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Thieving was better than sex
New series Joan dramatises the life of a woman with more balls – and nous – than the male blaggers, geezers and wideboys we often see glamourised on TV
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Is true crime bad for us?
The genre is often condemned for being salacious and degrading. But last weekend's CrimeCon in London revealed the positive value of non-fiction crime
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Three books – two I admired, one I couldn't finish
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Hammersmith Nudes Killer – did detectives eventually unmask his identity but cover it up?
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The strange case of Louisa Merrifield: 2
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55 years later, will Muriel McKay be found?
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The Real Serpent – interview with a serial killer
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The best true-crime doc now on TV is…
… The Body Next Door on Sky Documentaries (in the UK) is a well-made three-parter that tells an extraordinary, engrossing story
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55 years later, will Muriel McKay be found?
A shocking, callous kidnapping in 1969 left a legacy of pain and grief
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Three books – two I admired, one I couldn't finish
Two non-fiction crime books I read recently were fascinating and written with skill – while a third dismayed me
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After 49 years, the murderer of Eileen Cotter was caught
Two shocking deaths occurred during my schooldays in Highbury, London – one was recently solved, the other never has been…
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Why did Scotland Yard's biggest manhunt fail: Part 3
Dictatorial senior officers, information overload and bad luck defeated London's finest in the hunt for one of the capital's worst serial killers
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Why did Scotland Yard's biggest serial killer hunt fail so badly? Part 2
It was London's biggest manhunt, and yet the killer of six women in 1964-5 was never found. So, who were the men who came under suspicion?
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Video: four authors talk classic true-crime books
For National Crime Reading Month, I was joined by Angela Buckley, Dan Smith and Sarah Bax Horton to discuss books that inspired and moved us…
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True-crime bookchat – our favourite books
I am one of four authors who will be chatting about a terrific cross-section of non-fiction crime writing in a forthcoming online event. Join us!
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Join our true-crime talk
June is National Crime Reading Month and I'm delighted to be joining three other authors to discuss our favourite non-fiction case studies…
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