McLeave, Hugh

Chesney: The Fabulous Murderer

London: Pinnacle. Octavo, pictorial wraps, b&w plates, pp 159. N.d., c. 1955. Spine worn, with some loss of paper backstrip at top edge of the spine and very small chip to the foot. Pages toned. Good condition. Scarce.

Biography of John Donald Merrett, who took the pseudonym 'Ronald Chesney'. In 1926 he murdered his mother (although this was found 'not proven' at the time) and in 1954 his wife and his mother-in-law. Item #97490

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