The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective

The dramatic story of the real-life murder that inspired the birth of modern detective fiction.

In June of 1860 three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat s…

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