Great and Horrible News: Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain
‘Grimly fascinating … engrossing’ Daily Mail
NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION.
NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION.
THE CRIMES. THE STORIES. THE LAW
‘Fascinating’ – Sunday Times
‘Masterful’ – Judith Flanders
‘A page-turning read’ – Prof. David Wilson
Totally gripping and brilliantly told, Murder: The Biography is a gruesome and utterly captivating portrait of the legal history of murder.
‘A bracing account of abuses of power and corruption in the criminal justice system.’ The Guardian
From the fearless defense attorney and civil rights lawyer who rose to fame with Netflix’s The Staircase comes an essential examination of America’s corrupt and abusive criminal justice system.
‘John Douglas is the FBI’s pioneer and master of investigative profiling’ Patricia Cornwell