FORTY YEARS OF MURDER An Autobiography

Paperback. Christie, Hanratty, The Krays, 'Acid Bath' Haigh, Michael X. Murderers haunt the mind. We read about them in the papers with horrified curiosity. If we are lucky, that is as close to them as we ever come. But as Home Office Pathologist, a man at the summit of his profession, Keith Simpson spent 40-yrs. in the very midst of murder. A man who was always at the scene of the crime and in describing his celebrated investigations, he spares his readers none of the chilling details, the whip-marks, the maggots, the skeletal remains, which proved the innocence of so many men and women...and sent so many more to the gallows. Illus., Index. 398pp. From the library of Paul Daniel, ex-editor of the 'Ripperologist' magazine (December 1996 No. 8 - February 2000 No. 27) with his name and date rubber stamp inside back cover. Browned pp., general shelf wear o/w G+