Murder at Wrotham Hill

Classic Bargains Australia Verified independent store

→

Author: Diana SouhamiISBN: 9780857382856Publisher: Quercus BooksYear first published: 01 Oct 2013Pages: 320 Format: Paperback / softbackMurder at Wrotham Hill takes the killing in October 1946 of Dagmar Petrzywalski as the catalyst for a compelling and unique meditation on murder and fate. Dagmar, a gentle, eccentric spinster, was the embodiment of Austerity Britain's prudence and thrift. Her murderer Harold Hagger's litany of petty crimes, abandoned wives, sloughed-off identities and desertion was its opposite. Featuring England's first celebrity policeman, Fabian of the Yard, the celebrated forensic scientist, Keith Simpson, and history's most famous and dedicated hangman, Albert Pierrepoint, this is a gripping and deeply moving book. Show more