_'A unique combination of sleuthing, storytelling and compassion.' ~ Lucy Worsley_
_'Takes us beyond the world of Dr Crippen into the lives impacted by him and the society in which he moved. Terrific.' ~ Ian Rankin
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HALLIE RUBENHOLD IS THE \#1 _SUNDAY TIMES_ BESTSELLING AND BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF _THE FIVE: THE UNTOLD LIVES OF THE WOMEN KILLED BY JACK THE RIPPER_. A renowned social historian whose expertise lies in revealing stories of previously unknown women and episodes in history, she is the author of _The Covent Garden Ladies_ which was the inspiration behind BBC TV's 'Harlots'. Her biographical work, _Lady Worsley's Whim,_ was dramatized by the BBC as 'The Scandalous Lady W'.
AN EPIC EXAMINATION OF THE HISTORICAL TRUE-CRIME STORY OF INFAMOUS WIFE-MURDERER DR CRIPPEN IN EDWARDIAN ENGLAND, BROUGHT TO JUSTICE BY AN EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF STRONG WOMEN.
_NO MURDERER SHOULD EVER BE THE KEEPER OF THEIR VICTIM'S STORY ..._
_On 1 February, 1910, vivacious musichall 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.
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_They 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.
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_Hiding 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?_
In 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.
FEATURING A CARNIVAL CAST OF ECCENTRIC ENTERTAINERS, GLAMOROUS LAWYERS, ZEALOUS DETECTIVES, MEDICS AND LIARS, STORY OF A MURDER IS METICULOUSLY RESEARCHED AND MULTI-LAYERED, OFFERING THE READER AN ELECTRIFYING SNAPSHOT OF BRITAIN AND AMERICA AT THE DAWN OF THE MODERN ERA.