On 20 January 1931, Mrs Julia Wallace was brutally battered to death in the parlour of her home in Anfield, Liverpool. In April of that year, William Herbert Wallace, Julia's husband, was found guilty of her seemingly motiveless murder and sentenced to death by hanging. Yet on 19 May 1931, the sentence was overturned at the Court of Appeal. Since that day, the question of who killed Julia Wallace has remained unanswered. Now, John Gannon has undertaken painstaking research of all relevant records, including the police and legal files. Building on the work of prior investigators of this famous and fiendishly intriguing case, Gannon is able to present a fresh analysis, offering new evidence, revealing answers and convincing proofs. A compelling examination of what transpired leading up to, during and following the night of the gruesome murder, The Killing of Julia Wallace is the bloody, tragic and shocking story of what happened, who did it, and why.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By G. A. Tough
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I have just finished reading this latest offering on the Wallace Case, having read most of the books written on this subject over the years. I have to say that I find Mr Gannon's solution jaw droppingly ridiculous. The idea that poor Julia Wallace was, at 69, paying two young men in their twenties to 'service' her because her husband was probably impotent is a terrible slur on the poor woman. And then to have Wallace using this as a means of blackmailing one of the men because his girlfriends brother is a wealthy man strains credulity to breaking point. The book is certainly well researched, but this gets terribly tedious after a while. Is it really neccessary to know the family history for three generations back of everyone who made a statement? And then come all the what if's, one after the other until the reader becomes hopelessly lost. Whilst I am of the opinion that Wallace did murder his wife, and probably for the reason stated by Mr Gannon - that he knew he was terminally ill and could not face the time he had left looking after an ailing wife - a much more interesting and credible account is given in James Murphy's The Murder of Julia Wallace.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
an absolutely awful read..dont waste your money..the conclusion gannon has come up with is better suited to a fairy tale..how some of the reviewers found this tripe remotely interesting is beyond me .. my copy has already gone in the bin
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By S. Holland
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Quite simply this is a dreadful,dull ,badly written piece of drivel.The "research" could have been done by a sixth -former on a wet Sunday afternoon with the help of a well-known ancestry site and a copy of a previous book of this case.Please do not waste money on this.The author's conclusion is based on no hard evidence and no proof whatsoever,and I suspect may have been devised on a drunken Friday night out with his mates.Awful,very disappointed.
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so pleased
being a true murder cases fan, was very pleased with this account of one of the most mysterious murder cases of the twentieth century. delivery was prompt. Read more
Published 1 month ago by marilyn ashton morgan
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Outstanding
This book is an astounding treat for all True Crime fans. In this investigation, the author has brought a depth and width of research, clarity of events, astounding ingenuity and... Read more
Published 2 months ago by John
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the killing of julia wallace
I concur with those reviewers who describe this badly written rubbish as drivel. What is worse is that the author clearly, from his last paragraph, considers himself to be... Read more
Published 2 months ago by redwards
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An insult to Julia Wallace and the reader
Very poor all round, sadly. True - there is a wealth of detail here, much of which was new as he has accessed sources in the police and defence solicitor's files. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Siegmund
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant account of an enduring murder mystery
This case has fascinated me for many years. As famous crime writer Raymond Chandler put it: "The Wallace case is unbeatable...it will always remain unbeatable. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Anna-lena Berg
5.0 out of 5 stars
For all murder mystery lovers
Brilliant. I have been fascinated by this case as I come from the area.
Very indepth, not for casual readers but for those who are interested in the facts and detailed... Read more
Very indepth, not for casual readers but for those who are interested in the facts and detailed... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Anne
5.0 out of 5 stars
Solved at last??
I'd not read the earlier books by other authors or heard the radio interviews referred to but John Gannon has had access to police and solicitor's files not previously available. Read more
Published 13 months ago by M. C. Morris
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the killing of julia wallace
I have recently finished reading The Killing of Julia Wallace by John Gannon and I must say this book is a fantastic read ! Read more
Published 14 months ago by maze
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Amazing!! Absolutely loved this book!!
As a lover of true crime books, this has to be one of the best researched and written books that I've ever read. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Thomas
1.0 out of 5 stars
Do not waste your time on this rubbish!
A squalid, nasty load of tripe. Not only was Julia Wallace murdered in brutal fashion in 1931, now John Gannon assassinates the character of this blameless 70-year old woman, in... Read more
Published 14 months ago by CeleriterNilCrede
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