The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale
_______________ WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK _______________ 'A remarkable achievement' - Sunday Times 'A classic, to my mind, of the finest documentary writing' - John le Carré 'Absolutely riveting' - Sarah Waters, Guardian _______________ 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 detective 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. _______________ 'Nothing less than a masterpiece' - Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday 'Terrific' - Ian Rankin 'A triumph' - Observer 'Gripping, unputdownable' - Sunday Telegraph 'A terrific read in the Wilkie Collins tradition' - Susan Hill 'The best whodunnit of the year - and it's all true ... Agatha Christie, eat your heart out' - Sebastian Shakespeare, Tatler
‘It is a beautiful piece, written with great lucidity and respect for the reader, and with immaculate restraintA classic, to my mind, of the finest documentary writing.' * John Le Carre *
'A pacy analysis of a true British murder case from 1860, the unravelling of which involved one of the earliest Scotland Yard detectives and inspired sensation novelists such as Dickens and Wilkie Collins ... Absolutely riveting' * Sarah Waters, Guardian *
'Summerscale has constructed nothing less than a masterpiece ... My shelves are stacked with books about crime, but none more satisfying than this' * Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday *
‘Sparse, melancholy, beautifully written ... the year's most beguiling biography' * Independent *
'A pacy analysis of a true British murder case from 1860, the unravelling of which involved one of the earliest Scotland Yard detectives and inspired sensation novelists such as Dickens and Wilkie Collins ... Absolutely riveting' * Sarah Waters, Guardian *
'Summerscale has constructed nothing less than a masterpiece ... My shelves are stacked with books about crime, but none more satisfying than this' * Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday *
‘Sparse, melancholy, beautifully written ... the year's most beguiling biography' * Independent *
Kate Summerscale was born in 1965. She is the author of the bestselling The Queen of Whale Cay, which won a Somerset Maugham award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread biography award. She has also judged various literary competitions including the Booker Prize. She lives in London with her five-year-old son.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781408803561 |
| ISBN 10 | 1408803569 |
| Title | The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher |
| Author | Kate Summerscale |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2009-10-05 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Prizes | Winner of Galaxy British Book Awards: Galaxy Book of the Year 2009, Winner of Galaxy British Book Awards: Play.com Popular Non-Fiction Award 2009, Winner of Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2008, Short-listed for The South Bank Show Awards: Literature 2009, Short-listed for Independent Booksellers' Week Book of the Year Award: Adults' Book of the Year 2009, Short-listed for Galaxy British Book Awards: Richard and Judy's Best Read of the Year 2009, Short-listed for Independent Booksellers' Week Book of the Year Award: Adults' Book of the Year 2008, Short-listed for CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2008 |
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