![]() ![]() ![]() In The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Kate Summerscale untangles the facts behind this notorious case, bringing it back to vivid, extraordinary life. A true story that inspired a generation of writers such as Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens and Arthur Conan Doyle, this has all the hallmarks of the classic murder mystery - a body a detective a country house steeped in secrets. Whicher (Paperback) (UK IMPORT) at the best online prices. But when Whicher reaches his shocking conclusion there is uproar and bewilderment. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Kate Summerscale Suspicions of Mr. The thought of what might be festering behind the closed doors of respectable middle-class homes - scheming servants, rebellious children, insanity, jealousy, loneliness and loathing - arouses fear and a kind of excitement. ![]() ![]() He faces an unenviable task: to solve a case in which the grieving family are the suspects. Jack Whicher of Scotland Yard, the most celebrated detective of his day, reaches Road Hill House a fortnight later. The household reverberates with shock, not least because the guilty party is surely still among them. The family wakes the next morning to a horrific discovery: an unimaginably gruesome murder has taken place in their home. At some point after midnight a dog barks. Behind shuttered windows the Kent family lies sound asleep. In an elegant detached Georgian house in the village of Road, Wiltshire, all is quiet. ![]()
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