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The Dublin Railway Murder: The sensational true story of a Victorian murder mystery
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A thrilling investigation of a true Victorian crime at Dublin railway station, shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2022.’All the shocks and surprises of the best crime fiction’ The Times Crime ClubDublin, November 1856: George Little, the chief cashier of the Broadstone railway terminus, is found dead, lying in a pool of blood beneath his desk.Yet there is no sign of a murder weapon and the office door is locked, apparently from the inside. Thousands of pounds in gold and silver are left untouched at the scene of the crime.Augustus Guy, Ireland’s most experienced detective, teams up with Dublin’s leading lawyer to investigate the murder – but the case defies all explanation. Then a local woman comes forward, claiming to know the killer…’An intriguing and compelling true-crime whodunnit’ Irish Times’A true-crime masterclass… As compelling as any thriller’ Philip Gray, author of Two Storm Wood
Additional information
| Weight | 0.317 kg |
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| Dimensions | 2.4 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 384 |
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| Year Published | 2022-10-27 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 1529113008 |
| About The Author | Thomas Morris is a writer and historian. His first book, The Matter of the Heart, a critically-acclaimed history of heart surgery, was published in 2017 and won an RSL Jerwood Award for non-fiction. His second, The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth, was chosen by Mental Floss as one of the best books of 2018. He was previously a BBC radio producer for 18 years, and his freelance journalism has appeared in publications including The Times, The Lancet and the TLS. |
This meticulous non-fiction account of a once-famous murder mystery has all the shocks and surprises of the best crime fiction |
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| Other text | The plot of this real-life murder mystery had as many twists and turns as an Agatha Christie whodunit |
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