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The chilling tale of The Teacup Poisoner, Graham Young
‘The whole story is so terrible. You will be disgusted and amazed.’ Graham Young, confessing his crimes to detectives
There are few criminal cases more astonishing yet less well-known than that of Graham Young. A quintessentially crime story, it involves two sensational trials, murders both certain and probable, a clutch of forgiving relatives, and scores of surviving victims.
A Passion for Poison tells the absorbing life of master poisoner, Graham Young, who killed many tens of people in a murderous career, which began as a 13 year-old schoolboy with the murder of his step-mother in 1950 before culminating in four further life sentences in 1971.
Best-selling true crime writer, Carol Ann Lee takes the reader on an extraordinary journey through suburban streets with which we are all familiar, but where the commonplace - dull, even - soon becomes oppressively sinister. Set against the backdrop of modern Britain, from post-war austerity to the gloom and glam of the 1970s, it sheds light on a rapidly changing society and a gruesome true crime story.
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Editor: Justine Taylor
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Author Biography
CAROL ANN LEE is the highly acclaimed author of several books, including One of Your Own: The Life and Death of Myra Hindley, Witness: The Story of David Smith, A Fine Day for a Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story and The Murders at White House Farm: Jeremy Bamber and the killing of his family. Witness and A Fine Day for a Hanging were both shortlisted for CWA Non-Fiction Dagger Awards.
John Blake
John Blake is renowned for being among the first publishers to tap into new commercial trends and has been creating bestsellers since 1991. John Blake publishes non-fiction, specialising in mass-market autobiographies and real life stories.
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- Publisher/Imprint Bonnier Books UK / John Blake
- Publication Date August 2021
- ISBN/Identifier 9781789464313
- Pages320
- Publish StatusPublished
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