Murder by the Book
*Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2019*
''A fascinating portrait of Victorian London'' Observer
''I devoured it in one sitting'' Alison Weir
''Excellent'' Dan Snow
Early on the morning of 6 May 1840, on an ultra-respectable Mayfair street, the elderly Lord William Russell was discovered in bed with his throat cut so deeply that the head was almost severed.
When Lord William''s...
*Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2019*
''A fascinating portrait of Victorian London'' Observer
''I devoured it in one sitting'' Alison Weir
''Excellent'' Dan Snow
Early on the morning of 6 May 1840, on an ultra-respectable Mayfair street, the elderly Lord William Russell was discovered in bed with his throat cut so deeply that the head was almost severed.
When Lord William''s...
