Colin Stagg David Kessler (5 results)

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Fading to spine. Spotting to top page edges.

1st. Edn. pp. xx, 405. With 11 illustrations in colour and 8 in black & white, from photographs. A detailed analysis of police investigations into the murder of Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common in 1992. Colin Stagg spent 13 months on remand for this crime for which he is a most unlikely suspect. A fine hardback copy in fine unclipped wrapper.…

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Hardback, 1st edn. Colin Stagg spent 13 months on remand for the brutal murder of Rachel Nickell before the judge threw out the so-called evidence presented by the police. Was he a guilty man who beat the rap, or an innocent fall guy? This book shows how a psychologist, an ambitious police inspector and a seductive undercover policewoman set out to entrap an innocent man while ignoring more likely suspects. It is a story of self-deception, betrayal and wilful blindness by those whom we trust to enforce the law. It is also the tragic tale of how Rachel's family was robbed of justice while a blameless and vulnerable man's life was nearly destroyed by a misguided police operation in a futile effort to 'get a result' - even if it was the wrong result. Illus., Afterword, Appendix and Index. 405pp. lge 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Includes a loosely inserted 'News of the World cutting'. F. in F. dw. A fairly heavy book which will require additional postage if shipped overseas.…

Hardback. Condition: VG-. VG- DW. 1st Edition.