Philip Hensher

The house on the hill

Thomas Harding’s investigation of Allan Chappelow’s brutal end has been severely restricted by puzzling legalities

issue 27 January 2018

  • Blood on the Page: A Murder, A Secret Trial, A Search for the Truth

    Thomas Harding

    William Heinemann, pp. 338

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