I picked up this book because I wanted a brief overview of cases and to guide me into which ones interested me and where to research further. Brief is the defining word of this book. While it's to be expected that a book covering 100 criminals can't take the time to deeply cover each case, Durden-Smith doesn't frame each case well and doesn't explain time, place, or players thoroughly. There is no sense of organisation to how each case is placed within their country category. It would have been much easier to make my way through if they were in chronological order, particularly since some criminals overlap.