The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
or The Murder at Road Hill House
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
Narrated by:
Jessica Ball
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Jessica Ball
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Kate Summerscale
About this listen
FROM BRITAIN’S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER
WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE
WINNER 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©2008 Kate Summerscale (P)2019 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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