Absorbing and sickening in equal amounts this biography and
evaluation of the life of notorious killer Rose West is essential reading for
anyone interested into the thinking and deranged mind of serial killers. The
early years of Fred and Rose is a harrowing tale of constant physical and
sexual abuse in a world where there were few if any boundaries. What goes
around comes around is the central theme and children will often imitate the
teachings of parents whether that be good or bad. If the young are witness to
and the object of incest, beatings, and even murder it is not surprising that
they may choose to adopt this way of life as some code of practice. However no
amount of bad upbringing can excuse the crimes committed by Fred West and Rose
Letts. Crimes that spanned a period of some 25 years and never once did anyone
suspect what this lovely chatty couple at 25 Cromwell Street were involved in
behind closed doors. It was only after a flippant remark made by the younger
West children when in care..."their father had joked that he'd put them
under the patio like their big sister"...that social workers and finally
the police in the guise of DC Hazel Savage demanded entry to Cromwell Street
where the lives, deaths and torture of so many innocents was soon to be
discovered under the patio.
This was never an easy read and yet once started I found it
impossible not to finish so fascinated and shocked was I by the content, simply
astounded by the evil that man or woman can perform and see as normal or accepted.
The whole experience is best summed up in a quote from the early
chapters...."I think the human race is pretty rotten. The more I see of
it, the more rotten it becomes."...
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