Murder in the First-Class Carriage : The First Victorian Railway Killing

from wealhtheowwylfing

In 1864, a train's first-class carriage was discovered to be empty of passengers but liberally smeared in blood. Some hours later, the original occupant was found--dead, his body discarded near the train tracks. The police tracked his stolen top hat and watch chain through the pawn shops of Londo...

from aadyer

An entertaining and informative, relatively well paced narrative, describing not the crime, trial and execution of a criminal involved in the first ever rail way murder in the British Isles. Interesting and intriguing at times, it revealed a lot of the inconsistencies in Victorian England and soc...

from arielfl

I have been fascinated by the idea of a murder occurring on a train ever since Murder on the Orient Express. Being a true crime buff, because truth is often stranger than fiction, and also a fan of Victorian London, I thought this would be right up my alley. In truth it was very dry, like week ol...

from CasaBooks

I truly enjoy these out of the ordinary slightly unusual historical tales.This first murder in a railcar had many very extraordinary circumstances and the author has done excellent research and laid out the investigations, discoveries, court proceedings in a chronological basis and gives you as m...

from Davidgnp

I must admit to a certain initial prejudice against purchasing this book because, having read the blurb, it seemed to me an attempt to cash in on the success of Kate Summerscale's excellent 'The Suspicions of Mr Whicher'. Indeed Jack Whicher is mentioned in these pages as a contemporary of the de...