Bloody Valentine

The Story of Britain's Worst Miscarriage of Justice

Bloody Valentine
John L Williams
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 224pg
17 Sep 2021 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780857304698
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Bloody Valentine is the story of the murder of a young woman called Lynette White in the Cardiffdocklands on Valentine' s Day 1988. It' s also the story of the miscarriage of justice that came after, when three black men, ' the Cardiff Three' ,were wrongly convicted of her murder. It' s a brutally frank tale of racism and police corruption, terriblemisogynist violence and the grim realities of sex work. It' s a book that got so close to the bone that theauthor was sued for libel by the police and received death threats from a variety of minor characters. It' san indelible portrait of life in the underbelly of Thatcher' s Britain. This new edition includes an introduction and afterword bringing the extraordinary, unhappysaga up to date. ' Bloody Valentine is a bloody good book' - Benjamin Zephaniah' Complex, emotional and moving. Read it' - David Peace on Bloody Valentine
' This miscarriage of justice happened in Cardiff, but we felt it in Birmingham, Manchester, London, Glasgow, and in towns and cities all over Britain. John L Williams has given us a true and detailed account of this horror story. Sadly, he didn' t make this up. This is a real horror story. Bloody Valentine is a bloody good book!' - Benjamin Zephaniah; ' Complex, emotional and moving. Read it' - David Peace;' A sharp-edged social inquiry as much as a crime story' - The Guardian; ' A powerful and gripping investigation. . . has all the narrative drive of a good thriller' The Yorkshire Post; ' Bloody Valentine shows Williams' impressive eye for detail to its best advantage' - Arena
John L. Williams was born in Cardiff and now lives in London. He' s written a dozen books ranging from his Cardiff Trilogy of novels to biographies of characters as diverse as Michael X and Shirley Bassey. He also writes crime fiction under the name John Lincoln. His journalism has appeared everywhere from the NME to the Financial Times. He co-organises the riotous Laugharne Weekend festival in West Wales.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780857304698
Published: 17 Sep 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Oldcastle Books
Publisher: Oldcastle Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 224

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