a True Story of Murder and DNA (Murder of Helena Greenwood in 1985 in California and early use of DNA profiling to identify her killer 15 years later) Michael Bilton, Wicked Beyond Belief: the Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (Peter Sutcliffe, serial killer convicted in 1981) Erik Larson, Devil In The White City:Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (Serial killer H. H. Holmes and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, USA) Chandak Sengoopta, Imprint of the Raj: the Colonial Origin of Fingerprinting and Its Voyage to Britain (The science of fingerprinting, developed in India and first used in court in England in 1902) Donald Thomas, An Underworld at War: Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second World War (Events in Britain during World War II) Peter Walsh, Gang War: the Inside Story of the Manchester Gangs (Contemporary gangs in Manchester) 2002Lillian Pizzichini, Dead Man's Wages: the secrets of a London conman and his family (Life of conman Charlie Taylor, the author's grandfather) Miranda Carter, Anthony Blunt, His Lives (Anthony Blunt (1907-1983), British spy and art historian) Don Hale (with Marika Huns & Hamish McGregor), Town Without Pity: the Fight to Clear Stephen Downing of the Bakewell Murder (Stephen Downing, jailed for murder in 1974, conviction overturned in 2002) Special mention: Julian Earwaker & Kathleen Becker, Scene of the Crime: a Guide to the Landscapes of British Detective FictionJudged to be outside the scope of the award but worthy of commendation 2001Philip Etienne and Martin Maynard (with Tony Thompson), The Infiltrators: the First Inside Account of Life Deep Undercover with Scotland Yard's Most Secret Unit (Two members of SO10, the Metropolitan Police's undercover unit) Zacaria Erzinçlioglu, Maggots, Murder and Men: Memories and Reflections of a Forensic Entomologist (Forensic entomology) Adrian Weale, Patriot Traitors: Roger Casement, John Amery and the Real Meaning of Treason (Roger Casement and John Amery, the only Britons to be executed for high treason in the 20th century) 2000Edward Bunker, Mr. Blue: Memoirs of a Renegade' (The author's own story of a life of crime) 1990s 1999 Brian Cathcart, The Case of Stephen Lawrence 1998 Gitta Sereny, Cries Unheard: Why Children Kill - The Story of Mary Bell1997 Paul Britton, The Jigsaw Man (The Remarkable Career of Britain's Foremost Criminal Psychologist) 1996 Antonia Fraser, The Gunpowder Plot 1995 Martin Beales, Dead Not Buried 1994 David Canter, Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial