Hardback. Intro' by Chief Supt.(retd.) Jack Slipper. The brutal murder of 4-yr. old Gregory Villemin in a remote and desolate region of France in 1984. The first account in English of the horrendous child-murder and the bloody events that followed. The author traces the circumstances of the murder, describes the characters involved, examines clues, leads, motives, evidence and statements given and looks at the police and judicial investigation itself. Above all, he tells the story of Christine Villemin, the mother suspected by many of a most unnatural crime. Illus. 247pp. 8vo. h/back. F. in F. dw.