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The Man Who Bore Witness Against the Moors Murderers

Evil Relations (formerly published as Witness)

The Story of David Smith, Chief Prosecution Witness in the Moors Murders Case

Witness (later issued as Evil Relations)

The Life and Death of Myra Hindley

One of Your Own

Anne Frank and Children of the Holocaust

The Hidden Life of Otto Frank

Anne Frank's Story

A Fine Day for a Hanging

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A forensically researched book [that] casts a haunting new light on the last woman to be hanged in Britain

Laurence Marks, playwright and screenwriter

Wonderful . . . it will become the standard reference on Ruth Ellis

A brilliantly researched epilogue of the doomed relationships that produced two children and one divorce and Ellis's catastrophic final days . . . All the compelling detail is here in Lee's overwhelming story, which puts Ellis's life into perspective

The Real Ruth Ellis Story

The true story of the last woman to be executed in Britain

Carol  Ann Lee is an acclaimed biographer and has written extensively on the  Holocaust. Her most recent publications are<i> Evil Relations</i>, the story of David Smith, chief prosecution witness in the Moors Murder case, and the bestselling <i>One of Your Own</i>, which focused on the life and death of Myra Hindley.

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