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This Woman

Myra Hindley’s Prison Love Affair and Escape Attempt

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This Woman

By: Howard Sounes
Narrated by: Howard Sounes
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In 1973, Myra Hindley, the most notorious woman in Britain, is serving a life sentence for the Moors murders—a case that shocked the world. Behind bars, she has fallen in love.

When Hindley is refused parole, she persuades a sympathetic prison officer and former nun to help her break out of London's grim Holloway prison. The women plan to run away together to Brazil.

Twenty years after Hindley's death, this extraordinary true story is brought to life in vivid new detail by Howard Sounes, author of the true-crime classic Fred & Rose, drawing on unseen prison files and new interviews with former Holloway inmates, prison officers and detectives. It is a tale of infatuation and manipulation, crime and punishment.

Despite her part in the appalling murders of five children and teenagers, Myra Hindley is revealed as a highly complex woman of intelligence and charm, which she used to get what she wanted. Or was she, as her supporters claimed, a misunderstood person who regretted her past and only attempted to escape out of desperation?

Revealing the 'most wicked woman in Britain' in new light, This Woman is an atmospheric prison story and a love story that will make listeners think again about the woman behind the moors murders.

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©2022 Howard Sounes (P)2022 Orion Publishing Group
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This was a fascinating account of a truely evil woman. who manipulated everyone she came into contact with. I really enjoyed this book even though the subject matter was a bit uncomfortable to listen to. It did however highlight what a manipulating woman she was and that the sentence given was the right on on the day it was given and still the right one nany years later

Master of Manipulation

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This is a really good listen. It's very well researched, written and read. I really enjoyed this book as I've seen the usual documentaries but nothing specifically about Myra. Highly recommend.

Good listen.

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I have always enjoyed prison escape stories, engrossing tales even when they go wrong. Imagine being locked up in a Victorian fortress for life. Like anyone else in that situation, Myra Hindley dreamed of getting out, and when she couldn't get out legally, on parole, she tried to break out. Amazingly, she was helped by a member of staff who had previously lived as a nun. The strength of this story is the new detail about Hindley's life in Holloway prison, in the early 1970s, and the complexity of Hindley as revealed in prison files.

Prison Tale

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I’ve read and listened to a lot of books about Myra Hindley, I find the story fascinating. I did find this book a bit boring, the narration is very monotonous and plodding. I don’t know if I will finish it?

Just ok

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Well written/read and enlightening. Neatly and satisfyingly unravels the era, the character of Hindley and never allows the reader to forget the victims.

The escape plot had me on the edge of my seat!

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