THE BLACK WIDOW The Life and Crimes of Linda Calvey.

Hardback, 1st edn. SIGNED BY LINDA CALVEY. Linda Calvey was Britain's most notorious female gangster and claims she is the inspiration behind Lynda La Plante's TV series 'Widows'. Dubbed 'The Black Widow' because every man she has ever had a relationship with is either dead or in prison, she was a gangster's moll who became more dangerous than the men who fell beneath her spell. Mickey Calvey, the flashy armed robber who introduced her to crime and whose life was cut short by a police bullet, was the first to become entangled in her web. Then came Ronnie Cook, a tough, violent gangster who was jailed for his part in a million-pound robbery. He introduced her to Brian Thorogood who became her minder and, eventually, her lover. Finally, there was Danny Reece, the hitman she hired to kill Cook who couldn't bring himself to pull the trigger. Calvey did the job herself and landed a life sentence for murder. She later married Reece in prison. Illus., Index. 213pp. 8vo. h/back. With the usual lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. in Vg. dw. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY LINDA CALVEY.