Unmasking Lucy Letby
On sale
24th October 2024
Price: £20
Winner of BEST NEW AUTHOR at THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2025
Highly commended for BOOK OF THE YEAR at THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2025
Shortlisted for THE ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION at the 2025 CWA DAGGERS
‘Diligent and absorbing’ Gaby Hinsliff, Guardian
‘Meticulous and unexpectedly gripping’ Janice Turner, The Times
‘An excellent and open-minded study of the case’ Peter Hitchens
‘Should become required reading for any hospital manager’ Harry Wallop, The Times
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The gripping investigation into the case that continues to shock Britain.
Lucy Letby appeared to be an ordinary young nurse, devoted to caring for premature and vulnerable babies. Yet following one of the longest murder trials in British legal history, she was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others. Her convictions have since become the subject of intense public debate, ensuring this extraordinary case remains one of the most scrutinised and talked-about in modern Britain.
Drawing on extensive interviews with people who knew and worked with Letby, together with unrivalled access to sources and documents, this award-winning book traces her journey from childhood to prison while examining the events at the Countess of Chester Hospital, the police investigation and the evidence presented at trial.
Thoughtful, meticulously researched and open-minded, Unmasking Lucy Letby explores one of the most controversial criminal cases of our time – and the one, big question that continues to surround it: is Lucy Letby innocent or guilty?
Highly commended for BOOK OF THE YEAR at THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2025
Shortlisted for THE ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION at the 2025 CWA DAGGERS
‘Diligent and absorbing’ Gaby Hinsliff, Guardian
‘Meticulous and unexpectedly gripping’ Janice Turner, The Times
‘An excellent and open-minded study of the case’ Peter Hitchens
‘Should become required reading for any hospital manager’ Harry Wallop, The Times
______________________________
The gripping investigation into the case that continues to shock Britain.
Lucy Letby appeared to be an ordinary young nurse, devoted to caring for premature and vulnerable babies. Yet following one of the longest murder trials in British legal history, she was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others. Her convictions have since become the subject of intense public debate, ensuring this extraordinary case remains one of the most scrutinised and talked-about in modern Britain.
Drawing on extensive interviews with people who knew and worked with Letby, together with unrivalled access to sources and documents, this award-winning book traces her journey from childhood to prison while examining the events at the Countess of Chester Hospital, the police investigation and the evidence presented at trial.
Thoughtful, meticulously researched and open-minded, Unmasking Lucy Letby explores one of the most controversial criminal cases of our time – and the one, big question that continues to surround it: is Lucy Letby innocent or guilty?
Reviews
Diligent and absorbing ... [Unmasking Lucy Letby] is a commendably layperson-friendly but thorough dissection of both the medical evidence given in court, and subsequent challenges to it from outside
Should become required reading for any hospital manager
The BBC journalist who followed the story since it emerged and her Panorama producer, who harbours doubts, form the perfect pair to make sense of this horrific case ... Meticulous and unexpectedly gripping ... This book is both a rebuke and a decisive answer to every rackety true crime instant "expert"
An excellent and open-minded study of the case - Peter Hitchens