TRUE CRIMES FROM THE PAST KENT

Softcover. A book of Kent murders. The first, a classic case with an unexpected final twist, took place in 1833 and involved the poisoning of an elderly man from Plumstead and, the last, in 1943, when a woman was throttled in Folkstone. Also included are the stories of a fatal stabbing at Cobham; a housewife who was strangled in her Sholden home; the shooting in cold blood of a Sunday school teacher from Biddenden; and a vicious Deptford killing which became famous as the first murder to be solved using fingerprints. Other chapters describe the murder of an 11yr. old girl at Ruckinge; the Eltham 'badge and button' murder; a murderous stepmother from New Romney; a man from Maypole beaten to death on his way home from the pub; and a tragic crime of passion near Dover. Illus. + Map and Bibliog. 127pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.