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“dick kirby”

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  • Killers, Kidnappers, Gangsters and Grasses

    On the Frontline with the Metropolitan Police

    by Dick Kirby ...
    In his latest thrilling book, much published crime author Dick Kirby draws on his fast moving policing service, much of which was with Scotland Yard's Serious Crime Squad and the Flying Squad. As if that was not enough he brings in accounts of fellow coppers during the final decades of the 20th century to add a fresh dimension. It quickly becomes clear to the reader that Kirby and his colleagues ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Scotland Yard's Gangbuster

    Bert Wickstead's Most Celebrated Cases

    by Dick Kirby ...
    In the late 1960s the Richardson Torture Gang and the Kray Twins were removed from the London scene by ACC Gerry McArthur and DS Nipper Read respectively.Predictably it was not long before the vacuum this left was being filled. With McArthur retired and Read moved on, who was to sort out the new gangland threat.Step forward Detective Chief Superintendent Bert Wickstead. Having cut his teeth on ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Scotland Yard's Flying Squad

    100 Years of Crime Fighting

    by Dick Kirby ...
    A history of the famed London police unit, by a former member and author who "knows how to bring his coppers to life on each page" (Joseph Wambaugh, New York Times–bestselling author of The Onion Field).Since 1919, Scotland Yard's Flying Squad has been in the forefront of the war against crime. From patrolling London's streets in horse-drawn wagons, it has progressed to the use of the most ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Whitechapel's Sherlock Holmes

    The Casebook of Fred Wensley OBE KPM, Victorian Crime Buster

    by Dick Kirby ...
    Jack the Ripper and beyond—forty-one years in the investigative career of a man hailed by many as Scotland Yard's greatest detective of all time.Fred Wensley was a Somerset gardener when he joined the Metropolitan Police in 1888.His first case was to unmask Jack the Ripper. At least it familiarized Wensley with Whitechapel, where he bided his time collaring less threatening ne'er-do-wells. After ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Scotland Yard's Ghost Squad

    The Secret Weapon Against Post-War Crime

    by Dick Kirby ...
    When the Second World War ended, England was bombed-out and starving, with practically every saleable commodity rationed. It was the age of austerity and criminal opportunity. Thieves broke into warehouses, hijacked trucks and ransacked rail yards to feed the black market; others stole, recycled or forged ration coupons. Scotland Yard was 6,000 men under strength but something dramatic had to be ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Scotland Yard’s Supergrass Years

    The Flying Squad’s War Against Armed Robbers

    by Dick Kirby ...
    Supergrasses – professional criminals, often armed robbers, who were caught red-handed and willing to turn informer against their fellows in return for a reduced sentence – were a hugely valuable crime fighting asset during the 1970s and ‘80s.But this is the riveting inside story of a supergrass with a difference. Donald Walter Barrett was caught for a serious offence and, having turned supergrass ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

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  • The Brave Blue Line

    100 Years of Metropolitan Police Gallantry

    by Dick Kirby ...
    In their daily battle against a remorseless tide of crime, officers of Londons Metropolitan Police routinely risk their lives protecting the Capital. In The Brave Blue Line Dick Kirby, the former Scotland Yard detective turned popularcrime author, has brought together a superb collection of inspiring stories of police gallantry over the last hundred years.Officers to be honoured with the George ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • London's Gangs at War

    by Dick Kirby ...
    "Murder, torture and extortion all feature prominently as Mr. Kirby investigates some of the most famous incidents of the post-war era." — Daily Mail OnlineThe 1950s and 1960s saw a changing of the guard in London's gangland. A new and even more ruthless breed of criminal emerged to replace the aging generation of the likes of Sabini, Mullins and Hayes.Protection rackets on bookies, club owners ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • IRA Terror on Britain's Streets 1939–1940

    The Wartime Bombing Campaign and Hitler Connection

    by Dick Kirby ...
    It is little known today that, in January 1939, the IRA launched a bombing campaign, codenamed The S - or Sabotage - Plan on mainland England. With cynical self-justification, they announced that it was not their intention to harm human life but in just over a year, more than 300 explosive devices resulted in 10 deaths, 96 injuries and widespread devastation. London, Birmingham, Manchester, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Operation Countryman

    The Flawed Enquiry into London Police Corruption

    by Dick Kirby ...
    In the summer of 1978, rumors emerged from the underworld that huge sums of money had been paid to the City of London Police to water-down evidence and arrange bail in cases of armed robbery. Then it was suggested that Scotland Yards Flying Squad was also involved.The Home Secretary appointed the Dorset Police to investigate but it became clear to the criminals upon whom they relied to provide ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mayfair Mafia

    The Lives and Crimes of the Messina Brothers

    by Dick Kirby ...
    This true crime history reveals the shocking career of the London mafia family that ran a thriving prostitution empire for decades.From the mid-1930s into the 1950s, one immigrant Italian family ran London's thriving vice trade. The five Messina brothers imported prostitutes from the Continent on an industrial scale, acquiring British citizenship for the women by phony marriages. Taking 80% of ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Racetrack Gangs

    Four Decades of Doping, Intimidation and Violent Crime

    by Dick Kirby ...
    "So if you're a fan of Peaky Blinders and want to read the true stories behind those characters and tales . . . this is the book for you." —Britain's Gangland MagazineBetween the two World Wars, there was a dramatic upsurge of violence as rival criminal gangs vied for rich pickings from bookmakers at racetracks throughout England.With ready access to cash, "bookies" were a magnet for mobsters' ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus