New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Mainstream Press 08 Jan-March

File Updated: 30/03/2008

New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Mainstream Press JAN-MARCH 08

Philip Carlo The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer Pbk published March 2008 by Mainstream Press at Ł6.99 ISBN: 1845963393

Top Mafia hit man, doting father - for 30 years, Richard 'the Ice Man' Kuklinski led a double life beyond anything ever seen on "The Sopranos", becoming one of the most notorious professional assassins in American history while hosting neighbourhood barbecues in suburban New Jersey. Kuklinski was Sammy 'the Bull' Gravano's partner in the killing of Paul Castellano at Sparks Steak House. John Gotti hired him to kill the neighbour who accidentally ran over his child. He was also intimately involved in the killing of Jimmy Hoffa. He conducted this sadistic business with cold-hearted intensity, never disappointing his customers. For an additional price, he would make his victims suffer. By his own estimate, he killed over 200 men, taking enormous pride in his cunning and the ferocity of his technique. Philip Carlo spent hundreds of hours with Kuklinski, his wife and his daughters, as well as with police and underworld sources. This research has resulted in an intimate and definitive portrait of a killer in the groundbreaking tradition of Peter Maas' bestselling biography of "Sammy the Bull", "Underboss", or Nicholas Pileggi's "Wiseguy".

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Douglas Skelton Dark Heart: Tales from Edinburgh's Town Jail Pbk published February 2008 by Mainstream Press at Ł7.99 ISBN: 1845963091

The Old Tolbooth Jail - Edinburgh's Bastille - was for five centuries the capital's heart of darkness. The tall, turreted building blocked the High Street like a stone sentinel at the gates of Hell. In its early days it played host to the Scottish Parliament and the Court of Session but eventually it became the main jail of the Old Town. And it was a hellhole, the very epitome of what Scots Law called squalor carceris, a foul, dingy, plague-infested purgatory that was, nevertheless, an integral part of the history of the Old Town and the nation. Not for nothing did Sir Walter Scott dub it the Heart of Midlothian. It was home to rich and poor, noble and ignoble, master and servant.Thieves, debtors, murderers and rebels all rotted in its filthy cells - many spending their final hours there before surrendering to the tender mercies of an executioner to be hanged, beheaded or burned. Now, for the first time, the complete story of the Old Tolbooth is told, from its proud beginnings to its final downfall at the hands of municipal vandals. Featuring tales of some of the jail's unwilling residents, including the noblemen who had their heads spiked on its tower.

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Sebastian Williams Send Him to Hell: John Davies' 17 Years of Suffering in Thailand's Prisons Pbk published February 2008 by Mainstream Press at Ł9.99 ISBN: 184018986X

"Send Him to Hell" is the true story of an innocent British businessman, resident in Thailand, who endured 17 horrendous years of captivity in Thailand's deadly prisons. This controversial book highlights the appalling injustice of John Davies' incarceration and reveals his extraordinary determination to clear his name.On 4 January 1990, Davies was arrested after police found six kilograms of heroin in a suitcase in his car. Unable to explain how it had got there, Davies soon realised that he was the victim of a cruel set-up. No one, however, was interested in his protestations of innocence. After a farcical five-year-long trial, Davies was convicted and sentenced to death, then was left to rot in the stinking morass of the Thai penal system. "Send Him to Hell" describes the inhuman behaviour and corruption of the prison guards and the needless death and brutality John witnessed. Living in constant fear of his life, he conducted a relentless campaign for his own release, but it was to be a torturous and often seemingly futile battle. Following his long-awaited release, this gripping account now reveals the hidden sinister side of Thailand - and it is a story that cannot be ignored.

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