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The Peepshow

The Murders at 10 Rillington Place

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The Peepshow

By: Kate Summerscale
Narrated by: Nicola Walker
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Bloomsbury presents The Peepshow by Kate Summerscale, read by Nicola Walker.

FROM BRITAIN'S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER

WINNER OF THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION

A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: The Times/Sunday Times, Financial Times, Spectator, Independent, Tablet and New Statesman

'I loved it' Richard Osman
'Shattering' Val McDermid
'Gripping' Sarah Waters

In 1953, the bodies of three young women are found by a tenant in the walls of a Notting Hill house. He tells the police that he chanced upon them while trying to put up a shelf for his transistor radio.

As a series of further horrors are discovered, the eyes of a nation turn to 10 Rillington Place.

In this riveting tale of violence, misogyny and tabloid frenzy, Kate Summerscale lifts the veil on what really happened inside the house - and suggests a new solution to one of the twentieth century's most notorious crimes.

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025

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Brilliant investigative journalism and writing from the erudite Kate Summerscale; an in-depth look at the prejudices and fears of London in the post war years. Sensitively narrated by Nicola Walker. Wonderful.

In-depth Investigation of the 10 Rillington Place Killings

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Christie and Rillington Place are famous within the annuls of criminal history and is a story often told but this book looks at him from different angles. It’s more of a social commentary of the forties and fifties within a post war Britain and her people. The role females, alongside the media, especially journalism, played. I enjoyed this book and learned a lot, not necessarily about Christie, but rather London and the criminal system, Timothy Evans, the great smog and the treatment of people of colour who were beginning to arrive from the Caribbean. It’s a solid listen.

An old crime told from different perspectives.

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Very well written and equally well narrated. The title of this review reflects both the miscarriage of justice in the conviction and hanging of Timothy Evans, who while no saint, was evidently manipulated by John Christie, and the deaths of all the women who came into contact with Christie at 10 Rillington Place. I found Summerscale’s use of the perspectives of a tabloid journalist and a woman writer particularly effective in bringing the story to life and reflecting the impact the case had on society at all levels.

A great injustice done.

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A dark and disturbing story brilliantly told. It's gripping, not only for the unraveling of the 10 Rillington Place murders, but also for the atmospheric depiction of post-war London. Highly recommend. This is the very best of true crime writing.

Stunning narration

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This was exactly what I hoped for.. v much not a salacious retelling of an extremely unpleasant set of murders but rather the social history of the era in which the crimes took place and the effects of class, race, gender and media portrayal on them.

Interesting Social History

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