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The Suspicions Of Mr. Whicher Or The Murder At Road Hill House (2008 Samuel Johnson Prize)Stock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionIt 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. Promotion infoThe Queen of Whale Cay was a Times number one bestseller. It has been optioned for film, and translation rights have been sold in several countries.For fans of Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins and Agatha ChristieRights on Whicher have been sold in Spain, Russia, Germany, France, Italy and the USA AwardsWinner of Samuel Johnson Prize 2008 and Galaxy British Book Awards: Play.com Popular Non-Fiction Award 2009 and Galaxy British Book Awards: Galaxy Book of the Year 2009. Shortlisted for CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2008 and The South Bank Show Awards: Literature 2009 and Galaxy British Book Awards: Richard and Judy's Best Read of the Year 2009 and Independent Booksellers' Book of the Year Award: Adults' Book of the Year 2009 and Independent Booksellers' Book of the Year Award: Adults' Book of the Year 2008. Reviews'It is a beautiful piece, written with great lucidity and respect for the reader, and with immaculate restraint. A classic, to my mind, of the finest documentary writing.' John Le Carre 'A pacy analysis of a true British murder case from 1860, the unravelling of which involved one of the earliest Scotland Yard detectives and inspired sensation novelists such as Dickens and Wilkie Collins ... Absolutely riveting' Sarah Waters, Guardian 'Summerscale has constructed nothing less than a masterpiece ... My shelves are stacked with books about crime, but none more satisfying than this' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday 'Sparse, melancholy, beautifully written ... the year's most beguiling biography' Independent |