Strangeways: A Prison Officer's Story
By: Neil Samworth
4.05
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Neil ‘Sam’ Samworth spent eleven years working as a prison officer in HMP Manchester, aka Strangewa…
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1. The Longest Kill: The Story of Maverick 41, One of the World's Greatest Snipers
By: Craig Harrison , Craig Harrison
4.75
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
It takes a tough mindset to be a successful sniper, to be able to dig in for days on your own as yo… read more
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2. Corrupt Bodies: Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue
By: Peter Everett
4.05
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Must-read memoir of managing a morgue, dealing with death and murder to chaos, corruption and organ… read more
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3. Shallow Graves: My life as a Forensic Scientist on Britain's Biggest Cases
By: Ray Fysh
4.34
Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition
Shortlisted for the True Crime Awards 2023 Best New True Crime Author The murder of Sarah Payne, Ad… read more
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4. A Bit of a Stretch
By: Chris Atkins
4.21
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
A shocking and darkly funny account of the reality of Britain's prisons. Where can a tin of tun… read more
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5. Love as Always, Mum xxx
By: Mae West
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
The true story of an abused childhood, of shocking brutality and life as the daughter of notorious … read more
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6. Manhunt: How I Brought Serial Killer Levi Bellfield to Justice
By: Colin Sutton
4.24
Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition
NOW A MAJOR TV DRAMA STARRING MARTIN CLUNES What does it take to catch one of Britain's most feared… read more
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7. The Secret Prisoner: Diary Of A Prisoner
By: Daniel hockey
4.17
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
The Secret Prisoner Book is a first hand insight into what prison is like in the UK. This truely is… read more
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8. I Survived: A True Story.
By: Victoria Cilliers
4.16
Format: 187 pages, Kindle Edition
A chilling, eye-opening story of marriage and attempted murder, revealing the truth about a case th… read more
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9. The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist
By: Kerry Daynes
4.03
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
Welcome to the world of the forensic psychologist, where the people you meet are wildly unpredictab… read more
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"There is no them and us, it is just us."-Kerry Daynes, The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist
"It's a shithole but at least I can get a decent brew.' How very British, I thought to myself."-Kerry Daynes, The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist
"[t]he art of talking comes easier to some of us but others. For boys and men, so many of them still socialised in a myriad of destructive ways to hide weakness and took out their difficulties, the id…"-Kerry Daynes, The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist
10. The Prison Doctor
By: Amanda Brown
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
Dr Amanda Brown has treated inmates in the UK’s most infamous prisons – first in young offenders’ i… read more
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11. Holiday SOS: The life-saving adventures of a travelling doctor
By: Ben MacFarlane
4.48
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
Who are you going to call if it all goes wrong on holiday?Meet Doctor Ben MacFarlane. His job is to… read more
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"Laughter isn't the best medicine. Feeling that you're in safe hands is."-Ben MacFarlane, Holiday SOS: The life-saving adventures of a travelling doctor
12. The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Jails
By: Vanessa Frake
4.33
Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER As seen on This Morning Back in the day, I was Governor of Se… read more
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13. Strangeways: A Prison Officer's Story
By: Neil Samworth
4.05
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Neil ‘Sam’ Samworth spent eleven years working as a prison officer in HMP Manchester, aka Strangewa… read more
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14. What Lies Buried: A forensic psychologist's true stories of madness, the bad and the misunderstood
By: Kerry Daynes
4.35
Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition
Kerry Daynes, leading forensic psychologist, opens up the case files of some of her most perplexing… read more
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15. Little Girl Lost
By: Casey Watson
4.59
Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition
The new fostering memoir from the Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson Six-year-old Amel… read more
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16. The Filth: The explosive inside story of Scotland Yard's top undercover cop
By: Duncan MacLaughlin
4.10
Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition
Duncan MacLaughlin was an elite officer at London's New Scotland Yard. The best of the best. In thi… read more
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17. Prison Days: True Diary Entries by a Maximum Security Prison Officer, June 2018
By: Simon King
4.14
Format: 108 pages, Kindle Edition
Direct from behind the walls of a maximum-security prison comes the day-today stories you never hea… read more
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18. Silent Child
By: Toni Maguire
4.46
Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition
Unlike people with carefree previous lives, I packed away my past. There are some memories labelled… read more
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19. Life in the Max
By: Tom Hill
4.35
Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition
Life in the Max is drawn from over 32 years as a prison officer. Serving at one of only six categor… read more
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20. My Life With Murderers
By: David Wilson
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Professor David Wilson has spent his professional life working with violent men - especially men wh… read more
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21. The Prison Doctor: Women Inside: Stories from my time inside Britain’s biggest women’s prison.
By: Amanda Brown
3.99
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
From the Sunday Times bestselling author Dr Amanda Brown. Insights into the world of a Prison Doct… read more
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22. Inside Broadmoor: Up Close and Personal with Britain's Most Dangerous Criminals
By: Jonathan Levi
3.56
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Broadmoor. Few place names in the world have such chilling resonance. For over 150 years, it has co… read more
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23. The Black Widow: My web of secrets and the truth about my murder conviction
By: Linda Calvey
4.36
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
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24. Time After Time: Repeat Offenders – the Inside Stories
By: Chris Atkins
4.34
Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition
A funny, touching, challenging and campaigning book about our prisons crisis by the Sunday Times be… read more
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25. Prison Days Book 2: A True Crime and Prison Biography
By: Simon King
4.22
Format: 75 pages, Kindle Edition
Stabbings. Rapes. Murders. This is still maximum-security. Simon King works in one of the country’… read more
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26. Sleeping with a Psychopath
By: Carolyn Woods
3.60
Format: 322 pages, Paperback
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER A Divorced Woman. A Dangerous Man. A Devastating Affair.… read more
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27. Inside Parkhurst: Stories of a Prison Officer
By: David Berridge
3.78
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Assaults. Riots. Cell fires. Medical emergencies. Understaffed wings. Suicides. Hooch. Weapons. It'… read more
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28. Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison
By: Alex South
4.52
Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition
'The men I have worked with and the staff I've worked alongside over the last ten years in prison h… read more
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29. The Secret Prison Governor
By: Anonymous
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An eye-opening, thought-provoking and mind-blowing account from a genuine prison governor (warden) … read more
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30. I Don't Talk to Dead Bodies: The Curious Encounters of a Forensic Psychiatrist
By: Rhona Morrison
3.82
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
Prepare to be intrigued, amazed and astonished as you join Dr Rhona Morrison on an often funny, and… read more
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31. Inside Wakefield Prison: Life Behind Bars in the Monster Mansion
By: Jonathan Levi and Emma French
3.59
Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition
HMP Wakefield. 'Monster Mansion'. Hell to be inside. Almost impossible to escape. This prison has s… read more
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