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The compelling true story of a woman who survived marriage to one of our most notorious serial killers.
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Cathy was just sixteen, and living on her own, when she met a charming older man called Peter Tobin. She saw him as a knight in shining armour, a man who made her feel safe. He saw a vulnerable girl whose troubled childhood made her the perfect victim. This considerate man, who appeared so normal to anyone who met him, became first controlling, then violent, and Cathy found herself trapped in a terrifyingly abusive marriage. Eventually, for the sake of her young son, she found the strength to escape and over the years managed to create a good life for her boy, making sure he never had the memories of fear and daily trauma she had suffered. Still Tobin remained a threatening presence in the background. Then, turning on the television set in 2006, she screamed with horror when a familiar face appeared on the news. Her ex-husband, her son's father, was a serial killer. Writing with complete honesty, Cathy describes her marriage, and how the past continued to haunt her until she stood in court, a witness against the man who could so easily have murdered her too. Totally compelling Escape From Evil is the story of a woman who survived the worst nightmare of all.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A horrific tale of forming a relationship with an abusive and violent man who you would discover to your disgust was a serial killer! What drew Cathy in her all innocence to a man who didn't deserved her love and care the slightest? Read and find out for yourself this extraordinary tale, her dramatic escape and the ordeal she went through. You just wish it wasn't true and no one was to suffer what she did. It touches your heart at places and you would see yourself involuntarily sobbing. A highly moving, detailed and honest account of a relationship that was to traumatise her not very far from the beginning.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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This book begins with Cathy's escape from the killer, Peter Tobin. Clutching her young son she flees, fearing he will catch her and kill her. Her family say, "it can't be that bad". Until, one day, he is arrested and then they know that, indeed, it was.
The first half of this book is about Cathy's childhood. Her mother was a bit of a wild child, becoming pregnant when very young. She marries Cathy's father, but the marriage fails, and so begins a life which Cathy accepts as normal, but which is anything but. Flitting from flat to flat when she fails to pay the rent, Cathy's mum does her best, but struggles to maintain a proper life for her daughter. She has a drink and drugs problem and Cathy suffers both serious neglect and also abuse from men that her mother meets. As a mother myself, I found this part of the book very hard to read and my heart goes out to Cathy for all that she suffered. Luckily for her, she had good grandparents who cared for her, but she struggled with a life filled with rules after the nomadic existence she had previously lived.
This childhood also made her a perfect victim for Peter Tobin. He could see beneath the confident exterior that Cathy presented. A child who had been forced to be an adult too young, with responsibilities no child should face, she was vulnerable and he used that vulnerability. This is a shocking book, upsetting in parts, but told with no self pity and remarkable honesty. Cathy's son is lucky that his mother is a strong and brave woman. It is a shame that she was forced to find such strength so young, but I wish her well and am glad I read her remarkable story.
The first half of this book is about Cathy's childhood. Her mother was a bit of a wild child, becoming pregnant when very young. She marries Cathy's father, but the marriage fails, and so begins a life which Cathy accepts as normal, but which is anything but. Flitting from flat to flat when she fails to pay the rent, Cathy's mum does her best, but struggles to maintain a proper life for her daughter. She has a drink and drugs problem and Cathy suffers both serious neglect and also abuse from men that her mother meets. As a mother myself, I found this part of the book very hard to read and my heart goes out to Cathy for all that she suffered. Luckily for her, she had good grandparents who cared for her, but she struggled with a life filled with rules after the nomadic existence she had previously lived.
This childhood also made her a perfect victim for Peter Tobin. He could see beneath the confident exterior that Cathy presented. A child who had been forced to be an adult too young, with responsibilities no child should face, she was vulnerable and he used that vulnerability. This is a shocking book, upsetting in parts, but told with no self pity and remarkable honesty. Cathy's son is lucky that his mother is a strong and brave woman. It is a shame that she was forced to find such strength so young, but I wish her well and am glad I read her remarkable story.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I think all the previous reviews have just about covered it.
I met Cathy in 1990, soon after she moved to portsmouth. In the ten plus years that I knew her, before I moved to another part of the country, I learnt of some of the horrors that she had been through, but reading this book made me realise just how horrific it had been for her.
As Cathy says in the book, it was only her bond to Daniel that made her fight back, & come out of all of this a much stronger person. The last time I saw Daniel, he was a strapping six footer, & had grown into a young man that Cathy is rightly very proud of. Maybe you'll read this Cathy, I hope you do, I am proud to have been able to call you a friend.
A thoroughly recommended read.
P.S, the Andy in the book? thats me...
I met Cathy in 1990, soon after she moved to portsmouth. In the ten plus years that I knew her, before I moved to another part of the country, I learnt of some of the horrors that she had been through, but reading this book made me realise just how horrific it had been for her.
As Cathy says in the book, it was only her bond to Daniel that made her fight back, & come out of all of this a much stronger person. The last time I saw Daniel, he was a strapping six footer, & had grown into a young man that Cathy is rightly very proud of. Maybe you'll read this Cathy, I hope you do, I am proud to have been able to call you a friend.
A thoroughly recommended read.
P.S, the Andy in the book? thats me...
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Well written
I bought this book because the reviews was good and glad I did. A truly remarkable story and took a lot of courage to let the world know what this mother and daughter went through. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Mrs. Tracy A. Smith
Excellent Read & informative
I found that once I picked up this book I just could not put it down. This is a lesson to all women who feel that they have to be with a man to survive & that at times being a... Read more
Published 22 days ago by Nora Devlin
Gripping Story
I found this book unable to put down. Equally I had to keep reminding myself that this was not a work of fiction but it actually happened. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. Caroline J. Weston
Book
Can't wait to read this - it arrived promptly. Excellent service as usual. This is by a local author so even more interesting
Published 3 months ago by CR
After reading this, you realise how lucky you actually are.
What a heart wrenching, sad story, I really don't know how Cathy has managed to cope all these years. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Ames
Amazing book
I couldn't put this book down from the moment i picked it up. Amazing story definitely worth reading and I really admire her for writing it all down. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Spoofs
HARROWING TALE
Too easy to write about the rights and wrongs of Cathy Wilson's relationship with Peter Tobin. Unless we have been in the exact same situation then who knows how we are going to... Read more
Published 6 months ago by bibliophile
Disgusting!!
I have to say I think Cathy Wilson is not a very likeable person!! What woman knowing what her husband was like allowed him to kill her guinea pigs and threaten her child!! Read more
Published 6 months ago by Hamstermadgirl
Excellent
This book was truley amazing, it was soo real I felt her pain, one of the best books I have ever read.
Published 6 months ago by Maryrae
A very sad account
Certainly not bedtime reading. A frank account which I found upsetting at times. Written in a style which was very readable. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Marc Lillie
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