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Published by Owl Books, Wigan
This further collection of chilling tales are every bit as real as the headline making news of today. They are typical of those enacted in any of the Lancashire towns caught up in the Industrial Revolution.
Under the heading of "Thievery, Knavery and Harlotry", the Preston Chronicle, in 1866 gave a fascinating insight into life in 19th century Preston. Eloquent epithets graphically described the wickedness of working class adults and their children, comparing them to savage barbarians.
Labour was undoubtedly at the mercy of capital. The Preston cotton factory operatives lot was not a happy one. Coupled with inadequate industrial working practices, the workers were treated as nonentities - too ignorant to proclaim their own grievances.
It is against such a background that this collection of fascinating true tales unfold.
CONTENTS
- Mangled Body Found In Bridge Street
- Killer's Footprints In The Snow
- Calcraft The Short Drop Hangman
- Mrs. Black The Jewel Thief
- Death Of A Prizefighter In The Shambles
- Arson Attempt In Tenterfield Street
- Catastrophy At Brunswick Mill
- No Reprieve For Thomas Riley
- Escape From The House of Correction
- The Insurance Agent's Policies Of Death
- Wife Killing In Ormskirk Road
- Tragedy At Deepdale Station
- The Appalling End Of Matthew Sansom
- Trouble At The Rosebud
- Pandemomium At Preston Gaol
- When Cholera Came Town
- Poison Purchased In Church Street
- An Incorrigible Offender
- Jane Parker Kept To Hard Labour
- Riot Act Read In Lune Street
Book Reviews
Southport Star:
Tucked up in front of a roaring fire on a cold winter's night, could be just the right setting in which to pick up Keith Johnson's latest book. It really is like dipping into a collection of short stories penned by a good crime thriller writer - proof indeed that fact is often stranger than fiction.
Longridge News:
Author Keith Johnson delves deep into the past to bring readers crimes which can still raise hairs on the back of your neck.
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