Wensley Clarkson Non-Fiction books in order

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Wensley Clarkson’s non-fiction output is one of the largest bibliographies in the true crime genre, with 73 books published between 1991 and 2021. His early work in the mid-1990s mixed celebrity biographies of figures like Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson with true crime titles about murderers and female criminals. By the late 1990s, he had settled firmly into crime writing, producing several books a year on subjects ranging from individual killers to organized crime networks.

His work falls into several loose categories. Books like Doctors of Death, Doctors Who Kill, and Death at Every Stop focus on individual serial killers and their crimes. His gangland books, including Hitmen, Hitman, Gangsters, and Gangs of Britain, profile organized criminals and the networks they operate. The Costa del Sol books, Costa Del Crime and Gang Wars on the Costa, document the community of fugitive British criminals who settled along the Spanish coast. His later career saw him tackle the international drug trade in Hash, Cocaine Confidential, and Legal Highs, as well as high-profile heists like the Brink’s-Mat gold bullion robbery and the Hatton Garden diamond theft. His most recent titles include Line of Duty (2020), Secret Narco (2020), and Serial Killers of Russia (2021).