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The Westmorland Gazette •

Lady in the Lake author shortlisted in two categories for True Crime Awards 2025

Kendal-born Jeremy Craddock is the author of two true crime books.

Born in the Lake District in 1968, he has worked as a journalist since 1992, writing for many regional and national newspapers and magazines.

READ MORE: Lake District: Bowness Book Club author events set to begin

His latest book is 'The Lady in the Lake' (Mirror Books, 2024), based on a real murder case he covered in Cumbria as a Westmorland Gazette reporter. It is currently being developed for television.

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The Westmorland Gazette •

Evening with author is 'every true crime fan's dream event'

Barrow Business Improvement District members attended a question and answer evening with Lake District author Jeremy Craddock on Wednesday, January 29.

The Lady in the Lake is the former reporter's account of the chilling murder case and his re-investigation a quarter of a century later.

The Lady in the Lake trial was a 2005 murder case in which Gordon Park, a retired teacher from Leece, near Barrow, was jailed for life for the 1976 murder of his first wife Carol Ann Park.

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Press Gazette •

Lady in the lake murder: Why reporter has returned to the crime 27 years on

On a warm summer day, three amateur divers broke the surface of Coniston Water in Cumbria, pulling behind them a canvas package trussed up with rope.


The package was heavy but they managed to drag it ashore. With a knife, one of the divers cut through the canvas cover. Pieces of lead fell out.


The men recoiled. Inside was a body.That evening, detectives stood on the edge of the lake. The crime scene was illuminated by high-powered lamps. They peered down at the grim remains of a young woma...
Press Gazette •

Lady in the lake murder: Why reporter has returned to the crime 27 years on

On a warm summer day, three amateur divers broke the surface of Coniston Water in Cumbria, pulling behind them a canvas package trussed up with rope.


The package was heavy but they managed to drag it ashore. With a knife, one of the divers cut through the canvas cover. Pieces of lead fell out.


The men recoiled. Inside was a body.That evening, detectives stood on the edge of the lake. The crime scene was illuminated by high-powered lamps. They peered down at the grim remains of a young woma...
True Crime Uncut •

Crime Con UK Book Club - December Edition: The Lady in the Lake

At this month’s session, CrimeCon UK Book Club hosts, Nancy Baughen (Event Director of CrimeCon UK) and Lisa Howells (Deputy Editor of Crime Monthly Magazine) were joined by author Jeremy Craddock to discuss his latest book 'The Lady in the Lake'.

The Lady in the Lake is a real-life murder mystery and true crime memoir that reads like a thriller. A dark secret resurfaces after 21 years in the English Lake District to devastate a family. With powerful themes of murder and denial, the story spans five decades, from the 1970s to the present day.

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Express.co.uk •

Win a festive book bundle and get five must-reads of the season

If you're a book lover, this competition is perfect for you - we're giving away a festive book bundle packed with some top reads of the season.With something to suit everyone, the bundle includes: 'My Life As a Vet' by Mark Jackson-Smith, 'The Lady in the Lake' by Jeremy Craddock, 'Unique' by Kelly Holmes, 'The Radfords' by Sue and Joel Radford, and 'Not That I'm Bitter' by Helen Lederer.The lucky winner will get to stock up their TBR pile in time for Christmas, with plenty of juicy reads to sta...
The Northern Quota •

Former news editor turned true-crime writer: NQ's interview with Jeremy Craddock - The Northern Quota

A ManMet journalism lecturer who specialises in writing true crime books has lifted the lid on a shocking murder case involving a woman who went missing for 21 years before being discovered at the bottom of Coniston Water in the Lake District. His latest project, The Lady in the Lake, details the court proceedings that would result in the conviction of her husband as her murderer.


We had the chance to sit down with the author for an interview in which we discussed topics from true-crime sensa...
SundayWorld.com •

Episode 788: How the 'Lady in the Lake' killer almost got away with murder

Carol Park’s body was found almost two decades after she vanished.
A mystery in the Lake District as a mum goes missing without trace. 21 years later divers find a body weighted down and concealed in a canvas bag - but despite the best efforts of police the killer husband of Carol Park remains free for another decade.Now journalist Jeremy Craddock has documented the fascinating story which reads like an Agatha Christie novel in his new book The Lady in the Lake.Nicola speaks with Jeremy about a...

The Lady in the Lake by Jeremy Craddock

LoveReading Says
Written by one of the first journalists on the case, Jeremy Craddock’s true crime tome, The Lady in the Lake, reads like a gripping murder-mystery thriller.
As for the case, in summer 1991, divers discovered a suspicious package in Coniston Water in the Lake District. When it emerges that the package contains the body of Carol Park, a young wife and mother who’d been missing since 1976, suspicion falls firmly on Carol’s husband Gordon, w...

The Lady in the Lake by Jeremy Craddock

Jeremy Craddock is a lecturer and former journalist with a genuine talent for narrative. I've known him for a number of years and I was extremely pleased by the success of his first true crime book, The Jigsaw Murders, a readable and long-overdue account of the Buck Ruxton case, which has fascinated me for years - so much so that, at one time, I toyed with the idea of writing it up myself. Now he's turned his attention to a more recent mystery. Again it's one in which I've long been very interes...
Express.co.uk •

The 30 year investigation to find the killer of the Lady in the Lake

ON A warm August evening in the summer of 1997, the telephone rang behind the bar of a Lake District pub.The call was for a young off-duty detective. Divers had come across a suspicious canvas package beneath the lapping waters of one of Cumbria’s most picturesque lakes, trussed up with rope and plastic and weighted down with lead. Inside was a body.Shortly after, Detective Constable Doug Marshall was standing on the shoreline of Coniston Water. High-powered lamps illuminated the crime scene. He...
Express.co.uk •

The 30 year investigation to find the killer of the Lady in the Lake

ON A warm August evening in the summer of 1997, the telephone rang behind the bar of a Lake District pub.The call was for a young off-duty detective. Divers had come across a suspicious canvas package beneath the lapping waters of one of Cumbria’s most picturesque lakes, trussed up with rope and plastic and weighted down with lead. Inside was a body.Shortly after, Detective Constable Doug Marshall was standing on the shoreline of Coniston Water. High-powered lamps illuminated the crime scene. He...
The Mill •

Congratulations to Jeremy Craddock, journalism lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, on the publication of his true crime book The Lady in the Lake.

Dear readers — Today Ophira and Jack are taking us behind the scenes of the ongoing battle between the owners of beloved Withington institution Café Blah and their landlord, H Homes. After H Homes changed the locks on the premises, owners Adam Porrino and Tess Parkinson managed to smuggle themselves back into their own cafe, where they, a few regulars, some musicians, and a tenant’s union rep hunkered down for a sit-in protest. Will Café Blah prevail? Read on to learn more after your regularly s...
Manchester Metropolitan University •

True crime book by journalism lecturer to be developed for TV

The first-hand account of a notorious murder case written by an ex-newspaper reporter and Manchester Met journalism tutor is published this month – and is already being developed for television.
Jeremy Craddock’s true crime book, The Lady in the Lake: A Reporter’s Memoir of a Murder, is the first to tell the full story of the Coniston Water murder in the Lake District.
The case began in 1997 when Craddock was a young local newspaper reporter covering the story of a suspicious package discovered...
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