True Crime

Discover the real story behind the headlines. The Mexican drug wars have inspired countless articles, TV shows and movies. From Breaking Bad to Sicario, El Chapo's escapes to Trump's tirades, this is a story we think we know. But there's a hidden history to the biggest story of the twenty-first century. The Dope exposes how an illicit industry that started with farmers, families and healers came to be dominated by cartels, kingpins and corruption.

Therese Humbert's salon captivated fin-de-siecle Paris. But her background and fabled wealth were a hoax. Her audacious scam was exposed in 1902, investors and creditors were ruined, and Therese died disgraced and penniless. This biography breathes life into a 100-year-old scandal of extortion, deception, duels and suicides.

What happens when ordinary people, in real-life murder clubs, set out to investigate crimes, both recent and cold cases?

The true story behind TV drama Manhunt - the detective who solved the Milly Dowler case and finally brought serial killer Levi Bellfield to justice.

A page-turning detective memoir - fascinating insider insight into prominent Irish crimes and the forensics that helped to solve them.

COCAINE COWBOYS tells the story of Ireland's love affair with cocaine since it first washed ashore on Cork's rugged coast to the billion-euro trade it has become.

COCAINE COWBOYS tells the story of Ireland's love affair with cocaine since it first washed ashore on Cork's rugged coast to the billion-euro trade it has become.

Clash Of The Clans is a story that traces the emergence of the Irish mafia from the streets of Dublin to the highest echelons of global organised crime and right into the heart of professional boxing.

Groomed into a drug gang from the age of 10, Joey O'Callaghan broke the golden bond of gangland silence. His evidence won murder convictions against two of the most violent drug bosses in Ireland. Joey was just 18 years old when he became a ghost - the youngest ever person to be signed up to the Witness Protection Programme.

The Mind of a Murderer is a fascinating exploration into the psyche of killers, as well as a unique insight into the life and mind of the doctor who treats them. For fans of Unnatural Causes, The Examined Life and All That Remains.