A previous review, Sister in Law, mentions the Spycops events and some of the women involved, through the lense of the law.

Deep Deception takes a closer look, seeing events through the eyes of the victims of undercover policing which overstepped the mark, and saw officers grooming women into relationships, even into forming families with them.

Harriet Wistrich of the Centre for Women’s Justice has written about the interface between the justice system and the women she’s represented.

High profile cases she didcusses include ‘Spycops’, Sally Challen n, Emma Humphries…

Maybe you don’t need telling that Keanu’s not in love with you, but behind the hilarity of scamming the scammers who pretend to be Keanu Reeves and other celebrities lies a darker truth - the damage is more than financial loss.

Serious message, but delivered in great style, this book is probably the first book on adult grooming that’s had us laughing out loud!

Cult like groomer, Jonathon Creswell (Jonny) was a cherub faced jockey into whose orbit many women fell. All bar one of his ‘harem’ would protect him to the very end, despite him clearly having murdered Katie Simpson. This is a terrible insight into coercive control, domestic abuse, cult like tactics and people - including the police - who turned a blind eye and failed to prevent the almost inevitable ending.

Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre.

This is the book a feisty campaigner for truth and justice gave her life up to bring you.

So it’s a must read, especially if you want an insight into how Epstein and Maxwell’s women and girls alike were sucked in, whilst the World looked on, hidden in plain sight.

A CAAGe review of Silenced No More, Surviving my Journey to Hell and Back, by Epstein/Maxwell victim/survivor Sarah Ransome. (Released Dec 2021)

The journalist who started the search for Epstein’s source of wealth took on a simple task - an interview.

It lead to something much darker, and always there, lurking in the shadows, Ghislaine Maxwell.

The victims’ story, the horrors of Epstein and the confusing character of Maxell unfurl in this compelling factual account behind the Epstein grooming pyramid.

‘Please Let Me Go’ Caitlin is promised a modelling job, but ends up in a horrendous situation. This is a true story, the story of a young woman who was groomed and abused, repeatedly raped and trafficked in Britain in the 21st Century.

Audiobook review

When Claire became a teenage model, the agency owners groomed her for sex, cleverly waiting until she was an 'adult' to have penetrative (male) sex with her. She tells the story in her useful book, which we've reviewed here.

This book is a ’must read’ for anyone who has bumped up against the British legal system.

The first chapter had me feeling I-d picked up the wrong book, that this was about women in legal professions. It was merely a preface - the book delves far, far deeper.

It takes a lot to make an understanding of psychopathy both easy and entertaining. Not every groomer is a psychopath, and not every psychopath is a groomer, but sometimes it pays to have an understanding of both

This is a fabulous little book: a handbook for Christian survivors of domestic abuse.

Grounded in Christianity and scriptures, for anyone facing a Christian dilemma stay/go, forgive or not, this is a fabulous resource.

This book is an outlier in terms of our reviews - most specifically address the topics of adult grooming or persona stories. This true account of women’s fight in a male work environment was read with a view to the experience of mounting a ‘Class Action’.

The UK doesn’t have a direct equivalent to the US system, but the insight into the complexities and traumatising nature of seeking justice make it well worthy of inclusion.