THE YORKSHIRE RIPPER - The In-depth Study of a Mass Killer and His Methods
Language: English
Published by Granada Publishing - Hart Davis MacGibbon, London, 1981
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: WF Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, CanadaWF Sandercombe
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Condition: Used - Very good
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250 pp. Light edge and corner wear with very minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates. Peter William Coonan - Sutcliffe - is a serieal killer, dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper by the press. In 1981 he was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others. The Chapters are: Distant Voices; Growing Pains; So Sweet So Clear; Near but Far; Over-controlled; Nice Talking to You George; Different Voices; Lost Weekend; Retrospective; and Epilogue: Better Let Him Sleep.
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- Title
- THE YORKSHIRE RIPPER - The In-depth Study of a Mass Killer and His Methods
- Author
- Cross, Roger
- Publisher
- Granada Publishing - Hart Davis MacGibbon, London
- Publication year
- 1981
- Condition
- Very Good
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0586055266
- ISBN 13
- 9780586055267
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- True Crime
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From the Back Cover
When Sgt. Robert Ring used to patrol the sprawling Wybourne council estate he set some sort of record for spotting disqualified drivers. He never forgot a face. Ten minutes before 11p.m. on the second day of the New Year (1981) Ring, a policeman in Sheffield for 26 years, sat in a South Yorkshire Chevette 'Panda' car and studied the V8 Rover 3500 in the drive of Light Trades House, headquarters of BISPA (British Iron and Steel Producers), off Melbourne Avenue, leafy and dark, perfect for 'business'.
P.C. Robert Hynes was 31, a father of two, although still only a probationer with the force. He had been in less than a year since deciding to leave his job in the engineering industry. It would be good experience for him to go and speak to the young lady in the car and see what her game was. They strolled up to the Rover and tapped on the driver's window. The man with the jet-black beard and wavy, almost crinkly hair, seemed nervous, agitated. His name, he claimed, was Peter Williams, and this was his girlfriend.
By the time that first weekend of the year was over P.C. Hydes and Sgt. Ring were the most famous coppers in the world. The girl in the passenger seat of the Rover was just glad to be alive.
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