Books.

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Adam has published a number of nonfiction books on true crime and police history:

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The Truth About Jack the Ripper

A full account of the Whitechapel murders of 1888-91, featuring completely new research and written with a focus on the social context.

This is an edited extracted chapter from Adam's book Swanson (see below).

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Swanson: The Life and Times of a Victorian Detective

A 750-page detailed of the life and career of Donald Sutherland Swanson, who was in overall charge of the Ripper investigation from Scotland Yard. Swanson's thirty-five year career ended when he retired at Superintendent of the CID at the Yard, effectively the top detective in the country.

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The Watchmaker's Revenge

The incredible true story of murder, suicide and insanity in Victorian Coventry, when watchmaker Oliver Style went on a jealous rampage in May 1880, shooting six people.

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Black Kalendar of Coventry

Twelve short stories relating gruesome true crime cases from the city in the Victorian era.

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Case of the Painted Bicycle Lamp

The bloody murders of Mary and Richard Phillips in their bedroom in Coventry's Stoke Park is officially unsolved, despite a prime suspect standing trial. He was acquitted, only to meet a gruesome end himself.

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Murder on the Brighton Express

The murder of Frederick Gold on the London to Brighton train was only the second railway murder in British history. The case is important in the annals of British crime due to the fact that a drawing of his killer, Percy Lefroy Mapleton, was published by the Daily Telegraph - the first time a likeness of a wanted man appeared in a national newspaper.

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Bloody Kenilworth

A pocket-sized self-guided walking tour, with step by step directions for the reader to discover the most horrific crimes in historic Kenilworth.

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