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The suspicions of Mr. Whicher The suspicions of Mr. Whicher Kate Summerscale In June of 1860 three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat slit. The crime horrified all England and led to a national obsession with detection, ironicall… OL18180087W
The wicked boy The wicked boy Kate Summerscale In East London in the summer of 1895, Robert Coombes (age thirteen) and his brother Nattie (age twelve) were arrested for matricide and sent for trial at the Old Bailey. Robert confessed to having st… OL20031907W
The Queen of Whale Cay The Queen of Whale Cay Kate Summerscale Summerscale presents a biography of 'Joe' Carstairs, the woman champion motorboat racer of the 1920s who, in the 30s, bought and became 'ruler' of the island Whale Cay, in the British West Indies, be… OL822967W