NIPPER READ The Man Who Nicked The Krays

Paperback. Reprint. SIGNED. Just after 7pm on Tuesday 4 March 1969, the jurors filed back into the Old Bailey courtroom to give their verdict on Ronald Kray. The world 'guilty' brought to a triumphant conclusion the months of hard work put in by Leonard 'Nipper' Read and his team in their efforts to bring the infamous Kray brothers to justice. This is the enthralling story of the life of a London detective. It is a tale teeming with the names that defined the era : Billy Hill, Jack Spot, Frank Mitchell, and 'Mad' Frankie Fraser; porn dealers like James Humphries and police officers such as Ernie 'Hooter' Millen. In 1964 the author was invited to put together a team to 'have a go' at the Krays. Here he charts his extraordinary investigation, from the first time he saw Ronald in a pub in the Whitechapel Road - where he turned up flanked by minders - to the brothers' eventual arrest in May 1968 and their sensational trial. Illus. + Index. 464pp. p/back. With tipped-in label SIGNED BY JAMES MORTON. Lightly browned pp., several corners creased o/w Vg.