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The suspicions of Mr. Whicher : a shocking murder and the undoing of a great Victorian detective / Kate Summerscale.

By: Summerscale, Kate, 1965-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Walker, 2008Edition: 1st U.S. ed.Description: xxiii, 360 p. : ill. (some col.), geneal. table, maps ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780802715357 (trade : alk. paper); 0802715354 (trade :alk. paper).Other title: The suspicions of Mister Whicher.Subject(s): Whicher, Jonathan | Murder -- England -- Wiltshire -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies | Detectives -- England -- London -- Biography | Homicide -- London (England) -- History -- Case studiesDDC classification: 364.152/3/094231
Contents:
Includes bibliographical references and index.To see what we have got to see -- The horror and amazement -- Shall not God find this out? -- A man of mystery -- Every clue seems cut off -- Something in her dark cheek -- Shape-shifters -- All tight shut up -- I know you -- To look at a star by glances -- What games goes on -- Detective-fever -- A general putting of this and that together by the wrong end -- Women! Hold your tongues! -- Like a crave -- Better she be mad -- My love turned.
Summary: Recounts the events surrounding the 1830 murder of three-year-old Saville Kent and explores the police investigation into the crime, which led to family members becoming prime suspects, while local residents began to doubt the efficiency of the lead investigator a
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Recounts the events surrounding the 1830 murder of three-year-old Saville Kent and explores the police investigation into the crime, which led to family members becoming prime suspects, while local residents began to doubt the efficiency of the lead investigator a

s the crime went unsolved for years.

Includes bibliographical references and index.To see what we have got to see -- The horror and amazement -- Shall not God find this out? -- A man of mystery -- Every clue seems cut off -- Something in her dark cheek -- Shape-shifters -- All tight shut up -- I know you -- To look at a star by glances -- What games goes on -- Detective-fever -- A general putting of this and that together by the wrong end -- Women! Hold your tongues! -- Like a crave -- Better she be mad -- My love turned.

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