A Dangerous Place

The Story of the Railway Murders

By: SIMON FARQUHAR

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Paperback | 5 October 2016

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256 Pages

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The first book to tell the story of The Railway Murders, a famous case that spawned the biggest manhunt in Britain since the search for the Yorkshire Ripper

'The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.' (Albert Einstein)

'A Dangerous Place' recounts the story of The Railway Murders, a case which yielded the biggest manhunt in Britain since the search for the Yorkshire Ripper, and one which made none of the same mistakes.

It was a case that changed criminal history. Three women were murdered and sixty women raped near isolated railway stations in the Home Countries in the 1980s. Despite proposals from on high to close down an apparently unsolvable case, dogged determination, the use of new computer technology and, for the first time in Britain, offender profiling, eventually saw not one but two men brought to justice.

One of the detectives who led the enquiry was my father. This is a story of him and his kind, and how his last case before retirement took its toll on both him and his family. As he once told me, 'all that is required for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing'.

About the Author

Simon Farquhar is a playwright and journalist, whose first full-length play, 'Rainbow Kiss', played at the Royal Court Theatre in London and has since run in New York and Rome. Other stage plays include 'Dream Me a Winter' for the Old Vic 24 Hour Plays Gala. He writes for The Guardian and The Independent.

Industry Reviews

Shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction.

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