Cold Britain

SECOND EDITION - Fully Revised and ExpandedTwenty unsolved British crimes. Twenty killers who were never caught.Cold Britain is the definitive evidence-led guide to Britain's most enduring cold cases - now fully rewritten for its second edition. Every chapter has been rebuilt from the ground up: deeper forensic analysis, newly available investigative materials, and the inclusion of John "Goldfinger" Palmer, whose professional assassination in Essex in 2015 remains one of the most technically sophisticated unsolved murders in modern British criminal history.What's new in this edition: Each of the 20 cases has been expanded to a full-length investigative chapter - bringing every victim's life onto the page, and applying the latest forensic science to ask what modern methods could still reveal.Cases include: - Jack the Ripper - the Whitechapel murders revisited through modern DNA analysis and the five women history nearly forgot- Lord Lucan - the aristocrat who killed the wrong woman and the network that helped him vanish- Jill Dando - shot dead on her doorstep by a professional; the wrongful conviction and the 100+ suspects never traced- Madeleine McCann - the world's most-watched disappearance; Brueckner and the 2024 jurisdictional impasse- Gareth Williams - GCHQ spy found padlocked in a bag in a forensically clean flat; four theories, none sufficient- Daniel Morgan - six failed investigations and a panel that found the Metropolitan Police institutionally corrupt- Bible John - three women who went dancing; one witness who sat beside the killer for three hours Drawing on police records, inquest testimony, and the latest DNA and genealogy techniques, Cold Britain treats every victim as a person - not a puzzle.Perfect for readers of: Hallie Rubenhold, Kate Summerscale, Ann Rule - and fans of Serial, My Favorite Murder, and Crime Junkie.Some of these cases will be solved. The DNA doesn't expire. The databases keep growing.

Pagina's: 235, Paperback, Independently published