This is the story of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, dubbed The Moors Murderers by the press after the awful crimes they committed together in the 1960s.

This tells their stories from the very beginning and describes some of the things in their childhood that may have steered them to commit the heinous crimes they did.

This is not a story for the faint-hearted as it factually describes events. The account is very detailed and quite shocking in parts. But so were the abductions and murders. In parts, it is perhaps a little too detailed. The book is well written and has some unseen photographs as illustrations. I like the way it introduces the testimony of friends and family for authenticity.

The author reveals transcripts of the police interviews of the main suspects which make interesting reading. He has certainly done his research. I have read several books covering the murders but this is certainly the best informed.

It's well worth a read for those who are interested in true crime or those who knew about the events but not the details.

Thanks to #NetGalley #ChrisCook and #PenandSwordbooks for this free ARC in exchange for an honest review.

My review of The Moors Murderers will be publicly available on giareadsbooks.com on April 12th, 2022.

Genre: Non-Fiction/True Crime
Rating: 2 Stars
Spice Rating: 5 Stars*
*While not descriptive, pretty much every trigger you could think of is present in this book. Read with caution.

Thank you to Pen & Sword, Chris Cook, and NetGalley for sending me a copy of The Moors Murderers in exchange for an honest review.

Review:

This case has always been a fascinating one, and while this book was rich with information and unseen photographs, it was exhaustingly dry. Many people's main qualm with True Crime novels has to do with the "flowery" writing styles that almost seem to romanticize the crime(s), but The Moors Murderers suffers from the exact opposite of that. The stunted writing style jars the flow between paragraphs, leaving the reader to fill in the blanks, which is (as I said), exhausting.

I cannot imagine finding the next book in this two-part tale, which plans on covering the court proceedings, at all interesting and I will likely not read it. The Moors Murderers was fascinating, but dull, at its best.

This s not the first book that I have read about the moors murderers, however this really measures up. The author is restrained about giving his opinion and very much sticks to the facts which is particularly important in this case. It was also refreshing to see that this was not a rehash of previous books and research but did have some new material. The book focused on the background of Hindley and Brady and also the timeline for the murders and their conviction. The murdered children were dealt with respectfully and the violence not overly glorified. This is an excellent version of a complex and disturbing case. A must for true crime lovers.

THE best book on the Moors Murderers. Comprehensive, with many details not divulged before, and many photos not seen before. A must for all true crime fans. Looking forward to Part 2 - Convicting the Moors Murderers.

You can read a book that I have read before but you haven’t ever read the book I’ve just read
It was about Myra Hindley and Ian Brady
Also the people that was killed by them
I had an ARC

What a truly horrifying couple! These were two deranged and sick individuals. The crimes they committed were awful and they showed no remorse for the crimes at all. This story is riveting and will grab you. A great true crime book!

Thank you to #NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I thought I knew all there was to know about Ian Brady and Myra Hindley from all the documentaries and podcasts I've listened to but I was wrong.

Thoroughly researched and including pictures (not graphic) this book is very well done. It takes you from childhood right up to and past the murders. Fans of true crime will love this.

This book was super interesting the way the author conveyed the events of what all happened was brilliant and I couldn't put this book down until I finished it. I honestly just really loved everything about this book and would absolutely recommend it if you're a true crime fan like me.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with this eArc in exchange for an honest review.

The Moors Murders is a True Crime that happened in the United Kingdom. I have not run across this story previously and it was intriguing to read how this couple thought they were getting away with murder. In reality, they had all the evidence that the police needed to convict them.

This story is not for everyone and going in I wondered if I would be able to read it. This retelling is about a crime against children but C.G.C. Cook did the perfect job at describing the scenes in a way that is not overly descriptive or disrespectful of the victims and their families. If you are interested in True Crime and would like a great retelling of a couple who deserved being caught, then this should be your next read.

I found this to be very good book based on the serial killing couple and their twisted ways. This was a bone chilling story of two people who seemed to lack any kind of human emotion.

Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were an ill-fated couple, a couple who brought havoc into the world when they got together.

It's really hard to know what to say when it comes to reviewing books like this, however this was such a good read, so well written and thought of.

This was a bone chilling story of two people who seemed to lack any kind of human emotion and whose sole goal seemed to be inflicting harm on others. There was nothing to admire about either Ian Bradley or Myra Hindley. They were reprehensible creatures that indulged in sado masochistic endeavors.

Meeting at work, Ian and Myra developed a strange relationship. She was so attracted to him, but he initially didn't seem to return her adoration. Later though, they got together, never marrying, and embarking on a career of drinking and starting to indulge in their sadistic tendencies. They complimented each other in the ways in which they indulged in deviant sex and the dreams of g going further into trying to hurt others. The journey to their murdering trail was precisely planned and the team worked out how they would entice their victims, deciding that children were easier to entice and then murder.

The couple would bury some of the victims on the Moors and then often go back to the grave site to visit and try to relive the killings. For two years, the couple continued unchecked on their spree. In all, they wantonly murdered five innocent children. They were finally apprehended and put in prison for the rest of their miserable days. (England didn't have a death penalty)

Truly vile and despicable people, these two have been never forgotten in British history. If there is a hell, there is hope that these two are deep residents of it environs.

This was a spine tingling book that would take your breath away, and presented new information and pictures that were taken by the couple. Not or everyone, this was a decent true crime story that I wished the incidents had never happened.

Thank you to Chris Cook, Penn and Sword History, and NetGalley for a copy of this story.

To start my review, I would like to add the names of those that lost their lives. And to their families, the hidden victims that were left forever broken.

Pauline Reade, 16. John Kilbride, 12. Keith Bennett, 12. Lesley Ann Downey, 10. Edward Evans, 17.

Now this book isn’t going to be for everyone, much like horror books/movies, but unlike horror, this has two words that can scare even the toughest of people, True Crime!
Those two little words change everything.
In a horror movie, you can pause or, if a book, can put it down and remind yourself that “this is just a work of fiction” You can’t do that with True crime. It isn’t fiction. It is real-life.

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this. It has been such an eye-opener.
The detail of their lives apart and together is incredibly fascinating. I naively thought one was eviler than the other, that one was shy and easily controlled. Oh, how wrong was I?!
Both were cold, callous, and manipulating. Doing whatever it took to satisfy depraved desires.

Serial killers have always been a mystery to me, so learning about their childhoods and upbringings gives a new level of insight into how their minds work.
I’m not saying I understand them, but, in the words of one of my favourite tv shows, Evil Lives Here, there had been signs!!
Signs do not scream, Serial Killer in the making, and hindsight is a marvelous thing, but I cannot help but wonder if some earlier intervention might have changed the course of history, and these two then may never have met?! Yet, I believe the darkness that lived within these two would lead to heinous acts either alone or together.

Folie à deux is a perfect description of Myra Hindley & Ian Brady.

What a beautiful, almost righteous irony there is within their story. Ian Huntley admired Adolf Hitler, and much like Hitler, Ian’s ego and arrogance ultimately drove him into making a fatal mistake. A mistake that would see him arrested and later imprisoned. I do take immense joy in knowing that.

I highly recommend this book, but would suggest that, like me, read it one chapter at a time. Even the earlier chapters can be hard-hitting.

My final thought (thanks, Jerry Springer. lol) is books that explore the origins of pure evil are fantastic. Thanks to the media, we are constantly exposed to the faces of these murderers, instilling a sense of fear that can live within us, but books like these reveal the truth behind the images and take away any power they might have.

Thank you so much to @NetGalley & @Pensword, for the gift of the arc ebook in return for my honest review.

I’d like to thank netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. I know some information about these two and wanted to learn more but unfortunately because of the way it was written, I couldn’t get into it.

