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Fromthe author of best seller,Ruxton: The First ModernMurder, comes another deep dive into one of the most notoriouscases in Scottish Criminal History. TomWood'sTheWorld's End Murders: The Inside Storyis a new look at awell-known story. Inthis book, Wood offers the detailed analysis only one of the originalinvestigators could give, and reveals how over nearly four decades, detectivesand scientists struggled to deliver justice. Thehorrific killing of two Edinburgh teenagers in October 1977 sparked anationwide manhunt that turned into one of Britain's longest and most famousmurder investigations. Thebook tells the story of two innocent young girls, Helen Scott and ChristineEadie, and of the extraordinary police investigation over almost four decadesthat eventually led to the discovery of links to their deaths with AngusSinclair, one of Scotland's most notorious murderers and sex offenders. Acquitted after a controversial trial in 2007, changes in the law and new,cutting-edge fo