The Suspicions Of Mr. Whicher Summary

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The book, "The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher' by Kate Summerscale published in April of 2008, is a mysterious murder case based on true events that occurred in England. On the 29th of June in 1860 a young boy, only the age of three, was gruesomly murdered in his own house, Road Hill He was found in a n outside privy with his throat slit and covered in blood with a blanket over his body to try and hide the evidence. With very little things known about detectives in that time, there were only eight detectives in all of England. The main detective in this book is a Mr. Whicher, who was the best detective known for his work. Mr. Whicher was not on the case for very long when he had to come to a shocking truth that the young boy must have been murdered by a member living in the house. In the house Road Hill many residents of the …show more content…

The beginning describing the detail and the concern of all the members of the family was almost realistic, well described, and had the way it was written waas very convining; it was like actually being in the book at Road Hill House.Throughout the book there were many twist and turns including how the nursemaid was arrested at first until Mr. Whicher found the whole situation quite fishy; which made reading the book even more intruiging and enjoyable to read. Just when the chapter would end, it would end with a cliff hanger which made it very hard to put the book down/ The ending was just as good as the beginning, the book revealed that the sister, Constance Kent had killed her little brother at the age of 16. She had murdered her brother most likely out of jealousy and revenge, many articles of the actual case have led to her possibly being mentally unstable. The book, "The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher" was a very amazing mysterious thriller book that was almost impossible to put down. Kate Summerscale did a great job writting this book and capturing the attention of her

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