{"product_id":"9781804992920-story-of-a-murder","title":"Story of a Murder","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Crime of the Century retold by the Women History Forgot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER BY THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE FIVE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe gripping retelling of the historical true-crime story as an extraordinary group of women bring infamous wife-murderer Dr Crippen to justice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePopular history you devour in one sitting' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eGripping' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unbelievably addictive' \u003c\/b\u003eLUCY WORSLEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I couldn't put it down' \u003c\/b\u003eBONNIE GARMUS\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eFinely layered' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBreath-taking' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e___________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 1 February, 1910, vivacious music-hall performer, Belle Elmore, suddenly vanished from her north London home, causing alarm among her circle of female friends, the entertainers of the Music Hall Ladies’ Guild who demanded an immediate investigation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey could not have known what they would provoke: the unearthing of a gruesome secret, followed by a fevered manhunt for the prime suspect: Belle’s husband, medical fraudster, Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHiding in the shadows of this evergreen tale is Crippen’s typist and lover, Ethel Le Neve – was she really just ‘an innocent young girl’ in thrall to a powerful older man as so many people have since reported?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this epic examination of one of the most infamous murders of the twentieth century, prizewinning social historian Hallie Rubenhold gives voice to those who have never properly been heard – the women\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e___________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eSTORY OF A MURDER\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gripping and eye-opening' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eI-news, Book to Watch Out For\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Reads like \u003cb\u003ea great thriller.\u003c\/b\u003e I inhaled it' Bella Mackie, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Kill Your Family\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eA\u003cb\u003e unique combination of sleuthing, storytelling and compassion\u003c\/b\u003e' Lucy Worsley, bestselling author and historian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eFascinating\u003c\/b\u003e. 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