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Why did Scotland Yard's biggest manhunt fail: Part 3
Dictatorial senior officers, information overload and bad luck defeated London's finest in the hunt for one of the capital's worst serial killers
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Why did Scotland Yard's biggest serial killer hunt fail so badly? Part 2
It was London's biggest manhunt, and yet the killer of six women in 1964-5 was never found. So, who were the men who came under suspicion?
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Video: four authors talk classic true-crime books
For National Crime Reading Month, I was joined by Angela Buckley, Dan Smith and Sarah Bax Horton to discuss books that inspired and moved us…
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Hammersmith Nudes Killer – did detectives eventually unmask his identity but cover it up?
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The strange case of Louisa Merrifield: 2
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Crime writers gather to plot murder and mayhem
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The Real Serpent – interview with a serial killer
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Why did Scotland Yard's biggest serial killer hunt fail? Part 1
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The strange case of Louisa Merrifield: 1
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True-crime bookchat – our favourite books
I am one of four authors who will be chatting about a terrific cross-section of non-fiction crime writing in a forthcoming online event. Join us!
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Join our true-crime talk
June is National Crime Reading Month and I'm delighted to be joining three other authors to discuss our favourite non-fiction case studies…
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Why did Scotland Yard's biggest serial killer hunt fail? Part 1
I thought I'd return to a case I covered in The Hunt for the 60s' Ripper. This year is the 60th anniversary of Scotland Yard's most tragic failure…
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The bent cop who pretended he was a magistrate
Interviewing a former anti-corruption officer provided revelatory detail in understanding the level of police wrongdoing in 1970s' London
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Crime writers gather to plot murder and mayhem
The Crime Writers’ Association’s annual conference brought together top criminal minds and experts in wrongdoing for three days in Brighton
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Research links for crime writers
Based on a panel I did at the CWA conference, here are my tips for exploring past cases – for fiction and non-fiction writers
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20 of the best true-crime books: Part 2
More brilliant writing and extraordinary cases from non-fiction crime writers…
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20 of the best true-crime books: Part 1
Great research, vivid writing, historical context – here's my selection of the first 10 of 20 outstanding non-fiction crime books…
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Macbeth is innocent!
Was it the witches? Was it Lady M? Or was Macbeth really just a murderous usurper? True-crime playwright William Shakespeare sows doubts in the court of…
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