FROM BRITAIN’S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER
‘The queen of Victorian true crime is back’ - MAIL ON SUNDAY
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION
On July 8, 1895, thirteen-year-old Robert Coombes and his younger brother Nattie left their East London home to watch a cricket match. Over the next ten days, they indulge in luxuries, visiting the theatre and dining out. The boys tell neighbors that their father has gone to sea and their mother is visiting family in Liverpool. But when a strange smell starts emanating from the house, the police are called. What they discover causes a media frenzy – and the boys to face a highly publicized trial.
‘An accomplished feat of research and storytelling . . . Wrapping controversial issues into a tense, fluent narrative’ - HILARY MANTEL
‘Riveting . . . Once again the author proves a subtle pathologist, her scalpel slicing away the skin of late-Victorian Britain’ - DOMINIC SANDBROOK, SUNDAY TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR
‘A remarkably heartening story’ - JOHN PRESTON, DAILY MAIL
‘An extraordinary book which will stay with you’ - DAILY EXPRESS
‘It would be impossible to read this dry-eyed’ - SPECTATOR
Pages: 400, Year of Publication: 0701, Dimensions: 12.8x12.8cm
