Before being sentenced to three life terms for the murder of Bristol
newlywed Shirley Banks in April 1989, John Cannan boasted ofmore than
100one-night stands. He was charming, he was handsome, and he wooed his
conquests with flowers and champagne. When Suzy Lamplugh disappeared in
July 1986 following her meeting with "Mr. Kipper," Cannan had only been
out of prison for three days following an eight-year sentence for rape.
After Cannan was convicted for the murder of Shirley Banks, the Lamplugh
case was closed. To this day, Cannan denies his involvement in the
Lamplugh case and protests his innocence in the murder of Shirley Banks.
His appeal has been dismissed. Drawing on the latest psychological
profiling knowledge developed by the FBI and, most importantly, an
intense three-year correspondence with Cannan, Christopher Berry-Dee
provides a chillingly personal, comprehensive portrait of a complex,
intelligent, but highly disturbed man."