The Postcard Murder

Paul Worsley QC, for 10 years a judge at the Old Bailey, revisits one of the most remarkable trials to be found in the annals of the Criminal Courts of England. This is a vintage whodunit, first in a series and set at a crossroads in time as social revolution and psychiatry posed new questions for the Law, and for the first time the Media were co-opted to run a killer to ground. The tale is told verbatim by witnesses as the author draws on his own experience and gets inside the mind of the outspoken but irresolute judge in the case, Mr Justice Grantham. The result is as compelling today as it is definitive of the era in which this gruesome murder was committed.



‘An enthralling account of human frailty and forensic analysis.’ Nicholas Hilliard, Recorder of London



‘An absolute must read for any lover of crime stories…keeps the reader guessing throughout.’ William Clegg, author of Under the Wig