New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Blake Pub 04 April-June
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New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Blake Pub APRIL-JUNE 04

Nigel Blundell The Sting Pbk published May 2004 by Blake Pub at £7.99 ISBN: 1844540499


The heat is on, and if you pull it off you've got a million in your back pocket. Nobody knows this is a sting and it can stay that way, so long as you don't lose your cool. You're just a step away from being a rich man... This is the world of the sting, and in this incredible book, acclaimed journalist Nigel Blundell reveals the risky, adrenaline-fuelled world of the men and women who pull them off. Among the amazing characters in The Sting are: the mastermind who, posing as a count, sold the Eiffel Tower - twice!; the mysterious figures who ran a full-scale horse race - without a single horse; the man whose exploits inspired the hit film Catch Me If You Can; and of course, the con man everybody loves to hate, the Millionaire Major...

Nigel Blundell is a bestselling author and journalist, whose previous publications include The World’s Most Amazing UFO Visits, A Pictorial History of Winston Churchill and The Encyclopaedia of Serial Killers.

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Charles Bronson The Krays and Me Published May 2004 by Blake Pub at £16.99 ISBN: 1844540421

Two names reigned supreme in London's underworld in the sixties - Ronnie and Reggie Kray; and it wasn't until 1969 that the twins went down at Brixton Prison for murder. I was only seventeen, on remand up in Risley, Warrington, for nicking a furniture lorry. Most of the lads in there had newspaper photos of the Krays stuck up on their cell walls. They were the cream of the criminal crop, and that's why I took such an interest in 'em. Once I was put away, it wasn't long before I got to meet them, and over the next 29 years I got closer to the Krays than any self-proclaimed henchman, any autograph hunter. As their trusted friend they let me in on it all - no holds barred behind bars! Since Ronnie and Reggie died, all I've heard is a load of bollocks! 'Reggie shot my cat; Ronnie stabbed my uncle Bert 75 times; Reggie ran over my hamster; I'm Ronnie's son, I'm Reggie's daughter.' Gutless maggots spreading rumours with their sham stories for sale. The shameless rats. Well now the twins are gone and I can talk. And let me tell you, I've got a lot to say and all the time in the world to say it. No bollocks. No silly stories. Just the facts about the time I spent doing porridge with the Krays.

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Garry Bushell Two-faced Pbk published June 2004 by Blake Pub at £9.99 ISBN: 1844540529

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Wensley Clarkson Born to Kill Pbk published May 2004 by Blake Pub at £6.99 ISBN: 1844540383


As crowds formed outside the mansion to mourn their slain idol - Gianni Versace - one man ripped Versace ads from a magazine and daubed them in the designer's blood as a keepsake. Among the heartbroken fans there was a young man in his mid-twenties watching avidly. He seemed to be smiling. Why? That young man was Andrew Cunanan. In the months before he murdered Gianni Versace with two cold-blooded shots at close range, th crazed killer went on a murderous spree, taking the lives of five men. He eluded police for three months until 23 July 1997. After a dramatic standoff on a Miami houseboat, police found Cunanan inside the boat - slain by his own hand. This text tells a disturbing and intriguing expose of a man driven by an insatiable urge to kill. It examines why one of the world's most famous spree killers went to such evil lengths

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Wensley Clarkson A Marriage Made in Hell Pbk published April 2004 by Blake Pub at £6.99 ISBN: 1844540324


They met while working together in Georgia: 17-year-old Larry Kelley and 31-year-old wife and mother Gina Spann. Their unusual friendship soon blossomed into something much more when Gina invited Larry to live with her, her husband Kevin and their teenage son. But it didn't stop there. Gina enlisted Larry and three of his friends to murder her husband and cash in on his $300,000 insurance policy. So on Mother's Day 1997, two teenagers knocked on Spann's door and when Kevin opened it, they shot him point-blank. Police zeroed in on the motley crue soon enough - Gina, Larry and two of his friends would each receive life sentences for the ruthless murder of Kevin Spann. In a case as twisted and shocking as fiction,
Wensley Clarkson explores this volatile web of sex, greed and murder that ended in deadly disaster.

