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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The secret poisoner The secret poisoner Linda Stratmann "Murder by poison alarmed, enthralled, and in many ways encapsulated the Victorian age. Linda Stratmann's dark and splendid social history reveals the nineteenth century as a gruesome battleground wh… OL20031878W
Mr Scarletti's ghost Mr Scarletti's ghost Linda Stratmann "In 19th century Brighton, England spirit mediums are all the fashion--especially Miss Eustace, a psychic who claims to produce apparitions of the dead, and oleaginous Mr. Bradley, a self-proclaimed … OL20976367W
An appetite for murder An appetite for murder Linda Stratmann The sudden death of overweight 49-year-old Thomas Whibley sparks off an acrimonious furor in Bayswater, and sparks fly between rival diet doctors, vegetarians, and the extremist Pure Food Society. Yo… OL21715180W
The children of silence The children of silence Linda Stratmann London 1881: When a body is found in the Paddington canal basin, a woman with a hearing impairment claims that the remains are those of her missing husband, who disappeared three years ago. Unable to… OL24254175W