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All the books by David Peace adapted to cinema and television, ranked
After failing to qualify for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, England manager Alf Ramsey is replaced by Don Revie, the highly successful manager of Leeds United. Unfortunately, against Longson’s advice, Clough uses his best squad in the last match before the semi-final, against Leeds, purely out of pride and determination to beat Revie.
A girl goes missing. Commissioner Jobson discovers alarming similarities with the case of Clare Kemplay in 1974. Remorse haunts him as he and his colleagues contributed to imprisoning the wrong man, the young Michael Myshkin. Lawyer John Piggott attempts to prove Myshkin’s innocence, confronting a corrupt system.
The Ripper has tyrannized Yorkshire for six long years. Inspector Peter Hunter is brought from Manchester by the Ministry of Interior to conduct a review of the investigation thus far. Hunter is determined not to leave without results, even if he cannot trust anyone.
Yorkshire, United Kingdom, 1974. A young and inexperienced journalist, Eddie Dunford, tries to follow the news through the increasingly complex maze of lies and deception that dominates the police investigation into a series of girls’ kidnappings. He will soon discover that the truth in Yorkshire is an irreversible path. And the price to be paid is very high.