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- Publisher: Walker & Company
- Number of Pages: 384
- ISBN: 080271742X
- WAPI (Tower ID): 112387744
- Release Date: February 24, 2009
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #66711 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #134 in True Crime (See Top 100 True Crime Bestsellers)
- #47 in Murder - General (See Top 100 Murder - General Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective" by Kate Summerscale to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective"Browse more products related to "Kate Summerscale"Review"Summerscale...[cracks] open not only the allure of the detective as a fictional diviner of guilt and innocence, but also the curious details and ugly truths about everyday Victorian life concealed behind the most respectable facades." "Whicher is a fascinating hero, and readers will delight in following every lurid twist and turn in his investigation." (starred review) Publisher's noteTraces the 1860 murder of a young child whose death launched a national obsession with detection throughout England, nearly destroyed the career of a top Scotland Yard investigator, and inspired the birth of modern detective fiction. Reprint. AnnotationA wonderfully grisly and pathological tale of murder and sleuthing set in Victorian England, THE SUSPICIONS OF MR. WHICHER is all the more compelling because the story is true. Called to the country from Scotland Yard to investigate the murder of a three-year-old child, hotshot detective Jonathan Whicher becomes convinced that he has solved the case, but cannot come up with any evidence to support his claim. Embarrassed, weary, and defeated, he returns to London, his mind and career in tatters. But five years later the killer suddenly confesses, resulting in a scandalous and morbid trial. Kate Summerscale has done a fine job of balancing the remarkable facts of the case, the narrative flow of the book, and the larger-than-life characters who populate her slice of history. The national bestseller, now in paperback. In June of 1860 three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat slit. T he crime horrified all England and led to a national obsession with detection, ironically destroying, in the process, the career of perhaps the greatest detective in the land. I nspector Jonathan Whicher's real legacy, however, lives on in fiction: the tough, quirky, all-knowing and all-seeing detective that we know and love today...from the cryptic Sgt. Cuff in Wilkie Collins's "The Moonstone "to Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade. "The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher "reads like the best of Victorian thrillers, and has been nominated for the Samuel Johnson Prize in London. If You Enjoy "The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective (Paperback)" by Kate Summerscale (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Murder - General Bestsellers
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