Wicked Beyond Belief : The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

Author: Bilton, Michael

Yorkshire

Published on 15 April 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers (William Collins) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 816 pages
130 x 197 x 54 | 562g

Now a major TV series

‘A masterpiece that reads like a thriller’ Time Out

A gripping and probing account of the biggest criminal manhunt in British history.

It is over 40 years since Peter Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women and attacking 7 more. Still, he remains a killer of almost mythical proportions; his surviving victims, and their families, forever attached to his infamy.

Michael Bilton’s acclaimed account is a powerful indictment of the calamitous investigation that logged over 2 million man-hours of police work – the biggest criminal manhunt in British history. With exclusive access to the detectives involved, the pathologist’s archives and declassified documents, this account reads like the most gripping of thrillers.