A true-crime history of 20th-century, British judicial hangings from 1900 to 1964, and a look at the overall history of executions in Great Britain. It is a sobering thought that until the closing years of the twentieth century, Britain’s courts were technically able to impose the death penalty for several offenses, both civil and military. Although the last judicial hangings took place in 1964, the death penalty, in theory at least, remained for a number of crimes. During the twentieth century, 865 people were executed in Britain. This book examines each and every one of those executions, and in many cases highlights the crimes that brought these men and women to the gallows. The book also details the various forms of capital punishment used throughout British history. During past centuries people were burned at the stake, had the skin flayed from their bodies, were beheaded, garroted, hung, drawn and quartered, stoned, disemboweled, buried alive—and all under the guidance of a vengeful law, or at least what passed for law at any given period. The author, Gary M. Dobbs, has painstakingly collected together every available piece of evidence to provide as clear a picture as possible of a time when the law operated on the principle of an eye for an eye. Dobbs is a true-crime historian and has spent many hours researching the cases featured herein to bring the reader a definitive history of judicial punishment during the twentieth century, and this carefully researched, well-illustrated and enthralling text will appeal to anyone interested in the darker side of history. “A brilliant read.” —Books Monthly (UK)

So far in the game of life, Deuce Morgan has been a lucky man. Accused of killing fifteen, if not more men, he has escaped the Hangman's noose every time.Deuce, a quick tempered card shark, was known throughout the gambling circuit as a shoot now ask questions later gambler. All one had to do was challenge the legitimacy of his hand, if lucky you would have a chance to recall that challenge, if not so lucky, you would weigh an extra ounce, this being the weight of one of Deuce's lead bullets fired from his pearl handled Colt Peacemaker.

In 1776, the rebellion of the American colonies against British rule was crushed. Now, in 1777-the year of the hangman-George Washington is awaiting execution, Benjamin Franklin's banned rebel newspaper, Liberty Tree, has gone underground, and young ne'er-do-well Creighton Brown, a fifteen-year-old Brit, has just arrived in the colonies. Having been shipped off against his will, with nothing but a distance for English authorities, Creighton befriends Franklin, and lands a job with his print shop. But the English general expects the spoiled yet loyal Creighton to spy on Franklin. As battles unfold and falsehoods are exposed, Creighton must decide where his loyalties lie...a choice that could determine the fate of a nation.

This Chief Inspector Gamache novella is set in Three Pines. This novella is a short and easy read for people on the go.

So far in the game of life, Deuce Morgan has been a lucky man. Accused of killing fifteen, if not more men, he has escaped the Hangman's noose every time. Deuce, a quick tempered card shark, was known throughout the gambling circuit as a shoot now ask questions later gambler. All one had to do was challenge the legitimacy of his hand, if lucky you would have a chance to recall that challenge, if not so lucky, you would weigh an extra ounce, this being the weight of one of Deuce's lead bullets fired from his pearl handled Colt Peacemaker.