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A Passion for Poison

The Extraordinary Crimes of Graham Young

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A Passion for Poison

By: Carol Ann Lee
Narrated by: Colin Mace
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Summary

'The whole story is so terrible. You will be disgusted and amazed.' (Graham Young, confessing his crimes to detectives)

There are few criminal cases more astonishing yet less well-known than that of Graham Young. A quintessentially British crime story, it involves two sensational trials, murders both certain and probable, a clutch of forgiving relatives, and scores of surviving victims.

A Passion for Poison tells the absorbing life of master poisoner, Graham Young, who killed many 10s of people in a murderous career, which began as a 13 year-old schoolboy in a north-west London suburb, with the murder of his step-mother in 1960 before culminating in four further life sentences in 1971.

Best-selling true crime writer Carol Ann Lee takes the listener on an extraordinary journey through suburban streets with which we are all familiar, but where the commonplace - dull, even - soon becomes oppressively sinister. Set against the backdrop of modern Britain, from post-war austerity to the gloom and glam of the 1970s, it sheds light on a rapidly changing society and a gruesome British true crime story.

©2021 Carol Ann Lee (P)2021 Bonnier Books UK Crime Murder True Crime
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only got this book because I had heard of young but knew very little about the case.found the book very detailed and insightful I must for any true crime buff

brilliant and well read

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Great listening. super interesting. loved it . from start to finish . pretty sad I've finished it to be honest

Easy listening

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This audible book was so interesting I had never heard of this case . So sad that people died due to lack of communication between hospitals police and the court system.LIstened to over a couple of days and made you think about the poor people that really were just there to be used as experiments .

Very Interesting

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A eye widening story that also covers history of poisonous crimes great listen x

Great listen

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This book is written in such a way that you feel that you are closely involved. It’s very well written, and shows what happened from all aspects.

Very absorbing

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