Books published by Mirror Books

A heartwarming love letter to the places, people and creatures of Yorkshire by the county's beloved vet, Channel 5's Peter Wright. The Yorkshire Vet takes us on an enchanting journey through the hidden gems of the most beautiful county in the world, sharing charming tales of his life in Thirsk as well as fascinating nuggets of local history.

Branded The Master, Brian is among the last of the old school of British crime. At 71, Reader masterminded a break-in at a Mayfair jewellers containing more than GBP40 million worth of jewellery. Charting his criminal career from his first arrest at the age of 11, this book recounts Reader's dry run for the Hatton Garden job in unprecedented detail.

Wrongly convicted of the murder of a stranger, Jamie Morgan Kane entered the American prison system and was to stay there for 34 years. For the first time, he speaks out about the brutality of the tough and unforgiving American penitentiary system and recalls his many run-ins with some of the world's most dangerous inmates.

The gripping real story of a bored, frustrated New York trucking manager who became one of Britain's most valued spies, bringing down the entire IRA structure and making $10 million dollars in the process.

A shocking memoir, detailing one man's journey from his native Northern Ireland into a dark scandal that nestled in the heart of 1970's Soho in London. Travelling to the big city to escape the Troubles in his native Northern Ireland, Anthony Daly quickly fell foul of predators, looking for young men to blackmail and sexually exploit.

When little Tommy Rhattigan was taken into care in 1963 aged just 7, he entered a closed-off world of institutionalised sexual abuse. Moved between a care home in Manchester and a reform school in Liverpool, the state was supposed to pick up the duty of care that his parents had failed to give him. But instead, young Tommy was thrown to the wolves.

THINK YOU'VE GOT A DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY?MEET MINE. For 18 years, my family lived a normal life in a respectable suburb... Until one day, my dad gave up his successful career, and unexpectedly became Britain's most wanted crystal meth dealer. This is our story. At times shocking, often unbelievable, and all 100% true.

Meet Linda Calvey, aka the Black Widow. When the love of her life, Mickey Calvey, is gunned down on a job gone wrong, Linda resolves to carry on his work. But in 1990, after years of living in fear of her lover Ronnie Cook, Linda finds herself accused of his murder, in a trial that shocks the nation. Linda refuses to confess. Until now...

This is the extraordinary story of the refugee boy who lost everything, but found peace and a new life working with the Queen's horses. Abdul fled Sudan after his village was bombed, before being jailed in Libya during the civil war. This book charts his remarkable journey around the globe in a desperate search for a safe place to live.

The powerful and moving true story of a remarkable relationship and a tenacious fight for survival. Callie reveals her son's struggle through the physical and mental torment of battling cancer against impossible odds, and the truth behind her son's 'miraculous recovery' that she has held secret for years.

An often humorous, always candid and no-holds-barred reflection of the life of a policewoman in the 80s, this book offers a personal account of a life in uniform, while touching on the Newbury Bypass demos, the effects of Scarman, the Hungerford Massacre, the bombing of Libya, the AIDS epidemic and working under the notorious Ali Dizaei.

When Anne Darwin faced the world and said that her husband had disappeared while canoeing in the North Sea, her life changed forever. She had just lied to the police, the press, her friends, insurance companies and her sons. Anne opens up about her husband's hideaway scheme and the runaway train of deceit and guilt that followed.

The astonishing real story of a daughter's search for her own past and the desperate mother who gave her up. Phyllis Whitsell began the search for her birth mother as a young woman and although it was many years before she finally met her, their lives had crossed paths without their knowledge. When she met her, the circumstances were extraordinary.