Affordable and comprehensive new reference for the world of crime fiction

This inexpensive and reliable reference and overview for the genre of crime fiction is the only one in the field.

His was a body to die for... Reduced to near penury by the iniquitous demands of the Inland Revenue, young barrister Julia Larwood spends the last of her savings on an Art Lovers holiday to Venice. But poor, romantic Julia - how could she possibly have guessed that the ravishing fellow Art Lover for whom she conceived a fatal passion was himself an employee of the Inland Revenue? Or that her hard-won night of passion with him would end in murder- with her inscribed copy of the current Finance Act subsequently discovered just a few feet away from the corpse...

Die now, pay later... It seemed the perfect way to avoid three million in taxes. Everyone in the family agreed to support the heiress, ravishing raven-haired Camilla Galloway, in her court petition to change the trust - except dreary cousin Deirdre. Then Deidre has a terrible accident which is when the young London barristers handling the trust - Cantrip, Selena, Ragwort and Julia - summon their Oxford friend and mentor Professor Hilary Tamar to Lincoln's Inn. They suspect foul play and so poor Hilary is dispatched on a most perilous quest to find the truth and unmask the killer... This witty and intriguing crime novel features the worldly yet principled young set of legal experts created by Sarah Caudwell - Cantrip, Ragwort, Julia and Serena.

Terrific new anthology offers the best from this very popular genre. Here is old and new comedy crime writing in an explosive barrel of wit and wisecracking, featuring cack-handed villains, accident-prone good guys and a host of criminal characters who range from deadpan to dead stupid, often in pretty surreal circumstances. This collection includes: * Contributions from Terry Pratchett, Peter Lovesey, Nicholas Blincoe, Donald Westlake, Ed Gorman, Bill Prozini, Hilary Bonner, Sarah Caudwell, Mike Ripley, Christopher Brookmyre and many more * Classic reprints from past masters and new, specially-commissioned stories from leading contemporary authors from both sides of the Atlantic

Risking life, limb and her second-best hat, the Egyptologist Amelia Peabody and her irascible archaeologist husband Emerson embark on another season of exploration and crime solving. When a dead body turns up in the tomb they are excavating, Amelia vows to find the killer regardless of the cost.

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This comprehensive and highly acclaimed account of London's celebrated East End killer has been entirely revised and updated.

The Jack the Ripper series of murders of 1888-91 remains the world's most famous unsolved crime. Combining thrilling detective work with meticulous research, Philip Sugden offers the best and most accurate information on the world' s most famous murder case, including the intriguing possibility of an American connection.

Widely acknowledged narrative of choice on Jack the Ripper history.
comprehensive and authoritative.

'The best Ripper book ever written' Ross Strachan, Whitechapel Joumal

This vast photographic record of the annals of crime features some of the twentieth-century's most infamous criminals and shocking crimes. Packed with photographs, it covers everything from arson, cannibalism, con men and headless corpses, to mass murderers, sabotage, victims and vital clues.
Among the subjects featured are: incriminating evidence, such as killer Dr Marcel Petiot's stash of his 47 victims' clothing; moments of madness, inducting the bungled Dome diamond heist; attempted murder, with agents diving to protect Reagan from the 1981 assassination attempt; the heavy hand of justice, as a body reels from the bullets of the French firing squad. Researched in collaboration with the Hulton Getty Picture Library.