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  • Scotland Yard

    A History of the London Police Force's Most Infamous Murder Cases

    by Simon Read ...
    A riveting true-crime history of London's first modern police force as told through its most notorious murder cases.The idea of "Scotland Yard" is steeped in atmospheric stories of foggy London streets, murder by lamplight, and fiendish killers pursued by gentleman detectives. From its establishment in 1829 through the eve of World War II, Scotland Yard—the world’s first modern, professional, and ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • In the Dark

    The True Story of the Blackout Ripper

    by Simon Read ...
    In February, 1942, a woman was found strangled in a London air raid shelter. Chief Superintendent Frederick Cherrill, head of Scotland Yard’s revolutionary fingerprint division, knew just how well the wartime blackout concealed crime. But this was a brutal, senseless killing with few clues, no apparent motive—and no sign of the terror to come.The nightly air raids had darkened London’s neon dazzle ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Dark City

    Murder, Vice, and Mayhem in Wartime London

    by Simon Read ...
    The blackout went into effect three days before the declaration of war and transformed nocturnal London into a criminal's paradise. As the city pulled together in the face of terrible adversity, the bomb-ravaged streets became the stalking grounds for killers, rapists, looters and gangs. The number of bodies retrieved during the Blitz made it impossible for the authorities to autopsy them all, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Case That Foiled Fabian

    Murder and Witchcraft in Rural England

    by Simon Read ...
    On Wednesday 14 February 1945, the body of Charles Walton was discovered on the lower slopes of Meon Hill near the sleepy Warwickshire village of Lower Quinton, his torso pinned to the ground by a pitchfork. Myths and rumours soon swirled about the crime. Accounts claim Walton, a retired labourer and a lifelong resident of Lower Quinton, was believed by many to be a clairvoyant who could talk to ... Read more

    $1.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Winston Churchill Reporting

    Adventures of a Young War Correspondent

    by Simon Read ...
    Long before his finest hour as Britain's wartime leader, Winston Churchill emerged on the world stage as a brazen foreign correspondent, covering wars of empire in Cuba, India, the Sudan, and South Africa.In those far-flung corners of the world, reporting from the front lines between 1895 and 1900, Churchill mastered his celebrated command of language and formed strong opinions about war. He ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Iron Sea

    How the Allies Hunted and Destroyed Hitler's Warships

    by Simon Read ...
    From the acclaimed military history author, this action-packed World War II history describes the Allies' brutal naval engagements and daring harbor raids to destroy the backbone of Hitler's surface fleet.The sea had become a mass grave by 1941 as Hitler's four capital warships -- Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Tirpitz, and Bismarck, the largest warship on the ocean -- roamed the wind-swept waves, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Human Game

    The True Story of the 'Great Escape' Murders and the Hunt for the Gestapo Gunmen

    by Simon Read ...
    In March and April of 1944, Gestapo gunmen killed fifty POWs—a brutal act in defiance of international law and the Geneva Convention.This is the true story of the men who hunted them down.The mass breakout of seventy-six Allied airmen from the infamous Stalag Luft III became one of the greatest tales of World War II, immortalized in the film The Great Escape. But where Hollywood’s depiction fades ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Many Murders of Michael Malloy

    The unbelievable true story of the Irishman who refused to die

    by Simon Read ...
    A devious speakeasy owner. A crooked undertaker. A cunning bartender. A psychotic cabbie. A hapless greengrocer. A notorious thug. And one Irishman who came to be known as 'Iron Mike'. Set around New York's Prohibition-era speakeasy scene in the 1930s in what became known as 'the most grotesque chain of events in New York criminal history', The Many Murders of Michael Malloy is the tragic true ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Real World Real Estate

    How to invest in property to live life on your terms

    by Simon Read ...
    IS YOUR RETIREMENT PLAN TO BE SELF-FUNDED AND NOT RELY ON A GOVERNMENT-FUNDED PENSION?DO YOU THINK IT'S TOO HARD TO ENTER THE PROPERTY INVESTMENT MARKET?DO YOU WANT TRUE FINANCIAL FREEDOM?IF YOU ANSWERED "YES" YOU NEED TO READ THIS BOOK.The great Australian dream has always been to own our own home. But over the last few years the dream has shifted. Now we want to live life on our terms and find ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Understanding Public Services

    A Contemporary Introduction

    by David Phillips, Simon Read, Jennifer Law, Wendy Booth, Vida Greaux, Filippos Proedrou, Stuart Jones ...
    Dive inside this textbook for an accessible guide to the discipline of public services.Perfect for students, it offers a comprehensive account of core public service topics and explains the fundamental elements of working in the public services. Outlining their role in the welfare state, it explores the policies, providers and legalities shaping the context in which public services operate ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • The Best Of London Parks and Small Green Spaces

    by Simon Read, Louise Read ...
    'A fully comprehensive guide . . . includes information and tips that even the park officers do not know about!' - What's on in London'The Best of London Parks is a guide to more than 70 green spaces, with details of all their sporting facilities: from horse riding to Aussie rules football' - The TimesLondon is one of the green cities in the world with thousands of acres of parks. There is a ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Scotland Yard

    A History of the London Police Force’s Most Infamous Murder Case

    by Simon Read ...
    Narrated by Harry Myers ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 41 min

    A riveting true-crime history of London's first modern police force as told through its most notorious murder cases.The idea of Scotland Yard is steeped in atmospheric stories of foggy London streets, murder by lamplight, and fiendish killers pursued by gentleman detectives. From its establishment in 1829 through the eve of World War II, Scotland Yard—the world’s first modern, professional, and ... Read more

    $24.99 USD