Vanessa: A Portrait of Evil

Wensley Clarkson

Oct 2011 · Penguin UK

About this ebook

The compelling and disturbing true story of Vanessa George and the evil abuse she doled out upon the children of more than 300 families.

As a nursery worker, wife and mother, she was a figure to place trust in. Yet her adulterous relationship and sick love triangle with Colin Blanchard and Angela Allen drew her into a dark world of violence and sexual abuse.

To compete for Blanchard's attention she would do everything in her power to impress him, even if this meant committing unspeakable acts of sexual violence on children as young as two years old.

What could have driven a mother to betray not only her daughters and loving husband, but the very families who entrusted her with their children? How could a seemingly caring women become engaged in a sordid and vile love triangle with a man and woman she had never met? Were there events in her own childhood that pushed her to commit these acts?

True crime expert Wensley Clarkson pieces together the events surrounding the case as well as new investigative research to compile a fascinating yet disturbing account of a case which shocked a nation.

We may never know the full extent of Vanessa George's cruelty, but the horror of her story will remain as a chilling memory for generations.

Ratings and reviews

Can't begin to describe feelings about the evil sick twisted people in this book. Feel odd giving this book 5 stars given the content but it was well written. But have no sympathy for vanessa George in any way. Nothing in her background justifies what she and the others did. I hope they all rot in hell forever.

I just wish her fat face wasn't on the cover. It's very off putting.

A chilling look into the sick minds of these depraved types. I loved the book as its a true story and criminal fiction at its best.

About the author

Wensley Clarkson is an ex-Fleet Street journalist, former tabloid editor and investigative journalist who has written numerous best selling true crime classics alongside screenplays and television documentaries. His books have sold more than a million copies in seventeen countries worldwide.