The basis for Netflix's Fred and Rose West The definitive account of one of Britain’s most depraved criminal couples, who loved, tortured, and slayed together as husband and wife for more than 20 years. Beginning with Fred and Rose’s bizarre childhoods, Howard Sounes—the first journalist to break the story about the Wests—charts their lives and crimes in forensic detail, constructing a fascinating and frightening tale of a marriage soaked in blood. “A story of obsessive love as well as obsessive murder.” —The Times, London |