"Brighton, the resort of kings and often a squalid setting of infamous criminality, has a well-deserved reputation as a hotbed of misdeeds and depravity. Violence and vice have flourished in this seaside town. And in this compelling book, Douglas d'Enno records, in graphic detail, two centuries of this largely uncharted criminal history in all its shocking variety." "Using a convenient A to Z format, he documents crimes against the person and against property - murders, assaults, rapes, thefts and cases of arson are prominent among them. The private, and sometimes very public, world of vice is exposed and there are searching accounts of intimidation, racketeering, forgery and official corruption, including scandals implicating Brighton police and the resident militia. Also covered is an astonishing range of other offences, from desertion and addiction, drug smuggling and drug dealing to impersonation and embezzlement, threatening behaviour and delinquency of all kinds. A novel feature is the combination of fact and fiction through the entries devoted to films and books portraying crime in and around the resort." "This unique guide to Brighton's underworld will be an essential and highly readable work of reference for readers who want to learn about the town's dark side, in text and images, and for those who are fascinated by the circumstances and psychology of crime.

"--BOOK JACKET.