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The Crime Book

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The Crime Book

By: DK, Jonathan Keeble
Narrated by: Peter James
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With a foreword written and narrated by bestselling crime author Peter James, The Crime Book explores over 100 crimes and examines the science, psychology and sociology of criminal behaviour. Hear the gory details of each crime and how they were solved, with renowned quotes and detailed criminal profiles letting you delve into the criminal mind.

The Crime Book looks at the big ideas and concepts in criminology spanning from pirates, kidnapping and political plots to modern con artists, serial killers and rogue traders, including the Black Dahlia investigation, the Mississippi Scheme, and the notorious Jeffrey Dahmer.

The Crime Book audiobook is the perfect introduction to law enforcement and criminology across history's most infamous crimes, narrated by multi award-winning reader, Jonathan Keeble, who has recorded over five hundred audiobooks.

©2019 Dorling Kindersley Ltd (P)2019 DK Audio Crime Law Social Sciences True Crime Murder Imperialism
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It's too scant in details for some described crimes, and too detailed for others. I guess the only value you can get from it, is learn some very, very high level information about some prominent crimes from history, so that you can look for a source that will cover that crime in more detail. Also, because it's trying to cover all the crimes very briefly, it often introduces multiple names in quick succession that is the hard to keep track of. To make it even harder, it sometimes switches between using the formal names of the people involved and their nicknames.
As for the performance, the narrator has a very pleasant voice but also has an annoying habit of loud exhaling (as if in exasperation) at the end of random phrases.

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Poor narrative. No criminology. Awful. A disjointed description of criminal cases with a smattering of lay psychology.

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