Red Riding

Between 1974 and 1983, Yorkshire was the setting for the chilling Ripper murders. Creating a whirlwind of panic and a media storm, the decade is remembered for brutality, corruption, failed police investigations, dead prostitutes and leaked news stories. THE RED RIDING TRILOGY is the story of the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. A masterpiece of modern British fiction, THE RED RIDING TRILOGY established David Peace as one of its leading lights.

Featuring a motley cast of prostitutes, alcoholic journalists, corrupt police, lazy police surfing their way to retirement and the downright criminal, Peace's staccato writing captures the tension of the time, weaving news broadcasts and multi-character narratives into the framework of the scandal that rocked Britain to its core.