Gordon Honeycombe was meer dan alleen een televisiegastheer; hij was een toneelschrijver en podiumacteur. Zijn literaire werk put uit zijn gevarieerde levenservaringen, van zijn opleiding in Engeland en Schotland tot zijn vroege werk voor radio en televisie. Honeycombes schrijfstijl wordt gekenmerkt door zijn vermogen om de menselijke conditie te vangen met een warme, maar strenge blik, net als zijn aanwezigheid op het scherm.
Red Watch is the unforgettable and bestselling story of the London firemen who fought a fatal blaze at the Worsley Hotel, Maida Vale, London on December 13th 1974. Dramatically described and faithfully recounted, the story is one of raw courage and determination and a compulsory read for fire service historians and enthusiasts alike.
New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police, houses the notorious Black Museum, a unique collection of exhibits, photographs, and other items connected with some of the most famous crimes of the last century. Fifty of those crimes were murders and they are explored in detail in this compelling book. Gordon Honeycombe was given privileged access to its darkest secrets of the place that was renamed The Crime Museum. His book spans a hundred years of murder, manslaughter, and attempted assassinations and reveals the true facts behind some of the U.K.'s most notorious murder cases, including Jack the Ripper, Dr. Crippen, and the Krays.
Closely researched and objective, this book is a fascinating guide to murder and a grim insight into the minds of those who practise it. Honeycombe takes an unflinching look at why people murder and asks important questions about this most appalling of crimes, about capital punishment and the law itself.