Lizzie Steeples

The backdrop to Lizzie Steeples is Lancashire in the mid 20th century with a declining cotton industry. It is a story of multiple rapes and murders. It is also the story of a young woman, struggling in those hard times, to bring up three children. Michael Yates describes the events preceding the tragic rape and murder of a young girl out to celebrate her 18th birthday. The police are then called to also investigate the murder of a man whose body is discovered twenty-four hours later in a disused mill. A young suspect is arrested and sent for trial but while he is in custody two more women are murdered and a third is badly beaten and raped, all in the same manner. The police uncover some startling evidence that confirms that there is another killer out there; nearer to home than anyone suspects? The backdrop to Lizzie Steeples is Lancashire in the mid 20th century with a declining cotton industry. It is a story of multiple rapes and murders. It is also the story of a young woman, struggling in those hard times, to bring up three children. Michael Yates describes the events preceding the tragic rape and murder of a young girl out to celebrate her 18th birthday. The police are then called to also investigate the murder of a man whose body is discovered twenty-four hours later in a disused mill. A young suspect is arrested and sent for trial but while he is in custody two more women are murdered and a third is badly beaten and raped, all in the same manner. The police uncover some startling evidence that confirms that there is another killer out there; nearer to home than anyone suspects? This is a thriller with many unexpected twists and turns, right up to the final chapter. See more