Missing Presumed Murdered is a fascinating book by former top Scotland Yard Detective Dick Kirby.
I'm a great fan of Dick Kirby's books, his insight and acerbic comments on the state of the police and justice system today bring something extra to his true crime tales.

This book is about cases where criminals have been prosecuted for murder despite the lack of a body and always there are plenty of odd characters on both sides of the law.. The case of Muriel McKay for example ,if it wasn't so tragic, reads almost like an Ealing comedy with a motley crew of both criminals and police at times competing to see who can be the most inept and Mr Kirby's description of possibly the least successful ever police "covert operation" had me laughing out loud. I already knew the MacKay story,also that of "acid bath murderer" John Haigh but never told in such detail and I learned a lot more about both cases.
Those are only 2 of the cases featured,as usual with a Dick Kirby book I read it from start to finish with breaks only to put the kettle on.
Another great read from Dick Kirby, highly recommended.