A review by ladyk23
Babes in the Wood by Graham Bartlett

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

Really fascinating read for me, as I’ve lived and worked in or near Brighton for the last 19 years. I was told about the murders by a friend who lives in Moulsecoomb as she knew I was interested in true crime. She also recommended this book and I can see why. In looking for this I stumbled across another book called The Babes In The Woods Murders by Paul Cheston, Weirdly I felt like the cover of that book made it seem like it was going to be more like this book ended up being, whereas the cover of this book - showing an image of the killer - is more in line with how the other book read. Definitely prefer this one even if I think the cover bears having a re-brand. Really well told, quick, short chapters means you get through it in no time, and it doesn’t get bogged down like the other book did on who said what. If you’re from Brighton or familiar with it, with an interest in true crime, this is an interesting if somewhat devastating read. I’m glad the killer of the two girls was finally brought to justice.