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

By: Kate Summerscale

Fiction Mystery & Thrillers
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'The finest documentary writing' John le Carré
'Nothing less than a masterpiece' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
'Absolutely riveting' Sarah Waters, Guardian
'Terrific' Ian Rankin
'A triumph' Observer

On a summer's morning in 1860, the Kent family awakes in their elegant Wiltshire home to a terrible discovery; their youngest son has been brutally murdered. When celebrated det...ective Jack Whicher is summoned from Scotland Yard he faces the unenviable task of identifying the killer – when the grieving family are the suspects.

The original Victorian whodunnit, the murder and its investigation provoked national hysteria at the thought of what might be festering behind the locked doors of respectable homes – scheming servants, rebellious children, insanity, jealousy, loneliness and loathing.

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