The Angels committed suicide rather than stand trial, while mother and baby disappeared into the care system. Believing they had a divine mission to kill the infant, they were only stopped when the girl came to her senses and called the police. Will you destroy them? Or will you take them to the police?Įveryone knows the sad story of the Alperton Angels: the cult who brainwashed a teenage girl and convinced her that her newborn baby was the anti-Christ.

You must read the documents, then make a decision. Inside you will find research material for a true crime book. *** THE NEW MYSTERY PHENOMENON FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE APPEAL AND THE TWYFORD CODE *** The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett Gripping and atmospheric, Dead Man’s Creek is a stunning multi-layered thriller from Chris Hammer, the award-winning author of Sunday Times Crime Book of the Year Scrublands (2019) and Times Crime Book of the Month Opal Country (January 2022). Can she survive to root out the truth, and what price will she have to pay for it? The nearer Nell comes to uncovering the secrets of the past, the more treacherous her path becomes. As more bodies are discovered, and she begins to question how well she truly knows those closest to her, Nell realises that finding the truth could prove more difficult – and dangerous – than she’d ever expected. Newly-minted homicide detective Nell Buchanan returns to her hometown, annoyed at being assigned a decades-old murder – a ‘file and forget’.īut this is no ordinary cold case, her arrival provoking an unwelcome and threatening response from the small-town community. Chris Hammer’s first-class series goes from strength to strength.’ – Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of We Begin at the End ‘A commanding, consuming and outright thrilling mystery. Old bones sink – but secrets always rise to the surface.

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