Crimes Past - Glasgow's Crimes of the Century

Robert Jeffrey

Category True Crime
Pub Date May 2006
ISBN 1 84502 090 1
Extent 160 pp.
Price �14.99
Format 240mm x 230mm, gatefold paperback
Approx 200 photographs



A unique photographic record of some of Glasgow's crimes of the century

Crimes Past - Glasgow's Crimes of the Century is a unique photographic journey through the crimes that shocked Glasgow. Using photographs from The Herald and Evening Times archive, Crimes Past shows the city as you've never seen it before. Cases included, like the hunt for Bible John, the Howard Wilson police killings, the hunt for the murderers of Rachael Ross and the Peter Manuel case are vividly brought to life by the fascinating and evocative contemporary photographs.

Alongside the photographs, Glasgow crime expert Robert Jeffrey tells the story behind the images - the criminals, the police whose job it was to catch them and the investigations that enthralled the city as they unfolded each day in the pages of The Herald and Evening Times.

Most of the images in Crimes Past - Glasgow's Crimes of the Century are published for the first time since the original newspaper stories of the cases were printed and many of the archive photographs have never appeared in print before, making Crimes Past a unique record of a century of crime which brings the dark side of the city vividly to life.

AUTHOR INFORMATION Robert Jeffrey is the author of a string of true-crime bestsellers that includes Glasgow Crimefighter (with Les Brown), Glasgow's Hard Men, Gangland Glasgow, Glasgow's Godfather and Blood on the Streets. In his career as newspaper executive and writer he has worked in various roles for Glasgow-based newspapers.