GREATER MANCHESTER MURDERS (SIGNED)

Softcover. (SIGNED) The author uncovers the dark history of some of the region’s most infamous killings. The book details cases like cat burglar Charlie Peace, who murdered PC Nicolas Cock in Seymour Grove, confessing only after a death sentence for another crime; William Robert Taylor, who, crushed by debt, killed his landlord and three children; Jack Jackson’s deadly escape from Strangeways Gaol; and the heroic death of Sergeant Charles Brett during the "Manchester Martyrs" attack. The author's vivid narratives reveal the motives and societal shadows behind these chilling Greater Manchester crimes. Illus., Bibliog. and Index. 8vo. soft cover. FLAT SIGNED BY ALAN HAYHURST. F. with no creasing to covers.