9 Best true crime books like Prime Suspect: The True Story of John Cannan, the Only Man the Police Want to Investigate for the Murder of Suzy Lamplugh by Christopher Berry-Dee

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Prime Suspect: The True Story of John Cannan, the Only Man the Police Want to Investigate for the Murder of Suzy Lamplugh

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

3.84

Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition

Before being sentenced to three life terms for the murder of Bristol newlywed Shirley Banks in Apri…

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1. Small Sacrifices

By: Ann Rule

4.25

Format: 496 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ann Rule's shocking and powerful account of the destructive forces that drove Diane Downs, a beauti… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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2. Somebody to Love: The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury

By: Mark Langthorne , Matt Richards

4.24

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

For the first time, the final years of one of the world's most captivating rock showman are laid ba… read more

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  • nonfiction
"He was a loveable rogue, and very costly to be around, always bumping into expensive things and demanding champagne, but always bright and lively and the center of attention."

-Mark Langthorne, Somebody to Love: The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury

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3. Mr. Nice

By: Howard Marks

3.60

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had 43 aliases, 89 phone lines, and owned 25 companies throughout… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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4. The Corrections

By: Jonathan Franzen

3.84

Format: 653 pages, Paperback

"The Corrections" is a grandly entertaining novel for the new century - a comic, tragic masterpiece… read more

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"To be so vigorous and healthy and yet so nothing. "

-Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

"Brooklyn was like Philadelphia made better by its proximity to Manhattan."

-Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

"His problem consisted of a burning wish not to have done the things he'd done."

-Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

"The shame and disorder in his house were like the shame and disorder in his head."

-Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

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5. Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4)

By: C.J. Sansom

2.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Spring, 1543. King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. But … read more

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6. And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic

By: William Greider , Randy Shilts

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

By the time Rock Hudson's death in 1985 alerted all America to the danger of the AIDS epidemic, the… read more

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  • nonfiction

7. Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake, #2)

By: C.J. Sansom

3.71

Format: 364 pages,

It is 1540, and Henry VIII has been on the throne for thirty-one years when Matthew Shardlake, the … read more

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8. Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3)

By: C.J. Sansom

3.71

Format: 364 pages,

Autumn, 1541. King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend an extra… read more

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9. Heartstone (Matthew Shardlake, #5)

By: C.J. Sansom

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong. Meanwhile Ma… read more

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10. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

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11. Two Dead Wives (DCI Clements, #2)

By: Adele Parks

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An overprotective father has lived as a recluse until his adult daughter – Stacie Jones – returns f… read more

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12. 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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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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13. The Curfew

By: T.M. Logan

3.98

Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition

Your son said he was home. WHY DID HE LIE? It's time to preorder the brand new up-all-night thri… read more

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14. 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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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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15. Woman Last Seen (DCI Clements, #1)

By: Adele Parks

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Leigh Fletcher: happily married stepmom to two gorgeous boys goes missing on Monday. Her husband, M… read more

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16. Tombland (Matthew Shardlake, #7)

By: C.J. Sansom

4.39

Format: 865 pages, Paperback

Spring, 1549. Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos…The king, Edw… read more

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"Never in England were there so many gentlemen and so little gentleness."

-C.J. Sansom, Tombland (Matthew Shardlake, #7)

"I took the book and glanced at the page Guy was reading. I quoted, ‘The rich man’s substance is the wellspring of the poor man’s living.' Ah yes, that theory, that as the rich grow richer their wealt…"

-C.J. Sansom, Tombland (Matthew Shardlake, #7)

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17. 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
  • true crime
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18. Stalking Claremont: Inside the Hunt for a Serial Killer

By: Bret Christian

4.14

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

One young woman missing, two found murdered -- the gripping true story of Australia's longest-runni… read more

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  • true crime
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19. Prime Suspect: The True Story of John Cannan, the Only Man the Police Want to Investigate for the Murder of Suzy Lamplugh

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

3.84

Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition

Before being sentenced to three life terms for the murder of Bristol newlywed Shirley Banks in Apri… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Claudia Lawrence: True Crime Mysteries - Missing 2 by Netta Newbound

20. Claudia Lawrence: True Crime Mysteries - Missing 2

By: Netta Newbound

3.96

Format: 68 pages, Kindle Edition

What happened to Claudia Lawrence? The disappearance of thirty-five-year-old Claudia Lawrence on… read more

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  • true crime
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21. The Pembrokeshire Murders

By: Steve Wilkins

4.11

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

The dramatic and compelling account of how a serial killer was finally unmasked after evading justi… read more

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Ann Rule

4.25

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Mark Langthorne , Matt Richards

4.24

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Howard Marks

3.60

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William Greider , Randy Shilts

3.79

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Fiona McIntosh

3.69

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Philip Carlo

4.02

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Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer

Stephen G. Michaud , Hugh Aynesworth

3.43

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Chris Hammer

3.96

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