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Manhunt: How I Brought Serial Killer Levi Bellfield To Justice Paperback – April 10, 2019

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NOW A MAJOR TV DRAMA STARRING MARTIN CLUNES What does it take to catch one of Britain's most feared killers? Levi Bellfield is one of the most notorious British serial killers of the last fifty years—his name alone evokes horror and revulsion, after his string of brutal murders in the early 2000s. At 3:07pm on 21st March, 2002, Milly Dowler left her school in Surrey for the last time. Less than an hour later, she was to be abducted and murdered in the cruellest fashion, sparking a missing person investigation that would span months before her body was found. In the two years that followed, two more young women—Marsha McDonnell and then Amélie Delagrange—were murdered in unspeakably brutal attacks. Yet with three murdered women on their hands, and few leads open to them, investigating officers were running out of ideas and options, until SIO Colin Sutton was drafted into the investigation for the murder of Delagrange. Seeing a connection between the three women, and thriving under the pressure of a serial killer hunt, Sutton was finally able to bring their murderer to justice after the case had begun to seem hopeless. Manhunt tells the story of how he led the charge to find a mystery killer, against the clock and against the odds - day by day and lead by lead. At once a gripping police procedural, and an insight into the life of an evil man, this is the story behind what it takes to track down a shockingly violent murderer before he strikes again.

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April 10, 2019
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Colin Sutton was drafted into the investigation for the murder of Delagrange when investigating officers were running out of ideas and options. Manhunt tells the story of how he led the charge to find a mystery killer, against the clock and against the odds.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ John Blake; None edition (April 10, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1786065711
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1786065711
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.8 x 7.75 inches

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prisrob

Concentric Circles

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2019

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At the start, when DCI Colin Sutton is picked to be the lead investigator on the murder of a young French woman, the mstery starts. Why is it that Sutton, is just receiving his first big case, and why is it some do not believe he is up to it?

Amelie Delagrange, a young woman from France, has been found murdered on Twickenham Green. Sutton, has been picked as the lead investigator. He is given a large team to solve this murder. In the background is the unsolved murder of another young woman, Marsha McDonald, a suspect has been identified but not charged. Everyone, including the media, the public and Sutton’s colleagues are pressuring him. Sutton is a fellow that takes his time. He is very efficient, but firmly believes plodding police work will find the clues. Some of his colleagues are impatient, and want to to do things their way. As the book proceeds we find the mind of Sutton is exact, and his methods fruitful. He is endearing while dealing with family of the dead girl, but his own family takes second turn.

Manhunt is a true story, and it shows the difficult and complicated police work behind the scenes. The mapping of the murder squad’s work is almost as detailed as the work itself. It moves outwards in concentric circles from the white tent,to the search of the green. At the same time we see we are part of the work as it is accomplished, and share the joys and the tragedies. The characters in this book are superb, I loved the Police procedurals, and the chatter and conversation of the team. This is an example of dogged police work with professionals at the helm.

Recommended. prisrob 03-11-19

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R. Clarke

Cracking good read

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2022

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A fascinating and in depth account of how a real old school copper led a team to convict a truly despicable and evil individual that is now serving several whole life sentences. Colin Sutton comes across as a real character, the type of person anybidy would love to work for.

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katrig

A Truly Gripping Read.

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2022

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This is a very well written and a fascinating in-depth account of how a real old school policeman led a team to convict a truly despicable and evil individual who is now serving several whole life sentences behind bars. Levi Bellfield is one of the most notorious British serial killers. Bellfield has committed an awful lot of crimes including abuse, rape, and murder and there are plenty of other cases and murders that might be attributed to him.
London was lucky to have Colin Sutton as there SIO and Colin comes across as a real character, and the type of person anybody would have loved to work for. Colin Sutton showed throughout the book that he has genuine sympathy and compassion for Bellfield's victims and their families
I found it very easy to read Sutton comes across as a team player, who appreciated his team and how hard they worked to catch the killer. Very difficult to put down once you start this book and I highly recommend to true crime readers. I am part of the ARC group for Wildblue Press and BookSirens and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

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Paul

Brilliant procedural novel

Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2019

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Brilliant book, different enough from the Martin Clunes mini-series to make it difficult to put down. Very well written and, as it’s a true story, unlike almost anything else I’ve read.

