Is there any real crime books people would recommend?
I have a few!
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule is about Ted Bundy, written by Rule who was helping police catch him without knowing he was actually a friend of hers. Excellent book. She has written loads of other good true crime books too, such as Small Sacrifices about Diane Downs, the mother who shot her children.
Others I recommend are Somebody’s Mother, Somebody’s Daughter about the Yorkshire Ripper investigation, and Happy Like Murderers, a really detailed book about Fred and Rose West. Their daughter Mae has also written a book about her life growing up in Cromwell Street, which is also very good. That’s called Love as Always, Mum.
And another excellent book is called Escape From Evil, written by Peter Tobin’s ex wife Cathy which details her hellish life with him.