A Bit of a Stretch
By: Chris Atkins
4.21
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
A shocking and darkly funny account of the reality of Britain's prisons. Where can a tin of tun…
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1. Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients
By: Adam Kay
3.91
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
Adam Kay's secret diary from his time as a junior doctor This is Going to Hurt was the publishing p… read more
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2. 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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3. The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken
By: The Secret Barrister
3.90
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
Welcome to the world of the Secret Barrister. These are the stories of life inside the courtroom. T… read more
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4. 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
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- crime
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5. Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
By: Richard Shepherd
4.33
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
As the UK's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secre… read more
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"Although it is my job to be certain, I was unable that day, and am still unable, to escape a greater certainty: that there are always other possibilities."-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
"Truth is based upon knowledge. So, of course, it can be compromised by incomplete knowledge. As a doctor I sought truth through facts. As a pathologist I was now learning that truth could be directly…"-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
6. A Bit of a Stretch
By: Chris Atkins
4.21
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
A shocking and darkly funny account of the reality of Britain's prisons. Where can a tin of tun… read more
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- crime
- sociology
- audiobook
7. Strong Female Character
By: Fern Brady
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more
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- biography
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- audiobook
"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
8. 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
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- crime
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9. The Prison Doctor
By: Amanda Brown
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
Dr Amanda Brown has treated inmates in the UK’s most infamous prisons – first in young offenders’ i… read more
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10. 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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11. 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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12. Strangeways: A Prison Officer's Story
By: Neil Samworth
4.05
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Neil ‘Sam’ Samworth spent eleven years working as a prison officer in HMP Manchester, aka Strangewa… read more
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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
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- true crime
- politics
- 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
14. 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
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15. The Prison Doctor: Women Inside: Stories from my time inside Britain’s biggest women’s prison.
By: Amanda Brown
3.99
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
From the Sunday Times bestselling author Dr Amanda Brown. Insights into the world of a Prison Doct… read more
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- audiobook
16. The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Family and Philosophy
By: Andy West
4.00
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Andy West teaches philosophy in prisons. He has conversations with people inside about their lives,… read more
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17. Anti-Social: The Secret Diary of an Anti-Social Behaviour Officer
By: Nick Pettigrew
3.97
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Has your life become unbearable because the person living above you has a fondness for crack cocain… read more
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- crime
- sociology
- audiobook
"A resident took offence at being woken up at the crack of afternoon by this noise (it was just after 1pm when the incident occurred)."-Nick Pettigrew, Anti-Social: The Secret Diary of an Anti-Social Behaviour Officer
18. Inside Parkhurst: Stories of a Prison Officer
By: David Berridge
3.78
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Assaults. Riots. Cell fires. Medical emergencies. Understaffed wings. Suicides. Hooch. Weapons. It'… read more
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19. 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
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20. How Was It for You?: Stories from a Sex Worker
By: Eve Smith
3.66
Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition
The author of How Was It for You? is a sex worker. Let’s call her ‘Eve’. Eve is someone’s partner. … read more
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21. The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison
By: Mim Skinner
4.03
Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition
"Headlines and news reports of prison leave us with a boiled-down narrative of goodies and baddies … read more
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