The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
Kate Summerscale

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Scooper of the 2008 Samuel Johnson prize and praised across the literary reviewers for its wonderful research and for being as gripping a read as any novel out there, The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher is a particular treat for our region as the true crime it describes took place in the Wiltshire village of Rode. Scotland Yard's Mr Whicher (the real-life Inspector Morse of his day) leaps on the train to Trowbridge the night following the murder and begins to piece together the evidence of a murder at Road Hill House apparently committed by another of the house's occupants. Summerscale has investigated Mr Whicher's own investigation in minute detail and the C21 century reader gets to relive what a story that gripped a nation back in 1860.

Trade Paperback - Bloomsbury - 2008

Price: £11.99

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