https://www.laybooks.com/ Lay Books Recently Added True Crime Book Titles en-gb Copyright www.laybooks.com - 2026 https://www.laybooks.com/img/rss_logo.gif https://www.laybooks.com/ https://www.laybooks.com/detail.php?b=16552 Hardback, 1st edn. Foreword by the Attorney General Sir Lionel Heald QC, MP. Few cases have aroused more interest than that of John Reginald Halliday Christie, who was convicted of the murder of his wife at the Central Criminal court in June 1953. The preliminary investigations before the trial were not limited to the death of Mrs. Christie but included the deaths of 3 other women found murdered in the same house and the identification of 2 female skeletons recovered from the garden. They also included the exhumation, at the request of the defence, of the victim of a previous murder. This book describes in detail the medical and scientific investigations that step by step, assisted in the conviction of the murderer. Illus., Appendices, Bibliographical References and Index. 244pp. lge. 8vo. h/back. With v. small bookshop label to fpd o/w F. in Vg. dw. which has light mks. to fr. cover, tiny closed tear to top edge and sl. sunned sp. (see images). A fairly heavy book which may require additional postage if shipped overseas. Medical Publications Ltd 225 https://www.laybooks.com/detail.php?b=11732 Softcover. SIGNED. 'The Maybrick story has everything : sex, adultery, prostitution, drugs, an American beauty, a dramatic murder trial, interventions by Queen Victoria and three US Presidents, and of course, Jack the Ripper. The Maybrick A to Z provides a comprehensive and impartial guide to the two separate yet interlinked stories that made headline news across the world in two different centuries. Did Florence Maybrick murder her husband with arsenic? Did James Maybrick become the world's first and most infamous serial killer? The book also contains three opening chapters that provide an overview of the story of the lives of James and Florence Maybrick; the evidence and drama of Florence's trial in 1889; and the controversy surrounding the emergence of the so-called Ripper Diary in the 1990s that made James Maybrick a leading candidate to be Jack the Ripper.' Chapter headings include : James and Florence Maybrick; The Trial of Florence Maybrick; The Ripper Connection; Maybrick A to Z; Maybrick Chronology. Profusely Illus. + Bibliog. 308pp. 4to. softcover. Sl. sunned sp. FLAT SIGNED BY CHRIS JONES. Nr. F. A fairly heavy book which may require additional postage if shipped overseas. Countryvise 30 https://www.laybooks.com/detail.php?b=20738 Hardback. 1st UK edn./2nd impression one month after 1st. SIGNED. Originally a journalist, Le Queux reported on the Whitechapel Murders in 1888 for 'The Globe' where he was the foreign editor. He subsequently wrote several books on Russia and claimed that amongst documents in his possession, was a manuscript on 'Great Russian Criminals', typed in French from Rasputin's dictation. This stated that Dr. Alexander Pedachenko was Jack the Ripper. This claim is made in this book - chapter XVIII entitled 'About Other Spies and the Truth Concerning "Jack the Ripper"'. Also includes a chapter on Crippen. Illus., Index. 320pp. 8vo. h/back. With small name label to fpd, fr. hinge beginning to show, browned eps, v.v. lightly foxed edges, 4 small neat pencil notes to fep, small faded patch to fr. cover (see image), sl. faded sp. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WILLIAM LE QUEUX TO HIS PUBLISHER CHARLIE TERRY. "To my old friend and publisher Charlie Terry Souvenir of many happy hours together Willie Le Queux". An extremely scarce Vg. SIGNED copy. Eveleigh Nash and Grayson (London) 200 https://www.laybooks.com/detail.php?b=10294 Hardback. A book of reminiscences spanning over 38yrs. in the Police Force. From the garrotters of Whitechapel, 1895 to the Blazing Shed Murder of 1933. In between was the story of the Great Pearl Robbery, the unsolved murder of Dora Alicia Lloyd (with the nightlife of Piccadilly Circus for its background), the Great Turf Fraud, The Charing Cross Trunk Murders (1 and 2), the Murder of Nora Upchurch, the Murder of Vera Page, and much more. Illus., Index. 343pp. 8vo. h/back. With clean eps, v.v. lightly foxed edges, sunned sp., light wear to corners, lightly marked covers o/w a Vg. copy of a Scarce police memoirs title. Lane/Bodley Head 100 https://www.laybooks.com/detail.php?b=10240 Hardback. A collection of 16 narratives related by the people who were actually associated with famous criminal cases. Contents include : The Moat Farm Murder (Dougal); Henry Wainwright; The Sham Baronet (Tichborne Case); The Penge Mystery (Stauntons); Kate Webster; The Master Criminal (Peace); The Brighton Railway Murder (Percy Lefroy); Palmers Poisonings; The Reading Baby-Farmer (Amelia Dyer); The Mystery of Yarmouth Beach (Bennett); The Ardlamont Riddle (Monson); The Newcastle Train Murder (Dickman); The Lamson Case; Crippen's Callous Crime; Seddon's Greed of Gold + others. Illus. 