The Secret Serial Killer (ePub)
The True Story of Kieran Kelly
Imprint: Pen & Sword True Crime
Pages: 196
Illustrations: 16
ISBN: 9781526722775
Published: 9th May 2019
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As seen in The Irish Post, June 2019: 'New book throws up surprise twists in case of Kieran Kelly, Irishman reputed to have killed 31 people'.
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On the evening of 21 August 1983, Metropolitan Police detectives raced to the cells of London’s Clapham Police Station to find a prisoner dead and his cellmate sat cross-legged and quiet in the corner.
Kieran Kelly, a labourer from Ireland, quickly confessed to strangling the prisoner – and then stunned officers by confessing to dozens of unreported and unsolved murders over the previous 30 years.
Detectives believed they were in the presence of Britain’s most prolific serial killer yet Kelly was convicted on just two of his admissions and his story went unnoticed until 2015, when a former police officer who worked on the case claimed the killer’s crimes were covered up by the British Government.
Strangulations, murders on the London Underground, an internal Metropolitan Police review – as the story’s elements whipped the international news media into a frenzy, journalist Robert Mulhern set off on a methodical search for the truth against the backdrop of an ever-increasing body count.
Could Kieran Kelly really have murdered 31 times?
Mulhern’s investigations take him on quite a journey, so if you like true crime books I recommend joining him on it and see what you think of the destination it reaches.
For the Love of Books
Article: Irish Serial Killer Documentary
Killarney Advertiser
There’s some really good investigative work in this book, with multiple interviews from the people who were there.
Rosemarie Cawkwell, Blogger
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This is a fascinating subject and the book is well written and incredibly interesting. There remains questions to be answered about Kelly but he's the only person who could ever give those answers.
Random Things Through My Letterbox
Fans of true-crime stories will really enjoy this
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As featured by
Ripperologist, October 2019
Listed in 'First Flush' feature
Books Ireland, September/October 2019
Book excerpt: 'The Secret Serial Killer' author visits Rathdowney as featured by
Leinster Express, 27th August 2019
Article: 'Naas author launches The Secret Serial Killer' as featured by
Leinster Leader, 27th August 2019
Article: 'Radio discussion on Secret Serial Killer book' as featured by
Leinster Leader, 13th August 2019
Article: 'The hunt for a Laois serial killer' as featured by
Leinster Express (online & print), 21st August 2019
Featured in
Police History Society
Sensational claims are set to emerge in a new book that an Irishman who went on to be one of Britain's most notorious serial killers may have committed his first murder in Ireland.
Irish Mail
Book extract/article: 'On the trail of Kieran Kelly – the Secret Serial Killer' + author Q&A as featured by
Leinster Leader, 25th June 2019
Author article: 'A KILDARE MAN IN LONDON: Hot on the heels of a serial killer’s trail' as featured by
Leinster Leader (online), 27th April 2019
Article: 'Ireland's Secret Serial Killer' as featured by
Sunday World (Eire), 26th May 2019 – words by Eamon Dillon
Article: 'Irish “Secret Serial Killer” responsible for up to 30 London murders' as featured by
Irish Central (online), 30th May 2019
Article: 'Book sheds new light on suspected Irish serial killer Kieran Kelly' as featured by
The Irish News (online), 30th May 2019
Article: 'An Irish Serial Killer? - Doc on One goes to print' as featured by
RTÉ (online), 28th May 2019
Featured in
The Sunday Buisness Post, 14/07/2019
As both a true crime and English detectives lover I was immediately drawn into this story. I had previously spent two years delving into the history of crime in London during the Victorian period and while Kelly’s crimes and the investigations surrounding them fall closer to the present, it was still something I couldn’t put down. Through eyewitness testimony, Kiernan Kelly’s case has been rebuilt with new evidence from Britain and Ireland, which is full of twists and turns that will keep readers hooked until the very end. The murders Kelly committed are seen as something that would not have wide appeal or interest. The fact that he killed those often identified as drunken vagrants seems to have limited the urge to investigate, which speaks to a cultural issue that arises within true crime topics. Kelly’s hidden crimes show that victims who are considered outside of mainstream society do not often receive the attention they deserve.
The Nerdy Girl Express
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It is an interesting book overall I thought, with a level of impressive research that makes it THE definitive study of a case that is destined to forever remain one that tantalises and intrigues the student of true crime.
The True Crime Enthusiast
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Mulhern uncovers a Jekyll and Hyde personality along with a host of missing and inaccurate police files.
Publishers Weekly
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About Robert Mulhern
Robert Mulhern is a multi-award winning journalist.
He worked as a reporter and editor for the BBC, Sky and The Irish Post, after graduating from local papers. He is currently contracted to RTÉ Radio 1’s Documentary on One series in Ireland. Mulhern is a three-time World Radio award winner at the New York International Festivals, as well as a previous Celtic Media award winner. His work has been short-listed for Amnesty International Media awards.
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