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by Beth, March 31, 2008 10:40 AM
At once a mystery and a history of early mystery novels. The dramatic story of the real-life murder that inspired the birth of modern detective fiction. The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher is a provocative work of nonfiction that reads like a Victorian thriller, and in it Kate Summerscale has fashioned a brilliant, multilayered narrative that is as cleverly constructed as it is beautifully written.
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