Summerscale, Kate
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House
London, Bloomsbury, 2008.
Fine (unread in Fine dustjacket.
Signed by the author on the title page.
A true story which inspired writers such as Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens Arthur Conan Doyle and now Kate Summerscale. The author untangles the facts behind this notorious murder case of 1860.
Winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 2008 for a work of non-fiction.