The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: or The Murder at Road Hill House
Nov 2008 · A&C Black
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FROM BRITAIN'S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER
WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE
WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK
GALAXY BOOK OF THE YEAR, BRITISH BOOK AWARDS
'A classic' JOHN LE CARRÉ
'Terrific' IAN RANKIN
It is midnight on 30 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 murdered. Even worse, the guilty party is surely one of their number – the house was bolted from the inside.
As Jack Whicher, the most celebrated detective of his day, arrives to track down the killer, the murder provokes national hysteria at the thought of what might be festering behind the doors of respectable middle-class homes.
A body, a detective, a country house steeped in secrets and a whole family of suspects – this true story is the original Victorian whodunnit.
'Gripping, unputdownable' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'Absolutely riveting' SARAH WATERS, GUARDIAN
'Nothing less than a masterpiece' CRAIG BROWN, MAIL ON SUNDAY
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WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE
WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK
GALAXY BOOK OF THE YEAR, BRITISH BOOK AWARDS
'A classic' JOHN LE CARRÉ
'Terrific' IAN RANKIN
It is midnight on 30 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 murdered. Even worse, the guilty party is surely one of their number – the house was bolted from the inside.
As Jack Whicher, the most celebrated detective of his day, arrives to track down the killer, the murder provokes national hysteria at the thought of what might be festering behind the doors of respectable middle-class homes.
A body, a detective, a country house steeped in secrets and a whole family of suspects – this true story is the original Victorian whodunnit.
'Gripping, unputdownable' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'Absolutely riveting' SARAH WATERS, GUARDIAN
'Nothing less than a masterpiece' CRAIG BROWN, MAIL ON SUNDAY
Note: There is a chance the book cover you receive may differ from the cover displayed here
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About the author
Kate Summerscale is the author of the number one bestselling The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, the Galaxy British Book of the Year Award, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and adapted into a major ITV drama. Her first book, the bestselling The Queen of Whale Cay, won a Somerset Maugham award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread biography award. Her third book, Mrs Robinson's Disgrace, was a Sunday Times bestseller. Kate Summerscale was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2010. She lives in London.
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