The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place
FROM BRITAIN'S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER WINNER OF THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: The Times/Sunday Times , Financial Times , Spectator , Independent , Tablet and New Statesman 'I loved it' Richard Osman 'Shattering' Val McDermid 'Gripping' Sarah Waters In 1953, the bodies of three young women are found by a tenant in the walls of a Notting Hill house. He tells the police that he chanced upon them while trying to put up a shelf for his transistor radio. As a series of further horrors are discovered, 10 Rillington Place becomes an address synonymous with murder. A riveting tale of violence, misogyny and tabloid frenzy, The Peepshow lifts the veil on what really happened inside Britain's most notorious house - and suggests a new solution to the case that transfixed a nation. LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025
Author: Kate Summerscale
Format: Paperback, 320 pages, 153mm x 234mm
Published: 2025, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom
Genre: True Crime
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FROM BRITAIN'S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER WINNER OF THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: The Times/Sunday Times , Financial Times , Spectator , Independent , Tablet and New Statesman 'I loved it' Richard Osman 'Shattering' Val McDermid 'Gripping' Sarah Waters In 1953, the bodies of three young women are found by a tenant in the walls of a Notting Hill house. He tells the police that he chanced upon them while trying to put up a shelf for his transistor radio. As a series of further horrors are discovered, 10 Rillington Place becomes an address synonymous with murder. A riveting tale of violence, misogyny and tabloid frenzy, The Peepshow lifts the veil on what really happened inside Britain's most notorious house - and suggests a new solution to the case that transfixed a nation. LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025
The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place