Product Description

What struck terror in the moors murders case was its incomprehensibility ... the victims were utter strangers.. perhaps the greatest value of this book is that it shows us that the human monsters Brady and Hindley were not one and the same, but 2 different kinds of monster.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16799 in Books
• Published on: 1968-03-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Customer Reviews

An excellent study of evil minds
This is a carefully researched and well-written book, focusing on the gruesome murders committed by lovers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. It contains frank depictions of their brutal crimes and tries exceptionally well to comprehend the relationship between Brady and Hindley that most people find unfathomable. Emlyn Williams has done his research and then end product is informative, insightful and shocking. Very good indeed.

My first insight into the evil minds of Brady and Hindley
I wasn't born until 1971, so the dreadful crimes of these two didn't mean much to me until I bought this book in 1994. Fair enough, a lot of it IS surmise; Emlyn Williams guesses at dialogue, and fills in the blanks between facts with fiction, but, in my eyes, it's almost as if he were there with them! Certainly a book worth buying, as it is chilling as it is fascinating.

If, like me, you want an insight into the pair, from their births to their incarceration, then this is the book for you.

All too believable
For me Emlyn Williams captures the dreadful scenes and circumstance all too clearly. As someone who was growing up at the time in that area, it brings home, the culture, the environment and the sadly naive world in which we lived then. His use of the narrative to bring home the events works extremely well, yes attempted use of a Northern accent doesn't always work, but in this case, he just about carries it. The descriptions, in some cases are brutal, but the portrayal of the dogged detective work that paid off in the end, stunning. ...