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The Four Marks Murders: Twenty grisly tales from a sleepy corner of Hampshire between the years 400 and 2020
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781916194427
Publisher: Chris Heal
Published: Oct 8 2020
Pages: 332
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This book is about a large number of deliberate or untimely deaths in what was thought to be one of the quiet backwaters of Hampshire.
In this true-life thriller, Chris Heal investigates twenty local murders beginning in Roman times, over half of them since 1900 and three within the last few years. They are all here: drug runners, people traffickers, robbers and smugglers; killers of animals, of babies, young children and the senile; those who planned revenge and sought the righting of wrongs; battle slaughter, corruption in the legal processes and mob rule.Using careful research, the history of the village is revealed. From prehistoric times, Four Marks was an empty squeeze point on the road north. Formed in 1932, it lacked the heart of a medieval village. Its scrub wasteland was only lately filled by a population with far-flung roots. As well as exploding cherished myths, Heal uncovers a surprising secret that links local development to both a great political movement and one of the UK's largest corporations.
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