'Infamous, I have become disowned, but I am one of your own' - Myra Hindley, from her unpublished autobiography
On 15 November 2002, Myra Hindley, Britains most notorious murderess, died in prison, one of the rare women whose crimes were deemed so indefensible that life really did mean life.
But who was the woman behind the headlines? How could a seemingly normal girl grow up to commit such terrible acts? Her defenders claim she fell under Ian Bradys spell, but is this the truth? Was her insistence that she had changed, that she felt deep remorse and had reverted to the Catholicism of her childhood genuine or a calculating bid to win parole?
One of Your Ownexplores these questions and many others, drawing on a wide range of resources, including Hindleys own unseen writings, hundreds of recently released prison files, fresh interviews and extensive new research. Compellingly well written, this is the first in-depth study of Hindley and the challenging, definitive biography of Britains most-hated woman.
Carol Ann Lee is an acclaimed biographer and has written extensively on the Holocaust. She is co-author of the forthcomingWitness: The Autobiography of David Smith, Chief Prosecution Witness in the Moors Murders Case.
