One of the best books of the year, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale. This is a true crime story from the 19th Century, the author brings the murder and the artistic, social, economic and political environment to life. The author has produced a thriller that makes you turn the page but also backs it up with excellent footnotes ( this page likes footnotes ). But although the its a puzzle and even after reading the book I cant make my mind up as to who was the real murder or murders, even though someone did confess, there are enough questions to make you think. But at the end the author reminds the reader that there was a murder, a vile murder, but its through the murder that we different aspects of the 19th Century.
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