Books published by John Blake Publishing Ltd

From the Playground to the Pitch, meet Sancho - Ultimate Football Hero

The third book in the incredible Sunday Times bestselling series, which once again dives into Britain's murky underworld, uncovering the countries worst criminals of the mid-twentieth century.

The Definitive Biography. Everyone with an interest in motorcycling knows the legend of Joey Dunlop but now, for the first time, they can get to know the man himself. This definitive new biography is the most comprehensive ever written on the man. In turns hilarious, triumphant and tragic, this is Dunlops story as it has never been told before - by those who were part of it.

A relatable, funny and affectionate parody of the million-copy bestseller, The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse - for our times and for parents everywhere.

The second real-life case from detective and Sunday Times bestselling author, Colin Sutton.

From bestselling author Toni Maguire comes a new true story of abuse and escape.

The chilling tale of The Teacup Poisoner, Graham Young.

The Activity Book for football fans.

The true story of how Peter Sutcliffe's terrible reign of terror claimed at least twenty-two more lives.

**Soon to be a major TV drama**The true story behind the secret of Flight 149 and the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty years.

Dick Hobbs pulls back the curtain to show us how career criminals think, behave, and how they do 'The Business'

The powerful memoir of a palliative care nurse's life spent facing down death - and the frontline battle against the coronavirus

The most shocking true story of child abuse ever told...

From the Playground to the Pitch, meet Jamie Vardy - Ultimate Football Hero.

He was one of the world's true superstars, and the silver screen's most beloved James Bond. Sir Sean Connery - a proud Scotsman born in 1930 to a working-class family - died at home in the Bahamas on 31 October 2020. He left behind him a legacy to rival any actor. Connery bestrode Hollywood like a Colossus. He commanded some of the highest fees in the industry and was lauded by critics and the public alike. In July 2000, his unique contribution to the world of film was recognised when he was accorded a knighthood. John Parker traces the astonishing rise to stardom of a tough street kid from Edinburgh. The part of 007 became a monster that threatened to kill Connery as an actor; he escaped to establish himself as one of the world's most magnetic and commanding character actors, winning an Oscar for his role in iconic crime drama The Untouchables. The author has drawn on reminiscences of famous friends and colleagues, including Honor Blackman, Robert Hardy and Eric Sykes, to create an authoritative and entertaining portrait of a talented, complex actor - and, above all else, a magnificent man.

My life as a carer and how I learned to live again.

From the Playground to the Pitch

He Who Dares...Quizzes

The Ultimate Collection of Preposterous Posers to Ponder

Ordinary people, extraordinary circumstances, incredible stories.

True stories of police corruption, bent coppers and the secret units who hunt them.

'I was a drug trafficker in the true sense of the word: a pure narco.' Careers in the cocaine-trafficking business are usually short. It's not only a dangerous profession, fraught with the possibility of capture and long jail sentences, but it can be deadly if the cartels get to you first. Not for Luis Antonio Navia. For 25 years the Cuban-American smuggled hundreds of tons of white powder for the biggest cartels in Colombia and Mexico, including Pablo Escobar's Medellín Cartel. In a profession populated by thugs, Navia's dress sense and good manners earned him the nickname 'El Senador' (The Senator). But he was never far removed from the most brutal violence imaginable. One friend got his head cut off. Another was hit over the head, put in a 55-gallon drum full of cement and dumped in a canal. Navia himself was kidnapped three times and went close to being fed alive to crocodiles. Somehow through it all he managed to survive and spent two decades fooling the DEA and other law-enforcement agencies. That was until he came under the radar of Robert Harley, a tenacious US Customs special agent in Key West, Florida, who was determined to bring him to justice. What followed was an international game of cat-and-mouse that culminated in Navia's 2000 arrest in Venezuela in one of the biggest antinarcotics takedowns of all time, the 12-nation Operation Journey. Spanning decades, continents and featuring a who's who of the drug trade, Pure Narco is a fast-paced adventure ride into the dark underworld of cocaine trafficking, written with the cooperation of a dozen law-enforcement agents from the world's top antinarcotics forces in the United States and Great Britain. This book is a redemption story. Luis Navia, the pure narco, has gone full circle.