by Kate Summerscale · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780747596486
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«The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Or the Murder at Road Hill House» is the true crime essay by Kate Summerscale, published by Bloomsbury in paperback.
In 1860, the young son of the Kent family is found murdered in their house in Wiltshire. Scotland Yard sends its most famous detective, Jack Whicher, to investigate a crime that points to those close to the victim. Kate Summerscale reconstructs the case, the national shock it caused and its influence on Victorian detective fiction.
English edition of 400 pages, published in 2009. Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize and the British Book Award.
Recommended for fans of criminal non-fiction and Victorian history, and for those seeking real cases narrated with a thriller pace.
Kate Summerscale is an English writer and journalist. She is best known for the bestselling narrative nonfiction books The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, which was made into a television drama, The Wicked Boy and The Haunting of Alma Fielding. She has won a number of literary prizes, including the Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction in 2008.
