The Pottery Cottage Murders: The First-Hand Account of a Family Held Hostage

by Peter Howse and Carol Ann Lee

A psychopathic criminal on the run from prison. A family of five held hostage in their home. A frantic police manhunt across the snowbound Derbyshire moors. Just one survivor.

The definitive account of the terrifying 1977 Pottery Cottage murders that shocked Britain.

For three days, escaped prisoner Billy Hughes played macabre psychological games with Gill Moran and her family, keeping them in separate rooms of their home...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472143922
• ISBN13: 9781472143921
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Robinson Press
• Length: 304 Pages