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Killers, Crooks and Cons : Scotland's Crimes of the Century, Paperback / softback Book

Killers, Crooks and Cons : Scotland's Crimes of the Century Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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KILLERS, CROOKS AND CONS chronicles the astonishing crimes that horrified 20th-century Scotland.

Taking each decade in turn, Reg McKay tells the true tales of the crimes that shook the nation, often the world. And these crimes will shock you still. From serial killers to armed mobsters and poisoners to cops who killed, KILLERS, CROOKS AND CONS takes you from Glasgow to Edinburgh, Aberdeen to Dundee and from the Highlands to the Borders.

As well as well-known cases like the world's first serial killer Peter Manuel who was hanged for the murder of seven people, wealthy landowner Max Garvie whose kinky parties led to his murder and the strange case of the death of SNP activist Willie McRae, Reg McKay tells the story of many of Scotland's less well-known but equally fascinating cases - including a police showdown with armed members of the IRA, the murder of a wealthy socialite and a committed Christian who went to extraordinary lengths to cover up his part in the brutal murder of his wife.

KILLERS, CROOKS AND CONS is Scotland's very own criminal record from a century of shame.

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