COLD BLOODED EVIL. The true story of the 'Ipswich stranglings'

Softcover. On December 2, 2006, the naked body of a woman was discovered in a brook near Hintlesham, a sleepy village just south of Ipswich, Suffolk. She was identified as Gemma Adams, who worked as a prostitute in Ipswich's red light district. While tragic and shocking, this seemed like an isolated event. But 6 days later, on December 8, the body of Tania Nicol was found in a waterway near Copdock Mill. Journalists poured into Ipswich and the surrounding area. When a third body, that of Anneli Alderton, was discovered just 2 days later, fear set in among the local community. The police knew they were in a race against time to get a result. But just days later, two further bodies were discovered - Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls. All the victims were prostitutes. All had worked in Ipswich's red light district. All five had been strangled. Police were drafted in from forces all over the country to work on what would become one of the UK's biggest and most urgent police investigations in recent years, to catch the man behind a series of murders which produced more fear and terror than any in Britain since those carried out by the Yorkshire Ripper 25 years earlier. This is the shocking story of the Ipswich killings, from the discovery of the bodies and the impact on the families of the victims to the harrowing trial and conviction of serial killer Steven Wright. Illus. 278pp. trade size soft cover. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.