5 must-read true crime books like Britain's Forgotten Serial Killer: The Terror of the Axeman by John Lucas

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Britain's Forgotten Serial Killer: The Terror of the Axeman

By: John Lucas

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Serial killer Patrick Mackay was dubbed the most dangerous man in Britain when he appeared in court…

If you liked the true crime plot in Britain's Forgotten Serial Killer: The Terror of the Axeman by John Lucas , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Lustmord: The Writings and Artifacts of Murderers by Brian King

1. Lustmord: The Writings and Artifacts of Murderers

By: Brian King

4.50

Format: 532 pages, Paperback

These compelling authentic documents are now available for the first time in one volume -- an aesth… read more

Similar categories in Brian King's Lustmord: The Writings and Artifacts of Murderers book and John Lucas's Britain's Forgotten Serial Killer: The Terror of the Axeman

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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2. The Lost British Serial Killer

By: David Wilson

4.26

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Peter Tobin was already serving a life sentence for murder when he was charged with the murder of t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime

3. When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

By: Gabor Maté

3.91

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

In this accessible and groundbreaking book--filled with the moving stories of real people--medical … read more

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4. Devil in The Darkness: The True Story of Serial Killer Israel Keyes

By: None

3.86

Format: 250 pages,

He was a hard-working small business owner, an Army veteran, an attentive lover, and a doting fathe… read more

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5. Night Watch (Watch #1)

By: Sergei Lukyanenko , Andrew Bromfield

4.33

Format: None pages,

Others. They walk among us. Observing. Set in contemporary Moscow, where shape shifters, vampires, … read more

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6. The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

By: Tina Brown

4.03

Format: 571 pages, Hardcover

The gripping inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana … read more

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  • nonfiction
"What Diana’s younger son was thinking only he can tell us, and doubtless will."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Dacre's staff referred to his morning editorial meetings as the “Vagina Monologues,"

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Until he lost his hair, Prince William was probably the biggest heartthrob to be heir to the throne since the pre-obese Henry VIII."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Philip had to apologize in 1999 after a walkabout at an Edinburgh electronics factory when he commented that a fuse box bursting with wires looked “as if it was put in by an Indian."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

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7. The Madness of Grief: A Memoir of Love and Loss

By: Richard Coles

4.29

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Whether it is pastoral care for the bereaved, discussions about the afterlife with parishioners or … read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

By: Michelle Lyons

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

In 12 years, Michelle Lyons witnessed nearly 300 executions. First as a reporter and then as a s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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9. Just Ignore Him

By: Alan Davies

4.36

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

The story of a life built on sand. In the rain. In this compelling memoir, comedian and actor Al… read more

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  • nonfiction
"This is the true inheritance tax of life. Behaviours and habits, ingrained, your own but not your own, a duty on your existence, a tariff to be levied on those who try to love you."

-Alan Davies, Just Ignore Him

"Later, I imagined that the past is not behind us at all, but unseen beneath our feet. We are supported by it as we walk, sometimes balanced, sometimes not, and if we tried we could reach below to gra…"

-Alan Davies, Just Ignore Him

"I don't see the point of leukaemia. Some diseases are using you as the host for a time and then they transfer to someone else, they survive that way, those pathogens, airborne or waterborne, jumping …"

-Alan Davies, Just Ignore Him

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10. Deep Cover

By: Shay Doyle

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Street kid turned undercover cop. 'This time he wasn't getting up. Neither were the two young wome… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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11. Britain's Forgotten Serial Killer: The Terror of the Axeman

By: John Lucas

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Serial killer Patrick Mackay was dubbed the most dangerous man in Britain when he appeared in court… read more

Similar categories in John Lucas's Britain's Forgotten Serial Killer: The Terror of the Axeman book and John Lucas's Britain's Forgotten Serial Killer: The Terror of the Axeman

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Armed and Dangerous: London Gangster's Path to Multiple Murders and 45 Years in Prison by John Hilton

12. Armed and Dangerous: London Gangster's Path to Multiple Murders and 45 Years in Prison

By: John Hilton

4.19

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

“They just don’t make them like John anymore. A real tough who has lived the best and worst in life… read more

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Cover of The Hyenas (Charlie Seiga) by Charlie Seiga

13. The Hyenas (Charlie Seiga)

By: Charlie Seiga

4.14

Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition

“An epic story about a Liverpool gangster with old-school gentleman values” – Shaun Attwood, true c… read more

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Brian King

4.50

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The Lost British Serial Killer

David Wilson

4.26

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The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

Tina Brown

4.03

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The Madness of Grief: A Memoir of Love and Loss

Richard Coles

4.29

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Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death and Surviving

Julia Samuel

4.00

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Went to London, Took the Dog: A Diary

Nina Stibbe

3.66

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Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

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Richard E. Grant

4.36

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