THE PURSUIT AND CAPTURE OF A SERIAL RAPIST

Paperback. From 1983 to 1988, Ronnie Shelton made Cleveland's West Side his hunting ground and women his helpless prey. He spied on them, entered their homes and silently invaded their most intimate moments. His terrifying whisper signalled the ordeal to come: 'Don't look at me. Do what I say and you won't get hurt..' After a 5yr manhunt, Shelton was finally convicted of raping 29 women - though his victims probably numbered four times as many. This story springs from the courage of those who testified against him; women threatened with death if they ever talked, but whose anger and hurt overcame even fear and shame. Their reward was Shelton's sentence: a staggering 3,198-year prison term. The author tells of police effort hampered by red tape; of society's failure to tackle the crime of rape and its brutal aftermath; and above all of the women who fought against terror to cry out together for justice. With Map. 352pp. p/back. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. V.v. light browned edges o/w Nr. F., with no creasing to covers.