Kate Summerscale The Peepshow The Thrilling New Page-Turner From Britain's 2025

Synopsis

<p><b>THE <i>TIMES</i> NO. 1 BESTSELLER</b><br> <b>THE <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b><br> <b>WINNER OF THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION</b><br> <b>A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: <i>The Times/Sunday Times</i>, <i>Financial Times</i>, <i>Spectator</i>, <i>Independent</i>, <i>Tablet</i> and <i>New Statesman</i></b><br> <br> 'I loved it' <b>Richard Osman</b><br> 'Shattering' <b>Val McDermid</b><br> 'Gripping' <b>Sarah Waters</b><br> <br> 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.<br> <br> As a series of further horrors are discovered, the eyes of a nation turn to 10 Rillington Place.<br> <br> In this riveting tale of violence, misogyny and tabloid frenzy, Kate Summerscale lifts the veil on what really happened inside the house - and suggests a new solution to one of the twentieth century's most notorious crimes.<br> <br> <b>LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION<br></b></p>