The Wicked Mr Hall: The Memoirs of the Butler Who Loved to Kill

di Roy Archibald Hall (Autore)

John Blake Publishing Ltd, 2015

Growing up in Glasgow in the 1930s, Roy Archibald Hall was a natural thief. After moving to London, he became a familiar figure in the capital's underground gay scene. Due to his lucrative criminal career, he led an extravagant lifestyle - though eventually he was arrested and spent the majority of the next two decades of his life, in a cell. Upon release from prison in 1975, he returned to Scotland and ound employment as a butler. He was joined by David Wright, a former lover from prison, however, after falling out over the theft of a diamond ring they headed out on a shooting trip...and Wright never returned. Hall then moved back to London and teamed up with Michael Kitto. Working again as a butler, he and Kitto murdered his new employers.By the time he was finally arrested, he had carried out two more brutal murders, including that of his own half-brother. Hall would never be released. Before he died, however, he decided to share his story and write his memoirs. This honest , harrowing and chilling book is the result.

• Autore: Roy Archibald Hall
• Editore: John Blake Publishing Ltd
• Anno: 2015
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 288 p.
• Dimensioni: 198 x 129 mm
• EAN: 9781857826838

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