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BobL

Unputdownable !

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2019

An outstanding and very interesting book. Especially interesting as it explains the organisational structures in a police force investigative context albeit, somewhat sad with regard to it’s focus.

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Skip the book, watch the film or documentary

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2020

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The (used) copy arrived quickly and was as advertised; no faulting the seller!

The author does not write well. He has a stilted, forced, style that detracts from the story. He also writes in a way that suggests he is trying to justify his actions. This distracts from the story.

I regret to say the film version (Manhunt, with Martin Clunes), although less factual, does a better job of telling this worthwhile tale.

Skip the book, watch the film.

Update June 2021: Acorn TV has a new series featuring Sutton, including re this case. It's good, and he seems slightly more modest than in his book.

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AOK

Excellent Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2024

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I read Manhunt: The Night Stalker and found it really interesting so bought Manhunt on kindle. (Probably the wrong way around but that didn’t matter as each book is individual.

The subject matter is such that to say you enjoyed it seems a little strange but I would prefer to say that I found the way Colin Suttons provides a detailed account of the investigation shows the detail and depth that CID officers have to go to in order to bring offenders to justice and give closure to victims and their families.

DCI Suttons way of recounting the work of his team and himself is open, honest and valuable as it gives a true insight into the challenges faced to gain justice and the internal politics that hamper this work.

A great read and I would highly recommend

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davide vassallo

Suite à vision série télévisée

Reviewed in France on March 26, 2023

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Mieux que la série

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Stephen Parker

Interesting in parts

Reviewed in France on February 6, 2019

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This book was interesting in parts, but spoilt by the author's self-congratulatory style.

Toni E. Hoffman

Dreadful book so boring

Reviewed in Australia on July 16, 2021

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Very poorly written book, terrible story but not told well

St. Francis of Assisi

Who needs forensic evidence?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 22, 2019

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Sutton’s book focuses mainly on 3 incidents; his initial investigation into the murder of French student, Amélie Delagrange, in August 2004; the strikingly similar murder of Marsha McDonnell in February 2003; and the hit and run, attempted murder of Kate Sheedy in May 2004. These cases show a pattern to Bellfield’s behaviour where he stalks the city checking out bus stops for possible victims before brutally attacking them from behind in a blitz attack style with a hammer.

Sutton sticks to the facts of the cases as he was investigating them. This meant the focus was much more on the victims and getting justice for them rather than on Bellfield’s life prior to his attacks. It’s a fine line to tread and whilst I love reading true crime I hate the idea of these sadistic criminals getting the publicity they want. I think it’s important to remember the victims in all this and how many lives this hideous creature has altered beyond recognition but also those brave women who stood up to him and gave evidence against him in Court; including his ex-partners who he had abused repeatedly for many years.

It was also interesting to note the issues that media intrusion caused in this case. I think most people, certainly in the UK, will remember hearing the horrific news that the News of the World had hacked Milly Dowler’s phone whilst she was still a missing person, torturing her family with the false hope that she was still alive somewhere because she was checking and deleting her messages. Sadly, she wasn’t, it was reporters from the News of the World who were deleting messages to make room for more to come in so they could hack more information. This was not the only issue they caused during these cases though and I was shocked to read the consequences of their stupidity and arrogance.

The press perform an important function in society, there is no doubt about that, but certainly not more important than the legal process and more needs to be done to hold them accountable.

Sutton mentions several other women who came forward as victims of Bellfield and others they discovered when looking through unsolved crimes with similar MOs after his convictions and he stressed how the justice that was won for Amélie, Marsha, Kate and Milly is shared by all these other victims. Bellfield will never see the light of day for what he’s been convicted of and these other victims will never get their day in court as it isn’t deemed to be in the public interest to try him for more crimes when he’s already serving a whole life tariff but they can hopefully rest easy in the thought that justice has been served.

I’d recommend this book to anyone with a love of true crime as I found it really interesting to see the inside of the Police investigation and the minute details that the Team had to chase down to ensure the convictions they eventually won. This wasn’t a glamorous, “Criminal Minds” style case, this was hard, tedious Police work at its finest and Sutton did an amazing job in keeping his team focused with an incredible level of attention to detail.

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