Crap Crimes

Crap Crimes

Tales of Criminal Stupidity

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Summary

As long as there has been crime there has been crap crime. From the Garden of Eden onwards, most criminals must have been at least a bit crap - or else they wouldn't have been caught, right? OK, some real-life rogues like Bonnie and Clyde, or fictional villains like Moriarty, make breaking the law seem pretty glamorous. But not the failed felons banged up inside this book.

Crap Crimes is a hilarious compendium of criminal stupidity - from the woman who went to the police to complain that she had been sold poor-quality cocaine, to the burglar who left his phone charging in his victim's house. If you need proof that crime does not pay - or you just want a good laugh - then this is the book for you.

About the authors

Simon Toseland

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Martin Toseland

Martin Toseland is an award-winning author, ghost writer, book doctor, editorial consultant and agent. He and his brother Simon Toseland decided a few years ago that they could test the limits of fraternal existence by writing together. Since then they have very successfully worked on ghost-writing projects with, amongst others, James May, Oz Clarke and Neil Morrissey.

For their Square Peg book, 365 Family Games and Pastimes, they researched games and pastimes dating back hundreds of years.
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