Somewhere there is a book full of insight and explanation surrounding the life and death of Harold Shipman, unfortunately this is not it. In fact it is so far from being that book, it is not worth picking up. I bought this second hand for 99p and I think I was overcharged.
The book presents speculation and conjecture as fact - sic 'there is no record of Shipman watching this programme, but if he had he would...' What is all that about? Hyde is presented as some idyllic northern town, where no-one locks their doors and if you listen hard anough you can hear the distant strains of Dvorak's New Word Symphony. Much of the book is repetitive, indeed it felt to me at times that the author was being paid by the word and he was determined to hit that target. Some of the scenes he describes were straight out of some American made for TV movie - the hard bitten cop sitting in the quiet church determined to get revenge.
Sorry Mr Whittle but this just did not work for me.
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