THE MEMPHIS MURDERS

Hardback. On a summer afternoon in 1969, under extremely mysterious circumstances, a man and his wife were murdered in their home in Memphis, Tennessee. The police launched an exhaustive investigation but were unable to find a suspect, a plausible motive, or even one solid clue. Then another, similar murder occurred, followed shortly by still another, bloodier one. It appeared that the victims, two of whom had been strangely mutilated, had not known each other and had done nothing to invite destruction. It was clear that they had been killed by the same person, but no one knew why or even precisely how. For 29 days, while Memphis police expanded their efforts into the biggest manhunt in the city's history, terror spread and intensified and drove thousands of people to the brink of panic. Then, abruptly, the killer struck again and the mystery reached its bloody climax. This book is the story of those 29 days of the search for the murderer in a city trapped in fear. It is the story of individual people, hunters and hunted and innocent victims, all of whose lives were caught in circumstances totally beyond their control. It is especially the story of one woman and two men who lived at the centre of the terror, and of how one of them had been shaped into a secret, savage killer. Featuring "Buster" (George Howard) Butt. 248pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Several pages have some pencil underlining to the text, o/w Nr. F. in sl. sunned Vg. dw.