The Peepshow - The Murders at 10 Rillington Place

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Is anyone else reading this? It's gripping and really well written if you're interested in the murders in Notting Hill in the 40's and 50's. Just out in hardback.

Only realised half way through that the author Kate Summerscale, also wrote The Wicked Boy, which is excellent too.

Sounds interesting OP must check it out. Is she a bit like Carol Ann Lee, I quiet like her true crime books.

Thanks for the tip - I see Carol Ann Lee wrote about Whitehouse Farm (horrifying TV series). I should take a look.

I didn't know Kate Summerscale had a new book out. That sounds very interesting. She also wrote The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

OK I've just ordered that now DrivingThePlot 😀I had been eyeing it.

Thanks for posting this is on my list. I'm also a huge fan of carol ann lee, who writes in incredible detail and centres the victims and their families.
If you haven't read it, "one of your own" (Myra Hindley) is very well written.

I started it yesterday, also finding it gripping. Have read most of Kate Summerscale's books but haven't found one this interesting since The Suspicions of Mr Whicher.

And yes to Carol Ann Lee. Her book about Jeremy Bamber is excellent. I've always been fascinated by the case as it's fairly local to where I grew up.

Kate Summerscale just did a really nice podcast interview on After Dark talking about the Christie murders and her new book. I listened to the episode last week.

https://pod.link/1705694900/episode/1d4480f055695bef5d5d50d09311b6bb

Carol Ann Lee wrote a fascinating (and very moving) book about Ruth Ellis - A Fine Day For A Hanging. I read it a few years ago now. I've always felt strongly about her case, that she should not have been found guilty of murder but manslaughter.

That's the only CAL book I haven't read really must get it. The Pottery Farm murders is also a very intense read and Some Mother's Daughters about the women murdered by Peter Sutcliffe.

Yes, this one is really fascinating I actually thought the TV show was quiet good, stuck very much to Carol Ann Lees book

If either Kate Summerscale or Carol Ann Lee are reading this, might I suggest a writing a book about Amelia Dyer the baby farmer?

I watched a documentary about her & read a short book about her (shocking!) but it seemed to just scratch the surface.

Had a Google of this, sounds exactly like something that would make a very interesting book alright, Carol Ann Lee would be great for this. I've downloaded The suspicions of Mr Whitcher to start my Kate Summerscale collection 😀 anyone read the Five about the women killed by Jack the ripper (hate using these nicknames but don't know how else to put it!) It's very good, and really enjoyed the podcast bad women too

@3kidsaremorethanenough I loved the Bad Women podcast too.

I've just listened to this. Loved it. Fascinating insight into the period.

It reminded me a lot of The Five.

All your fault OP 🤭🤭

I think they're both by the same person Hallie Rubenhold the author of The Five. Did you listen to the second series of Bad Women about the serial killings during the 2nd world war in London. I'd never heard anything of these until the podcast.

I love the way Kate Summerscale’s books use the hook of an intriguing crime to tell a story about society, developments in crime and justice, the press and more. They are so much more than true crime books, more like using a case as a way of putting a particular slice of time under the microscope. Of course, the cases themselves are fascinating too.

Thanks for the thread as I hadn’t been aware there was a new one.

I’m now half way through The Suspicions of Mr Whicher. Agree GeraniumLeaves, she is such a fine writer, there’s so much unpicking of the development of detective work and the language of detective fiction as well as the story about the crime itself. Really draws you in.

"more like using a case as a way of putting a particular slice of time under the microscope."

That's a really good way of putting it, @GeraniumLeaves

I started reading The Haunting of Alma Fielding, also by Kate Summerscale, at the weekend. It's a close look at the almost obsession the public had with Mediums and ghost hunting between the wars. The focus is on a Hungarian journalist/investigator Nandor Fodor and his involvement/research in the alleged poltergeist activity at the Fieldings House in Croydon in 1938. So far, very interesting.

Just in case anyone is interested, have just seen this is Carol Ann Lee's new book.