Book description
Behind the fashionable bars and clubs of Soho lies a fascinating
history of criminal activity, featuring some of London's most notorious
gangsters. From the razor gangs of the 1920s to the post-war gangleaders
Billy Hill and Jack Spot; from the pre-war French pimps and the Messina
brothers to the Albanian gangs, through to the thriving Soho of today,
the area has been a Mecca for thieves, conmen, drug dealers, notorious
pimps and crooked lawyers. James Morton vividly portrays the crimes and
criminals that have given Soho its infamous reputation, including the
vicious Kray-Richardson gang, a Second World War Jack the Ripper, the
shooting in the streets of Soho of gangster Jack Spot and the gangland
murder of boxer Freddie Mills. James Morton, a former solicitor, is
the author of LOLA MONTEZ (Portrait 2006, 978 0 7499 5115 3) and
co-author of CONNED (Portrait 2007, 978 0 7499 5143 6). His previous
books include GANGLAND and EAST END GANGLAND. He lives in Barnet.