358pp. 8vo. h/back. With With 2 faded rubber name/address stamps to fpd and 1 to fep, browned edges, lightly foxed eps, sl. dull sp. with a split/wear to head, showing signs of general shelf-wear, but still a G. copy of a v. scarce 1st edn. title. Cassell 75 https://www.laybooks.com/detail.php?b=20737 Hardback. A True Crime novel. A compelling fictionalised account of one of the most notorious murder cases in British history - the 1910 Crippen case. Originally published in the UK as 'Henbane' in 1934, the novel reimagines the life and crime of Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen — here called Doctor Moon — a mild-mannered American homeopathic physician living in London. The story follows the gentle, unassuming Moon as he endures a toxic marriage to his flamboyant, domineering, and adulterous wife, Flora. Her relentless nagging, financial control, and emotional cruelty slowly erode his affection until he finds genuine love with his quiet, devoted typist, Marion. Trapped by financial desperation and marital misery, Moon resorts to murder by poison, dismembers the body, and attempts to flee to Canada with his mistress disguised as a boy — events mirroring the real Crippen and Ethel Le Neve’s dramatic transatlantic escape. The author portrays Moon as a meek, likable man driven to desperation rather than a monster, while vividly depicting Flora’s vulgar vitality and the tender, childlike bond between Moon and Marion. The novel builds cumulative psychological pressure toward the inevitable tragedy, devoting little space to the trial itself and focusing instead on the domestic horror and emotional complexities that made the case so fascinating. 313pp. 8vo. h/back. With a personal b/plate to fpd, fr. hinge just about beginning to show, v. lightly foxed edges, v.v. sl. faded sp. o/w a Vg+ copy of a scarce 'Crippen' related title. G P Putnam's Sons (New York) 100 https://www.laybooks.com/detail.php?b=16863 Hardback. A book of reminiscences in which the author describes his adventures and recalls many notorious crimes with sidelights upon bank robbers and forgers, confidence tricksters, burglars and murderers. In 1920 he headed up the newly formed Flying Squad. Also features Sydney Fox, Arthur Devereux and other murder cases, as well as the Dartmoor convicts' mutiny in 1932. Illus., 320pp. 8vo. h/back. With neat name/date insc. to ffep, lightly browned edges and eps, corners and head of sp. a little worn, patchy back cover o/w G+ Scarce. Robeeret Hale 60 https://www.laybooks.com/detail.php?b=10052 Hardback. Bound volumes of 'Punch' magazine from July - December 1888. Included are the famous illustrations subsequently used in many other publications relating to the Whitechapel murders by Jack the Ripper, namely : Blindman's Buff (Sept. 22, 1888), The Nemesis of Neglect (Sept. 29, 1888), Horrible London (Oct. 13, 1888)and Whitechapel 1888 (Oct. 13, 1888). Also includes Extremes Meet Sir Edmund and Sir Charles (Nov. 24, 1888). An extremely interesting Ripper associated item for the discerning collector. Browned eps, 'Punch 1888' gilt lettering to sl. sunned sp. which also has a little loss to head/tail. With bright gilt 'Mr Punch' to fr. cover (see image). Profusely Illus., 312pp. 4to. h/back. A Vg. copy of an extremely Scarce Jack the Ripper related title. A fairly heavy book which may require additional postage if shipped overseas. Punch. 150 https://www.laybooks.com/detail.php?b=18816 Hardback. 1st US edn. The authors recount some of the most famous murders in American history, from the 18th century to the day before 'yesterday', and tells of killers and victims of all types and from all strata of society. Dealing with such well-known cases as the murders of train robber Jesse James and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the kidnapping death of the Lindbergh baby, the brutal slayings of nurses in Chicago, and the hideous killings of 17 young men by Jeffrey Dahmer, these fascinating stories are written just as they might have been found in the files of the police who solved the crimes and the district attorneys who prosecuted the killers. Although some of the murders examined may be familiar, many of the most interesting are less well known. The cases chronicled include : The story of the Black Dahlia; the murders committed by Ed Gein; the case of town bully Ken Rex McElroy, who was shot to death in the cab of his truck in front of some 60 people, including his wife, yet not a single one of them saw the killer; the story of Jeffrey MacDonald, the Green Beret doctor in jail for killing his pregnant wife and 2 daughters, plus much, much more. The authors relate the tragic details of each crime - the motives of the killers as well as the plights of the victims. The book is organised chronologically and illustrated with 30 arresting news photographs. Murders are classified by type, date, and location, and there are descriptions of how the killers were found and, whenever possible, brought to justice. Illus. 182pp. 8vo. h/back. Nr F. in Nr. F. dw. Gramercy Books 7