15 must-read nonfiction books like The Real Happy Valley by Alice Vinten

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The Real Happy Valley

By: Alice Vinten

4.17

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

A collection of real-life cases showing the bravery of female police officers.Former Police Constab…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Real Happy Valley by Alice Vinten , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. A History of Britain in 21 Women

By: Jenni Murray

3.88

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Britain has been defined by its conflicts, its conquests, its men, and its monarchs. To say that it… read more

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2. The List of Suspicious Things

By: Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are w… read more

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3. Ten Seconds (Ben Harper #3)

By: Robert Gold

4.14

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

After a tense birthday celebration in Haddley, journalist Ben Harper watches his boss, Madeline, ge… read more

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4. Divorced (Not Dead)

By: Harper Ford

3.61

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

We’re going to need a bigger drink… Meet Frankie - fifty, divorced and getting back on the horse… read more

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5. The Wrong Sister

By: Claire Douglas

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Tasha has always felt in the shadow of her older sister, Alice. Their lifestyles couldn't be more d… read more

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6. What Lies Beneath: My Life as a Forensic Search and Rescue Expert

By: Peter Faulding

3.59

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

'From cold cases and serial killers to the death of a spy, Peter's true life story is as gripping a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. No One Saw a Thing

By: Andrea Mara

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two children get on the train. Only one gets off...No one saw it happen.You stand on a crowded tube… read more

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8. The Woman Who Lied

By: Claire Douglas

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Emilia Ward is just an ordinary mum living happily in suburban London with her husband and two chil… read more

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9. The Last Word

By: Amy Price

4.30

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Katie Price’s life has long been lived in the public eye, documented both by her own books, reality… read more

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10. The Honeymoon

By: Kate Gray

3.91

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Two happy couples. One dead body. A whole load of secrets. Married life wasn't meant to st… read more

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11. 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

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12. Perfectly Nice Neighbors

By: Kia Abdullah

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A riveting and timely thriller, Perfectly Nice Neighbors asks the question: When your dream home co… read more

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13. Who She Was

By: Tony Parsons

3.65

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

A bonfire burns on a Cornish beach in the middle of the night. Nearby, a young woman waits for m… read more

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14. The Institution

By: Helen Sarah Fields

3.97

Format: 422 pages, Kindle Edition

To beat them, she’ll have to join them… On a locked ward in the world’s highest-security prison … read more

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15. 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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  • nonfiction
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16. Top Girl

By: Danielle Marin

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Top Girl is the tell-all, true story of a grammar school girl turned drug dealer. Danielle has a s… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. Sorry For Your Loss: What Working with the Dead Taught Me About Life

By: Kate Marshall

3.94

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Following Kate Marshall’s first year in the mortuary at a north of England NHS hospital, with each … read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. Finding Friends at the Cornish Country Hospital

By: Jo Bartlett

4.54

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

A fresh beginning… Esther Hamilton, is finally finding her feet after her split with her horribl… read more

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19. Cult Trip: Inside the world of Coercion and Control

By: Anke Richter

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A leading journalist's intense, riveting and personal investigation into the worlds and minds of cu… read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. Inside the Mind of the Yorkshire Ripper: The Final Investigation

By: Chris Clark

3.50

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

The fullest possible account of the crimes of Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, including thos… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Most Bizarre True Crime Stories Ever Told: 20 Unforgettable and Twisted True Crime Cases That Will Haunt You by Jack Rosewood

21. The Most Bizarre True Crime Stories Ever Told: 20 Unforgettable and Twisted True Crime Cases That Will Haunt You

By: Jack Rosewood

3.72

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you a hardcore true crime fan? Do you know all the ins and outs of popular cases and killers? … read more

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  • nonfiction
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22. Message Deleted

By: K.L. Slater

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Saffy is waiting to go into a job interview when she receives a text message from her best friend, … read more

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23. Survivors

By: Maggie Oliver

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

THE SHOCKING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE HIT TV DRAMA THREE GIRLS When detective Maggie Oliver first dis… read more

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  • nonfiction
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24. The Real Happy Valley

By: Alice Vinten

4.17

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

A collection of real-life cases showing the bravery of female police officers.Former Police Constab… read more

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25. Crisis: The thrilling memoir telling the true story of a hostage and crisis negotiator's time in the Metropolitan Police

By: Nicky Perfect

4.06

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

We had been there for over 12 hours. The man was still 30 feet up a tree, balancing on a branch dir… read more

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  • nonfiction
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26. 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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  • nonfiction
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27. Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5)

By: Juno Dawson

3.76

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The next enchanting instalment of the sensational #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestselling HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL C… read more

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28. A Found Family at the Cornish Country Hospital: A BRAND NEW instalment in the beautiful, heartwarming Cornish Country Hospital series from bestseller Jo Bartlett for summer 2024

By: Jo Bartlett

4.54

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

Preorder the BRAND NEW Instalment of bestselling author Jo Bartlett's Cornish Country Hospital Seri… read more

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29. The Prison Officer

By: Gen Glaister

4.35

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

The Prison Officer challenges everything you thought you knew about people in prison. Becoming a pr… read more

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30. Underclass: A Memoir

By: Jessica Taylor

4.63

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Jessica Taylor grew up on a council estate where brutality and coercion were normalised, and whe… read more

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T.M. Logan

3.97

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Claire Douglas

4.09

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3.48

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