A rich and detailed look inside the armed police in London which is a long overdue book.
All the latest tactics and equipment as well as operations are covered in great detail which makes it the number one go to reference for this type of subject.
The author really knew their stuff and it comes across as you read through and look at the many accompanying photos.
This really deserves to be on everyone's book shelf.
Amazon Customer, Richard Domoney-Saunders
A rich and detailed look inside the armed police in London which is a long overdue book.
All the latest tactics and equipment as well as operations are covered in great detail which makes it the number one go to reference for this type of subject.
The author really knew their stuff and it comes across as you read through and look at the many accompanying photos.
This really deserves to be on everyone's book shelf.
Amazon Customer, Richard Domoney-Saunders
Those with an interest in true crime - and indeed, those who have watched the TV series Mindhunters - will have heard of at least some of the serial killers featured in this book. Jeffrey Dahmer, Ed Gein, Andrei Chikatilo, Dennis Nilsen, Richard Ramirez, Jack the Ripper and Elizabeth Bàthory are names of which most are aware. There are plenty of others here I hadn’t heard of, though, including Fritz Haarman, Gilles de Rais, Joachim Kroll, Adolfo Costanzo and Anatoly Onoprienko. While by no means an exhaustive list of serial killers, nor confined to only the most prolific, what the murderers in this collection have in common is their bloodlust. They all took sick, depraved pleasure in butchery, many of them descending to cannibalism. If you plan to read this, make sure you have a strong stomach and don’t read while trying to eat. While the accounts don’t dwell pruriently on the gory details, neither do they shy away from revealing the nauseating truth of these appalling crimes. I.. Read more
Caitlyn Lynch
Those with an interest in true crime - and indeed, those who have watched the TV series Mindhunters - will have heard of at least some of the serial killers featured in this book. Jeffrey Dahmer, Ed Gein, Andrei Chikatilo, Dennis Nilsen, Richard Ramirez, Jack the Ripper and Elizabeth Bàthory are names of which most are aware. There are plenty of others here I hadn’t heard of, though, including Fritz Haarman, Gilles de Rais, Joachim Kroll, Adolfo Costanzo and Anatoly Onoprienko. While by no means an exhaustive list of serial killers, nor confined to only the most prolific, what the murderers in this collection have in common is their bloodlust. They all took sick, depraved pleasure in butchery, many of them descending to cannibalism. If you plan to read this, make sure you have a strong stomach and don’t read while trying to eat. While the accounts don’t dwell pruriently on the gory details, neither do they shy away from revealing the nauseating truth of these appalling crimes. I.. Read more
Caitlyn Lynch
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PSV Circle, October 2019
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PSV Circle, October 2019
Interesting story of a policeman who became a forensics officer... a decent read.
NetGalley, Graham Bawden
Interesting story of a policeman who became a forensics officer... a decent read.
NetGalley, Graham Bawden
This book is a snapshot pf several hundred family names and delves in to their beginnings and derivations making extensive use of old sources.
Cumbria FHS
This book is a snapshot pf several hundred family names and delves in to their beginnings and derivations making extensive use of old sources.
Cumbria FHS
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Jack the Ripper: Quest for a Killer
For a hundred and twenty years, the identity of the Whitechapel murderer known to us as Jack the Ripper has both eluded us and spawned a veritable industry of speculation. This book names him. Mad doctors, Russian lunatics, bungling midwives, railway policemen, failed barristers, weird artists, royal princes and white-eyed men. All of these and more… Read more...
This is a fascinating and highly informative guidebook to the Capital which will be invaluable to those who wish to understand what Londoners went through during the Second World War. By means of five easily manageable walks, the reader is transported back to those dark days of devastating destruction. Using rich anecdotes and first-hand accounts the… Read more...
For a hundred and twenty years, the identity of the Whitechapel murderer known to us as Jack the Ripper has both eluded us and spawned a veritable industry of speculation. This book names him. Mad doctors, Russian lunatics, bungling midwives, railway policemen, failed barristers, weird artists, royal princes and white-eyed men. All of these and more… Read more...
