19 must-read true crime books like Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey by Wendy Joseph

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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.…

If you liked the true crime plot in Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey by Wendy Joseph , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

Similar categories in Rory Stewart's Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • history
  • memoir
  • british literature
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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2. 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 Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. The Trial

By: Rob Rinder

4.24

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

An unputdownable murder mystery by Britain's best-loved criminal barrister Rob Rinder. ONE MURDE… read more

Similar categories in Rob Rinder's The Trial book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • audiobook
  • law
  • crime
  • british literature
"Luckily,Mum,there aren't any nice young ladies in my life so that's not really a problem."

-Rob Rinder, The Trial

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4. 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 Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • social science
  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • british literature
  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here

By: Benji Waterhouse

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

Humane, hilarious, and heart-breaking, You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here is an enlightening and… read more

Similar categories in Benji Waterhouse's You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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8. In Two Minds: Stories of murder, justice and recovery from a forensic psychiatrist

By: Sohom Das

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Shocking, eye-opening and grimly fascinating, these are the true stories, patients and cases that h… read more

Similar categories in Sohom Das's In Two Minds: Stories of murder, justice and recovery from a forensic psychiatrist book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. In Control: Dangerous Relationships and How They End in Murder

By: Jane Monckton-Smith

4.67

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In the UK, every week three women are killed by their partners. Over half the women killed by men a… read more

Similar categories in Jane Monckton-Smith's In Control: Dangerous Relationships and How They End in Murder book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • social science
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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10. What We Fear Most: Reflections on a Life in Forensic Psychiatry

By: Ben Cave

4.26

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA'S ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION AWARD --- 'Poignant, funny, engross… read more

Similar categories in Ben Cave's What We Fear Most: Reflections on a Life in Forensic Psychiatry book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies

By: The Secret Barrister

4.20

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Could the courts really order the death of your innocent baby? Was there an illegal immigrant who c… read more

Similar categories in The Secret Barrister's Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"We deceive ourselves, our cognitive dissonance only resolved by our brains reassuring us that, in spite of what anyone else might think, we know we're in the right."

-The Secret Barrister, Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies

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14. In Your Defence: True Stories of Life and Law

By: Sarah Langford

4.08

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Sarah Langford is a barrister. Her job is to stand in court representing the mad and the bad, the v… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Langford's In Your Defence: True Stories of Life and Law book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • british literature
  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. Nothing But The Truth

By: The Secret Barrister

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Just how do you become a barrister? Why do only 1 per cent of those who study law succeed in joinin… read more

Similar categories in The Secret Barrister's Nothing But The Truth book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public Life

By: Theresa May

3.47

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

As Prime Minister for three years and Home Secretary for six years, Theresa May confronted a series… read more

Similar categories in Theresa May's The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public Life book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. How to Solve a Crime: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Forensics

By: Professor Angela Gallop

3.62

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

'Endlessly fascinating...meticulously written and thoroughly absorbing book' Financial Times 'Eye-… read more

Similar categories in Professor Angela Gallop's How to Solve a Crime: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Forensics book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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18. Nothing Like the Truth: The Trials and Tribulations of a Criminal Judge

By: Nigel Lithman

3.78

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

In 100 per cent of criminal trials someone, if not everyone, tells lies.If it wasn’t for liars, the… read more

Similar categories in Nigel Lithman's Nothing Like the Truth: The Trials and Tribulations of a Criminal Judge book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • law
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • true crime
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19. Under the Wig: A Lawyer's Stories of Murder, Guilt and Innocence

By: William Clegg

3.97

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

How do you chat to someone accused of a savage murder? Or prepare a court case? Or sway a jury? … read more

Similar categories in William Clegg's Under the Wig: A Lawyer's Stories of Murder, Guilt and Innocence book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. From Crime to Crime: Harold Shipman to Operation Midland - 17 cases that shocked the world

By: Richard Henriques

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

'If Henriques were a fictional character, he would be a celebrity, the kind of dashing, hawkish QC … read more

Similar categories in Richard Henriques's From Crime to Crime: Harold Shipman to Operation Midland - 17 cases that shocked the world book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. Time After Time: Repeat Offenders – the Inside Stories

By: Chris Atkins

4.34

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

A funny, touching, challenging and campaigning book about our prisons crisis by the Sunday Times be… read more

Similar categories in Chris Atkins's Time After Time: Repeat Offenders – the Inside Stories book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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22. Conviction

By: Jack Jordan

4.01

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

TO STEAL A MAN'S FREEDOM ALL IT TAKES IS . . . CONVICTION Wade Darling stands accused of killing hi… read more

Similar categories in Jack Jordan's Conviction book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • crime
  • audiobook
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23. Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

By: Helena Kennedy

4.41

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Helena Kennedy forensically examines the pressing new evidence that women are still being discrimin… read more

Similar categories in Helena Kennedy's Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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24. Court Number One: The Old Bailey Trials that Defined Modern Britain

By: Thomas Grant

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 'Superbl… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Grant's Court Number One: The Old Bailey Trials that Defined Modern Britain book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • history
  • true crime
  • british literature
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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25. Life in the Balance: A Doctor’s Stories of Intensive Care

By: Jim Down

4.36

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

'A remarkably honest memoir of a life spent pulling people back from death' - Adam KayIn these stor… read more

Similar categories in Jim Down's Life in the Balance: A Doctor’s Stories of Intensive Care book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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26. The Suspect

By: Rob Rinder

3.96

Format: 400 pages, ebook

**THE GRIPPING SECOND NOVEL FROM ROB RINDER AND FOLLOW-UP TO NO. 1 BESTSELLER THE TRIAL**When Hanna… read more

Similar categories in Rob Rinder's The Suspect book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • audiobook
  • crime
  • british literature
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27. 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 Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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28. I Don't Talk to Dead Bodies: The Curious Encounters of a Forensic Psychiatrist

By: Rhona Morrison

3.82

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Prepare to be intrigued, amazed and astonished as you join Dr Rhona Morrison on an often funny, and… read more

Similar categories in Rhona Morrison's I Don't Talk to Dead Bodies: The Curious Encounters of a Forensic Psychiatrist book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • nonfiction
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29. The Prosecutor

By: Nazir Afzal

4.43

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Nazir Afzal knows a thing or two about justice. As a Chief Prosecutor, it was his job to make sure … read more

Similar categories in Nazir Afzal's The Prosecutor book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • british literature
  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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30. Dirty Briefs: The hilarious struggles and shocking tales of a bare-knuckle criminal barrister

By: Dave Fendem

3.99

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

From top to bottom – a shocking and hilarious journey through the legal profession unlike anything … read more

Similar categories in Dave Fendem's Dirty Briefs: The hilarious struggles and shocking tales of a bare-knuckle criminal barrister book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • nonfiction
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31. Criminal

By: Angela Kirwin

4.65

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Come with Angela Kirwin for a journey inside prison like no other. For over a decade she was a soci… read more

Similar categories in Angela Kirwin's Criminal book and Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

  • nonfiction

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Rory Stewart

4.36

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Peter Everett

4.05

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Rob Rinder

4.24

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4.34

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3.87

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4.11

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