Handsome Brute: The True Story of a Ladykiller - Hardcover

Sean O'Connor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1471101339 ISBN 13: 9781471101335

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

Handsome Bruteexplores the facts of a once-renowned, now little-remembered British murder case, the killings of the charming, but deadly ex-RAF playboy Neville Heath. Since the 1940s, Heath has generally been dismissed as a sadistic sex-killer - the preserve of sensational Murder Anthologies - and little else. But the story behind the tabloid headlines reveals itself to be complex and ambiguous, provoking unsettling questions that echo across the decades to the present day. Handsome Bruteis both an examination of the age of austerity, and a real-life thriller as shocking and provocative as American Psycho or The Killer Inside Me, exploring the perspectives of the women in Heath's life - his wife, his mother, his lovers - and his victims. This collage of experiences from the women who knew him intimately probes the schism at the heart of his fascinating, chilling personality.

About this title

About the Author:

Sean O'Connor is a film producer and writer, and this is his first book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1471101339
• ISBN 13: 9781471101335
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464