Blood and Granite: True Crime from Aberdeen - Softcover

Norman Adams

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845022084 ISBN 13: 9781845022082

Publisher: Black and White Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

Blood and Granite is a spine-chilling chronicle of the most notorious homicides committed in Aberdeen over the last hundred years. It's compelling reading for those who are too young to remember and those who cannot forget. A dark chapter in Aberdeen's past is about to be reopened.

About this title

Synopsis:

"Blood and Granite" is a chronicle of the most notorious homicides committed in Aberdeen over the last hundred years. Written by Norman Adams, a journalist who reported on many of the chilling crimes he now recalls so vividly, it is compelling reading for those who are too young to remember - and those who cannot forget. All are human tragedies from the dark side of life, including: the grudge that ended in death in an East End pub when butcher James Harrow brutally stabbed two workmates in 1901; the grisly discovery of a woman's arm on the Torry shore in 1945 that signalled the start of a mystery which to this day remains unsolved; the tragic love affair that led to the gallows in 1963 - the first hanging in Aberdeen for 106 years; the double life of brilliant scientist Dr Brenda Page of Aberdeen University, battered to death in her flat in 1978. Her murder remains unsolved; and, the barbaric killing of a nun at St Mary's Cathedral in 1988 that revolted a city.

About the Author:

Norman Adams covered many of the cases recorded here whilst working as a journalist in Aberdeen. He has written extensively on crime, the supernatural and Aberdeen.

About this edition

• Publisher: Black and White Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1845022084
• ISBN 13: 9781845022082
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192