In 1860, in a quiet Wiltshire village, an unimaginably gruesome murder is committed. A true story that inspired Wilkie Collins, Dickens and Conan Doyle, this has all the hallmarks of the classic murder mystery - a body; a detective; a country house steeped in secrets. Kate Summerscale brings the facts behind this notorious case back to vivid, extraordinary life.
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