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Wensley Clarkson Romeo Killer Pbk published May 2004 by Blake Pub at £6.99 ISBN: 1844540413

'I don't know what drives me to kill. All I know is that I like it.'
Young, handsome Lesley Eugene Warren was a magnet for the young women who fell for his seductive charm. Little did they know that underneath the beguiling exterior lay a twisted desire to kill. This is a terrifying true account of a serial killer who left a trail of tragedy and death across the East Coast of America. When police eventually caught up with the evil Warren, he admitted that he did not know what drove him to kill. All he knew was that he liked it. These brutal murders shocked and disturbed a community, a community that slept more easily once Warren was finally caught and locked up. Now the horrifying true story is finally revealed in this shocking, sensational book.


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Sandy Fawkes Natural Born Killer Published April 2004 by Blake Pub at £16.99 ISBN: 1844540243

When Sandy Fawkes met a tall, handsome American in a hotel bar in Atlanta, she could never have dreamed what lay in store. The man, charming and enigmatic, told her he was completing a 20-thousand-mile journey across America. As he was going her way, Sandy accepted his invitation of a lift and they quickly became lovers. What Paul John Knowles failed to tell her was that he had left a trail of bloody murder along his route, atrail which had yet to end. "Natural Born Killers" is the astonishing true story of one woman and an 18-time killer, how he charmed her and how she nearly became his 19th victim. A cold-blooded killer, Knowles raped many of his victims - both male and female - and he had killed the day he met Sandy and killed again after she left him. This is the intimate account of one of the most gruesome and terrible serial killers in history, told by the woman who survived his fearsome attentions.

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Sandra Lee Kathy the Cannibal Published May 2004 by Blake Pub at £16.99 ISBN: 1844540375

"Kathy the Cannibal" is the shocking true story of Katherine Knight and her crimes - the ritual slaying of her partner for a cannibal feast. Knight, a 44-year-old abattoir worker, stabbed father-of-three John Price 37 times, skinned his body, cooked his head and served him up for his children in a heinous act that rocked her town and chilled the world to the bone. Drawing on numerous first hand accounts and a detailed assessment of Kathy's personal life, this is a disturbing profile of normality twisted out of all recognition into the dark world of the remorseless psychopath. "Kathy the Cannibal" offers an insight into the true motivation behind such a grotesque act and is a horrifying story of love, lust, revenge and murder - all the more shocking because every word is true.

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Mark Brandon Read Chopper 3 Pbk published May 2004 by Blake Pub at £6.99 ISBN: 1844540405


Hell Hath No Fury Like a Mate Shot in the Arse
Mark Brandon Read, known to his friends and enemies alike as "Chopper", has spent more than 17 years in prison and has a reputation for violence earned in a blood-spattered career as a streetfighter, standover man, gunman and underworld executioner. He has been shot, stabbed, hit with a claw hammer and nearly kicked to death. In "Chopper 3", Read reveals more stories from the underworld, bringing his humour and sharp eye to bear on prison life, brutality, corruption and the warped code of the values of the criminal fraternity.

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Charlie Seiga The Hyenas Published April 2004 by Blake Pub at £16.99 ISBN: 1844540359

There has always been a distinction between villains. Charlie Seiga never beat up old men or defenceless women, but the old-style villain has long gone. Now the streets are full of marauding criminals with no morals, dignity or loyalty. These are the people who got to Seiga. They call themselves the Hyenas and they venture out at night like a gang of scavengers to carry out their so-called work. This is the amazing, shocking, violent story of Charlie Seiga's fate at the hands of the Hyenas and how he made them wish they had not crossed his path.

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Valerio Viccei Live by the Gun, Die by the Gun Pbk published May 2004 by Blake Pub at £6.99 ISBN: 1857825020

An Italian cop lies writhing on the ground, the bullets from a Magnum 357 searing into his stomach. Nearby, the owner of the Magnum lies dead, ripped almost in half in the Italian countryside. A well-known Mafia face is spotted at the scene. So ended the life of millionaire gunman Valerio Viccei, a man who lived by the gun and, eventually, died by the gun... Young, brilliant, smooth-talking, glamorous: Valerio had it all. He hit headlines across the world when he got away with [pound]60 million from the Knightsbridge Safe Deposit Centre. It was the biggest robbery in history. It seemed like the perfect crime: all the losers appeared to be hugely wealthy; no one was hurt and many ordinary people marvelled at the daring and nerve of the raiders. Valerio has been labelled a criminal genius, a super-stud and a ruthless gunman. Before he died, he wrote his fascinating memoir. This, in his own words, is the final truth about one of the most talked-about villains of all time.


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