In January 1931, on a lonely stretch of Northumberland road known as Wolf's Nick, flames rose up into the night sky from the neighbouring moorland. There, a young woman lay dying near her burning car, and with her last breath she described her assailant: a mysterious man with a bowler hat who attacked her and left her to die.
Professional crime writer and lecturer Diane Janes gained unprecedented access to Evelyn's case files. Through her evocative description, gift for storytelling and detailed factual narrative, Diane takes the reader back to the scene of the crime, painting a vivid description of village life in the 1930s. Central to this tragic tale, is the true story of a daughter, sister and friend who lost her life in an unspeakably horrific way, and the likely name of her murderer - revealed for the first time.