The blackout murders
Subtitle: the shocking true story
By: Simon Read
Publisher: JR
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781906217303
Subjects: Serial murders; History; Serial murder investigation; World War, 1939-1945; Social aspects; World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924
Table of contents: title: In February 1942, a woman was found strangled in a London air raid shelter. Seven days later, the man dubbed as the 'Blackout Ripper' had struck six times; title: his crimes becoming more brutal at each turn. ief Superintendent Frederick Cherrill, head of Scotland Yard's revolutionary fingerprint could find no apparent motive. The killer left few clues in his bloody wake- until a slip up revealed his true identity, and shocked a city.