The murder that defeated Whitechapel's Sherlock Holmes
Stickler, Paul2018
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In 1919, when a shopkeeper and her dog were found dead in Hitchin, Hertfordshire with brutal head injuries, there followed an extraordinary catalogue of events and a local police investigation which concluded that both had died as a result of a tragic accident. A second investigation by Scotland Yard led to the arrest of an Irish war veteran, but the outcome was far from conclusive. Written from the perspective of the main characters involved and drawing on original and newly-discovered material, this book exposes the frailties of county policing just after the First World War and how it led to fundamental changes in methods of murder investigations.
Main title:
The murder that defeated Whitechapel's Sherlock Holmes / Paul Stickler.
Author:
Stickler, Paul, author
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2018.
Collation:
200 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526733856 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
364.152309364.152LOC 364.152309
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1874732