Thank you to the publisher for providing this arc through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

It was my interest in this case that called me to this book and it was that same interest that kept me reading through this harsh, unedited and jumbled mess. Prior to picking this up, I already knew quite a lot about this case, which actually helped me make sense of a lot of the information present in this volume, which is more often than not messily inserted. It really read like Cook simply compiled his notes into order and then just send it off to his publisher instead of trying to write a neat narrative. The writing style was dry to the point of chapping, with only ominous attempts at segways that were more cheap than compelling.

The selling point for me was the unseen photographs that Cook discovered, and those I was remained intrigued by—though I must warn whoever decides to read this that there is a very disturbing photograph present of one of the victims of this case, Lesley Ann Downey, taken moments before her death. If this is something you are not comfortable seeing I recommend simply skipping this book.

I cannot recommend this for anyone, prior knowledge of the case or not, being as it was a poorly written and frankly confusing at times. I also found myself questioning where some information were, tiny details that, while unimportant in the grand scheme of things, were presented in other mediums I consumed and weren't here.

And another warning—the author chooses to the the g slur right at the beginning of the book, which was unnecessary and idiotic. I mean, it's 2022. I am begging the publisher to remove it before publication.

Also, I must note that choosing to publish another book about this case and market it as "Part 2" is extremely distasteful and seems more like a money-grab than anything, which is disgusting considering the brutality of the subject matter and the very real consequences the actions of these two individuals had on so many people.

Overrall, reading this was a big waste of time. For those interested in the case, I highly recommend checking out Casefile's three episode series on Spotify, which accounts for everything, is perfectly scripted and incredibly respectful of the victims.

If you like any true crime then this book is for you. Gives alot of information on what happened and things that the public don't no.

I want to say this is an amazing collection of knowledge and I would have loved it because the Moors Murders are fascinating (and terrible duh). However, the presentation of the data was not ideal. It seemed to be how you write a draft dropping sentences of facts to later put into paragraphs. I also felt the flow was a bit off. it seemed to skip around in years as well without the flow. I am sad that I didnt love it.

Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were an ill-fated couple - a couple who brought havoc into the world when they got together. Through the murder of young children, they brought a new terror into the world, leaving bodies that horrified England when the truth began to emerge.

Ian Brady and Myra both had a difficult upbringing, but Ian had a more stable upbringing than Myra did. Myra's father was abusive, and she ended up defending her mother and sister against him more than once.

My review:
This was a heartbreaking book to read. It was difficult to read knowing what was going to happen. As you read about their young lives, and then how they met and began their relationship, you start to get the sinking feeling - and a sick feeling as you know what is going to be done at the hands of the monsters that became the Moors Murderers.
Overall, I really did enjoy this book, as you can see a bit more in how these two developed, not only as people but in their relationships.

Thank you to NetGalley and Pen and Sword for a copy of this book for my fair and unbiased review.

An interesting read about a historical shocking event. A detailed account of the events and how it unfold

Well researched and full of interesting facts! I thought I knew a lot about these murders but this had a lot of little know tidbits and insights that I appreciated. The writing was very plain and at times, dry but it was also easy to follow and not overly descriptive in areas that it was unnecessary which is a common complaint I have with true crime. The improvement I would make is that lack of descriptiveness, also made the writing flow with a weird pacing and it was not narratively appealing at times. Sometimes the information seemed a bit jumbled.

I have a morbid fascination with true crime, especially murders, and especially those that are well publicised or that still have an element of mystery about them. Although solved there is still so much mystery involved with this case, especially because both were so evil that they refused to give up the resting place of at least one innocent victims remains and it has long been my believe that there may in fact be many other victims that the pair refused to give up.
This was a fascinating read that gave a new look at certain things such as police interviews, statements etc as well as things that belonged to pair, coupled with well known facts to take a rounded view of the pair themselves and the crimes that they committed.
there is no doubt that the pair were toxic both to each other and innocent young people in their communities, but you cannot deny that they are also interesting - sick but fascinating.