Mysteries Unveiled: True Crime in Celtic Societies
Dive into the intriguing world of True Crime within Celtic societies. Our selection offers gripping accounts of historical and contemporary criminal cases in Celtic regions. For those interested in a broader societal context, our Social Sciences and History collections provide additional perspectives.
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Lockerbie
A Father’s Search for Justice (Soon to be a Major TV Series starring Colin Firth)
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781780279206
Pub Date: 2025-02-28
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
304 Pages
The Lockerbie Bombing is co-written by Dr Jim Swire, whose daughter Flora died when Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed. This is his searing story, which has taken over three decades and across several continents to find the truth behind the atrocity.
Face Down
The Disappearance of Thomas Niedermayer
Price: $17.99
ISBN: 9781848408470
Pub Date: 2023-12-16
Format: Paperback
Imprint: New Island Books
392 Pages
The first comprehensive account of one of the darkest and mostly forgotten episodes of the Troubles.
A Taste for Treason
The Letter That Smashed a Nazi Spy Ring
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9781780277882
Pub Date: 2022-12-06
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
288 Pages
When Mary Curran became suspicious of hairdresser Jessie Jordan’s frequent trips to Nazi Germany in 1937, she could not have known that she would become one of the world’s most successful amateur spycatchers. This is her untold true story, the story of how a Nazi spy’s letter, intercepted in Scotland, broke spy rings across Europe and America.
Death on Ireland's Eye
The Victorian Murder Trial that Scandalised a Nation
Price: $23.50
ISBN: 9780717188925
Pub Date: 2022-05-12
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Gill Books
304 Pages
A tragic death, a murder trial and a 170-year-old mystery – but what really happened? A compelling modern analysis of the Victorian murder trial that scandalized Ireland.
The Strange Affair of Madeleine Smith
Victorian Scotland's Trial of the Century
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 9781846975806
Pub Date: 2021-11-02
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Polygon
256 Pages
The Strange Affair of Madeleine Smith is an engrossing insight into the suffocating world of Victorian women and the great divide between social classes that doomed a daring relationship before it had begun. For true crime and whodunit lovers, Victoriana enthusiasts and those interested in Scottish legal history.
Crowded House
The Definitive Story Behind the Gruesome Murder of Patricia O’Connor
Price: $23.50
ISBN: 9780717190263
Pub Date: 2021-03-23
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Gill Books
320 Pages
The compelling story of how a family under pressure turned on itself with fatal consequences.
A Dream of Death
How Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s dream became a nightmare and a west Cork village became the centre of Ireland’s most notorious unsolved murder
Price: $18.50
ISBN: 9780717186716
Pub Date: 2020-07-22
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Gill Books
304 Pages
A comprehensive account of Ireland’s most notorious unsolved murder.
Fitted Up
A True Story of Police Betrayal, Conspiracy and Cover Up
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 9781780275390
Pub Date: 2019-09-18
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
240 Pages
As army veteran Bill Johnstone watched his garage business burn to the ground, he was certain the fire had been started deliberately. And when the police failed to investigate, he complained.Johnstone...
Lockerbie
A Father’s Search for Justice (Soon to be a Major TV Series starring Colin Firth)
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781780279206
Pub Date: 2025-02-28
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
304 Pages
Face Down
The Disappearance of Thomas Niedermayer
Price: $17.99
ISBN: 9781848408470
Pub Date: 2023-12-16
Format: Paperback
Imprint: New Island Books
392 Pages
A Taste for Treason
The Letter That Smashed a Nazi Spy Ring
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9781780277882
Pub Date: 2022-12-06
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
288 Pages
Death on Ireland's Eye
The Victorian Murder Trial that Scandalised a Nation
Price: $23.50
ISBN: 9780717188925
Pub Date: 2022-05-12
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Gill Books
304 Pages
The Strange Affair of Madeleine Smith
Victorian Scotland's Trial of the Century
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 9781846975806
Pub Date: 2021-11-02
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Polygon
256 Pages
Crowded House
The Definitive Story Behind the Gruesome Murder of Patricia O’Connor
Price: $23.50
ISBN: 9780717190263
Pub Date: 2021-03-23
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Gill Books
320 Pages
A Dream of Death
How Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s dream became a nightmare and a west Cork village became the centre of Ireland’s most notorious unsolved murder
Price: $18.50
ISBN: 9780717186716
Pub Date: 2020-07-22
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Gill Books
304 Pages
Fitted Up
A True Story of Police Betrayal, Conspiracy and Cover Up
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 9781780275390
Pub Date: 2019-09-18
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
240 Pages