July 1910: a gruesome discovery has been made at 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Camden.
Buried in the cellar are the remains of Cora Crippen, former music-hall singer and wife of Dr Hawley Crippen.
But Dr Crippen and his mistress Ethel Le Neve have disappeared, and a full-scale hunt for them has begun.
Across the Channel in Antwerp, Captain Kendall gives the order for the SS Montrose to begin its two-week voyage to Canada. On board are 1300 passengers, including the overbearing Antonia Drake, the unassuming Martha Hayes and the enigmatic Mathieu Zela. And, slipping in almost unnoticed, a Mr John Robinson with his seventeen-year-old son Edmund . . .
CRIPPEN is a beautifully drawn novel recreating the true story of the amazing escape attempt of one of history's most notorious killers.
- ISBN10 0141018550
- ISBN13 9780141018553
- Publish Date 7 October 2004
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 May 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 512
- Language English