About this deal
It's not until the end of the book, when the details of what the pair actually did (the photographs, the burials, the abuse) is described in plain detail that the real power of the way William´s has chosen to tell their story hits home. However, the public still have many questions about who they were and how their dysfunctional relationship operated. This was a spine tingling book that would take your breath away, and presented new information and pictures that were taken by the couple. Emlyn Williams wrote two memoirs, "George, An Early Autobiography" (1961), and "'Emlyn: An Early Autography, 1927-1935" (1974), as well as a 1967 non-fiction account of the Moors Murders entitled "Beyond Belief.
Cook’s new release changes that – making unseen photographs, letters and accounts public for the first time. They were caught when they killed an older victim in front of Myra's brother-in-law, assuming that he would be on board with their plans. Ian Brady, the Moors murderer, was given books on vampirism, necrophilia and sexualised torture as he waited to be tried for his crimes, newly declassified documents have revealed. Cook, ‘The Moors Murderers’ gives readers a rare and fascinating look into the lives of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley – often known as the evillest couple in British history.Firstly I thought this was above all a very respectful and thoughtful telling of the worst kind of crime imaginable, any crime against children by adults is unforgivable and should be met with the harshest rulings available but in my opinion I also think those punishments should fit the crime. I hesitate to say I really enjoyed this book because any book about the Moors Murders is extremely difficult reading. I class myself, in nowhere near an expert on the crimes of Brady and Hindley, but knowledgeable enough to be able to hold court on any discussion on the subject, yet I’d find myself very much a silent audience listening to C. The inclusion of the many (at least for me) previously unseen images of the victims, crime scenes, mugshots and moors scenes was also fascinating and really brought the story to life. Even to the point of having very workable escape attempts planned in Hindleys case with the collusion of many other actors including her Prison Officer lover.
However, it is not the best book that I have read on the subject, but it was my first and one of the few books on the subject available back then.I warn you now that in the cold clinical black and white of these reports the acts of these pair are utterly beyond belief. I feel that it is important to state that there is 1 particular photo that might be upsetting for some as it is of Lesley Ann Downey just before she is killed.