MURDER & CRIME SERIES GRIMSBY

Softcover. Featuring 13 crimes of passionate excess - these tales from Grimsby's forgotten past are testament to the sinister side of the lively seaport. Retold for a new generation are shocking stories of infanticide, drunken brawls in town, the jealous, alcohol-fuelled raging of one betrayed husband as well as the only instance in the town'd recorded history, when a cooking implement has been used as a lethal weapon. Mixing genuine historical documents with contemporary photography to show the scenes where these disturbing dramas were played out, the author's collection of true crimes provides a mesmerising evocation of the past. Illus. + Bibliog. 96pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.