14 Top true crime books like Witness: The Story of David Smith, Chief Prosecution Witness in the Moors Murders Case by David Smith, Carol Ann Lee

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Witness: The Story of David Smith, Chief Prosecution Witness in the Moors Murders Case

By: David Smith , Carol Ann Lee

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the half-light of early morning on October 7, 1965, 17-year-old David Smith called Hyde police f…

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1. Face to Face with Evil: Conversations with Ian Brady

By: Chris Cowley

3.51

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Ian Brady is one of the most notorious and reviled serial killers in Britain. With his co-conspirat… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

2. Brady and Hindley: Genesis of the Moors Murders

By: Fred Harrison

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

The Moors murders were carried out by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Gates of Janus: Serial Killing and Its Analysis by Colin Wilson, Peter Sotos, Alan Keightley, Ian Brady

3. The Gates of Janus: Serial Killing and Its Analysis

By: Colin Wilson , Peter Sotos , Alan Keightley , Ian Brady

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

To understand human character, one must first explore the depraved reaches of human consciousness. read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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4. Witness: The Story of David Smith, Chief Prosecution Witness in the Moors Murders Case

By: David Smith , Carol Ann Lee

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the half-light of early morning on October 7, 1965, 17-year-old David Smith called Hyde police f… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime

5. Cause Of Death

By: Geoffrey Garrett

3.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

Geoffrey Garrett was for over 40 years a Home Office pathologist. This volume presents his personal… read more

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6. One of Your Own: The Life and Death of Myra Hindley

By: Carol Ann Lee

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

On 15 November 2002, Myra Hindley died in prison, one of the few women in the UK whose crimes were … read more

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7. Rose West: The Making of a Monster

By: Jane Carter Woodrow

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Hard to believe it looking at her now, but Rose West was an exceptionally beautiful little girl, wi… read more

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8. The Murders at White House Farm

By: Carol Ann Lee

4.80

Format: 360 pages,

On 7 August 1985, Nevill and June Bamber, their daughter Sheila and her two young sons Nicholas and… read more

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9. 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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  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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10. The Stable Boy of Auschwitz

By: Henry Oster

4.53

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

This heart-wrenching memoir from a Holocaust survivor reveals the terrible realities of life in Aus… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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11. Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

By: Val McDermid

4.26

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

Val McDermid returns with DCI Karen Pirie in a new thriller of deceit and vengeance, set against th… read more

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  • crime
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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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  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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13. Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors

By: Tom Bower

3.86

Format: 541 pages, Kindle Edition

The British Royal Family believed that the dizzy success of the Sussex wedding, watched and celebra… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Meghan, said Oprah, had been the target of ‘constant criticism [and] blatant sexist and racist remarks by British tabloids’. As she spoke, the screen was covered by a spread of apparently racist head…"

-Tom Bower, Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors

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14. Snap

By: Belinda Bauer

3.81

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

On a stifling summer's day, eleven-year-old Jack and his two sisters sit in their broken-down car, … read more

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  • crime
"... "That Rhod's an arse, isn't he?" "Total arse," she agreed ..."

-Belinda Bauer, Snap

"He was only wearing trainers, but a kick in the face is a kick in the face."

-Belinda Bauer, Snap

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15. Traitors Gate (William Warwick, #6)

By: Jeffrey Archer

4.18

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

THE TOWER OF LONDON… Impenetrable. Well protected. Secure. Home to the most valuable jewels on ear… read more

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  • crime
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16. All Good Things

By: Amanda Prowse

3.88

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

In this captivating story from the bestselling author of Picking up the Pieces, Daisy has always en… read more

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17. Missing Pieces of Mum

By: Sally Herbert

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A stolen past, a search for the truth, two lives changed forever. Born out of wedlock in Dublin … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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18. Playing with Fire: The true story of Fireman Scam

By: Coleen Greenwood

4.46

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

"In my 23 years of policing, I have never encountered a man as manipulative as Greg Wilson … a comp… read more

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19. The Real Silent Witnesses: Shocking cases from the World of Forensic Science

By: Wensley Clarkson

3.71

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

WITH A FOREWORD BY NIGEL McCRERY, CREATOR OF SILENT WITNESSGoing beyond the popular TV show, this i… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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20. Surviving The Forest (World War II Brave Women Fiction)

By: Adiva Geffen

4.24

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

Five shots on Saturday morning changed their fate … She was a beautiful and happy young woman who … read more

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Cover of The Moors Murderers: The Full Story of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley by Chris Cook

21. The Moors Murderers: The Full Story of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley

By: Chris Cook

3.92

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Meticulously researched by C.G.C. Cook, ‘The Moors Murderers’ gives readers a rare and fascinating … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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22. 18 Crimes: Volume One

By: Les Macdonald

4.20

Format: 150 pages, Kindle Edition

18 Crimes is my new true crime series featuring what else, 18 Crimes. I have other series that focu… read more

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Cover of Somebody's Mother, Somebody's Daughter: True Stories from Victims and Survivors of the Yorkshire Ripper by Carol Ann Lee

23. Somebody's Mother, Somebody's Daughter: True Stories from Victims and Survivors of the Yorkshire Ripper

By: Carol Ann Lee

4.29

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Much has been written about the brutal crimes of Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, and - thirt… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of The Moors Murders: The Trial of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady by Jonathan Goodman

24. The Moors Murders: The Trial of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady

By: Jonathan Goodman

4.13

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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25. TOPPING AUTOBIOG MOORS

By: Peter Topping

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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Cover of The Crooked Spire Killings: The chilling true story they don't want you to read (Peak District True Crime) by Alan R. Hurndall

26. The Crooked Spire Killings: The chilling true story they don't want you to read (Peak District True Crime)

By: Alan R. Hurndall

4.51

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A student enjoying a cycle ride in the Peak District stumbles on the body of a man beside a country… read more

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  • crime
Cover of Myra Hindley: Inside the Mind of a Murderess by Jean  Ritchie

27. Myra Hindley: Inside the Mind of a Murderess

By: Jean Ritchie

3.81

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

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  • crime
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Cover of A Passion for Poison: Serial Killer. Poisoner. Schoolboy by Carol Ann Lee

28. A Passion for Poison: Serial Killer. Poisoner. Schoolboy

By: Carol Ann Lee

4.15

Format: 476 pages, Kindle Edition

'The whole story is so terrible. You will be disgusted and amazed.' Graham Young, confessing his c… read more

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  • crime
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Cover of Ian Brady: The untold story of the Moors Murders (Nina) by Alan Keightley

29. Ian Brady: The untold story of the Moors Murders (Nina)

By: Alan Keightley

4.05

Format: 620 pages, Kindle Edition

Since May 1966 when Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were sentenced to life imprisonment at Chester Assiz… read more

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  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of The Lady in the Bay Window: A true story of a haunted Sheffield home by William C. Grave

30. The Lady in the Bay Window: A true story of a haunted Sheffield home

By: William C. Grave

4.42

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the world of paranormal activity in a residential home. In 'The Lady in the Bay Window,'… read more

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31. SHOCKING TALES OF LONDON

By: Paul Asling

4.14

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

Stories of poverty, violence, faith, love and hope. Shocking Tales of London takes a walk on London… read more

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