DEVON MURDERS

Softcover. A look at a series of 'horrid crimes' committed in the county over the previous 300 years. The author has searched deep into the records of murder in Devon and has produced a remarkable collection of unusual cases. Violent death is what they all have in common. The scene of murder is always gruesome, and a murderer is known to be at large. But proving the guilt of an accused is never simple and the evidence is not always as straightforward as it appears when the police are first called in. There was a girl at Hatherleigh found dead from head injuries in 1905 whilst out in nearby fields sketching and painting. The inquest returned an open verdict of death from unknown causes; but the local police sergeant suspected murder. All he had to do was to prove it. Then there was the carnage at Cullompton in 1694, when a deranged man murdered his entire family. There are crimes of passion. There is murder in the course of robbery. Here too are the local men of the police force, spending their lives fighting crime and sometimes paying the ultimate price. Illus., Index. 126pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate o/w F. with no creasing to covers.