The Chronicle of Crime: The Most Infamous Crimes of Modern History

by Martin Fido and David Southwell

Book Overview

The lure of authentic true crime stories is irresistible-the more gruesome, brutal, or bizarre the better Here, delivered in hard-hitting tabloid style, are hundreds of them, dating from the beginning... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0681472154
• ISBN13: 9780681472150
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Sevenoaks
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

A good read...................

I really enjoyed this book of short crime stories by Martin Fido. This book contains some very well known crime tales as well as some of the lesser known ones of the past 120 years. The information can be short at times, but not too detailed that it gets boring all the while offering some very interesting yet little known facts about the various cases. Most of the stories are 3-5 pages, with some shorter and some longer. This book would be great to take along for short reads or for times when a 12 page chapter is just too long. This was an enjoyable read for this true crime buff!

full of info

i borrowed this book from a coworker and ordered it the next day. this book is full of intriguing information. i reccommend it to any curious mind.

Great History of crime

This is very easy to follow, has lots of information. Very interesting to read. wish I had a couple of them on hand to loan out as alot of people want to borrow it.

I have this book always open on my desk

I love this book. It covers all different crimes over the past hundred years or so in a newspaper style format. Most "articles" are quite brief yet still informative and are a great starting point for any further research. Also there are several features covering major crimes such as Jack the Ripper, Jeffery Dahmer and the Manson murders. A great read and a worthwhile addition to any true crime buff's collection.