FINAL COMMITMENT. An Anthology of Murder in Old Berkshire

Softcover. An anthology of the more obscure, but shockingly true felonious slayings in old Berkshire over the previous 300 years. The vast majority of these detailed and often spine-chilling accounts have never before been published. Some are unsolved, the perpetrators of the crimes never brought to justice; others paid with the ultimate sentence, a life for a life. This collection of murder stories uncovers such reports as Rosa Rose, the unfortunate Binfield waif who was accused of murdering her own child; the terrible demise of a young housekeeper from Henley; the lamentable quarrel that led to the death of a Wokingham blacksmith. There are murders at Winfield, Tilehurst and Slough, as well as three at Maidenhead, and a description of an horrific killing in Kingsclere, the subject of a massive cover-up by the governments of two countries. Illus. 120pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.