The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective

by Kate Summerscale

Simon Vance (Narrator)

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It is a summer's night in 1860. In an elegant detached Georgian house in the village of Road, Wiltshire, all is quiet. Behind shuttered windows the Kent family lies sound asleep. At some point after midnight a dog barks. The family wakes the next morning to a horrific discovery: an unimaginably gruesome murder has taken place in their home. The household reverberates with shock, not least because the guilty party is surely still among them. Jack Whicher of Scotland Yard, the most celebrated detective of his day, reaches Road Hill House a fortnight later. He faces an unenviable task:...Read more
  • ISBN10 1598878492
  • ISBN13 9781598878493
  • Publish Date 1 October 2008 (first published 7 April 2008)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint HighBridge Audio
  • Format Audiobook (CD)
  • Duration 9 hours and 45 minutes
  • Language English