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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher : or the Murder at Road Hill House

Kate Summerscale

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  • Macavity Award Nominee for Best Nonfiction/Critical (2009)
  • Anthony Award Nominee for Best Critical Nonfiction (2009)
  • Agatha Award Nominee for Best Nonfiction (2008)
  • Galaxy British Book Awards for Book of the Year (2009)
  • Edgar Award Nominee for Best Fact Crime (2009)
  • Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (2008)
  • ALCS Dagger for Non-fiction Nominee (2008)
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher : or the Murder at Road Hill House

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ISBN: 9780747596486
Date of Publication: 2009-04-06
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History
Related Topics: Historical
Goodreads rating: 3.51
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It is midnight on 30th June 1860 and all is quiet in the Kent family's elegant house in Road, Wiltshire. The next morning, however, they wake to find that their youngest son has been the victim of an unimaginably gruesome murder - the house was bolted from the inside. As Jack Whicher, the most celebrated detective of his day, arrives at Road to track down the killer, the murder provokes national hysteria at the thought of what might be festering behind the closed doors of respectable middle-class homes - scheming servants, rebellious children, insanity, jealously, loneliness and loathing.This true story has all the hallmarks of a classic gripping murder mystery. A body, a detective, a country house steeped in secrets and a whole family of suspects - it is the original Victorian whodunnit.~from the back cover
 

  • Macavity Award Nominee for Best Nonfiction/Critical (2009)
  • Anthony Award Nominee for Best Critical Nonfiction (2009)
  • Agatha Award Nominee for Best Nonfiction (2008)
  • Galaxy British Book Awards for Book of the Year (2009)
  • Edgar Award Nominee for Best Fact Crime (2009)
  • Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (2008)
  • ALCS Dagger for Non-fiction Nominee (2008)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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