A serial killer stalking the London Underground system in the second world war sounds like the plot for some fictional thriller but this is the true story of a ruthless killer who took the lives of several women in the 1940’s. Having survived the bombings in London they found a gruesome end in the shelters they had sought for safety. This reads like fiction but unfortunately it’s not.
Many people have a romantic notion of 1940s London, where everyone banded together and sang ‘Roll Out the Barrel’ in the Underground and bomb shelters, while the Luftwaffe flew overhead. The Blackout Murders portrays war-time London as the dirty and dangerous place it really was, where violent gangs stalked the darkened streets and desperate women resorted to prostitution.
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Many people have a romantic notion of 1940s London, where everyone banded together and sang ‘Roll Out the Barrel’ in the Underground and bomb shelters, while the Luftwaffe flew overhead. The Blackout Murders portrays war-time London as the dirty and dangerous place it really was, where violent gangs stalked the darkened streets and desperate women resorted to prostitution.
The Blackout Murders features in the following genres: Non-Fiction Books of the Month, Recommendations
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The Blackout Murders was written by Simon Read and published by Jr Books Ltd