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“This is another horrifying tale, this time of a serial killer leading a seemingly ordinary life in a terraced house in West London. As in her other books, what Summerscale does so well is bring to life the era in which the events are happening, in this case the 1950s. The lives of the murdered women, of the tabloid journalist who covers the crimes, of the perpetrator and his wife, of the hapless neighbour who is executed by mistake, all feel very real.” Read more...
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