The Moors Murderers: The Full Story of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley

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On a different level but no less disturbing to me was the freedoms that their notoriety seemed to allow them in prison. I was interested to see a second book mentioned at the end that will cover the time these two spent in prison.

I’ll start by pointing out that this is the second book in a series by Mr Cook so that nobody is under any illusions. I remember hearing about the case and when I saw the book I wanted to try and understand how someone, especially a woman, could get involved in such horrific crimes against children.I don't know why, but I'm always intrigued when I she a new book or tv show about this evil vile couple.

It’s always a case that has held my interest and conscious – how can something of that magnitude not, I ask you? 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.Beyond Belief was a bestseller in Britain in the years following its publication and was a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club in the United States.

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. If nothing, I hoped it would just be a recounting of the events, and as someone who doesn’t remember much of anything most of the time, I thought I’d be having an engaging time, either way. Smith was no hero, but there’s no doubt that Brady would have continued to kill had he had the chance.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. This excellent book tells that story and manages to capture the atmosphere of those times in a dramatic manner. Listening to Throbbing Gristle's horrifying recording ("song" would be a stretch) Very Friendly further piqued my interest.

I have always been fascinated by this couple I think more because I just would love to understand how people like this exist in our society.Prior to picking this up, I already knew quite a lot about this case, which actually helped me make sense of a lot of the information present in this volume, which is more often than not messily inserted. I also found myself questioning where some information were, tiny details that, while unimportant in the grand scheme of things, were presented in other mediums I consumed and weren't here. In this book, many artefacts become public for the first time, including photographs from Ian Brady’s ‘Tartan album’, police interviews and witness statements, which shed vital new light on Brady, Hindley and the dangerous cocktail their union became. So when I was trawling the true crime section of the netgalley shelves and saw this book, I just had to take my shot at getting a copy!