An outstanding historical crime thriller based on real-life events: the framing of Timothy Evans for murders committed by notorious serial killer John Christie.
It is winter, 1950 in a dingy part of London. John Davies confesses to strangling his wife and baby daughter, and for DI Ted Stratton of West End Central, it promises to be a straightforward case. When Davies recants, blaming respectable neighbour Norman Backhouse for the crimes, nobody, including Stratton, sees any reason to believe him. Davies is convicted and hanged, but later, after a series of gruesome discoveries, Stratton begins to suspect that there has been a terrible miscarriage of justice.
Her marriage in tatters, ex-MI5 agent Diana Calthrop is determined to start a new life, but, despite a promising beginning, she soon finds herself in trouble both financially and emotionally. And with a seemingly unstoppable killer of women on the loose, she is very vulnerable indeed.
A Capital Crime is a story of guilt, longing, uncertainty, and grotesque horror.
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- Authors:
- Wilson, Laura
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9781849163101
- Imprint:
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of Pages:
- 352
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Publication Date:
- 03/03/2011
- Publisher:
- Quercus Publishing
- Series:
- DI Stratton
- Year Published:
- 2011
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9781849163101