Interesting non-fiction murder mystery.

I found the ending a bit annoying, but was fascinated by the way the investigation was controlled by the attitudes of the time (1860). My favourite part of the book was the way Summerscale used the story of this investigation to tell the history of detectives, detective fiction, and words relating to detectives.

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

A book for the release table at the BCUK UnCon, Edinburgh 2009. It might be picked up by a BookCrosser on Saturday, or released somewhere in Edinburgh on Sunday.

Released as part of the Invisible Inc. secret society of bibliophiles release challenge

If you've found this book - I hope you enjoy Mr Whicher and then pass it on to continue its journey. It'd be great to find out where it has travelled to and read your review. You can stay completely anonymous if you prefer, or you can join BookCrossing (it's free) if you'd like to take part in this booklovers' community.

To find out more about my adventures with The Lost Book, go to the website at www.thelostbook.net

Picked this up from the book buffet at the BCUK Uncon, it's been on my wishlist for a while! Started reading it on the train back to Brum ...

A fascinating and suspiciously good read! Now off to find another reader I hope, at the Birmingham meet-up ...

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

I am bringing this to this afternoon's meet-up

Another book picked up from wyldetwo at the meetup yesterday! Is this a plot?

Well, it took me almost 2 years, but I have finally read this book! I really enoyed it - more than I was expecting to. Summerscale has done an incredible amount of research, this book must have taken so long to write. But the information included really makes the era come alive. In a way, it's a story without an end as we could have gone on to learn how the events had resonated throughout the years within this family.

Hope the next reader enjoys it as much.

This book has been released for the Never Judge A Book By Its Cover release challenge 2011, Week 27 (red and white on cover for Canada Day).

Welcome to Bookcrossing! You are about to lose a whole chunk of your life, but I assure you it will be worthwhile.

Now available on the Official BookCrossing Zone (the pile of books by the bean bags!) – at the Urban Coffee Company in the Jewellery Quarter.

If you have picked up this book, thank you for visiting the website (and UCC!). Please take a moment to let us know you have the book, then post your review when you've read it, and pass it on to someone else. If you join BookCrossing, you'll be able to see what happens to it in the future.

This book is no longer at the Urban Coffee Company, so is marked as Travelling pending another journal entry.