MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE ALPERTON ANGELS

A Sunday Times Bestseller by the 'Queen of tricksy crime'. The devil is in the detail... True-crime author Amanda Bailey knows all about the notorious Alperton Angels cult. There have been dozens of books and films about them, ever since the night nearly two decades before when they attempted to sacrifice a baby they believed to be the Antichrist. With all the cultists now dead, apart from their charismatic leader, it seems that there's nothing new to say about the Angels - until now. The Alperton baby has turned 18 and can finally be interviewed, and if Amanda can track them down, it will be the scoop of the year. But rival author Oliver Menzies is just as smart, better connected, and is also on the baby's trail. As the two are forced to collaborate they realise that what everyone thinks they know about the Angels is wrong. The truth is something much darker and stranger, and the devilish story is far from over. 'There is no one better at drip-feeding information, heightening tension and springing surprises.' - The Times Star Pick. Be ready for a playful style of writing with lots of emails, transcripts of conversations in a pub, extracts of a play to extracts from a book or a newspaper by this sharply witty writer. 495pp, paperback.