19 Top nonfiction books like Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty by John Sutherland

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Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

By: John Sutherland

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

As a society, we are captivated by policing; we watch police procedurals and fly-on-the-wall docume…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty by John Sutherland , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen by Brian Masters

1. Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen

By: Brian Masters

3.94

Format: None pages, Paperback

On February 9th 1983 Dennis Nilsen was arrested at his Muswell Hill home, after human remains had b… read more

Similar categories in Brian Masters's Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of Went to London, Took the Dog: A Diary by Nina Stibbe

2. Went to London, Took the Dog: A Diary

By: Nina Stibbe

3.66

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

How do I get rid of the mosquitoes infesting the garden? Should my kids be drinking so much? And wh… read more

Similar categories in Nina Stibbe's Went to London, Took the Dog: A Diary book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Corrupt Bodies: Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue by Peter Everett

3. 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

Similar categories in Peter Everett's Corrupt Bodies: Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of What a Flanker: The funniest sports biography you’ll ever read by James Haskell

4. What a Flanker: The funniest sports biography you’ll ever read

By: James Haskell

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Hilarious, and straight talking but also articulate and insightful – I… read more

Similar categories in James Haskell's What a Flanker: The funniest sports biography you’ll ever read book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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5. Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients

By: Adam Kay

3.91

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Adam Kay's secret diary from his time as a junior doctor This is Going to Hurt was the publishing p… read more

Similar categories in Adam Kay's Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Shallow Graves: My life as a Forensic Scientist on Britain's Biggest Cases by Ray Fysh

6. 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

Similar categories in Ray Fysh's Shallow Graves: My life as a Forensic Scientist on Britain's Biggest Cases book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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7. The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken

By: The Secret Barrister

3.90

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the world of the Secret Barrister. These are the stories of life inside the courtroom. T… read more

Similar categories in The Secret Barrister's The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey by Wendy    Joseph

8. Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

By: Wendy Joseph

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Every day in the UK lives are suddenly, brutally, wickedly taken away. Victims are shot or stabbed.… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist by Richard Shepherd

9. Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

By: Richard Shepherd

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

As the UK's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secre… read more

Similar categories in Richard Shepherd's Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
"Although it is my job to be certain, I was unable that day, and am still unable, to escape a greater certainty: that there are always other possibilities."

-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

"Truth is based upon knowledge. So, of course, it can be compromised by incomplete knowledge. As a doctor I sought truth through facts. As a pathologist I was now learning that truth could be directly…"

-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

Cover of No Comment: What I Wish I'd Known About Becoming A Detective by Jess McDonald

10. No Comment: What I Wish I'd Known About Becoming A Detective

By: Jess McDonald

3.81

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

'Probably the most important book on the state of British policing you'll ever read' Graham Bartlet… read more

Similar categories in Jess McDonald's No Comment: What I Wish I'd Known About Becoming A Detective book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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11. 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

Similar categories in Amanda Brown's The Prison Doctor book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion by Gwen Adshead

12. The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion

By: Gwen Adshead

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In eleven vivid narratives based on decades of providing therapy to people in prisons and secure ho… read more

Similar categories in Gwen Adshead's The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • true crime
  • memoir
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13. The Seven Ages of Death

By: Richard Shepherd

4.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Conducting many thousands of post-mortems has given Dr Richard Shepherd the opportunity to examine … read more

Similar categories in Richard Shepherd's The Seven Ages of Death book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • true crime
  • memoir
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14. Stitched Up

By: Shahed Yousaf

4.18

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Why would anyone want to work with thieves, murderers and rapists? Told from the inside out, th… read more

Similar categories in Shahed Yousaf's Stitched Up book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty by John    Sutherland

15. Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

By: John Sutherland

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

As a society, we are captivated by policing; we watch police procedurals and fly-on-the-wall docume… read more

Similar categories in John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison by Alex   South

16. 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

Similar categories in Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Dangerous Minds: A Forensic Psychiatrist's Quest to Understand Violence by Taj Nathan

17. Dangerous Minds: A Forensic Psychiatrist's Quest to Understand Violence

By: Taj Nathan

4.18

Format: None pages, Hardcover

' Exceptional . . . This thoughtful and engrossing book is as much about law as it is about minds' … read more

Similar categories in Taj Nathan's Dangerous Minds: A Forensic Psychiatrist's Quest to Understand Violence book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of A Short History of Falling: Everything I Observed about Love whilst Dying by Joe Hammond

18. A Short History of Falling: Everything I Observed about Love whilst Dying

By: Joe Hammond

3.74

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A Short History of Falling – like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and When Breath Becomes Air – … read more

Similar categories in Joe Hammond's A Short History of Falling: Everything I Observed about Love whilst Dying book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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19. Quicksand Tales

By: Keggie Carew

3.34

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Ever been talked into buying a camel? Or become a burglar by mistake? Or accidentally drugged a fri… read more

Similar categories in Keggie Carew's Quicksand Tales book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Broken Blue Line: How Life as Britain's Supercop Broke Me by Alistair Livingstone

20. Broken Blue Line: How Life as Britain's Supercop Broke Me

By: Alistair Livingstone

4.28

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

'Broken Blue Line is a rollercoaster of a ride depicting the realities of twenty-first-century poli… read more

Similar categories in Alistair Livingstone's Broken Blue Line: How Life as Britain's Supercop Broke Me book and John Sutherland's Crossing the Line: Lessons from a Life on Duty

  • autobiography

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