SURREY MURDER CASEBOOK Sensational Crimes that Shook the County

Softcover. Surrey holds a special place in the annals of British crime. Some of the most macabre and intriguing murders have been committed there. This book describes in detail 14 cases of particular interest from the county's past. The stories include the stabbing of a coin dealer on a train near Redhill, the bludgeoning to death of an Addlestone man by his wife's lover, the terrifying crimes committed by the notorious M25 gang and the arsenic poisoning of a wife by a bigamous husband near Godalming. Arsenic poisoning also featured in a case which involved the death of a husband, mother and sister in Croydon in the 1920s. However, the most bizarre incident recounted here is the contract shooting of a geophysicist in Woking in 1994. As yet, no one has been brought to trial but the case is thought to include mistaken identity and a Russian plot. Greed, love, lust, jealousy and hate - all the ingredients for the ultimate crime are here in a book that covers killings from the late 1870s to the 1990s. All the stories are harrowing and many are baffling too but each one makes compelling reading for anyone interested in true crime in Surrey. Illus. Bibliog. and Index. 127pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.