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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
Imagine a murder so tangled in family secrets and social pretenses that it turns a detective’s life upside down—and the whole nation can’t look away. What if the real story behind that crime also birthed the detective novel as we know it? That’s exactly the kind of historical mess Kate Summerscale digs into with a sharp eye and zero patience for Victorian nonsense.
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