LONDON'S GANGS AT WAR

Softcover. Foreword by Lord (Peter) Imbert. The 1950s and 1960s saw a changing of the guard in London's gangland. A new and even more ruthless breed of criminal emerged to replace the ageing generation of likes of Sabini, Mullins and Hayes. Protection rackets on bookies, club owners and shops were commonplace. Prostitution and drugs offered rich pickings. Police corruption was all too commonplace. Thanks to media interest the names of Charlie Richardson, Mad Frankie Fraser, Scarface Smithson, Jack Spot and Billy Hill became as widely known as they were feared. And then there were the Kray Twins, whose notoriety and brutality became watchwords. But as this insider book reveals they did not have it all their own way. For a thrilling and shocking story this book is in a class of its own. What makes it so chilling is that the murders, torture and mayhem actually happened. Illus., Epilogue, Bibliog. and Index. 217pp. trade size softcover. As New with no creasing to covers.