belle-fille, Aurore Gagnon, dite l’« enfant martyre ». Aurore Gagnon a-t-elle réellement subi un martyre? Rien n’est moins sûr. En revanche, il est probable que sa belle-mère, Marie- Anne Houde, ait été victime d’une erreur judiciaire...