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This book is about a large number of deliberate or untimely deaths in what was thought to be one of the quiet backwaters of Hampshire. In this true-life thriller, Chris Heal investigates twenty local murders beginning in Roman times, over half of them since 1900 and three within the last few years. They are all here: drug runners, people traffickers, robbers and smugglers; killers of animals, of babies, young children and the senile; those who planned revenge and sought the righting of wrongs; battle slaughter, corruption in the legal processes and mob rule. 'I don't hold a magic magnet for attracting this sort of information but you will understand that once you start asking, once you start looking, then people start talking. Odd facts jump out from unrelated pages and take new meanings. People brood for a month or two, then make contact. Collecting murders is like rolling a snowball.' In the conclusion, Heal asks why Four Marks is the murder capital of Southern England. Using careful research, the history of the village is revealed. From prehistoric times, Four Marks was an empty squeeze point on the road north. Formed in 1932, it lacked the heart of a medieval village. Its scrub wasteland was only lately filled by a population with far-flung roots. As well as exploding cherished myths, Heal uncovers a surprising secret that links local development to both a great political movement and one of the UK's largest corporations.
Contents
1. Battle of the Shant 1863 - Racism and the coming of the railway 2. The Elf and the Archbishop 1960 - The village's only mass murder 3. Pathways to Heaven 1919 - Pilgrims at the Observatory 4. Smugglers and the Vicar 1825 - Turning one's back in Ropley 5. Roman Remains 407 - The coming of the Saxons 6. Debris 2020 - Calling in at Four Marks 7. Sending a Message 1830 - The loneliness of the semaphore station 8. Fanny and the Wolf 1867 - Fanny Adams and the Hangman 9. Knowing One's Place 1833 -Transportation and the Swing Riots 10. Drugs at the Bus Stop 2019 - Looking after the youngsters11. Honey and the Blackberries 1644 - Aftermath of the Battle of Cheriton 12. Trolls are Bad People 2018 - Internet justice 13. Murder on the King's Highway 1248 - Trouble with the Common Market 14. Care of the Innocents 1950s - Birth, death and ethics 15. The Phaeton, the Boy, and Fake and Dream Canals 1798 16. The Pub With No Body 1962 17. First Catch Your Low-life 1993 - Horse mutilation 18. Bunny Mayhem 1998 - Porton Down and myxomatosis 19. Gradwell's Nursery Tale 1902 - Explosives, grenade launchers and a shovel 20. The Mad Woman at Belford House 1908
