Red Riding: 1980 (Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980) (2009)

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After the incredible mayhem ending the first installment, I was really wondering where this sequel would go. Eventually, this sequel didn’t really follow these events and instead, it dealt with a totally different serial killer case which took place 6 years later and what remained was the setting, especially the police force of West Yorkshire. This time, it dealt with a real-life serial killer ... read more

Picking up six years after the first installment, 1980 finds us looking at the police officers in charge of finding the Yorkshire Ripper, and discovering only lip service being paid to the public. Why bother finding a serial killer when it may tie into a corrupted activity that you or your best friends are actively participating in. That wouldn’t just look bad for the police force, but the elect... read more

Based on author David Peace's novel Nineteen Eighty, the third installation in his Red Riding Quartet. Police corruption interferes with the search for a killer in Yorkshire, England.