SIMON READ Books
The Killing Skies
By SIMON READ
Amid the carnage and destruction of the Second World War, RAF Bomber Command's efforts to blast Germany into submission would emerge as one of the bloodiest and most protracted campaigns of the war...
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The Blackout Murders: The Compelling True Story
By SIMON READ, Simon Read
In February 1942, A Woman Was Found Strangled In A London Air Raid Shelter. Seven Days Later, The Man Dubbed As The 'blackout Ripper' Had Struck Six Times -- His Crimes Becoming More Brutal At Each...
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Dark City: Murder, Vice, And Mayhem In Wartime London
By SIMON READ, Simon Read
There was more to wartime London than stiff upper lips and rousing choruses of 'Roll Out the Barrel'. Criminals hunted their prey without fear of reprisal. Many operated under the cover of darkness...
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War Of Words: A True Tale Of Newsprint And Murder
By SIMON READ, Simon Read
War of Words tells the shocking story of the birth of the San Francisco Chronicle, a paper founded in a time when the news business was literally a matter of life and death. In San Francisco of the...
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The Best Of London Parks And Small Green Spaces
'A fully comprehensive guide . . . includes information and tips that even the park officers do not know about!' - What's on in London 'The Best of London Parks is a guide to more than 70 green spa...
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Human Game
By SIMON READ
In March and April of 1944, Gestapo gunmen killed fifty POWs—a brutal act in defiance of international law and the Geneva Convention. This is the true story of the men who hunted them down. The mas...
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In The Dark
By SIMON READ, Simon Author Read
In February, 1942, a woman was found strangled in a London air raid shelter. Chief Superintendent Frederick Cherrill, head of Scotland Yard’s revolutionary fingerprint division, knew just how well...
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