Books like The train robbers by Piers Paul Read

A young orphan girl from Canada makes her way to a Prince Edward Island farm and becomes a cherished member of a family there, all while proving she has a talent for making friends and learning languages.

Set during the 1947 partition, Khushwant Singh’s classic follows the village of Mano Majra as it faces the horrors of communal violence and follows a Sikh boy and Muslim girl whose love transcends the conflict.

Set in 1855 England, this historical crime tale follows Edward Pierce, a daring rogue who plots the Great Train Robbery, targeting a monthly gold shipment to the Channel—an audacious heist that promises to shock the Victorian era.

Jack Black’s memoir, *You Can't Win*, documents a life on the fringes of American society, from frontier outlaws to Depression‑era hustlers, offering a candid look at crime, addiction, and survival.

Unveiling the Shadows of Organized Crime: The Life of Clyde Smaldone

A chilling true‑crime account of four missing women in Cape Cod, detailing the investigation that led to a serial killer dubbed "his garden" and the mounting evidence implicating a young man as the perpetrator.

Artemisia Gentileschi, apprenticed by her painter father Orazio, rises from scandal after being raped by a close associate to win a landmark courtroom battle, gaining acclaim among Rome’s elite.

The Victorian era's most infamous thief, Adam Worth was the original Napoleon of crime. Worth learned early that the best way to succeed was to steal. And steal he did. Following a strict code of honor, Worth won the respect of Victorian society. He also aroused its fear by becoming a chilling phantom, mingling undetected with the upper classes, whose valuables he brazenly stole. His most celebrated heist: Gainsborough's grand portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire--ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales--a painting Worth adored and often slept with for twenty years.With a brilliant gang that included "Piano" Charley, a jewel thief, train robber, and playboy, and "the Scratch" Becker, master forger, Worth secretly ran operations from New York to London, Paris, and South Africa--until betrayal and a Pinkerton man finally brought him down. In a decadent age, Worth was an icon. His biography is a grand tour into the gaslit underworld of the last century. . . and into the doomed genius of a criminal mastermind.