Bloody Valentine
As seen on BBC TV 'A Killing in Tiger Bay'
$29.28
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2021
Summary
Bloody Valentine is the story of the murder of a young woman called Lynette White in the Cardiff docklands on Valentine’s Day 1988.
It’s also the story of the miscarriage of justice that came after, when three black men, ‘the Cardiff Three’, were wrongly convicted of her murder. It’s a brutally frank tale of racism and police corruption, terrible misogynist violence and the grim realities of sex work. It’s a book that got so close to the bone that the author was sued for libe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857304698 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857304690 |
| Author: | John L. Williams |
| Publisher: | Oldcastle Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Oldcastle Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 166g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
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Critics Review
Bloody Valentine shows Williams’ impressive eye for detail to its best advantage * Arena *Bloody Valentine is a bloody good book – Benjamin ZephaniahComplex, emotional and moving. Read it – David PeaceA powerful and gripping investigation… has all the narrative drive of a good thriller * Yorkshire Post *A sharp-edged social inquiry as much as a crime story * Guardian *
About The Author
John L. Williams
John L Williams was born in Cardiff and now lives in London. He’s written a dozen books ranging from his Cardiff Trilogy of novels to biographies of characters as diverse as Michael X and Shirley Bassey. He also writes crime fiction under the name John Lincoln. His journalism has appeared everywhere from the NME to the Financial Times. He co-organises the riotous Laugharne Weekend festival in West Wales.
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