HAMPSHIRE TALES OF MYSTERY & MURDER

Softcover. Each county holds within it a store of amazing mysteries and chilling murders - Hampshire is no exception. The stories in this book include the senseless killings of two American soldiers and a pub landlady in Kingsclere; the mysterious death of flying ace Sam Kinkead during his world air speed record attempt over the Solent; a phantom horseman who haunts the sunken lanes of Bramshott, near Liphook; the horrifying mirror-murders of husband and wife in Paris and Hedge End; the merciless assault and suffocation of a merry widow in Winchester; and how one man's lechery led to a fatal duel at Gosport. A collection where death and intrigue are intertwined. Did an English king murder his friend near Wherwell? Has the truth at last been revealed about the Cold War disappearance of 'Buster' Crabb in Portsmouth Harbour? Was David Tyrie a master spy or simply a bungling amateur who paid a hideous price for his crimes? And who holds the dark secret of the sickening assault on comedian Benny Hill's grave in Southampton. Illus. + Map 123pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.