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An epistolary novel in 18th-century style, this novel tells the story of the recently-widowed Lady Susan Vernon, intelligent but highly manipulative, who is intent on gaining financially secure relationships for both herself and her wayward daughter Frederica.

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher written by Kate Summerscale performed by Harriet Walter on CD (Abridged)

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ISBN: 9781408800102
Genre - Main: Non-Fiction
Genre - Specific: Mystery
Duration: 360 mins
Length: Abridged
Author: Kate Summerscale
Performer 1: Harriet Walter
Rarity: Rare

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Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, 2008. Winner of the Richard & Judy, Book Club title, 2009. Winner of the Galaxy Book of the Year, 2009. Winner of the Play.com, Popular Non-Fiction Award, 2009. It is midnight on 30th June 1860 and all is quiet in the Kent family house in Road, Wiltshire.

The next morning they wake to find that their youngest son has been the victim of an unimaginably gruesome murder. 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. This true story is the original Victorian whodunit.

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