Author(s): Jane Carter Woodrow

True Crime

Everything seemed perfect in Neil Jackson's childhood until one day, on a cold January morning in 1976...He was woken by the police knocking on his door to break the shocking news that his mother had become the second victim of a serial killer - soon to become known as the 'Yorkshire Ripper'. This evil act exposed a web of secrets and lies that was to devastate Neil and change his life forever. Jane Carter Woodrow, an experienced criminologist, has spent many years working with victims of violent crime and discovering what happens when the cameras and the lurid headlines fade away. Neil's story captures the real nature of the tragedy that murder can visit on a family. This is his riveting quest for truth and the story of how he pieced his life back together after becoming one of the forgotten victims of Britain's most notorious killer.