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Corrupt bodies, death and dirty dealing in a London morgue, Peter Everett and Kris Hollington

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Corrupt bodies, death and dirty dealing in a London morgue, Peter Everett and Kris Hollington

Language

eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Corrupt bodies

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Peter Everett and Kris Hollington

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death and dirty dealing in a London morgue

Summary

What he didnt know was that Southwark, operating in near-Victorian conditions, was a hotbed of corruption. Attendants stole from the dead, funeral homes paid bribes, and there was a lively trade in stolen body parts and recycled coffins. Set in the fascinating pre-DNA and psychological profiling years of 198587, this memoir tells a gripping and gruesome tale, with a unique insight into a world of death most of us dont ever see. Peter managed pathologists, oversaw post mortems and worked alongside Scotland Yards Murder Squad including on the case of the serial killer, the Stockwell Strangler. This is a thrilling tale of murder and corruption in the mid-1980s, told with insight and compassion

Target audience

adult

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Death and dirty dealing in a London morgue

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