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Beschreibung
FROM BRITAIN'S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER

WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZEWINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK
GALAXY BOOK OF THE YEAR, BRITISH BOOK AWARDS

'A classic' JOHN LE CARRÉ

'Terrific' IAN RANKIN

It is midnight on 30 June 1860 and all is quiet in the Kent family's elegant house in Road, Wiltshire. The next morning, however, they wake to find that their youngest son has been murdered. Even worse, the guilty party is surely one of their number - the house was bolted from the inside.

As Jack Whicher, the most celebrated detective of his day, arrives to track down the killer, the murder provokes national hysteria at the thought of what might be festering behind the doors of respectable middle-class homes.

A body, a detective, a country house steeped in secrets and a whole family of suspects - this true story is the original Victorian whodunnit.

'Gripping, unputdownable' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

'Absolutely riveting' SARAH WATERS, GUARDIAN

'Nothing less than a masterpiece' CRAIG BROWN, MAIL ON SUNDAY

Note: There is a chance the book cover you receive may differ from the cover displayed here
FROM BRITAIN'S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER

WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZEWINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK
GALAXY BOOK OF THE YEAR, BRITISH BOOK AWARDS

'A classic' JOHN LE CARRÉ

'Terrific' IAN RANKIN

It is midnight on 30 June 1860 and all is quiet in the Kent family's elegant house in Road, Wiltshire. The next morning, however, they wake to find that their youngest son has been murdered. Even worse, the guilty party is surely one of their number - the house was bolted from the inside.

As Jack Whicher, the most celebrated detective of his day, arrives to track down the killer, the murder provokes national hysteria at the thought of what might be festering behind the doors of respectable middle-class homes.

A body, a detective, a country house steeped in secrets and a whole family of suspects - this true story is the original Victorian whodunnit.

'Gripping, unputdownable' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

'Absolutely riveting' SARAH WATERS, GUARDIAN

'Nothing less than a masterpiece' CRAIG BROWN, MAIL ON SUNDAY

Note: There is a chance the book cover you receive may differ from the cover displayed here
Über den Autor
Kate Summerscale is the author of the number one bestselling The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2008, winner of the Galaxy British Book of the Year Award, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and adapted into a major ITV drama. Her first book, the bestselling The Queen of Whale Cay, won a Somerset Maugham award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread biography award. Kate Summerscale has also judged various literary competitions including the Booker Prize. She lives in north London.
Zusammenfassung
Kate Summerscale's new book The Haunting of Alma Fielding will publish in autumn 2020 and will be backed by a major marketing and publicity campaign
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Genre: Importe, Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 372 S.
ISBN-13: 9780747596486
ISBN-10: 0747596484
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Summerscale, Kate
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 198 x 128 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Kate Summerscale
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.01.2009
Gewicht: 0,31 kg
Artikel-ID: 101709769

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