Simon Danczuk is the former MP for Rochdale and co-author of the bestselling Smile for the Camera: The Double Life of Cyril Smith (Biteback, 2014) and has written extensively for the national press. Daniel Smith is the author of the acclaimed The Peer and the Gangster (THP, 2020).
Compelling, authoritative and as readable as the best airport thriller. It fizzes with crime, fame, power and illicit sex. -- Jeremy Vine A timely and important book. It’s quite remarkable how one building has played host to such debauchery. If only the walls could talk… -- Iain Dale Danczuk and Smith’s entertaining history zips along, teeming with tales of espionage, crime, politics, scandals and lots of sex. The tenants of Dolphin Square include an extraordinary cast of well-known characters – royalty and party leaders; celebrity actors and star entertainers; the eccentric and the exotic. But the Square also has its darker side – as home to spies, secret lovers and paedophiles. -- Michael Crick