The heartbreaking true story of two families' thirty-year fight for justice for their murdered daughters
On 9 October 1986, Russell Bishop sexually assaulted and strangled nine-year-old Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway, in woods near Brighton. He did not answer for his crimes for over thirty years.
Bishop - a petty criminal known to both girls' families - was charged after his suspiciously close involvement in the search for the bodies. But a last-minute change of testimony from his then-girlfriend allowed him to go free, and the Babes in the Woods murders became one of Britain's most infamous cold cases.
In this first book on the case, veteran crime reporter Paul Cheston brings to life this thirty-year saga of murder, betrayal and injustice - before three decades of hurt led, at last, to healing, justice and hope for the parents of two murdered girls.
Written with the approval and cooperation of the Fellows family, The Babes in the Woods Murders sheds light once and for all on the awful truth behind what happened on 9 October 1986, and how the courtroom dramas that unfolded over a generation finally brought down one of Britain's most depraved killers. The harrowing and heartbreaking account of the infamous 'Babes in the Woods' double murder - and two families' fight to finally convict of Russell Bishop, the monster responsible for it. The Babes in the Woods murders was one of the UK's most notorious, and horrifying, cold cases. Now that it's finally been solved, it is major news and has made national headlines in every paper. The Fellows family will be on board to publicise the book on television, radio and other media. There is also a possibility that the Hadaway family will form up for publicity too, although this is not confirmed. John Blake are the leading True Crime publisher and this incredibly strong, emotive and authoritative book is the first to be published on a truly chilling double-murder. This is a shocking case, with a gripping narrative arc and emotional heft added by the involvement of the family of one of the murdered girls. It will appeal to lovers of case-driven true crime narratives, and those who read emotionally-charged victim tributes like My Sister Millie and I Let Him Go.
