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A Times Book of the YearA Mojo Book of the YearA Louder Than War Book of the YearA Waterstones Book of the YearA Resident Book of the Year'A beautifully written, meticulously researched account. 4/5.' - CLASSIC POP1979. Months of industrial action throughout the winter have left the dead unburied and mountains of rubbish piling up in the streets.Punk has reached its bleak climax with the fatal heroin overdose of Sid Vicious while awaiting tria...

1979. Months of industrial action throughout the winter have left the dead unburied and mountains of rubbish piling up in the streets. After ten brutal homicides and the biggest police hunt in history, the Yorkshire Ripper is still at large and preparing to strike again. Punk has reached its bleak climax with the fatal heroin overdose of Sid Vicious while awaiting trial for the murder of his girlfriend. Unlikely alliances of outsiders prep...

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Corinne Woodrow was fifteen when she was convicted of murdering one of her classmates on a summer's evening in 1984, a year when the teenagers of Ernemouth ran wild, dressing in black and staying out all night, listening to music that terrified their parents.Twenty years later, new forensic evidence suggests Corinne didn't act alone. Private investigator Sean Ward - whose promising career as a detective with the Met was cut short by a teenage ...

A gripping crime novel inspired by the "Jack the Stripper” killings in 1960s London.Bad Penny Blues is the latest gripping crime fiction from Cathi Unsworth, London's undisputed queen of noir. Set in late 1950s and early 1960s London, it is loosely based on the West London "Jack the Stripper” killings that rocked the city. The narrative follows police officer Pete Bradley, who investigates the serial killings of a series of prostitutes, and, i...

A crime thriller from the author of "Weirdo" set in Essex during the Second World War, blending a grisly murder mystery with an exploration of spiritualism.

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Trade paperback. A new crime thriller from the author of "Weirdo", this is set in Essex during the Second World War, and blends a grisly murder mystery with an exploration of spiritualism.

Die verschlafene Idylle eines Küstenstädtchens im Norden Englands wird von einem grausamen Ritualmord erschüttert. Am Tatort wird die blutüberströmte Corrine Woodrow aufgegriffen und bald darauf zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt. Doch war die junge Außenseiterin tatsächlich die Hohepriesterin eines Satanskults, wie es in der Boulevardpresse hieß? Zwanzig Jahre später rollt ein junger Privatdetektiv die Ermittlung wieder auf, denn neue Beweise be...

Die verschlafene Idylle eines Küstenstädtchens im Norden Englands wird von einem grausamen Ritualmord erschüttert. Am Tatort wird die blutüberströmte Corrine Woodrow aufgegriffen. Von ihren Mitschülern wurde sie schon immer für einen Freak gehalten. Die Boulevardpresse erklärt sie zur Hohepriesterin eines Satanskults. Zwanzig Jahre nach ihrer Verurteilung rollt ein junger Privatdetektiv die Ermittlung wieder auf, denn er hat Beweise dafür, das...

Set in 60s Soho, a young PC stumbles across the body of a young, murdered prostitute, and his investigation leads him deep into the dark underbelly of colourful Soho.

Out on the streets, something is stirring: London's prostitutes are being murdered, their bodies left mutilated to taunt the police. As DCI Edward Greenaway follows a bloody trail through backstreets and boudoirs, Greenaway must use all his skill - and everything he knows about the city's underworld - to stop the slaughter.

Hush, hush, hush. Here comes the Bogeyman...London during the long, dark days of the Blitz: a city outwardly in ruins, weakened by exhaustion and rationing. But behind the blackout, the old way of life continues: in the music halls, pubs and cafes, soldiers mix with petty crooks, stage magicians with lonely wives, scandal-hungry reporters with good-time girls - and DCI Edward Greenaway keeps a careful eye on everyone.Out on the streets, someth...

Hush, hush, hushHere comes the Bogeyman . . .London during the long, dark days of the Blitz: a city outwardly in ruins, weakened by exhaustion and rationing. But behind the blackout, the old way of life continues: in the music halls, pubs, and cafés, soldiers mix with petty crooks, stage magicians with lonely wives, scandal-hungry reporters with good-time girls - and DCI Edward Greenaway keeps a careful eye on everyone.But out on the streets, ...

Weirdo is an atmospheric thriller about a teenage girl convicted of murder in a 1980s seaside town and the private investigator who reopens the case to discover that she may not have acted alone . . . Corinne Woodrow was 15 when she was convicted of murdering one of her classmates on a summer's evening in 1984, a year when the teenagers of Ernemouth ran wild, dressing in black and staying out all night, listening to music that terrified their ...