Nineteen seventy-seven - David Peace

David Peace's acclaimed Red Riding Quartet continues with this exhilarating follow-up
to Nineteen Seventy-Four.
It's summer in Leeds and the city is anxiously awaiting
the Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth's reign. Detective Bob Fraser and Jack Whitehead,
a reporter at the Post, however, have other things on their minds-mainly the fact
that someone is murdering prostitutes. The killer is quickly dubbed the "Yorkshire
Ripper" and each man, on their own, works tirelessly to catch him. But their investigations
turn grisly as they each engage in affairs with the prostitutes they are supposedly
protecting. As the summer progresses, the killings accelerate and it seems as if
Fraser and Whitehead are the only men who suspect or care that there may be more
than one killer at large.